Could this be my best race ever? I don't know - I've had so many this
year. And Nebo will be incredible. Walter you better go down there
because I am going to smoke your course record.
Anyway, I started off in the traditional fashion, well in front of
the race, but it was taking longer than usual for the leaders to catch
up. In fact the first guys didn't get me until about .75 in, and most
passed around the one mile mark. This year it wasn't onesies and twosies
like usual, but a whole pack of intimidating racers screaming down the
mountain looking for all the world like the usual pack at the olympic
mile race. I knew then it would be a strong year, and I was just hoping
that a masters guy did not sneak in there. The first milepost flew by at
4:52 and my watch dinged at 4:58 - a new record! I was feeling a tiny
bit overextended by that point so I brought it back to half pace plus
and hoped for the best.
The beautiful day made the miles pass quickly, splits on the other
upper miles were 5:26, 5:32, 5:31, 5:38, 5:38 so it looked like I had
found a good pace that I could maintain. I hit the dreaded flats by the
golf course and still managed to squeeze under 6 at 5:56! By now nobody
was passing me and I was passing nobody - it was just a race with my
endurance which seemed to be holding out well. 5:35 on the golf course
downhill, then into the more flat stuff with 5:58, 5:51, 5:56, and 5:58.
By this point I could not argue with my eyes - Trevor wascoming back to
me! I passed him in mile 12 and ran a 5:55 to the end of the race. 10th
overall, another masters win, and a huge PR - 1:12 faster! What an awesome day. I
think doing all the construction has really helped my endurance a lot.
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