Larry, Wayne and I ran the normal water tank hills route this morning. Yesterday I decided to spice up my 24th of July (since we have no other plans and I have the day off) and run the Speedy Spaniard 10K in Spanish Fork. So I took it easy on the run this morning to try and save my legs at least a little for tomorrow morning. Still, my legs felt sluggish this morning. We're headed to Lagoon today, at the company's expense. It's great because it's my youngest daughter's 10th birthday and all her siblings decided to come this year, including her 19, 21, and 23 year old sister and brothers. That's a big deal, especially since my two sons don't really like amusement parks They must get that from me, although I think I like them more than they do. I just turn various shades of white and green on many of the rides. I'm pretty sure a long hot day at an amusement park isn't good preparation for a race. It's a good thing I don't have any expectations for this race. It's not a PR-type course and whatever I run will be a course PR for me since I've never run it before. Tom's recommended I take it easy on the first uphill mile. I plan to follow that advice, take what gravity gives me on the second downhill mile, then see what sort of pace I can hang onto for the remaining 4.2 miles. My only real goal is to not look too pitiful at the end as we run through the parade route. I can't believe it's a 6:30am start. There won't be much sleep for me tonight.
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