About a month ago I was asked to speak at this race about my running story and how running has helped me cope with the death of my brother. This race is in honor of a little boy that passed away from my home town of Nephi.
I got to the race early and ran the course as a warmup. I was quickly reminded of the awful canyon headwinds in Nephi and the constant uphill gradient. I have ran one race in Nephi before in 2010 and this course was basically the same except the uphill climb through the cemetery to run past baby Cade's grave.
After I gave my brief speech which I feel went really well I was able to relax and just run. Running was the easy part today. I was not wearing racing flats and put no pressure on myself at all. Just a good hard effort is all I wanted. About 6 guys went out in front of me which was just fine I did not feel like going out fast at all. 6:26, 6:26, 6:19, 6:03. I ended up catching all of the guys on the hills and finished in 1st place with the police escort. The course was a little long which is to be expected in these small town 5ks. I finished with an overall pace of 6:20 which seemed perfect and it was definitely a great workout.
Ran back and found my sister who is 31 weeks pregnant. I ran in with her and then later did an additional 3 mile cool down. It was a great day and I must say that 5ks are a great way to get in a good workout.
How about that men's 10k!!!!!!! So cool to see Rupp perform so well.
PM: 2 miles EASY shakeout jog with Izzy.
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