Farmington Festival Days Flag Rock trail race Still some fatigue in my legs from the Uintas trip, I wasn't sure what I would do with the Flag Rock run. I did not intend to run it this year until Wednesday. I knew I could best my time from last year of 1:07. I had a brief conversation with a young guy a few minutes before start. He commented on my Speedgoat shirt. As the runners of three races all began at the same time, this same guy was the only FR runner in front of me. And that is where he stayed until the end. Up to the Flag Rock I was about a minute back but after that his gap grew wider, especially after I took the digger running fast on the back side, down the switchbacks. At the traffic light about a quarter mile from the finish I got confused and fumbled around going the wrong direction, then got back on course. Probably lost most of a minute with that. Finishing time was 1:03:06, four minutes better than last year and a second place finish.
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