This race was a good workout. I warmed up 5 miles and did some strides. It was a windy day out the course was set up in a way that the wind was broken up nicely though. But, because of the way the course was set up I was weaving through 5k and 10k runners over the last 2 miles. I guess that was good practice though for when I'm weaving through 1/2 marathoners at the Ogden Marathon. I turned the auto lap off on my watch but ended up only getting the first two splits because I wasn't paying close enough attention to the mile markers. I think the course was probably a little short because my watch had the course at 6.24 miles and given my watches history my watch should have read around 6.35 if it was an accurate course. 1 mile 5:02 2nd mile was 4:54 but was with the wind. I struggled to run 5:20-25 pace against the wind but made up for it when I had the wind aiding me. Overall time was 32:13 or a 5:11 AP. Given the windy conditions and the weaving through people I was very happy with that time. I had some guy go with me for the first mile then he fell apart in a hurry. 2nd place was more than 3 minutes back so I didn't have anyone pushing me. For a small race awards weren't back a couple small $10 gift certificates an 1 hour long massage, and a free entry next year. Mitchell didn't have as much fun in his race. His race was a full mile which was a really long ways for him given that he won't turn 4 until next month. But, I was proud of the way he fought through it and never gave up. Payson did about half of the kids race he was really excited about that. Overall a fun morning with the family. Good week of running.
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