I run therefore, I am!

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Got to the buses and organized the pacers and got their gear together and some instructions.  Then Got the Go Pro cameras out and on 5 of the 10 lucky pace groups. Got on the buses and headed up to the start and I was 20 minutes from starting time. The line to the porta potti was a good 30 or more minutes long so I took off for the bushes. I saw they had a campground so I went to look for a bathroom there. Walla! A good one with no wait. I did my business and paper work and then headed for the start.  I should have stripped down to a singlet but I chickened out so I had my singlet over the shirt.  I took off at the start and the pack of 4 fast runners seperated from us pretty quick. I stayed about 5-10 seconds behind them to mile 1 when I did a 5:19.  I felt like I was pushing hard for this time. I honestly was expecting 5:08 or so. I kind of fell back to 6th postion till a few miles and then Albert and another guy passed me and I used them as a wind shield for a bit and then passed the one up to get to 8th overall. I pretty much stayed like that the whole way.  I love the turn around mile 9.5 with the horses! So cool! They love to run along side of the field with you. So cool! I then started falling back off pace a bit. I was struggling for a 5:45 the last 3 miles. I had one mile that was 5:54. Steve Anderson was awesome! He mounted a go pro camera to his jeep and was driving up and down the course cheering us on.  At mile 11 he ran with me for about a quarter mile. I was extremely tired at that point. I worked to hard this week with concrete work and long hours.  Body is not used to that.  Got all the pacers in on time and they had a blast carrying the cameras! I cant wait to edit it into a clip!  This event was part of the USATFLDR circuit so I won cashola for 1st in masters.  It was great weather and the winner hit a 1:07 on the course. Smoking fast! I find it pretty difficult.  

Met up with Danielle to run 10 and talk about a business we are partners in. Sometimes running while doing business is better than sitting at a table and trying to get the same amount of info through our brains. lol We went up to Daybreak and around the neighborhood. It was windy and butt arsed cold! Not a fan of cold anymore.