Ran the Speedster 10K this morning. I really wasn't that pleased with my race, but I guess it was good to get in some faster miles. Especially since I didn't do much over vacation. I did 1.5 miles warm-up when I got there. I wasn't really feeling that great this morning, but as we lined up at the start I figured I would just go out and see how I felt, no real time goals. 1-5:56 pretty fast as I ended up struggling during the middle miles. Aaron took off pretty fast, he was running the 5K, then Dave Holt, and a guy named David Smith? that just moved here were in second and third. 2-6:15 By this point the race is pretty spread out. James Holt is not too far behind me. 3-6:18 I stopped here at the aid station and got some water, James was a little faster with his water and he went ahead of me, which I was fine with. I really wasn't feeling that great and I thought maybe if I have somebody ahead of me to focus on, I won't notice the pain quite as much. 4-6:34 Pretty slow here, but then again I didn't really feel like I was racing, more of just a relaxed tempo run 5-6:34 Another mile, by this point I had passed James back and just focused on getting water at the aid stations to dump over my head, as the temps were already on the rise. 6-6:14 Felt a little faster here .4-2:30 Ohana Overall finish was 3rd and 2nd in age group behind Dave. Steve and the St. George Running Center had some nice awards as usual. After the race I did a 1.5 mile cool-down with Marcie, Dave, Clyde, Aaron and the new guy. After the awards, Bill and I did a 5.5 mile loop from the park out around Bloomington, then back on the river trail, stopped at the Dixie Center for water, then back to the park. The wildbull really gave me a hard time for my fat gut and love handles when I took my shirt off. Actually, the wildbull is correct in saying I need to lose some weight in that region. I used to have the nickname when I was coaching of Little Budda, and I still feel like that on some days. Cumulus-109.5 Anyway, when I got home my weight was 145, but I'm going to try to get down to 135-137 by the marathon. I'm going to try to track my diet a little better, maybe here on the blog. Maybe anybody that spends time reading different blogs can give me some encouragement with my diet. So far today. B-bowl of oatmeal, water L-rice bowl with chicken, glass of fruit punch D-plate of nachos, glass of rootbeer Tonight I did the La Verkin 5k loop with Sunny and Jarren. We were a bit slower than yesterday, but still not bad. It has just been nice doing some easy miles with Sunny. I was happy to get out tonight and was able to hit 60 miles this week. Next week I am going to work on hitting 70 miles and hopefully have a good performance at the Summer Games 10K on Friday.
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