Arrived at 9 at the same time as Mr. Murphy. I mistook him for a high schooler because he was sporting an Alta singlet. Warmed up 4 by myself and was feeling ok. Race got off on time and rather than jumping into the lead pack I held back hoping I could close the gap over the course of the race. It didn't happen but I am still ok with the result because I didn't fall apart at the end. My time was still close to 2 minutes slower than I ran in 2012 but I certainly don't think I am really 2 minutes slower. I attribute the slower time to getting adapted to running considerably more miles than I ever have over consecutive weeks. Since December I have strung together 10 consecutive weeks averaging ~80 miles per week with no doubles. For the 15K I plan to taper a bit more and see if that makes a difference. I also think I need to slow down my ~13 mile weekday runs a bit and try a few doubles to keep the miles up.
6 mile cool down with Toni and a new guy from Ohio, Peter Carroll, who finished 4th. Also met Nathan Peters for the first time. He dominated the race with a sub 32 time. I think he will be giving the OTQ a go this year by switching to more road racing. I think he has a good shot.
5:17,5:22,5:25,5:31,5:33,5:30, .2@5:15
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