The Frosty Freeze lived up to it's name this year. 32 degrees or colder at the start and it never really warmed up. I got a 5K warm up in w/Eric during which we saw Donald Bowman who would be my main competition for top Master. Eric had asked me to pace him to a sub 18, so we went out at a comfortable 5:37 1st mile. I had Donald in my site at all times and as we went up a small hill at 1 3/4 mile I could se I was gaining on him. Eric had dropped back a little by then but still was on a PR pace. I pulled up on Donalds shoulder at about the 2 1/2 mile mark and we ran together shortly and then past the lead back and forth a few times. I was able to get a small lead on him as we crested the last hill before the 3 mile mark, but when the course flattened out he put on a kick that I couldn't match and beat me by 2 seconds. I was still happy with my time, and a 1st place age group win. Splits: 5:37, 5:44, 5:37, :38. Eric Finished 9th in 18:12 a big PR for him. We are both in good shape to run a fast marathon next Saturday. | 