1/2 mile warmup. 10k (45:42). 4 mile cool down. good race for me. a pr (aided - lots of downhill). all my race time these days are both old man PR's and lifetime PR's as i don't have any PR's from when i was young. anyway, i figured to place in the top 20% as that seems to be my lot in life. based on past figures, i figured about 2,000 runners, so i tried to start behind about 400 people. i don't know the official results yet, but i must have been way off on my count because i steadily passed other runners throughout the whole course. i think that i can still improve my time a lot over the next couple of years. this was my first time running des news. good race. the weather was great, low 70's and overcast. after the race i saw fellow bloggers Walter, and Kam. also met for the first time Glidergirl, Catherine and Faceless Ghost. i was going to run back to the start at research park for a cool down  but on the way out of liberty park i saw the shuttle bus and couldn't resist getting a ride back to my car.. on my drive out of salt lake though, i stopped at the capitol and ran a 4 mile cool down through the horse shoe and along 11th ave, then back. splits for race: 7:43, 7:12, 7:19, 7:10, 7:13, 7:20, .2@7:08 pace.

WT 54.4 miles

two twelve

edit: my official time of 45:41.9 gets me 349/1945 overall (18 %), and 18/84 AG (21%) what did i tell you. i'm the 20% man. almost any race i run where i know the total number of runners i can pretty accurately guess where i placed using the 20% rule. however, if it weren't for the entrants that are just trying to finish the distance, or are entered to have an enjoyable walk, i would place somewhere around 50%. yipee mediocrity! lol.