First of all congrats to all those who raced the Painter’s ½ today. A great showing by many bloggers especially Logan!
Got up early, planned on running at 5:30, didn’t get out the door until closer to 6:30… I did a course run today. Headed straight to MM7 (1.75 mi from my door). My plan was to keep it very easy and run out to a little past the 14 mile mark. On the way out I kept to plan and only pushed Mile 14 as it was my first time on that stretch and it was a nice descent. I saw all the mile markers except 13 and 14, the last official looking one is mile 10. Then I turned around and picked it up a little but still kept the breaks on. This was my first 18-miler since before TOU. On the way out I only saw 2 other runners but on the way back I saw between 30 and 35. Overall I had a good run and my legs felt strong. By the end of the run the weather was very nice (I can’t believe I just said that for 30F but it felt great). Avg. 7:15 HR 152
The great news for the day is that my family got home!!! It had been two weeks since I’ve seen them and 4 wks since they’ve been in UT. It was nice having them around the house again and watching Kaitlyn play with all her new Christmas toys. | 