20.25 in 2:21 total time. Hilly east bench route (at least 8 billion feet of gain, despite the underestimate that some of the guys would give for it... hah...) with tons of snow and slush, plus some snow coming down. Effort ranging from easy to slightly harder than marathon effort. With Kevin, Jake, Fritz, etc, group of 7 guys. I only ate a banana before hand, mostly because I slept in until 45 minutes before the run and didn't have a chance. I brought 2 gels, but should've had 3, so around mile 12 or 13, I was bonking a bit and told the group to take off so I could get in my own zone. I took my 2nd gel right around then and it kicked in, so after almost immediately losing a minute on the group, I caught a nice surge on 2700 east, which carried until I had to run back up 4500 south to Wasatch. Spotted the group about 2 minutes ahead on this part and apparently they picked it up on Wasatch a little bit, so I finished 3 minutes behind. Once I was in my own zone, everything was OK, but I just had a bit of a mental game of trying to hang on the group when they were running ever so slightly faster than I wanted to do. Oh, and of course, thanks Jake and Andrea for making breakfast for everyone afterwards. Logged a day off so my main weekly calendar lines up Mon-Sun.
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