Did a Big workout this morning with Logan. We ran the first half of the STG marathon course. We both drove up and dropped his car off at the half then drove mine up to 3 miles out from the start. Then did a 3 mile warm up to the start before turning back around to hit the tempo. Ran the half in 1:14:57... overall goal was to break 1:15. So I guess it was a decent outcome. But there were some cons to the run. I didn't bring a garmin so the entire run I was kind of in no mans land about how things were going. I did have Logan's Timex but it's not like seeing your pace and knowing where you are exactly. Then I ate pizza and hot wings last night at 8 p.m from Papa John's... not the wisest choice. This gave me minor tummy issues. It felt pretty warm for November. Logan and I both dropped all gloves, hats and most other clothing when we passed my car. Then the only other thing is I wasn't like totally tapered for the run having hit high mileage last week and semi high this week and as of after the warm up I felt pretty warn down. Actually didn't like the idea of running 13 more miles at slow pace let a lone tempo.
But the Pros were that both Logan and I finished the entire distance and pushed out a great workout. I want to do this workout several more times next spring and summer to help me get more mentally tough about running the first half of STG. It's actually really hard. Veyo gets harder for me every time I try to run it hard. Happy with the workout and Logan had me by over a min... as always. After we watched some of the Snow Canyon half marathon. Fun to see all the bloggers out racing. Now I kind of wish I'd have just ran that race. Looked kind of fun. 2 mile cool down by Logans truck.
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