Law Day Run. My fust race since St. George Marathon. One of the conditions of my employment is recruiting the fastest possible team to keep the "Speed Team" tropnhy in this event for my firm., Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar. We've won it the past ten years. There is never any telling who will show up to challenge us. Last year it was BJ Christensen and friends. This year it was the Olson Shaner team of Teren Jameson and his wife, Sue Nielsen tand a couple of the young super speedy bloggers, including Thatcher Olson. Our "A" team consisted of Josh Steffen, Sasha, Jeff McC, Emily Bates and Aimee Larkin (teams of five, must have at least two women). [I put myself on "B" team since they are all much faster than me]. Incredibly, our team beat Teren and friends by three seconds. Amazing performances all around and I couldn't be more proud of everyone's effort.
For my part, I had a decent race. It felt good to run hard. It was raining and slightly windy but good conditions for a 5k. I ran as hard as I could given my current fitness. I was about 30 seconds slower than last year, which seems about right given where my training was then and where it is now. I would have liked to run under 18 minutes but it's a tough course.
Our "B" team was third overall and I think we did great. Kevin Tuck, Casey Kleinman, Kathryn Connor & Megan Calll were my teammates. I am very fortunate to have so many fast, fit friends that are interested in doing this event. Thanks to all, and great job to the Olson Shaner team--you guys made an amazing effort.
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