SALT LAKE TRACK CLUB WINTER SERIES 5K
Amy and I dropped the girls off at my parents' house, where my brother Denver was kind enough to watch them for us. Then we met Steve, Albert, and Dave at the Park 'N Ride and were on our way to SaltAir. We checked in, use the bathroom and did our warmup (3.5-ish with 0.5 at 5:40 pace).
At the start line I did a few strides and wasn't feeling so great. But, I figured I'd be fine once we got going. The body knows what to do when it's racetime even if it doesn't feel up to doing it. The gun went off and I got out quite quickly. Jason was right on my heels and we came through the 1k in 2:54. That was a bit too quick, so I slowed it down some. We came through the mile in 4:44. Still a tad quite, but most of it was from that first 1k so I tried to just keep that speed.
A bit after the mile Jason's breathing became more faint and I could tell he'd dropped back a few meters. At the turn, I had an ok-sized lead, but there was TONS of dudes within striking distance. So, I knew I needed to keep at it. I ran mile two in 4:50. I could no longer hear Jason and figured as long as I didn't slow down the race was mine. With about 1/4 mile to go, I turned and saw the chase pack but had enough distance to where I could coast in a tad and be fine. So, I kind of gave in to the pain and slowed a bit the last quarter. I know, that's kind of weak-minded and a bad habbit. Mile three was 4:52 and the last tenth was at 4:58 pace.
At the finish I turned and saw that Jason, Scott, and Bryant were closing like freight trains and were closer than I thought they'd be considering where they were with a quarter to go. I wished I had be able to watch their last half mile; it sounds like it was a good battle.
After Jake finished he asked if I wanted to do some 200s. I said, "Sure". Then Rob said, "Riley if someone asks you to do 200s right after a 5k race you don't say sure"! Dave and Jason joined us as well and we ran four 200s off one minute rest. Mine were 31, 30, 30, 28. On the last one Jason showed off his wheels and I'll tell you what I don't want that guy anywhere near me with 100 meters to go, because he can straight fly!
Nice cooldown after with same guys and also Keate and Poulsen.
Great day for the Ogden Crew with five of the top eight spots (Me 1st, Jason 2nd, Bryant 4th, Steve 6th, and Dave 8th) all under 16 minutes. And my dear wife ran fantastic today with 19:04, another 20 seconds faster than her 5k in November. She's making great progress and I'm super proud of her.
|