AM - 8 miles. Millcreek.
Despite the fact that there are about 30 races in Utah this weekend, I'm flying to Kansas City, MO this evening to run the Plaza 10K on Sunday. Before you say "well, that's random" I'll jump in and say that yep - it's pretty random! Here's how it happened... I had a Frontier voucher that I needed to use this fall, so I started looking for places I could fly to for ~$200 and corresponding races. Browsing led me to this one, and I really liked that it was a big, competitive, stand-alone 10K (that wasn't a sideshow latched on to a HM/Marathon). I shot an e-mail to the KC Running Company and they offered to give me a hotel room (sweet!). At that time (early August) I was leaning towards running the 1/2 at either Long Beach or Des Moines (mid-October), so the timing was great for a good 10K effort. I figured after TOU 1/2, I'd hit some speed workouts for a couple weeks and take a crack at lowering my PR (30:03). But then I ended up having the opportunity to take the trip to Colorado (anti-speed workouts!), and decided to push back my target HM to the Monumental 1/2 in early November. In hindsight, I realize I could have used my airfare voucher for that race.
Anyways, that's why I'm going to KC for 36 hours to run a 10K. The prize money is excellent, so I'm hoping that will draw a very competitive field. I think I can probably run ~30:30 if I run smart (negative splits). I'd be happy with that. My primary goal, however, is to win the race.
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