9.5 in the gully on my own. Then I went to Wasatch and picked up the best thing I could get for racing on Thursday. I also played racquetball later, its good for acceleration haha, my jaw is hurting but I got my teeth fixed today so I should be feeling good soon. No more dentist appointments for 2 years! And the construction in the gully has worked its way to the trail we run on, but they left a gap for us so its ok. Josh Collins is in my qualifying heat! Scary, and there are 3 other guys with times of 4:21-4:23. After that I should be able to beat everyone. The next fastest is Chris rushing, then me, and Chris and I are pretty even in the mile so its nice to have him in my heat! There are to guys who've run just under 4:30 from Oregon and California but they're from Oregon and California so... Yeah. Then there a few other guys who've run sub 4:35 but and the bottom half of the heat is mostly upper 4:30s or low 4:40s. So good competition, but also a few incredibly fast guys. My plan is to get into about 7th place and wait until the sea level kids die off, and then try to catch Mark Summers. He's run 4:22 and has signed with USU, I beat him at USU but I bet he's in better shape now. I will need to race very well in order to finish in the top 5 of my heat. I'm excited but I need to catch fire. |