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Toughman Race Recap

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I decided to do a race called Toughman in Provo Utah on August 22 nd .  It fit perfectly into my training leading up to Ironman Chattanooga, which is September 26 th .  I wasn’t excited about the 6-hour drive by myself to Provo. Originally my boyfriend was going to go with me and we were going to make a weekend of it.  He couldn’t go at the last minute so I decided to drive up Friday and drive back Saturday after the race.  I even debated about going at all but figured I had paid for it so I might as well go.  It was supposed to be a fast course, which was exactly what I needed for training for IM Chattanooga.   My bike and swim have been really good so I hoped for a strong bike and swim and didn’t know what to expect on the run. I have been running longer but my runs have been slow.   Battling a few injuries I have not been running like I had hoped.   I was told the lake was pretty gross and very shallow.   The water was brown a...