South Jordan 5K, 6:00AM, Temp 70', some wind.
I felt good before the race. My legs were ready to go. After a 1/4 mile there was a 9 man pack that was slowly leaving my pace. CJ Evans dad, I think his name is Kurt, has been training well and he stayed with me for about a half a mile before he dropped off my pace. Kurt is in my age division and I've always been able to beat him but he was making me nervous. After about 2 miles I finally caught one of the original 9 man pack but that was it for passing.
I've been doing a lot of easy miles and marathon pace miles training trying to get my mileage up and no real speedwork. I wanted to go a bit faster but it didn't feel right. I felt like I was straining to stay efficent in my stride. I'm confident with some speed work I could get below 18 minutes and going at a faster pace would feel good. I don't know if I'll find the time and effort to do that but it would be fun.
There was about 250-300 people at the race. A pretty good turn out for South Jordan.
Next race may be Bryce Canyon half marathon with my good buddys Tom & Bob.
I ran 192 miles this month. That may be the most I've ever run in a month. I lost my records I was keeping from 1998-2002 when I was running some decent miles so I'm not sure. | 