Went with Sasha and family to Hogle Zoo today. On the way we got out on the Des News Marathon route and ran two miles with the kids and then families continued on to the zoo and Sasha and I ran the rest of the way to the zoo through Emigration Canyon. The first mile was down followed by three miles of pretty steep climbing. At the 4 mile mark it was all down hill to the zoo. We were not running at marathon pace effort but we were moving along very nicely so I will give myself credit for some marathon pace miles anyway. Our average for the 8 mile down stretch was 6:22 with the following splits according to the GPS: | 6:46 | | 6:17 | | 6:26 | | 6:29 | | 6:28 | | 6:26 | | 6:20 | | 5:45 |
We had a very strong headwind and it was quite warm so it was not really a pure easy run but again it was not quite marathon pace effort either. We picked it up the last mile just for fun.
We then spent the afternoon at the zoo with the kids. Overall a good day and a good 12 mile run. James took it easy today and only did two miles as he has a track meet tomorrow with a 1500 and an 800. It will be fun to see how he does as he is pretty excited. Planning on 15 miles tomorrow. I am trying to convince Sasha to run a 15 miler at Deer Creek Resevoir with me instead of doing the same old Provo River Trail. Wish me luck!
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