Kanab 10k today, a lot of people showed up. I was hoping for the best. The weather was good. The course had a different finish then last year. Instead of finishing down hill, it finished with about 1 1/2 miles of uphill.
I got to the starting line about 10 minutes before the gun went off and right away spotted Mike Schramm ( I think thats how you spell his last name). We like racing each other, but there was a look of frustration on both our faces as we spotted each other. We both new it was going to be a race.
We were informed at the starting line that there was a $200 cash prize to the overall winner. Mike came up with the idea of splitting $150 to $50 for first and second overall. He suggested that as long as we were within 20 seconds from each other, that we should split it. Mike beat me at our last race by 30 seconds, so I figured I had nothing to lose and we shook on it.
The gun went off and me and Mike locked onto each other right away. There was some surging, but neither of us was willing to fall back. We left the rest of the pack in the dust. I think 3rd must have finished 3 minutes behind us.
I decided early in the race that I was going to surge with Mike and not allow him to get that lead on me that he always does early in the race. We stayed neck and neck until about 5.9 and then Mike poured it on a little, of which I couldn't answer. Mike finished 1st overall and myself 2nd overall. I finished 8 seconds behind him and gladly took $50 of his prize money.
I finished in 35:31and Mike in 35:25. Our times were just barely slower then last year, when he beat me by 5 seconds and took first overall and myself 2nd overall. I'll get him one of these years at Kanab. the course was much harder this year, so I'm not complaining about my time. Good trophies and the drawings were nice. I ended up with two wind and glow flash lights!!
I'm planning on the Utah Summer Games for my next 10k. | 