AM - 9.5 miles. The 10 days out last chance workout... in the past I've usually done 2 x 5 miles for this one... I love that workout but I tend to get carried away with it and really hammer the second rep. In my quest to not do any impressive workouts leading up to TOU, this time around I decided to only run a 10K tempo and save it for next weekend (and the 5K this Saturday in Layton). Warmed up 2 miles and then got it rolling on my "home" loop - 10K in 32:05 (Avg = 5:10/mi, Splits - 5:17, 5:17, 5:14, 5:07, 5:05, 5:02, 1:02). 10 minutes of light jogging for a cooldown... no mileage padding :-) Andrea has been working on getting the kinks out of my hips/hamstrings/etc over the past couple days... its working because my stride felt nice and loose during the slightly quicker miles towards the end. I'll give her 80% of the credit and the other 20% has to go to the shoes... Yesterday my secret weapons for TOU arrived. Saucony has a new version of the Fastwitch (6) coming out next March/April, but they were able to get me a pair in time for the marathon. I wore them for the workout this morning. They are lighter than the FT5 (they are using seamless flexfilm for the upper) and the fit is even better. A very smooth feeling shoe. Looking forward to racing in these. Plus, they are outrageously bright orange. The pictures don't even do them justice. Colors are very important to me! 
PM - 4.5 miles, easy jogging around the neighborhood. Did a bunch of other shoe-related errands after work - went to Dicks and educated their staff on the differences b/w the Ride and Guide models, and then dropped off a whole bunch of shoes at the SL Running Company for them to donate to Africa or wherever else they send them.
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