Deseret News 10K - Goal for the race - PR (sub 34:48) That is about all I cared about since placing well in this race is pretty tough. This is by far the biggest 10K of the year in Utah. The morning was warm (mid to upper 70's at 6 am) especially for a Logan boy. I sure felt sorry for the marathoners as they were in for a sweat-fest. I did 2 miles of warmup with a few striders to try and get the body to wake up. I am not used to getting the leg turnover going and with all the downhill, I sure needed it. The race started off fine with the big downhill mile flying by. 5:06 The second mile was still downhill. 5:12 By this point, Jon and Adam were still within sight but pulling away. I focused on working past one runner at a time. Mile 3 was rolling down, but much harder than 1 or 2 for sure. 5:43 I figure I was roughly 16:20 or so at the 5K (10 seconds ahead of my PR pace of 2007). Time to buckle down and get to work. Well, how about maintaining then, since I can't speed up at all. Blogger Craig passed me in here and I let him get too far away. Mile 4 was 5:36 Mile 5 was more of the same pain. What else can you say? 5:45 Mile 6 was on the parade route which was nice to get the cheering section going. It helped running sandwiched between two female runners. They sure get lots of cheers. I felt strong during this mile and made up lots of time on Craig and two female runners I was working off of. I think I passed 4-5 people this mile. 5:53 The final stretch is long. In fact, I was so delirious that I was getting mad at the race for putting the 6 mile mark over .2 from the finish. I was convinced during the race and directly after that it should have been 6.1 miles not 6.2. Come on, since when is a 10K 6.2? Those race directors are sure mean to add .1 to my race. Quite the thought process over the last bit of the race. I had been working up to Craig the whole last mile and finally caught him with 30 meters left. He saw me and took off. I mean, took off. It wasn't fair. He rested that whole last mile. Good race Craig. 1:08 Final Official Time: 34:25 (34:27 clock) PR by 23 seconds. Adam ran really well nearly matching his time from last year off of less training. Jon ran well considering he hasn't been home for 3 weeks. Sure is tough to train while traveling. He ran 34:07 I believe. Scott (redrooster) came in just a few mins back. I was still panting when he came in. He ran great considering his injury recovery and ramping back up his miles. Jon, Adam and I ran back up to the start nice and slow. Post Edit: Official results have my chip time as 34:25 and my placing as 51st. (not the 44th as originally stated at finish line (12th in 25-29)
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