Wow, today was epic. It was my flattest long run in a while. There were definitely some hilly sections, but my recent long runs have all been on RoxyAnn of Mount Ashland, so this doesn't really compare. I wanted to give it a solid effort, and was planning on going 2 hours even though I hoped to go faster than 8 minute miles. I felt fast, but holy cow, not that fast! I did three miles where I saw mile markers, and even though it was the hilliest (up Provo canyon and back) and windiest (I am not a weather wimp- it was blowing hard) section, I was running miles in 6:20 pace! I did not see that coming, and definitely doubted the accuracy of the first one, but started accepting that maybe I am better than I thought I was after the next two miles confirmed the speed. I ended up running 100 minutes, which is enough for 15 miles at 6:40 pace, which is very realistic seeing as the rest of the run was easier (until the end, when I just wanted to be done). The fact that I didn't run that long bothered me a little, but Spencer Gardner, one of BYU's top guys, did his 15 miles long run at 5:45 pace- if you do the math that means his long run was a meager 86 minutes. So that made me feel better. Now time to recover for Tuesday. IR/IP/T10/Strength
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