Enterprise 10K. 32:16 AM - 10.5 got up early to hit the road. Got up there just in time to catch the bus (thought the boys were on another bus, but they ended up missing it because they were in the bathroom and had to hitch a ride to the start - dorks!, no offense to you guys though, it is just a joke and I don't mean any harm to your feelings because of it!). Anyway... Jumped off the bus to hit the John and only got a short 1.5 warm up in. This worried me that my legs would be hurting and blah, but I actually felt pretty good. 1-5:17, started off with the 5K'ers, so it was Logan and Abel, Byron, Matt and Kyler with Colton not far off working this mile together. 2-5:14, was feeling fine but Logan got about 5-10 meters on me. I figured I would try and just close the gap later if I could. 3-5:18, told the boys to make this their fastest mile, so they closed right up on Logan and I thought about going with them, but didn't want to commit too early. Then I noticed that he didn't look as smooth as he had earlier. So by the end of the mile I had closed on him and we made the turn off the main road up into a neighborhood. 4-5:26, different mile than last time I ran this race. It went up a gradual hill into some neighborhood. I grabbed a quick drink and poured most of it on me. I was worried that Logan would come back to me on the hill since he is a much better hill runner than I, but I held him off and tried to push back on the flats. 5-5:23, started having a very bad side stitch on this mile, but I didn't want to dig into it and show Logan I was hurting. Finally it got so bad that I couldn't get any breath in, so I dug into it and tried to calm my breathing down. Was starting to get tired and focusing on shorter sections. 6-5;27, made the turn back onto the main road and gave a glance back. Te lead seemed safe unless Logan unleashed a crazy mile. Since I know he can, I tried to keep pushing. I actually thought I was going much quicker on this mile (felt that it should have been low 5:10's pace, but I guess that is just because I was tired). Finished with 5:10 pace in. Course was short (blah) at 6.1, but I still felt good about the run and pleased with how I pushed on a good honest course (besides the shortness). My boys also ran well and went 1-5 in the 5k. Cooled with them for 3. It was great to up in the cooler temps at 5500 feet. I didn't know if I would ever feel a chill again. (Rocket 2 45.5) afternoon - 3 Grapevine. Just an easy 3 this afternoon. We had practice from my house and then a swim party, so that was much better than getting a bunch of miles in. Wore my Altras that I had basically retired, but they felt nice. (Altra) | 