Workout with Josh this morning. We met up on South Temple and ran up through the Avenues to the U, Fort Douglas, then over to TitP, and headed up into Emigration Canyon. Our plan was to run a seven mile tempo, with five of the miles being downhill to get a little taste of St. George.I thought it would be pretty good if we could keep 5:30-5:35 on the downhill miles. After two miles of easy running up the canyon (just past Ruth's Diner), we started the uphill portion of our tempo run. The first two miles, up the canyon with a little headwind, were tough but felt workmanlike. First mile was 6:19, second mile 6:25. Not bad, all things considered. Then we made the turnaround to head back down the canyon. We both knew the first mile after the turn would be tough because we would have to change gears quickly, and we were right! Mile 3 was 5:31. The fourth mile still felt a little rough, but improved slightly, 5:30. We eventually settled into a better groove, mile 5 was 5:24. We were about a mile from the mouth of the canyon at this point and we just kept on rolling down, 5:19 for mile six. For the last mile, we headed out of the canyon and through the lower parking lot at TitP, then made a right turn into Research Park, 5:15 for mile seven. We picked it up a little bit there at the end, but it didn't feel like we were pushing too hard. Then we had about four miles of cooldown back to the house for a total of 17 for the morning.
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