62:30 with 600 ft of climbing. Felt good throughout but rolled my ankle on the short BST stretch running down to Red Butte Creek in the first mile. I'm sure it will be sore tomorrow.
The idea was to push the pace outside a bit and run 9 miles in as close to an hour as possible. Its hard with work because I have to run down a steep hill to go anywhere and then come back up that hill (I complain about this regularly). I decided I'd try going to the Cancer Institute and up to 11th Ave via Federal Heights and turn around at the amphitheatre in Memory Grove. Miles were 6:55, 6:45, 6:36, 6:35, 6:35, 7:14, 7:11, 7:35 and 7:01. I'll count anything under 6:40 as marathon pace. |