Raced in the David Dayton 5K memorial run. I volunteered to help organize it, so a warm-up before the race consisted of...well, nothing. Absolutely no warm up. In fact, I noticed nobody there did, and we had a whopping 55 entrants! It was a race in memory of David Dayton, who used to host a 10K as part of Cokeville's Pioneer Days celebration. He was killed in 1991 in a baling accident, and this is the first year since then any sort of race has been put on. I figured I'd look kinda silly if I showed up in racing flats, did a full warm-up, strides and the whole bit, so I decided to wear trainers and use the first mile as a warm up. Stewart Peterson--whom many of you will recognize as the main character in "Where the Red Fern Grows"--lives in Cokeville and was the honorary starter. He fired a shotgun to get us going. 1st mile: 5:37, and I'm clear of the field by over 30 seconds. I ratchet the 2nd mile down to 5:12 or so, and about that for the last one. Cruised in at 16:33, I believe 2nd was 19:35. I won a Turkish-cotton beach towel, and ran another 8 miles after the race to get a good day's work in. Biked a few miles around town to check out the booths and exhibits at the park, took a nap, and drove back to Ogden where I swathed our lawn after two weeks of growth. | 