Made sure I got to bed really early so I wasnt tired when I woke up at 4:50. The start of the 10k was by my house so jogged about a mile over to the start. Used the bathroom and did some drills and strides plus a bit more jogging.
Once the race start I was working with Colton (Davis), Garett (Ogden), and Jared Ward (Saucony). Then Jared and I started moving up a bit on Foothill by Corner Bakery and when we turned on to 13th he surged and gapped me. From that point on I focused on the runner in front of me, who was from Japan, and tried to catch him. I wasnt able to until we turned up 9 south so going down South Temple and 2nd East were pretty lonely. When I looked back I could see a runner that seemed to be getting closer but I couldnt really tell. When we turned up 9th south I was in 6th and I finally caught the runner ahead of me by 4th east. Then another runner came up on me at 5th east and we battled a bit but once we hit 6th east I pulled out everything I had and gutted it out to the finish. Ended up outkicking him and also came super close to breaking 30 minutes. This was my 10k "debut" so I was pretty happy with it.
Bill was running the Marathon so I drove up to Foothill and ran with him along there, cut out at Guardsmen and ran down to Liberty and then ran back along the Parade Route with Nat until we found him and helped him finish. He ended up 5th overall and winning the masters!! Huge Congrats to him was well as Angie and Diwas who raced the half and Clara, Tresa, Hannah, Toph, Emma, and Clayton who raced the 10K.
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