A fun race. I was sick for most of the week and hoped to be better by Saturday. I wasn't, but I'd paid the money so I went to the race anyway. I rode with Neil and enjoyed having someone to chat with before and after the race. It was a little crowded at the starting line, but weaving in and out of the crowd is kind of fun. By the time we were a half mile into it things spread out a bit. I did pretty good for the first three miles or so, but the congestion started building up and I had a hard time breathing. Neil took off about the time we passed through the golf course and was out of sight by the time I got to the stadium. The finish area was really cool. The course looped once around the BSU stadium and then once around the track. By the time it was over I was hacking up phlegm and feeling kind of rotten, but that went away soon and they served pancakes. I finished with my second best 10k time (out of four). I think the race made me even sicker, but I had fun and took it easy the rest of the day.
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