I knew that today would be rough because I have been hammered from this week. We stayed at my parents house last night. I got up and ran the first mile + of the course. Mona has changed a lot since I grew up there and the area we ran a lot of the course in was new to me. I knew there were 2 Juab kids that could beat me right now in my condition, unless I felt good for some reason and they were both there. That is pretty much it. I let the 2 kids get out fast and I could never catch them, although I almost caught 2nd right at the end. I tried hard but the body just wouldn't respond the whole race. Not an easy course for a PR by any means. First mile was 6:23, 2nd was 5:58, and 3rd was 6:08, with a 53 second last .17 miles. I cooled down for 3 miles, one of which was Jaren's kids mile. I will likely never run a kid's race with him again because he cried the entire way and stopped and wouldn't move with about 50 yards to go. This is where he went from 1st to 3rd in his age. Not bad prizes for the race, I got a nice bottle and $25 for my efforts. I will be back to dominate this one next year!
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