Dam To Dam 20K - June 5, 2010

1  Sammy Malakwen, 32, Two Harbors, MN          1:02:30    1:02:30    5:02 ($2,000)
          2  Fasil Bizuneh, 30, Flagstaff, AZ             1:02:34    1:02:34    5:02 ($1,200)
          3  Fernando Cabada, 28, Gray, TN                1:02:36    1:02:36    5:02 ($900)
          4  Joseph Mutinda, 35, Sante Fe, NM             1:02:41    1:02:41    5:03 ($700)
          5  Jeffrey Eggleston, 25, Flagstaff, AZ         1:03:06    1:03:06    5:05 ($500)
          6  Sammy Rotich, 23, West Des Moines, IA        1:03:32    1:03:32    5:07 ($400)
          7  Guor Marial, 25, Ames, IA                    1:04:03    1:04:04    5:09 ($300)
          8  Mathew Chesang, 28, Olathe, KS               1:04:26    1:04:28    5:11
          9  Richard Kandie, 25, Coon Rapids, MN          1:05:06    1:05:07    5:14
          10 Moses Maweru, 32, Prairie City, WI           1:05:16    1:05:17 

 Cabada and Fasil finally came out of hiding over the weekend in Iowa of all places. 

Here's Cabada's thoughts on the race from athleticore.com:

I enjoyed this race. There were about 20 of us elite runners, about 
15 africans. The prize money went top 7, so i knew there would be a few 
of us. I just didn't know there would be this many fast guys. It was 
raining the whole time, started from the previous night. I figured since
 it was raining the race would take off slow, it didn't. About 6-8 guys 
were at 4:35 first mile. Fasil, Matthew Chensang, another African and I 
were the next group around 4:40ish. Already that was really fast for me.
 I barely did 5x1 mile the other week in 4:40 and I did 4:40ish the 
first mile of a 20k. So I knew it was going to be a rough day. By 2.5-3 
miles I maybe moved up to 10-11th place. Still raining and it was a head
 wind. I am not so sure about all the splits cause they were off. I know
 I was around 30:30 thru 10k and by that point I was finally in 7th. The
 top 2 guys were way up front (one of them was Drug Cheat Alena Reta, 
Ethiopian) as they were around 29:00-29:10 the first 10k, suicide pace 
for someone like me. By 9 miles Fasil and I were in a pack of 4 (3rd, 
4th, 5th, 6th). We started to slow down cause nobody wanted to take the 
lead cause of the course itself and 5:15 miles started to come, which 
allowed people behind us to get a little bit of hope. I was tired 
though, I was hanging on and didn't have the power to lead, plus I 
didn't really care to lead. There was no way I was going to get the top 
two. We were racing for 3rd and I was right there. 400 meters to go I 
wanted to sprint, but couldn't. 3rd-6th was a spread of maybe 10 seconds
 or so. Fasil was 4th 1:02:34 and I was 5th 1:02:36. 6th place (1:02:41)
 was a 2:13 Marathoner and 7th place was an American Jeffery Eggleston 
who was about 30 seconds back (1:03:06)and he is a 2:14 marathoner, so I
 was happy to beat some solid guys. 

Def. a very good day for 
myself. I am pleased! This will get me ready in two weeks for the 
Grandma's Half marathon in Duluth, MN.  

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