Long Run. Up at 4:30 a.m. and running by 4:50. We were up in Orem staying at Mik'L's aunts house so I did an out and back from her house up the Provo Canyon. From the aunts house to the mouth of the canyon it's exactly 3 miles then I ran up the trail until it ended then got on the road and went through the first tunnel and a little more then than hit 10 miles out in a 7:03 avg. On the way back I stayed on the road to practice up for UVM. Hit the 7 back down to the mouth of the canyon in a 5:53 avg. I didn't want to do much more than Tinman effort. The first 2.5 miles were flat or uphill and a little over 6:15 pace. So I really didn't get anything in the 5:30's until around 3 miles in. Coming back down the road ended up being about .3 shorter than going up on the trail so when I got to the mouth of the canyon I just stayed on the road heading to Provo until the garmin clicked to the 7th mile. Then I had to back track until I was heading back into north Orem. Finish the last 3.3 miles cooling down at 6:30 avg. It was a really peaceful and super morning to run. One of the most laid back 20 milers I've ever ran. Seemed like I was a sleep and woke up with only the cool down left. Temps were perfect and just a little breeze in my face coming back down the canyon. Felt good.
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