Jared drove us 12 miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon this morning and dropped me, Michelle and Kris off. We then ran down the canyon. It was a little scary a few times. There was some kind of a bike race going on. Luckily, they were are going uphill. I never felt all that fantastic. At the bottom, Kris left and Michelle and I ran another 6 miles back to the car at Cottonwood High School. We wanted to get a feel of how hard the marathon will be once we come out of the canyon. I was tired, but it didn't feel too bad and we still maintained a decent pace. We finished in 2:26:03. Miles were 8:19, 8:04, 8:01, 8:18, 8:21, 8:04, 7:34, 7:47, 7:41, 7:49, 7:46, 7:58 (last canyon mile), 8:01 8:19, 8:21, 8:34, 8:32, 8:25. Average 8:07. I was very nervous about the cars and bikes which I know slowed me down quite a bit. | 