17:14 1st Place overall. Ran the Red Ribbon Race this morning. I had just heard about it on Thursday and the race was closed to registration so, I came this morning and they said that I could run, but I wouldn't get any prizes or the t-shirt...but it would be free. Whatever, so I ran. I ran it with James and Dan. The race was 600 people between the mile race and the "5k" but most were kids. I figured it would come down to Dan, James and myself for the win. My goal was to break 18:00 for the 5K. The course ended up being short(3mi) so this is my new PR for 3 miles. After a short 1/2 mile warmup the race got started (30 degrees max- it was cold). I started out at what felt like a really slow pace as the first 1/2 mile is uphill. I held back as much as I could, but was still leading a pack of 3-5 guys. After the hill crested, I settled into about a 6:00 pace and held that for a while. Just after the mile point, I could tell Dan and the High School kid running with us were getting tired so I worked for the next half mile to distance myself a bit. I am now all alone (never been in this position before) and I am not sure the pace I was going. It felt like I slowed down a bit. James was catching me and get to within 5-10 feet of me with 3/4 mile left so I decided it is time to go. I worked that 1/2 mile and put some distance between me and him and then costed into the finish with a 5-6 second win over James and a ~45 second lead on Dan. Both Dan and myself PR'd as we have not ran a short race in a long time (maybe ever for Dan). If we figure 35 seconds for the .1 I still made my 18:00 5K time by 10 seconds and that is all that matters to me. Great Race. 1 mile cool-down then left to meet up with Paul, James, Dave, and Ben to run 6 miles. We ran some trail up right hand fork in Logan Canyon. Hunting season just started so there were a few hunters out. The trail was mostly mud and we were caked in it by the end. The trail had a pretty good climb the whole way (to the turn-around). I made my goal of a 50 mile week. 3-mile race: 17:14 Ave HR: 183 6- mile run: 49:00 Ave HR: 158 | 