Striders Winter Racing Circuit 10K Jon and I were happy to leave Logan's 1° temperature and drive to Ogden (20°+) for the second of too many race, a 10K. Today's course was a nasty hilly course I love to whine about. After a quick warmup with Walter, Jon and James (Fiddy) who I haven't seen since WBR last year, the race was underway. Trevor Ball was there again as he lives on the course and decided to try and win with a tempo run. The lead group turned into James, Trevor, two guys I didn't know (Braden and Jason), Walter, Tim, and myself. The pace was brisk, but maneagable over the first 2 miles (super fast second mile is all downhill). Mile 1: 5:38 Mile 2: 5:12 By this point the group has splintered and Tim and I were in the second group with Walter close behind. I managed to not slip and fall on the sections of ice we encountered and actually managed to not freeze too terribly either. Mile 3: 5:34 Miles 3 & 4 was pretty challenging as it was pretty rolling with the big uphill coming up still. Mile 4: 5:54 I was in 5-6th place running with Tim during mile 5. Walter was a few seconds back. The big hill approached....Time to go. I was able to move away from Walter and Tim and slowly catch the guy in 4th (grey shirt guy as I called him aka Braden). By the mile 5 marker, I was only a few seconds back.
Mile 5: 6:33 The first 2/3 of the mile was the rest of the uphill with the final 1/3 a nice downhill into the stadium parking lot. I caught Braden on the hill and made sure he wasn't going to tag along. I finished with a happy sigh as I was soooo glad to be done! Mile 6: 6:27 Finish 1:10 4th place overall, 2nd in age group. 25 seconds faster than last year, yet 1 place worse. T-36:28 (5:52) 179 ave 184 max
We ran the course again for a long cooldown, but it felt more like a deathmarch. Man I was sure tired. Now the goal is to find more time to train so I can run a solid half at the Striders 1/2 marathon (next race).
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