just a tuneup for the marathon. I think I finished 5th or 6th in the 10K but am not completely sure since they only record finish times for the top 3 and there was a group pretty far in front of me. The 13 year old kid who ran a 1:16 at the TOU half shredded this course in 34:39. Imagine the state records he is going to break in high school. Steve Anderson took it easy and ran 36 flat with a torn acchilles tendon. I ran maybe the first quarter mile with him before he took off. He looked good in his trademark beach shorts.
There were more hills on this course than I anticipated, this is the first year I have done the 10K, running the 5K last year. It was also fairly cold for this time of year. Mile splits were 5:53 (mostly down) 6:36 (mostly up) 6:14 (not as much up) 6:13, 6:07 (down?) 6:09, 5:41 for 0.14 according to my garmin (my watch said 6.14 miles, whatever). worked out fine, my heart and mind really weren't in this, just trying to get some tempo miles in in preparation for TOU. A nice fun local low key race to get just enough motivation to run some miles faster than marathon pace, hard for me to do if not pushed a little in a race. Maybe I will look for a 5K on next Saturday.
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