What a beautiful race day. I got up at 4:45 AM and took off for Cedar City. I got there early enough to do a few 200s at race pace, and then we boarded the bus for the canyon. It was really cool and we had a little tail wind at the beginning of the race. There was not a clud in the sky and the moon was still out. I went out with the first group, but there were 3 that pulled away at the first mile. The rest of us just strung out over 200 yards down through the canyon. I backed off @ mile 3 because I wasn't sure I could hold +/-6:00 a mile through the race. Mile three was the slowest of the race at 6:38. I started to feel it around mile 4 1/2. The guy from cedar that pased me at mile 4.5 during the "run 4 kids" passed me at the same place, but I didn't think I could hang with him this time, so I let him go. Interestingly, he didn't pull away and he actually brought me within striking distance of two other runners by the end of the race. I got both of them by the end, but the younger one passed me again at the 6 mile mark. I had a good race, and it was a fast course. I will want to do that one again next year.
1-6:01, 2-6:02, 3-6:38, 4-6:19, 5-6:21, 6.2-7:58 Avg.-6:19 | 