The race, followed by 10 additional miles on the trails between the Events Center and Ogden Canyon. I stopped by my sister's to identify her fruit trees on my way back. What a great Saturday! Too bad the 20 miles made me so thrashed all I could do was lie about all day. I'm still waiting for race results online so I can include placing and exact time. So with .2 miles to go, I had reeled in the green shirt guy in front of me. He had earbuds in, so he didn't hear me. I wanted to see if he had any in the tank, hoping I could maybe outkick him. As soon as I came alongside him, he took off like a frightened deer. I should have waited, and maybe could have got past him. It turns out I should have chased a little bit, because our chip times were 2 sec. different. I could have "beat" him, without really beating him. Rookie mistake, I guess. Overall pace was 7:25, with which I am satisfied. I could have come in quicker, but knew I had 10 more to do, so I was a little on the lazy side. I'm in striking distance for 2nd place in my age group for the cumulative time, but only cuz the leader leaped into the overall standings. I'll run the half, but will probably forgo the final 30k the Saturday after Boston. We'll see how I feel.
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