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10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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Fri, Jun 29, 2012

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
17.40	0.00	0.00

AM - 10.3 miles up to work. Leaving for a little vacation this afternoon - spending 4 nights at Brian Head (elevation 9600 ft!) and using that as a springboard to Cedar Breaks and Zion. Then we'll head "down" to Bryce Canyon for a night before coming home. Can't wait to hit the road!

How about those 5Ks last night? If you didn't see the end of the men's race - here's the video highlights. Start at 2:10 for the last lap. Incredible trials for Galen Rupp... 5K/10K double, both Olympic Trials records... wow. Letsrun recaps - Men - Women. I feel so bad for Julia Lucas. Really happy to see Molly Huddle (Go Saucony!!!) and Lopez Lomong make the team. I ran at the same high school state championship meet as those two... so its good to see that they've improved a lot more than me over the past decade! :-)

PM - 7.1 miles at Brian Head on a really cool dirt road. Lots of climbing. High altitude. Love it. Almost got trampled by an Elk.

The Y-axis is what its all about..

Fires off I-15 on the drive down...

Comments

From Hamdog Alum on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 09:47:07 from 71.90.5.18

That 5K was probably the most exciting I've ever seen. It's so rare to be passed like that at this level and find it within yourself to surge, most of the time the mind freezes the body up and things start to shut down.

Then to break the Prefontain's record at the same place it was set 30+ years ago gives me goose bumps.

My heart goes out to Lucas. The 5000 is all about timing at the end. You just don't know for sure how much you've got in you sometimes. At times you can make a strong move early and finish it off. Other times your body crashes. It's a gamble and one worth taking if you don't think you have the closing speed in the final 100m.

From Jake K on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 09:51:04 from 155.100.226.54

Even rarer to get passed by BERNARD LAGAT in the final stretch and be able to respond. How many guys can say they've done that? El G - that's probably it!

Rupp and Mo Farah vs the Bekele brothers in the 10K at the Olympics is probably what I am looking forward to the most.

From Rachelle on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:08:24 from 159.212.71.200

Both races were incredibly awesome last night and got me all fired up for the olympics. Wow! I felt so incredibly bad for Lucas. Racing is so crazy because anything, ANYTHING, can happen. That is what makes it so incredibly exciting.

From allie on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 14:44:54 from 97.117.94.148

so fun to watch...the tour de france commercials get better every year.

From Bam on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 14:51:14 from 213.191.250.142

I saw Mo winning the English youth x/c champs at Stowe school when he was 14ish. I remember saying to my dad that one day that kid'll mash it up on the world stage. Not sure if he'll turn over the Ethiopian boys. Have a good holiday and relax a bit. You don't have to climb every mountain everyday.

From DaleG on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 22:12:53 from 152.216.3.5

Very cool!!! Have fun on your trip.

Jopez Lamong, I just watched Real Sports on HBO and they did a story about him. Very inspiring!!!

From SlowJoe on Sun, Jul 01, 2012 at 12:16:10 from 69.131.141.92

That women's 5k was unreal. Hope you had a good trip.

From Kam on Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 15:36:28 from 68.66.163.179

I'm all about the z axis on 3-d graphs. It's much more 21st century than the passe y axis. Just sayin', Jake.

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