I decided to do an extension of the race that the guys ran yesterday. I'll call this the "off campus" version. I did a 10.8 mile hilly loop (twice) around Torrey and Teasdale, Utah that roams from 6,750 ft to 7,500 ft in elevation. I set up one aid station at the halfway point with a Gu and a water and one potty stop about 5.5 miles into the run. There was a lot of trouble at the start... Me and Father time, and he never slows down. I got going very slow and didn't care too much. The altitude seems to really work on me here. I hit the first 8 miles in 1:00:04 and was having a hard time getting going- I hit the halfway point in 1:15:45. Then around mile 12 I started to loosen up and hit 16 miles at 1:54 something and then 20 miles in 2:18. Thats 3 min's slower than the 20 miles I ran last week in STG. However this course was at least 15-25 seconds per mile slower. So actually I ran pretty well. I finished with a 2:24- just about a 6 min negative split. On the second lap I really felt like things were rolling and was happy I did the run. I've been running pretty crappy for a few weeks and today was a positive that I really needed. It was a nice morning. A little warmer than I thought it would be because there was some cloud cover last night that kept things cool. However once the sun came up those same clouds kept the sun away longer. Now it's time to eat, and relax the rest of the weekend up here. (SS- )
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