Cold Turkey Run 6k. The race is right near my house, but I've not run it before. The course starts at the Capitol and heads north on gravity hill, up approx one mile up City Creek, and then back down the canyon for a finish in Memory Grove.
I ran from home to the start and got in 3.5 before it got underway. Ringers at the start included BJ Christensen, Josh Steffen, Adam Wende, the Phippen brothers, Mike Evans (pushing stroller), and many high school runners.
It was enjoyable running with BJ and Josh for the first 200m. After that, I wasn't really close to them. Adam, however, was right with me and he was definitely out to race. We were stride for stride most of the way up City Creek. I tried to make a move at the turnaround, surging into the turn and hoping for a boomerang effect on the way down. It didn't work. Adam caught me within 50 meters and then left me in the dust. He was running very strong today.
BJ and Josh were 1-2. Adam was 3rd. I was 4th. A 6k is supposed to be 3.72 mi, but my watch got 3.9. Adam's got 3.85. There was a wide margin of error for tangents. My splits (based on my watch as there were no course markers) were 5:41, 6:05, 5:09, and 4:32 (for the last .9 according to my watch or so).
Great day for the Black Sheep: 2,3,4 in the men. Megan Call, Josh's wife, was 2nd behind Carol Cabinillas. | 