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PR Table and Notable Races

Marathon: 2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)
Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

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Wed, Jul 31, 2013
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AM - 16 miles. Usual Wednesday run w/ Rob and the team at Alta, but Kramer and I stretched it out a little further today. I remember when 10 miles was a good run up there! Great to see so many guys working hard, pushing to stay up in the front as long as possible, putting in the extra loops at the top, etc. Enjoyed the run quite a bit.

PM - 8 miles. 6 w/ Matt in Draper, then another 2 w/ James on campus. Shoe testing. 

For those not fortunate enough to live in Utah, here's a couple photos of the upper section of the road in Albion Basin (~9500 feet). This is the flat part that we have all come to really appreciate. I took these when we were hiking a week ago.

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 15:05:48 from 24.10.249.165

My favorite half mile stretch of road anywhere.

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 21:08:03 from 66.17.102.185

Absolutely amazing. My wife hasn't bought in to moving yet..

From Jon on Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 06:38:42 from 107.203.52.135

I don't really understand the point of going to the mountains just to run flat dirt roads when you are surrounded by wonderful single track winding all over the mountains. Kind of like going to Disneyland just to walk around between the rides yet never go on.

From Cam on Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 07:38:04 from 67.222.234.132

Yeah Jon you tell them!

edit- Or like going to the pie and getting non cheese pull aparts.

From Jake K on Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 07:40:44 from 67.177.11.154

Its hardly a "flat" dirt road. This is the flat "stretch" of the road.

I think its a wonderful place to run (still surrounded by mountains) and provides a great training environment for the type of racing we're doing. Not a whole lot of road/xc races with windy singletrack.

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