AM - 5K race in Sandy. Not an easy course - the last 1/2 mile is a tough hill, and since the start/finish are in different spots, its actually a net uphill route by ~40 feet. I've been putting in some bigger mileage lately, and hit a couple good workouts this week, so I wasn't really feeling fresh going into this. The cannon start came out of nowhere, Teren jumped out to the lead as usual, and I just filed in behind w/ a few other guys. Brandon Hebbert quickly moved up to Teren on the first hill and I hung back just a little. I hit the mile in 4:55, probably 5 seconds behind. They increased the lead on me in the second mile (4:59). I didn't quite have the spark in my legs to run a great last mile and sort of just cruised it, since I was gapped and in no man's land. Ugly 3rd mile (~5:20) but that last hill is a killer. Came through in 15:49 for 3rd place... then jogged back and watched Andrea bring it in for the win, which was very exciting. Great first race since Utah Valley for her! At first I was a little disappointed in this performance, but Andrea helped me put it in the perspective of the overall volume of training I have been doing recently. I can't expect to be sharp all the time right now, but I got in another solid workout today, and won $50, so overall I call that a success :-) Warmup was 3 miles, Cooldown was 6, most of it w/ the girls (Andrea, Emily, Susannah, and Stefanie). By the time I wrapped up my cooldown, all the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches were gone! Bummer! 
PM - 3 mile run up in Mill Creek Canyon, shakeout. We were running on the Pipeline trail and got rattled at by a rattlesnake, which scared the living daylights out of me. I HATE snakes! Andrea stopped after 2 miles and I added on another one, then called it a day. Before the run, we rode our mountain bikes up to Dog Lake... a nice little 1000 foot climb on some very smooth singletrack. Fun bike ride on a beautiful afternoon. Dog Lake:
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