Drove to the Kaysville Poop Trail (KPT). Don't know what it is really called but it seems like a fitting name considering the aroma from the surrounding pastures and the amount of horse and dog stuff I had to dodge on the trail. It's actually a really nice trail and a great place to run. It was nice to run someplace new. I was planning on getting 10-11 miles before the club met. Started out and for the first 3 miles I was very light headed and was seeing spots. Could not figure out what the problem was and thought it was going to be a long 2.5 hours if this kept up. I only ate half my lunch and half my dinner yesterday and I realized that I was very hungry. Started having lots of cravings: Dunford chocolate donuts, a big stack of blueberry pancakes, eggs, sausage. Thinking about the food that I wanted help distract me but my pace was very slow. After 4.25 miles the paved trail ends and it was loose gravel (I missed the turn I was supposed to make). Ran a mile on the loose gravel then turned and headed back. Was able to pick the pace up a little on the way back and started feeling good. Turned out that running 10 super slow miles was a smart move. Met the club and Jim wanted to run 9 miles and push the pace. A little faster and a little more than I was planning but thought I would try to hang with him. We ran at or below 7:00/mile pace for 8 miles then ran the last mile at 7:30/mile pace. It was a good pace and, while it took a lot of work, it didn't kill me. There were a few times that I started to drift back but convinced myself that I wasn't tired, just having a mental lapse. Despite the poor start, it turned out to be a good run.
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