Place overall: 1
Place in age division: 1
Fun "little" run. I ran this back in 2010 with all my room mates, then ran it last year and won it, so I thought I'd come back for a repeat. Goal initially was 2 fold, course record (set by one of my great friends Josh McCabe, 15:26 in 2010) and win. Warmed up with Karl Siebach and felt pretty sluggish still. Haven't shaken the allergies yet...
Race started out as usual with 15 little kids hammering sub 5 pace for the first 150 meters, then Karl took over the leading duties with Spencer Gardner's little brother, a older guy who has thrown down in the past and super nice, Derrick Moody and prob a few others. Pace felt great. The course is at a pretty good incline for the first 1.25, then you go up this steep hill and then it's a provo canyon like downhill all the way back finishing on Springville High's track. 1/2 a mile in the wind was pretty fierce and I threw out the course record idea as I wasn't feeling the best this early in the race. I was breathing heavy and didn't feel the spark in the legs so I just sat in the pack and thought I'd just fight out for the Overall Man Winner (they put that on the trophy instead of overall male winner? always thought it was unique haha). I took over the lead for Karl and Derrick at the mile, we trudged through a 5:29 mile one and it just slowed down more to go up the steep hill. I marched up the hill hoping that I won't feel so cruddy next week. At the top of the hill, the older guy, (Sumison i think is his name) made a move and I went with him. About 1.75 miles it was just me and him. He started falling off so I just decided I might as well gas it and go. Hit 2 miles in 5:13 split. I punched it, and the downhill just made it more difficult cuz I couldn't slow down. Entered the track with 300m to go for one last drive, closed well the last 200 well and finished 15:50 which was a surprise. 3rd mile was 4:37!!! last .1 was 31.low seconds. Felt really good the last 600 meters and fell like my closing speed is a plus right now.
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