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Salt Lake City,Ut,US

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Jun 16, 2010

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Male

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Age Division Winner

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Training for the SLC marathon. 

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Stay healthy and keep running with my puppy.

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Race: Bob Firman Invitational (3.14 Miles) 00:21:24, Place in age division: 11
Total Distance
8.60

Today was the Bob Firman Invitational in Boise, Idaho. So we got up at 2 AM and met at the East High Track at 3, and drove down to Boise at 3:15. So I was supposed to try to sleep on the bus so I got there early to make sure I got a good spot on the bus so I could lay in the isle to try to go to sleep. As soon as I got down on the isle, Vuongs water bottle explodes in the cubby above us so we had to mop everything up and then have it dry, by this time it was like 5:30 and the sun was barely starting to come up so I decided to just watch a movie. So when we got to the race, Kevin and I decided to go on a 1.5 mile shake out run, running one lap of the course and grabbing some flags while were at it. After that we decided since we had like 3 hours still till we raced, to go back and eat and cheer on all the people racing right now.

So I ate a banana, an apple, flaming hot cheetos, and funyons. Not the most healthy of a diet before I race and 2 chocolate milks. So Finally it is time to start warming up so Sarah has already raced she decides to join in and do a  mile with us, I took everybody on a warm up, Kevin, Me, Blake, Anders, Mac, and Nelson. So we head over to the start, do drills and a few strides. So Finally the gun goes off and were off!!!

I got out fairly OK but I would have liked to start out faster because I was pushed into the pole:) But oh well it was a fun start to elbow a ton of people out of my race. So at about the half mile mark I am in my goal, my average pace was a 6 flat which is what I needed it to be and I was in the top 20. But then tragedy happens, I didn't see this dip in the ground and I totally eat DIRT!! I face planted meaning I fell hard on the dirt on my face. So I quickly get up and a few people pass me. I stay with the group I am with, I was starting to feel comfortable with the pace so I picked up the pace. Going up the hill I am feeling good and passing people going up it but then they passed me going down it. So after the mile and a half mark I am starting to feel sick. Then all the sudden I blow chunks all over this kid running next to me..... Sorry!!!! When I finally get to the 2 mile, my time was 13:36 so I knew there was no way I was going to pull off a 5 minute mile to make my goal in the state that I was in, I just needed to be done. So Kevin passes me going right on the sand the in the sand Andy passes me. So I pass Andy again going up the hill but he passes me going down it. At this point I was feeling a ton better so I picked up the pace to try to catch Kevin, I almost did, he was about 20 meters ahead of me at the finish instead of 100 where he was originally. When we make the final turn I totally sprint it in, I was not proud of my final time or place. I know I could've done better because I was slower this year than I was last year. When I got to the finish I could barely stand up though.

Then I did a 3 mile cooldown while cheering for my other teammates races. I did the cooldown with Caden and Vuong. We just redid the course without the start and finish lines. Here is my Garmin Link: (This is just the Race)

 http://connect.garmin.com/dashboard

Adidas Spikes Miles: 3.10Black Nike Free Run+ 2 Racing Flats Miles: 5.50
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