Yes, it was just a local race in Eagle, Idaho and yes, most of the
faster runners entered the 10k and yes, my primary competition was a 14
year old girl named Megan, but a win is a win. I've never been the one following the
police motorcycle before, so that was cool. When the gun
went off a few kids bolted out first, but I passed them all pretty
quickly. Then the only person ahead of me was this little girl running
really fast. I gradually closed the gap and caught up with her around
mile 1.5. I hung right beside or behind her for a half mile or so and
then passed her with about a mile left. By the time I reached the finish
line, no one was close. When I crossed the finish line I didn't know
what to do because I always follow the people ahead of me. Megan came in second.
The only disappointing thing was that the course was about a quarter mile long. I entered the race hoping to improve on my 5k pr, and I would have if the course was accurate. According to my math, I would have finished under 20:30. I'll take a first place instead. I wasn't sure how this race would go after running so little these past two weeks nursing the bum knee, but it held up nicely. No knee pain at all. I guess the real test is next week when I bump up the mileage a bit.
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