It turned out to be a wonderful morning for a race. When I woke up there was frost on the ground so I was a little nerveous it would be on the cold side, but the sun came out and there was no wind so it was nice for running. About 35-40 degrees. My son Dallas and my sister-in-law ran the race.
I saw Tom & Kim before the race. I was hoping Tom would stay with me for the first mile but I was feeling good and started out on the fast side, staying up with the high school kids. The local talent that broke the 2A state 2 mile record just a couple of weeks ago with a 9:38 was there so I knew there was no hope for first place. After about a half a mile I was running right behind 3 highschool kids. By the first mile I was running behind the local talent Daniel Howell. I was slowly letting him leave me. The rest of the race was more of the same with Howell boy beating me by about 25 seconds which I'm sure was just a nice easy fun run for him. Places 1st and 2nd both got a $50 gift certificate to a local running store. Maybe I'll get a new shirt or socks or shorts.
My race mile splits were as follows: Mile 1 - 5:53, Mile 2 - 6:12, Mile 3 - 5:51 (Mile avg. - 5:59) Mile two has an uphill section.
The race ended up being 3.20 not the regulation 3.1. My time above is adjusted back to 3.1. My race time of the 3.20 was 18:54.
My son Dallas got a 24.35 and Jamie got a 25.03. If the times were adjusted Dallas would have got close to a 24 even. Dallas has never broke 25 so this was an excellent race for him.
Tom never seems to race well in Ephraim but Kim did great. I told Dallas that he needed to beat Kim and he did. Good Boy. | 