AM - 17 miles on the Jeremy Ranch road. This is probably my favorite place in Utah to run... love it up there. There's no better place to build strength. Its just rolling hills the whole way, and since you drop about 450 feet on the way out without really realizing it, the return trip to the cars is extra fun! Andrea and I met James, Kevin, Chad, and Mark and we got started at 9am - it was surprisingly warm by that point. We had a great run - out to the end of the dirt road and then another mile or so to East Canyon Reservoir, then back. Saw a moose a few miles into the run! Casual pace for the first 16, then I ran the last mile faster (5:03), which is actually pretty good considering its an uphill mile at 6300 feet and was into a headwind. Another lesson learned today - don't start doing all the variations of the Arrested Development Chicken Dances while running uphill at altitude. You'll loose your breath, guaranteed! :-) Then we went to Ruth's and got some big omelets. Fantastic day. We'll be repeating this one next Saturday for sure. PM - 4.5 miles, horsepark loop.
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