Great run this morning, I was hoping to get a good distance run in, and I felt like I got it. Met with Nick, Casey, Corbin Talley and his davis high cross country team at Causey Reservoir. The plan was to run the trail at Causey, which would be 5 miles, then Casey and I would run back to our cars parked at Eden Park, which would give us between 21 and 22 miles. Nick would only be running the trail part with us, as he's only been training a month. I don't know exactly how long the trail is, people say it's 2.5 miles, but it took us 21-plus minutes to get to the end of it, and no way were we going 8 minute pace. Interesting side note about the trail, if you ever want to see one of nature's finest displays, hike or run this trail the last two weeks in September or first week in October. Kokanee salmon migrate up the tributary which feeds causey reservoir to spawn (that means give birth and die to city folks), and there are literally thousands of salmon. the trail naturally meets up with the stream, and a blind person could see all the salmon. It's quite a sight. Anyhow...
So 40 minutes with the Davis High crew and Nick, then Casey and I took off for the rest of the run. Casey admitted to staying out late the previous couple nights, and unfortunately I wasn't in a very charitable mood, and had been good-naturedly ribbing him on the ride up to causey and on the trail portion that I was going to abuse him on the remaining part of the run. Well, his week and the pace finally caught up to him about 1 hour 25 minutes into the run, so I told him I'd see him back in Eden. I wanted to push myself into that zone where we all get to the last few miles of a marathon. Where our mind and body alike say "enough already". I got there with about 15 minutes to go, and attempted to keep 6 minute pace and a decent stride going. It hurt for sure, but it was one of my goals for the run, and I was fortunate to get the last 5 miles just under 6 minute pace. 2:17 for the entire run, came home, ate and slept for a couple hours. I feel okay now, will try to get to bed tonight at a decent time. Casey struggled home the last 10 miles, and admitted afterword that he needs to treat his body better if he's going to push it like we did. He'll be just fine at Utah State, I don't know if I've met a harder worker than this guy. | 