Apparently I have lost some fitness over the last month, but nothing that can't be found again. Had I been on top of my game I should have finished with a high 37 or low 38, but, none-the-less it was a great day and a good race. This is the second year that I have ran this well done race in Riverton (they do a good job on all of there races).
The good news is that I beat my time from last year by nearly 2 minutes if I adjust for the course length change (6.3 this year : 6.1 last year) and I didn't have any pain in my foot. My splits were as follows: 6:02 (made an effort to manage a slower start, downhill), 6:07 (downhill), 6:27 (half up/half down), 6:29 (uphill but strong), 6:47 (big uphill (ouch) and long steady uphill), 6:22 (half up/half down - nice recovery from the hills in mile 5), 1:54 (6:16 pace for the final 0.3 miles). I was 4th place behind 3 cross country kids - Bingham, Herriman, and Riverton (I will get them all next year).
I met James Barnes for the first time and chatted with him for a bit. I also met up with Kelli (nice job running the stop watch), her husband (nice race), Rachel (gave me a nice race pick-me-up after the turn around), and her sister (definately not last).
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