Really didn't want to run today, but forced myself out of the house at 7:00 pm, after a long day of teaching and shopping for groceries, and running other errands after school. I figured I would just do an easy 3 or 4 miles and be fine with that. However, after about .75 miles running I came to the mile 12 marker on State Road 9 that runs through La Verkin. I just naturally picked up the pace and figured I would push it a little to marker 11 which is located on the bridge between Hurricane and La Verkin situated over a deep gorge where the Virgin River runs. 1 mile-6:22 This mile is slightly uphill, and I was not pushing too hard, but rather felt relaxed and it felt good, when I got to the mile marker I decided I would rest for a few minutes then run another mile back to where I had just come from. At this point I decided I would up the intensity and push this mile a little harder, I also had the thought to take off my shirt and leave it behind, that would force me to then run a third repeat back to this location to pick up my nice Boston shirt. 2 mile- 5:42 felt good with the slight downhill hard though to get in a real fast rhythm since it was getting dark and some traffic I was going back and forth from the road to the sidewalk. 3 mile- 5:50 started this one with the goal just to run faster than 6:22 which was my time on the first one going this direction back toward the gorge, uphill. I was really surprised I ran this one as fast as I did. 4 mile- 5:39 I really figured this last repeat would be slower, because I didn't feel that good from the start, but it turned out to be my fastest. .75 cooldown In the end I was pleased I had a good workout and was able to get out and run even though I really didn't feel like doing it earlier in the evening. | 