Got up at 4:00am and headed down to Provo with Walter, Chuk, Braden, and Chuk's dad. I told Curt that I would help with again with his race which is always a mess, but brings out 1800 people on a down year. I let Walter run with my number, and brought the kids along to do a training run. The canyon was a disaster with too many people and not knowing where the start was I couldn't answer the 2000 question about what was going on. Sasha, Walter, Brian Summers, and Justin Park were the main runners I saw and I figured they would be top 4. Michelle was there as well and was looking like she is in good shape. I lost my kids at the start and could never find them. About a mile into it I hooked up with Sam Holt, a lady in my ward and decided to run with her. I probably drove her nuts because i talked to her the entire way down to the finish. She talked back most of the time, but I could never tell if she was annoyed or not. Anyway I had a nice easy run and a good time. i also helped Sam run a 1:36:50, her PR before was 1:42. My guys came in a couple of minutes behind us. I was happy to be able to run a longer run, this was my longest since St. George last year. I have never ran a half marathon close to that slow, it was kind of nice in some ways. At the same time if I was in shape I could have had a shot at winning that race, and that is hard for me sometimes. Anyway, I need a nap but I feel really good.
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