17.2 mile run this morning with the club. We left the store and ran over to Snow Canyon and up through it to the top. Then down the marathon course back to the store. It is 9.4 miles up to the top and some of it is very, very steep. On the way down I didn't really want to push it so I just ran at whatever felt good pace (wfgp) which ended up being around 6:10 pace for the 7.8 miles down or whatever it was. Over all a pretty laid back run. I almost feel like I didn't get a workout in today, but with the race next week it will be good to be a little more fresh. (Red Stratus 237.8) Now to finish my entry for the day and week. For some reason during the run a McDonald's breakfast sounded so good. So when we finished we went there and partook of the goods... now my stomach isn't too impressed but it tasted good at the time and I don't have to run until Monday so it should pass through by then. My last 8 weeks I have hit an avg of 111 miles per week. This is by far the most intense training phase of my running life so far. I know there are some bloggers that do this in their sleep but for me it's been a good challenge. Do I feel a lot faster? Not really. To be honest I may feel just a little slower and run down. But on the grand scale of things this mileage should "pay the bills" so to speak later on this summer. I hope to go up to Ogden this week and regardless of time- I'd like to just run what feels to be a good race. But it seems like I always struggle with half marathons. That is something I'd like to work on (this week!) as well. So my real test will come on May 17th where I'll push to run a PR and really get my 2008 racing season off to a good start....
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