Sadly (a small part of me) I didn't run the Top of Utah Half marathon today. It was the first year in 4 years not running it. I thought about the many runners out today while on my trail run. Losers. Just kidding....
Joe and I got an early start again today (since he had to work at 11) and hit the trails in the dark again. Joe wanted to recon his section of pacing duties for Jon and I happily obliged. We started at Right Hand Fork (after dropping a car at Temple Fork) and ran up the Willow Creek Trail to mud flats. We followed the course to Temple Fork mostly uneventfully. The highlight of the morning was the spectacular lightning storm taking place just north of us. Luckily it had just moved through so we weren't in any danger, but it left behind some muddy trails and very wet plants.
We hit Temple Fork in 1:19 (mile 8.1) and the real climbing began. The grunt up Blind Hollow wasn't as steep as I remember. I figure I have gotten used to some steeper stuff since last running this section. It did get a bit tedious at the top, but we made steady (but not fast) progress. We hit the lake at Tony Grove in 2:43 (mile 14.4), ate a snack and got back at it. On the downhill, my legs were very unhappy with me and let me know. Once again the pace was steady, but not fast. That trail wasn't half bad though and I am glad I got to run it again knowing what to expect as it did seem easier and more fun this time. I am thinking a good run would be RHF to Temple Fork up Blind to Tony Grove over to White Pine and down to Franklin Basin. 24 miles or so. Not a bad shuttle either.
Another great run and glad Joe could join me.
T- 3:40:00 (10:29) *5000' vert gain *4500' descent
Weekly summary - Crazy busy week at work and I was lucky to get out running as much as I did. I am feeling the effects of the long hours and have to go in today for more. Considering all that, not a bad week. I am still feeling the effects of all the racing I have done as well.
70 miles 7550' vert
Fireblade Miles: 21.00
Comments
From Jon on Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 20:36:18 from 65.207.165.18
Glad to see you could get Joe ready for his portion. I'm assuming there was no moose and definitely no snow at Tony Grove? And hopefully you took him on the right path to Mud Flats, not on our stupid little detour.
Nice work on the mileage this week with all your crazy work stuff.
From David Nelson on Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 23:02:08 from 24.17.107.6
Are both you and Joe pacing Jon? I'm still planning on doing a leg as part of this thing. We should run sometime the week after TOU, I'll get in the night before and I think I'm staying at Paul's (baby willing).
From Cody on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 00:09:20 from 174.52.244.185
Jon - We took all the right paths this time. It was much nicer. I could run this section in my sleep now! We are getting excited for the Bear!
Dave - Yep. We more or less made this plan. Joe will pace from Right hand fork to Tony Grove. I will pace from Tony Grove to Beaver Creek Campground. Your duties as pacer will then take him to the finish. Do you like running in the dark? Are you cool with that plan? We are all planning on crewing when we are not pacing.
I also volunteered to mark the first 20 miles of the bear course as well so I will be doing that the few days leading up to the race. I would love your company for all/some of that!
From Kory on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 01:43:45 from 72.24.26.195
There are mountain goats than there's you. Nice work Cody. Keep your confidence soaring because great things are coming. Wonderful run.
From Jon on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 13:23:41 from 68.119.211.149
Yeah, Dave, we're giving you the last 15 miles of the race- and they are some tough ones!!! Does that sound ok?
From David Nelson on Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 22:45:28 from 24.17.107.6
Sounds great with me, just wanted to check. I'll be on vacation, so I don't need a sleep pattern and can tackle the dark.
Cody, I'm happy to head up and help set-up. The plan was to goof around in the mountains most of the week anyway (Jon's unemployment blog had been making me jealous).
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