I held it back! I ran to the busses (about a mile) then did another mile in various warmups before the race. Too much - already sweating. When the race started, Matt reminded me to hold back. And Iwas ready, even though it was really easy. My first two miles were according to plan (5:42, 5:38) and then I let it go (5:30, 5:42, 5:34) but then it started getting hot and thirsty so I stopped for a few sips of gatorade (5:53). I got back on the horse (5:44) but it was really getting miserable (5:59) and even with the slow start I was still feeling it a lot (5:51,5:49). I stopped for another drink (6:06) but once I hit that uphill and a last drink I felt like I weighed 200 pounds (6:06, 6:33). The finish finally came and I burned the last grass bit (4:58) but to my disappointment the clock had already gone to 1:16. But I still got a 28 second PR with the heat so maybe it wasn't so bad. I almost caught Mike Nelson in 4th place too! Right after I got in Mike, Matt and Justin did a cooldown run. I showed them a 3.5 mile course, but cooldown my eye - they were running 7:15 by the end and I got too dehydrated. Took me 10 minutes to run back to my house and three hours to get back to equilibrium, but got my second longest week ever! Just about ready to head to Cheyenne tonight, in Nauvoo this week. Brutal workouts coming!
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