Had to run the Draper Days 5K today as my last name is Draper and if a race is named after you (and I guess a whole city too right?) you should at least show up. They even had a parade.
I ran 2 miles of warmup with Sasha, Scott, and Paul. I was feeling pretty good other than my blister on my heel. I stuck some moleskin on it and just delt with it. The start looked pretty stacked as expected, but I was ready to roll. The weather was warm, but the sun was not out so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I do think it hurt us a bit. Paul said his car thermometer read 82 (+- a few) at the start.
Nice fast first downhill mile in 5:09. I felt ok, in control, but I knew that was going to get tougher. I think by this point I was around 20th overall.
Second mile was a net gain, no monster hills, only a slight incline most of the way. I hit this mile in 5:45. That was slower than I wanted, but I was hurting.
Third mile had a hill in the first part then some down and then back up. Probably about the same difficulty as the second mile. I enjoyed picking a few more people off during this mile. I hit the marker in 5:43.
Kick over the last .11 wasn't enough to pass anyone, but I also held my own. :31 (4:37 pace) for the last .11 ---17:08 official time. Huge PR over my last 5K (Heart of Holladay in 17:37) but that course was harder. According to sasha's predictor I should have run this race in 17:15 for it to be an equilivant PR effort. I exceeded that so I am happy with my results. One of these days I will break 17, just not today.
16th overall and 6th in 25-29 age group.
Ran back to the start (2 miles or so on a paved trail system) with Paul and changed shirts and then ran back to the finish in time for the awards. I won't steal Paul's thunder but he ran well too. After chatting and such, we grabbed a $3 Lions Club breakfast and then attempted to run the course backwards back to th cars. We made it to the parade route and tried to get around it, but ended up back on it again and just gave up and ran through the parade dodging flying candy and lunging children. | 