12:30AM Second Leg East Canyon Climb - Weber State caught our team here. I received the exchange from Steve shortly after they arrived. It was dark and I just told myself to enjoy the climb. I am not really a strong climber but was excited to run this leg. I felt warm up. My right foot felt really tender from the Avon Pass. I felt I had stress fractured or badly strained my outside metatarsal. Oh well. Keep on Keeping on. I felt very relaxed going up the canyon. The temp was a cool 47 degrees. Made it very easy. My quads were hammered from the downhill but just relaxed through this leg. I kept my pace between 6:40 and 7:15 the first 6 miles. It felt very comfortable. When I hit the main climb I dropped to 8:29 and 7:47 for the last few miles. I was tired coming up the last stretch but felt very good coming into the end. 7:17AP for the leg. 9:20AM Third Leg - 2.15 mile Flat around Heber to Jr High. - Got the exchange from Steve and took off as fast as I could go. Toni decided he wanted to run with me as a little tempo workout. It was fun to cruise with him. I couldn't believe I could not go fast then 5:50 pace for this leg. My legs were just hammered and no sleep really does effect you. Still managed to do the leg in 12:34. Felt comfortable but the leg was so short that by the time I was warmed up and ready to go it was over. A little over 3 miles of wu and cd... Really had a great time with everyone during this event. I didn't realize that passing people would be that fun. The kills part of this relay makes the event really fun. I think we had over 900 kills as a team. I really enjoyed getting to know the team mates a lot better. Felt like a college cross country trip the whole time. I am convinced this would be fun to do with these guys again. Congrats to all the teams and people that participated. Had a great time...
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