From my house, I ran two miles up to the Legacy Bridge to get a glimpse of the marathon/half marathon start. I wanted to run some of the half marathon course, but running on Foothill during the morning commute is asking for trouble so I ran up through the Bonneville golf course to Wasatch Dr. and ran south to 21st South--where the course turns west. This is the biggest downhill section in the half marathon and I was curious to see how my legs would handle it. My SI recovery has gone well except for hard downhill running. I just can't get the forward lean with fast leg turnover that is important to fast downhills without some weakness and discomfort on my right side. I can do a couple of tricks with my form to compensate, but they are slower. So, it's unlikely I'll light it up on this part of the race. The gradual downhill past 23rd. E. down to Sugarhouse Park felt much better. From there, I just ran around the park and then through the Hidden Hollow natural area below 1300 E. and down to 11th E. for the now-standard Salon/Gift Shop return toward downtown and home. Overall time was an easy 1:34. I haven't been running with my iPod much recently, but today I did. I listened to podcast interviews from the website TheFinalSprint.com I listened to interviews with Dr. Jack Daniels, Brian Sell, and Scott Jurek. The Scott Jurek interview was best and would be very interesting for vegetarian runners or those interested in that topic.
The Final Sprint podcasts are also available as a free download on iTunes.
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