Met up with a few of the Black Sheep at 15th/15th at 5:30 am. We ran an 8 mile loop up around Steiner, to Foothill, down 23rd East to the Country Club, and then zig zagged back through a couple of Sugarhouse neighborhoods. Most of the group headed back to the cars after 8; Aimee Larkin and I continued on for another 2.4. We averaged just under 7 min for the 10 miles. At 9:00 am, I went to Cottonwood Complex to watch the youth USATF State Cross Country meet. My friend and neighbor Mark Oftedal's son Eli, age 9, was running in the Bantam race. I have wanted to watch him race for a while because he developing into quite a phenom. Today was no exception. He won the hilly and slippery 3000m race by at least 350m, maybe more, finishing in 11:31. I also got to watch Sasha's 7 year old son Benjamin run in the same race. Benjamin had a cold, but looked very tough in hard conditions. It's clear he takes his performances very seriously. I believe he was about 15th; I'm sure Sasha will add some details as well. It was a lot of fun to watch these kids race. | 