I was pretty hammered from my first week of student teaching, plus I got to bed later than I wanted but I stayed with my little sister in Spanish Fork, so I got to sleep in longer. I ran into Chris Rgoers before the race and we warmed up for 2 miles on the course. We met up with chad and decided to go out together and see how we all felt. Chris was planning on a little faster run than Chad and I were, so I figured he would make a move for the win at some point. I wanted to run somewhere around a 1:18 time and not trash myself so that I can pull off some good runs next week, so this was a training run more than a race for me. Here is the breakdown from the Garmin. I did wear it because I was treating it as a training run or i probably would have worn my watch.
1. 5:56- Some kid was trying to hang with us.
2. 6:02- Still running with Chad and Chris, and had dropped the other guy.
3. 6:04- Still with Chad and Chris, bit of a headwind too.
4. 5:59- I got some water behind Chad and Chris kept going. Chad made a surge to get back up with Chris and I stayed back about 15 seconds.
5. 5:55- Chad falls off of Chris a bit and Chris seems to pick it up.
6. 6:20- Climbing into Woodland Hills we hit some bigger hills, Chris still pulling away from us.
7. 6:19- Some more hills Chris has a big gap now.
8. 5:49- Finally a little downhill as we loop back on to the course we came out on.
9. 5:55- Feeling pretty good, but staying about even with Chad.
10. 5:55- Trying to decide if I want to push and work on catching back up to Chad, Chris no longer in view.
11. 5:58- Okay, this is getting a little boring but I don't want to go faster unless I have to.
12. 5:57- 5Kers getting in the way, now I want to be done, and i am staying even with Chad.
13. 5:50- Nice last mile, but i am getting tied and want to be done.
13.1. :26 Get me passed all these 5Kers who are trying to out kick me to the finish.
1:18:31 was my total time. Chris and Chad were waiting for me to finish so we could cool down. Chad turned around and ran back with his wife, and later came and found us. Chris and i ran the 5K course for a cool down. I was happy with my workout/race today and ran about how I planned. I like the course although it isn't really fast, but it is good training and very honest. Those guys in Spanish always put on a good race too. I ran that race a few years back in 1:21 and pushed it a lot harder than I did today. I ran a 2:41:44 at St. George a month later, so this gives me a good idea of where I am right now.
(Tangent 2-18 miles) | 