Always excited to run this race because the awards for the winner is always pretty good. Didn't get very much sleep and I haven't been running very much, so I was a little worried on how I would do. I ran at sea level a couple times this week and I think I've gotten use to it. Showed up at the park and warmed up for a mile with Hayden and Eric. When we started, I started getting a side ache with less than a mile into it, but just tried to ignore it. I kept doing Fartleks to keep trying to open a gap between me and second place. The I didn't feel like I was hurting bad at all. The pain was pretty manageable. Crossed the line in 16:29. I won a 25 dollar gift card to fire house, so it was worth having to wake up so early to run. Cooled down to 5. I need to start running more.
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