Got to the race and did a warmup of just over 2 miles in my Stratus and got ready to run. Wished Ally good luck on her 5K (30:50 5K PR!) and did a few run outs and got ready to go. Cool, but not really too bad. New the race would be tough with 2 Oly Trials Qualifiers (Logan and Nick M.), plus Sasha and a few others. But I planned on going out a solid, but not killer pace and hit a good solid time. Here's the race report:
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Mile / Time
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Total
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Comment
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1 – 5:33
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5:33
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Planned off taking off at a strong but relaxed pace – and this fit the plan perfectly.
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2 – 5:35
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11:07
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Switching quarters with the pack – only because the pace was where I wanted.
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3 – 5:19
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16:26
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We started to pick it up coming down River Road and onto the trail
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4 – 5:12
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21:47
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Nick makes a couple moves and looks strong, but most of the pack is going with him – only Karl Wilcock had dropped.
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5 – 5:25
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27:12
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Carefully crossed bridge, but should have warned Nick and Logan of the next one. Held pace pretty good up and through Bloomington Hills. Glen falls off around here I think.
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6 – 5:09
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32:21
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Again Nick started to bring pace back down. I slipped back about 5 ft. but made sure I closed it back up.
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7 – 5:20
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37:41
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Nick and Logan gap Sasha and I a little after their big falls – kind of scary, but in retrospect a very funny sight to see them both flying through the air parallel with the ground!
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8 – 5:32
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43:13
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Sasha and I worked together to keep going on the miles down to Bloomington; I wanted to close back on Nick and Logan as they were only about 20 feet up on us for a while, but Sasha thought we should stay. Probably better in the long run, but now I’ll never know ‘cause I didn’t go with it. I think I should have, even if it only lasted for another mile or so.
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9 – 5:35
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48:48
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Slowed a little climbing up onto the Bloom. Loop and Sasha pulled away. I told myself to keep him about 5-10 seconds ahead on the loop and then I would close it on the trail back.
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10 – 5:27
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54:15
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I let Sasha get a little too far up, probably about 20 seconds.
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11 – 5:36
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59:52
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The legs are really feeling the burn, and the counter they put on my plan to pull Sasha back was winning.
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12 – 5:34
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1:05:26
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An up an down mile. I would get strong mentally to go get Sasha and then I would only gain a step and so I would back off. Then I would say go for it and try again with about the same result. Distance was running out.
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13 – 5:12
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1:10:38
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Actually 12.95 on my Garmin and most everybody hit a pretty similar distance. I decided to do one final push to Sasha around the hill and was really burning it up. Best pace for the mile shows 4:30 (although I may have only hit it for a little). I was pumping my arms so hard and breathing so heavy to try and dig something out of my legs that I kind of hyperventilated. Crossing the finish I just dropped to my knees. I couldn’t breathe and there was nothing there. I knew I should move, but couldn’t, and that made me more lightheaded and started to drop, but Ally ran over and Logan jumped in to help me.
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Was very happy with how it all turned out - with only one regret! - But felt better pretty quickly after as I relaxed and went on a cool down (2 miles) with Logan. It was the first race of the year and I ran strong, kept my head in the race for the most part and ran 4 minutes faster than last year (on the same - short - course). A great way to start the year and it got me pretty pumped up to get going strong for SLC.
Great races everyone!
(Stratus 239.4)
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