On the road to BOSTON!

Jogged over to the Dixie Center to get my packet for the Senior Games....came back most of the way and was picked up by Jody.

Ran the Senior Games this morning- Felt pretty good for coming off the marathon. Went out steady and remained at the same pace throughout the race. I stuck yself right off the shoulder of Kelvin- (from California). I maintained whatever pace he was running to the bottom of Snow Canyon. At the parkway I slingshotted past him and tried to keep ahead for the last 1 1/2 miles- slight uphill. I ended up beating him by close to a minute. Felt great, just not full of energy. Now I have 3 days untill the 1/2 marathon.

3 miles on the 5k course for tomorrows race- averaged 7:12 pace

Ran the Senior games Half marathon- Had decided to run the 5k but as I went to change out, changed my mind. I would have been gaurenteed at least a 3rd place in age. Instead I ran in a group of 9 in the age group and had much more pressure.

I went out at a fairly good pace and held onto 5th place through 2 1/2 miles. I then moved to 4th. At mile 4 I stopped to get a bottle that I had planted on the course and had a drink....fell back to 5th. I remained in that position throughout the race. My foot started hurting at the halfway point but didn't want to loose ground and there were 2 other runners within 1/4 miles or less. I gutted it out and ended up closing the gap on 4th place to a couple strides.

As we entered the last mile I decided to not worry about my time but worry about my placement. The runner in 4th was in my agegroup. I started running more smoothly and remained as quite as I could. With 1/4 or more to go he began to up the pace and I just kept with him. As we rounded the past turn into the parking lot I pounced and gave it everything......beat him by 5 seconds over about 100 feet to the finish. It was a fun race and my 2nd Silver medal for this years games.