15.1, 7:15 AP, almost exactly 2000' of climb and 2000' of loss. My place to Memory Grove, up to the top of City Creek (to the trailhead gate) and back, with a slightly longer loop around 2nd instead of directly on 4th on the way back. Did 5 of the downhill miles at marathon effort after a ~1 km transition into the downhill so I could start the faster miles right at 8 miles and, also, to avoid getting into the downhill until the grade leveled out into a more mellow slope at the better part of a mile down from the top of the road. I didn't want to beat my legs up, so I decided to run the splits around 5:50 and just keep it to about marathon effort (5:50/mile at marathon effort down city creek is worth about 6:01/mile at marathon on the St George course, where it is only half as steep, but much lower in elevation). Miles 9-13 were 5:48, 5:53, 5:50, 5:49, 5:43 (5:49 average) and didn't feel particularly taxing. Overall, it didn't take much out of me, but I'm going to be cautious tomorrow, as I could just feel a twinge of tightness in my hip in the final uphill mile. Extended uphills have always been a source of stress on it since the initial injury, and it's been healthy lately due to being smart about it, so I'm going to continue to be smart about it.
Oh, and note to self for future reference... Garmin software somehow thinks it was 93 degrees during my run, but that was definitely not correct. I went the full 15 with only 2 short sips of water (one at the top of the road and one in memory grove) and wasn't even thirsty by the end, so it wasn't very hot at all, even at the lowest elevation point.
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