Long Run with Paul and James. We started at the Canal Trail (dugway) and ran up to first dam. We ran up the switchbacks to the Bonneville Trail and over to Green Canyon. At that point the snow started and the run was becoming quite unpleasant. Yep snow. It was 80 earlier in the week now it is snowing. Paul and I ran up past the end of the road about 3/4 mile past where the singletrack starts. James turned around and went home pretty close to the single track trail (as he ran long yesterday too). We hit 9 miles at about 9:00 mile ave, but it felt much harder as we had climbed to ~6500 ft (from 4600 ft). The snow was accumulating quite well at that point (1-2 inches maybe). Once we truned around, we realized the wind had been blowing up the canyon and now we were running into the blizzard-like weather. It was cold and miserable. I had a hard time seeing as the snow was blowing in my eyes, boo hoo. Once we left the canyon, the weather cleared up nicely. We picked up the pace at the end with the last mile (flat) in 6:51. Today's run was all about time on my feet, not pace but it still is depressing to feel like you are working hard, but still running 8:00 miles.
Total Time: 2:30:19 (8:21)
Ave Hr: 151 | 