I wasn't planning on running this race, but last week I picked up a sponsorship for Jamba Juice and they asked me to run in it. I also signed up my son Connor for the race. The race was at Sugar House Park and did two laps around the park. Jamba Juie had a booth set up there and was giving away samples of some new flavors of smoothies. They tasted great. It has been a few years since I have actually raced a 5k. I wasn't sure what to expect. After we got underway, I was in fourth place. Towards the end of the first mile, a guy with curly hair wearing a green shirt passed me putting me in fifth place. He was running strong and I couldn't keep pace with him. I passed the fourth place person, which was the first place girl, towards the end of the first lap. Half way through the second lap I passed the third place guy putting me in the top three. I never caught the guy in the green shirt. He came in second and I came in third with a time of 19:42. For my efforts I received a $20 gift card to Red Rock and a $15 gift card to Wasatch Running Center. It was a fun race. Connor did great as well. He came in at 30:49 which is seven minutes faster than his last 5k. After the race I had my wife drop me of at the mouth of City Creek and ran from there to home. | 