Long run day with a 5K "tempo" in-between. Ran from my house to Christ United Methodist Church for their charity 5K. Ran the course once to get familiar with it. Met up with Allie, James and also saw Fritz. Rainy during the warm-up, but the rain stayed away for the race. The course starts off with a good uphill climb toward Tanner Park then back to the Church with a few turns. Not a PR course, but I really wanted to work on picking up the tempo each mile. Mile 1: 6:04 pace. This is where most of the climb is minus the 0.5 mile apex to Tanner Park then 2 smaller hills that climb back to the church. Fritz, James, Andrew(?) and Levi took off really fast. My guess is Fritz crossed the first mile in 5:20 range. Mile 2: 5:51 pace. Once to Tanner Park there was a nice drop as you work your way West and South. The lead four had put more distance on me, but I could not hear anyone behind me. Mile 3: 5:46 pace. I was able to pick it up on of the rolling elevation section and catch Levi on an uphill section. I could see James make the turn toward the finish line. Mile 0.11: 0:37--5:08 pace. Nice push to the finish. Cool down with James and Allie. Not a bad race, only about a minute behind the winner, Fritz.
Won a nice beer glass (from a Church...go figure) and some summer passes to the Canyons. I also picked up some burritos, car scented vent sticks, mouse pad, stickers and a shirt. The problem was I had to run home carrying all this stuff. I'm sure it was a funny site on the road.
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