Woke up and jogge for 10 minutes on the treadmill just to loosen up.
Got to the course and watched the college mens race. Then during the college womens race jogged about 3 miles warmup. Did some stretches and then headed to the line. Did a few strides in my trainers and then some drills before changing into spikes. Got somemore strides in after.
Gun went off and I focused on getting out fast. After that point I really just concentrated on working hard throughout. Went through the first thousand at 2:49 and the first mile at 4:40. The thing about the course was after every uphill you got some downhill. This made the course rather tough because you wore your legs out going up and then just beat them up going down. First mile was 4:40. I had right around a 10 second lead througout most of the race. 3k spilt was 9:01 and if I had to say there was a portion of the race that was the hardest that would be it. The heat and humidity started to kick in. Luckily I pushed through. Didn't have much of a kick, coming into the finish I was totally wiped out. Official time was 15:36, second place was 15:52. Another great race!!
Jogged around with the SUU girls and then a bit with just me and Bill. The SUU boys had a great race today taking 2nd place!!
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