We spent the day at Lagoon yesterday and, surprisingly enough, had a wonderful time. Our six children (ages 10-23) all cooperated amazingly and Amy (our youngest) said she really enjoyed her birthday. We left the park a little after 8:00pm and got home a little after 9:00pm. We then had her Cookies and Cream ice cream birthday cake. It was a really good day. I didn't get to bed until around 11:00pm and got up this morning at 4:45am. Things went pretty smoothly getting ready for and getting to the race, including several much needed bathroom stops. I warmed up 1.8 miles before the race running most of the first uphill mile and then back to the start. I saw various familiar runners before the race, including Tom, Josse, Steve King, Darin Cable, Scott Blake, Scott Nelson, and Hal Amos. I settled in near Scott Blake to await the start. I was just relaxed and talking when Scott said "Here we go" and then I heard the gun sound. I pushed the start button on my watch, told Scott I'd see him later, and switched my focus to the race. [I started not feeling well at this point in my entry so I clicked "Save as Draft" and decided to lay down on the bed. I woke up a few hours later. It was harder to get up at 1:19pm than it was at 4:45am] I then added a lot to my entry, copied it to the clipboard as is my habit now, and clicked "Save as Draft" again. The browser went back to the login screen and I lost my entry. I didn't worry because I had saved it to the clipboard. I logged back in and clicked Ctrl-V to paste in my entry. Unfortunately, I accidentally click Ctrl-C instead, which of course blew away my copy of my entry in the clipboard. Ahhh! Condensed version...started easy...ran with Josse a bit...chased Hal Amos most of the race...near the end I kicked past Hal, a couple of "chicks", and a guy pushing two kids in a stroller...barely missed breaking 41:00, finishing in 41:00.4...watched Kim finish strong and break 50:00...enjoyed the 5 mile run back to my car despite the infamous Spanish Fork canyon wind...had a very enjoyable morning!
If you're reading this I must have submitted successfully this time. I forgot to add my my splits: 7:17 (uphill), 6:36, 6:34, 6:33, 6:45, 6:33, 35.01 for last 0.11 (by my watch), overall 6:42/mi. Others measured the course closer to 6.2. I tried to run the tangents well, maybe I did it extremely well? Also, I just realized my watch timed me at 40:56.09 while my official time was 41:00.4. Kim said her time was off, too. I wonder what's up with that. Also, after looking at the race results online, I finished 4/23 in Men's 45-49 and 37/282 in Men's 10K, and my chicked count was 2 (I cut that from 4 to 2 in the last 3/4 mile).
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