Beautiful morning for a race! The 5k and 10k started and ended at a really cool park (Mack Park) in Smithfield that I didn't even know existed. I warmed up with Dan for about a mile before the race, he and Cody had already been running a while.
The start looked pretty good for Cody to win the 5k since Carson Campbell jumped into the 10k five minutes before the race. I knew that he would take it out hard so I figured I would just go out at marathon pace for the first half and see how I felt for the second half. Carson took off pretty good and built a huge lead on me in the first mile or so. The course went up the canyon road on some roling hills and it didn't seem too bad going up. I just tried to keep Carson in site for as long as possible, and enjoy the nice morning and pretty course. I didn't even realize that it was such a good grade, other than I was barely running 6:10 mile average, until I turned around and started back down. The 3-4 mile was the steepest, 6:40 up and 5:08 down. I felt good at the turn around so I just cruised down, and by then Carson was a good 1:20 ahead me and I was all alone for the rest of the way. The course went back the same way until we hit just past the 5k turn around, then we went up on a different road. There was a steep little hill that was kind of like the dug-way in Logan, that we went up to get on the random country road. I followed the road for a about a mile and got a little nervous a few times that I was off course, but eventually I saw a kid directing me around three sharp turns and down a steep little hill. Cody and Dan had finished their race and were cooling down coming up the hill. They probably came looking for me, wondering where I was since Carson had already come by a minute and a half before. When I got back on the main course I was in middle of a bunch of 29 minute 5kers, but the it was only a block to the finish. My splits were:
1st mile-6:08
2nd mile-6:27
3rd mile-6:40
4th mile-5:08
5th mile-5:22
Last 1.2-6:01
The first three miles up was 19:15 and the 3.2 down was 16:31, like I said it was a lot steeper than what I originally thought.
Carson beat me down pretty good as expected, and would have done so even with an all out effort and 10k training on my part. Cody ended up winning the 5k and Dan had some trouble but still ended up in 4th place. It was a fun little run and I liked the course too. We invited Carson out to do some training runs with us, he would be a great addition to our Logan group. I felt good and was happy with my run, I did about what I had planned. 35:46 was my time (5:45 ave.).
The only problem with the race was that people kept jumping from 5to 10k and 10 to5k before the start. Carson's card at the finish said he was 46th place in the 5k and mine said that my time was 36:42 and 3rd in the 10k. My time was almost a minute faster, I was second place, and there was no one within 5 minutes of me. Some kid that was like 14 years old probably took first in the 10k and set a world record at the same time! They got everything figured out by the time the awards were given though. I thought it was fun, and will probably try to do some more races like that in the summer. Cooled down with the guys, and won enough money to pay for my entry fee, cant beat that! Went to the parade with Allison and Jaren after the race.
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