This was an ok race for me, I wanted to be a little cautious as we as are a week away from the marathon. Saw lots of fast guys at the start and figured I would have my work cut out just to be in the top 10. Easy 2 mile warm-up 1-5:40- Found myself in 9th place behind. Logan, Aaron, Hayden, Dave Smith, Ryan, Mike, Jose, and some high school kid from Virgin Valley. I really didn't feel that great the first mile
2-5:44- Narrowed the gap between the Virgin Valley kid and Jose. I'm starting to feel a little better
3-5:46- With about a half mile to go, I passed both Jose and the Virgin Valley kid to move into 7th place. Now I'm finally feeling like I'm racing, but with this being only a 5k the race soon came to an end. .1- .34 Overall, I was satisfied with my time 17:45 (5:42 average) and I was pretty pleased with my place considering the good competition. I still found it weird that I ran a faster time on the course they had last year, which was supposed to be a more difficult course. Anyway, did 3 miles cool-down with Bill and cheered people on. Sunny ran and had a PR by over a 1 minute. Way to go Sunny! Now it is off to get a massage with April, then back to packing this weekend. We close on our house on Wednesday, so we'll be moving a lot of stuff next week. I just need to be careful and not do too much especially this close to the marathon. Thankfully, lots of friends, family, and people in our ward will be helping us move and it is just across town, so we can make lots of short trips.
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