9 mi, 1:27:49, 9:45 avg, HR 126 bpm
Ran in Starkey Park, starting about 6:45. The High School cross country meet was being held here this weekend (hosted by Mitchell HS). This was Friday's run, which I swapped (did long run yesterday). Got some miles in before the meet, got to run with Tom (not my son Tom) and Jorge for a bit as they were on the bike path running with the Saturday morning Striders run. I'd finish up the rest of the miles after the meet.
Had just enough time to run out to the one mile marker. Able to hear the gun go off and started the stopwatch on my phone. At about 5 minutes into the race, coach comes by on the 4 wheel drive buggy and starts the 1 mile clock. I see the runners coming, Jarod is ahead of Tom by around 8 seconds, Tom comes through with 5:45 on the clock.
The course runs on a loop through the woods, I go back the way I came trying to get to the runners before the exit the woods, as I am reaching it I see runners go by but too far away to tell who is who, I think this is around 2.something miles. Jenny texts me and says she sees Jarod and Tom pretty close to each other. The finish the race, Jarod second overall with 17:43 and Tom 4th place overall with 17:52. The two high places along with some other good placings from the team secures first place for Mitchell HS.
Last week was an off week, and this week was a pretty tough course. It had been dry so the sand got pretty sugary. It was an exciting race. Great team effort.
I finish up my miles after the race.
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