18 miles with a big group down in Provo in 1:47:xx. 10 on the toe path outside the First 5 at about 6:48 pace, next 5 at about 6:00 pace (Ouch!), and then 7.5 up and down Provo Canyon in 50 minutes flat. I had to run about a half mile total to get to and back from a bathroom before the start, so I just added on 3 minutes to my time and rounded to 18. Average pace almost exactly 6:30s. My marathon PR (soft) from 2009 was 6:36 pace at just above sea level. This was similarly hilly or even slightly hillier and at 5000' or so, so this is a really good sign. 6:30 is not my goal marathon pace (somewhere around 6:10 likely is, but 6:30 at 5000' equals 6:11 at sea level, so this seems about marathon effort). That said, it felt a little bit easier than 18 miles at marathon effort, especially considering the beat up legs I came in with, so this seems like a good sign to me. I count my weeks starting on Monday, so everything is shifted off by one day, just so my weeks line up. | 