Did the La Verkin City Freedom Run 5K race. I really had a hard time getting up this morning, and felt tired from the run last night. Anyway, made it over to the start and saw there were hardly any people, so I figured I should be able to jog the race and win. However, there was a younger college kid, that looked like he could be Sasha's younger brother (even though I don't even know if Sasha has younger brothers or sisters, and I figured even if he did, there would be little chance any of them would be in La Verkin on the 4th. What made things more interesting was when the lady was explaining the course this kid asked a few questions and his voice and mannerisms were also just like Sasha. So from the beginning he became Sasha junior to me. We started and basically ran the first mile together me and Sasha Junior (after the race he said is name was Teren Monson? I think visiting from Tempe, AZ) 1-5:36 Just wanted to see what the kid had, and figured maybe I would take it out hard and kill him off after the first mile. At any rate I didn't want to lose in a race this small to some younger guy.
2-6:03 The plan seemed to work after the first mile, Teren started fading and by about 1.5 miles I had a pretty safe gap, which was good because my stomach was giving me some issues. So I kind of went more into tempo pace mode, not race pace mode
3-6:02 This mile felt pretty easy and I by this point had a pretty large gap on Sasha Junior at least a minute maybe more. .13- 48 Course measured just a bit long, but not too bad considering there was no actuall starting or finishing line. This was the second year they did the race and still very low numbers. I went back after I finished and ran about the last .5 miles with Sunny, she finished fourth. Then jogged one more easy mile home.
Now, here is the best part about the race. Instead of a medal or trophy I got something I can really use, and Clyde would be happy for me. I got a free meal from In and Out Burger, plus and In and Out Burger T-shirt. I mean what better way to treat your winner than with a nice big, juicy burger. I guess I know where I'll be heading for lunch.
Happy 4th to everyone!
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