Vigor Cottonwood 5K (16:26 unofficial bandit time)
Mike picked me up at my house and we headed out on Wasatch for a great drive to the finish line. The weather and wind was just perfect. The conditions were spot on for a "workout". I literally decided on Wed. that I was going to do this 5K with Mike as a good leg turnover type workout. My only concern was not getting injured and Mike not getting lost. We accomplished the first. I have run 3 5K's with Mike recently and both times Mike has managed to drift into oblivion. Just his luck again today.
We got to both ride the bus since there were only like 20 people on the bus. We got to the "start" of the 5K and began our WU(2.5 miles). We ran in the campgrounds and then a mile up the canyon. We came back down the canyon and passed these two orange cones that looked like the 5K "start". We asked the guy with the megaphone to call the race director and verify the "start". Sure enough we had everyone hike up to the cones. No joke I was off to the side everyone is still just kind of talking and waiting around. I am going to the bathroom and the starter blows the megaphone. This was the start of the race. I could not believe it. Everyone was shocked as if to not even realize that the starter had "officially" started the race. I jumped of the side of the road and was probably the second person to realize that the race had begun. I yelled at Mike, "hey, let's go" Mike was still thinking there was going to be an official start. Mike hurried up and we were on our way. This guy Dave was right behind us. We started off at 4:30 pace very quickly and I slowly backed off realizing that my legs were going to be hammered if I stuck with this pace. Got to the mile mark in 5:06 which I thought was perfect. I wanted to avg. 5:20's today for the splits to just get used to that kind of pace. Dave was right with me and then at about 1.2 we were diverted off the road and we had to do like 2 flights of 20 stairs to get to the paved trail head. No joke, Stairs! Crazy diversion. It was weird to break pace like that going down the stairs. Mile 2 split was 5:22. I began to feel some fatigue a little after 2 miles. Dave would have gone the wrong way if I had not told him to turn left. I was not officially competing today so I was not worried about placing. He and I both entered the park and I relaxed a little and he stayed about 5 seconds ahead of me the rest of the way. Mile 3 was right after we crossed the street split was 5:30. The last tenth was a weird winding orange cones that did not make sense. I must have done this in around 28 seconds. I had a really strong kick and just went to the left side of the finish line. I looked around for Mike who I thought was already waiting for over a minute now but he was no where in sight. I then look to the north and here comes Mike jogging up the way. "Who is in charge of this thing?!" Mike loudly states. I then realize "oh no, not again" Oh well.
Mike and I were able to do a CD of 4.5 miles. I got to run the last mile of the half with my friend Krissa who was doing the half. She did great and did a PR by 20 minutes. Fun to see her push and finish strong.
Overall I accomplished today on what I set out to do. I just wanted an injury free workout and run in the 5:20's to get that kind of leg turnover for a workout. So I am going to chalk this up as a great workout and build from here. I am pleased that I had a great week of training. Mike officially unofficially with a great time of 14:59. Really cool to see him accomplish a great time and great goal. I really enjoyed the conversation and laughs with Mike today. Crazy freaking morning. Done by 8am and I feel like it was already noon. 5K's are so fast!
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