Drove out to Saltair, and it looked like a great day out. Then after the airport the clouds closed in and by warmup time it was snowing pretty good. Did threeish miles, the last half with Jake, Collin and James joined in too. The way back was very snowy so I piled on the clothes for the second part of the race. The gun went off and a bunch of guys went out at what my watch said was very close to 5 minute pace, so I eased off and ran a 5:24 planning on reeling guys in the second half of the race. Fritz came by me around then after his 7 mile warmup and started catching guys. The next two miles were pretty uneventful in 5:29 and 5:24. Once I hit the turn around the wind kicked in and I praised science I wore more clothes than usual. Then I caught two guys in the next mile in 5:41. And could see Walter and Tomy ahead of me, the next mile I lost some focus and couldn't reel them in, 5:45. At this point I told myself you have 1.25 miles to catch those two and I started picking it up, caught Walter then set my sights on Tomy. The sixth mile was in 5:31 and by a half mile left I had caught him then he started kicking around the 6 mile mark. After 200 meters I dug down and pulled him back in and pushed through the line. For running alone into the head wind I was very happy with how I caught people and was moving on the guys in front of me. I felt really good today, and definitely had something left in the tank as evidenced by my big kick. This week contained almost a marathon worth of work faster than marathon pace and leaves me confident for the upcoming weeks of training. Then I cooled down about 4 miles with a big group of guys at the end. Then went to Amiee's for a scrumptious lunch, and I brought the bacon!
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