You get out what you put in

Fri- shakeout in the morning to get ready for race 2M

Sat - After an inauspicious start by the mayor I found myself behind Michelle Sim. & Emily Jameson, I thought that I'd be happy to finish as fast as them so I tucked in.  After the first hill Emily dropped off, probably wasn't racing.  I stayed with Michelle until close to my parent's house and then just started to pass.  All the T-ville track club was there & I wasn't sure I'd beat them but I was feeling good.  Left Michelle behind and passed people, I was 8th at Calvin Smith thanks to a guy telling me so and I could see all my competition.  Teren of course was 2 minutes ahead at that point but I passed Oregon and Monty's little bro and headed downhill to the canal sitting fifth.  Hayden Santy was 75 yards ahead and I kept inching towards him.  I wanted to lay off the pace a little but I saw on my watch that we were running pretty well and I caught Hayden about 1/4 mile from the ending turns.  I thought he would put up somewhat of a fight but when I started my kick at the turns he didn't respond.  Kicked it in and am ecstatic with my time.  I thought I could probably do 19:30 but the whole race felt pretty easy. Feel like I'm getting in decent rec runner shape and maybe with some consistency can be a real runner. Ran Leah in, she was 28:45 getting used to altitude.  Overall, Teren 15:35, Monty 18:30?, White on red (passed by Monty last mile) 18:47, mua 19:01.

 Sun - short 15 min shakeout 2M.

Mon - at East High w/ SLtrack club, ran an 800 w/ group, then 2 with BK, 2:50, 3:00?, then one with Neal 3:01. Cooled down but felt a twinge in right midsole so only went 800. Ran in racing flats in last race and right calf was a little tight.

Tues - softball close win 13-12 before drive to Millcreek, I was 1 for 3, B-ball good with some new guys including a good guard on my team that matched Ryan's intensity to his dislike

Wed - fr/ Parents to Redwood cemetary and around, bathroom break then W thru neighborhoods and back on canal, late morning run after breakfast with Les & Miriam and watching Dominic 

Thu- Good b-ball w Penny, played 3-2 zone to beat team, hustled and made shots around basket

Fri- sore, did longer loosener run along S. Jordan canal, hopped fence, then back, enjoyable, 5M

Sat- 6 am race, 1.5 w/u, started out about 10th running out of the park, by the time we got onto Redwood road, I was keeping pace with a guy and we maintained.  Steve Olsen wasn't going to be caught, though the 2nd place guy looked like he wanted to try, then a longer haired guy, then me and my partner in legs.  1st mile marker was off, I had 5:30, then I think I had close to 13:00 thru 2 miles.  We went up the Redwood hill north and were 50 yards off 3rd guy.  On the downhill I edged up and caught him by the time we turned East.  He complimented me and I opened up my pace. 19:45 at 5K. Coming back S thru miles 3-5 the 2nd place guy popped out of a yard only 45 seconds ahead, he'd made an unwanted pitstop--he was having stomach issues.  He even walked a little so I vowed to make an effort to catch him but when he did run his pace was faster.  About that time we hit the 5Krs and I lost sight of him.  It was good to be passing the 5K^rs, you couldn't help but wonder though if they thought you were a late racer or if they knew you'd already run more than twice as far as they had.  I felt like I did slow down the last mile, closed in 20:15 for last 5K.  BK was there, he'd run 5K in 18:00 for 4th, 3 guys hitting 17:30.  Olsen was about 35:15, he's won the Grand Slam 2 years ago, I was a minute behind 2nd but had to report my own time since I didn't have a comp chip.  H had picked up my pre-reg packet.  1M c/d  Good race, felt pretty good about my effort, maybe 85-90%. 

Then went to watch Murray 5K, rollerbladed and had a great time watching Teren pull away last mile for 14:40, Nate hold on to 6^th even though recovering from injury in 16:00, Jamal 4th, talked to him, he's excited about his racing smarter and better now.  Talked to Coach Jameson for a while afterward.  Then rollerbladed the W.Jordan parade where we passed out 2500 water bottles; we could have paced ourselves better, we had an 1 _^1/2 hr wait at the beginning and I was scolded by a guy who said I got his baby wet.  Pool party at D&A's, good stuff.