33:22 in Salt Lake Track Club 10 K, 3rd overall. The course was out and back. There was some tailwind going out, and headwind coming back, but not nearly as much as two weeks ago. Splits were 5:08, 5:27, 5:23, around 16:32 at 5 K, then 11:07 for the next 2 miles, next 0.214 in 1:09, and the last mile in 5:08.
Top 5 - Nate Peters 31:50, Jon Guthier 33:20, myself 33:22, Patrick Carol 33:41, and Fritz Van De Kamp 33:57.
Was not sure how I was going to handle the 10 K because I was not 100% over the cough and still feeling sluggish. Two days prior to the race 5:20 down the Provo Canyon felt much harder than it should have. But the race went OK.
At the start Nate took off and I ran in a pack with Jon, Patrick and Michael McPearson. Michael fell back around 2 miles, Jon pulled ahead around 2 miles, I stayed with Patrick because I was not sure I had the strength to run faster. With 1 K to go I made a move which dropped Patrick. I do not know how I missed the fact that I was closing on Jon - I could not see anybody ahead of me. I was not wearing my glasses and my vision is not very good without them. Plus I was running hard and that made everything look like a blur.
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