After a long day starting out in New York with a broken airplane about 3am, I ended up in Salt Lake City and met up with Rob for a long run. We headed up Emigration Canyon with light snow flurries. I was worried about the weather since I havn't done much cold weather running and the warm front was sitting right over the range. It turned out to be about perfect and a great run. I can't believe how much quicker a long run goes when you have some company. The cold hit my hands pretty hard. I couldn't feel my fingers at all after 11 miles. I could feel the altitude as well, just seemed like it was shorter breathes than I was used to. According to the Garmin around 7:30 average pace, which felt about right.
I took in one Power Bar drink at about mile 10 with Rob and that was it for food intake on the run, consistent with what I have been trying this year, plenty of water but limited calorie intake on the long runs. | 