Warmed up only a mile because of time, I should have gotten up early. The race starts about a half block from my parents house so that makes if nice. I saw a couple of HS kids including a couple that had graduated and Jake Morgan who was a 48 second 400m/1:56 800m kid who will be running at Weber this fall. I knew Jake could beat me if he was in shape because I am so slow right now. This is not a fast course and it starts and finishes uphill with the downhill in the middle. Not a blazing course by any means.
The race started and Jake and the others took off. The problem for me besides no speed is I still drag up the hills since my injury and the first mile is almost all uphill and has a good stretch of rough dirt road. I was immediately behind! I finally got rolling and caught the first girls about a K into it and then eventually the 2nd place guy just before a mile. By them Jake had me by 45 seconds. First mile was 5:59. Jake opened up a few more seconds on me but not much after that. I focused on running smooth and made sure I put a good gap on everyone else since I was going for second now. Second mile was 5:46 I saw my Dad around here and I was a good 55 seconds back by now, but had about that on 3rd. The last mile I cruised 5:56 . When I was out about a quarter mile out my watch hit 3 miles, so I knew it was long, but that is what you get sometimes with a small town course. The last 2 blocks were 1:09, so my finishing time was 18:52. Jake was 17:58. Minus about 40 seconds for a 5k. Jake and I cooled down for two miles afterward and had a good chat about college. I had a good time and felt decent today, I am just still too slow to run with the fast guys or kids yet. I did feel stronger and was happy with the first mile if nothing else. Got a little small town prize money for my efforts, and enjoyed the day with all of the family. If you ever want to see some good fireworks little Mona has had the best show in the state for over 20 years and it was even better this year.
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