The first part of the run was a 5k. Made it to Ogden by 7:45, grabbed my shirt, # and chip and got ready. I had a very solid warmup for about .6 miles. The "gun" went off and we were away. This course is not a pr course. It's hilly like crazy. The first .5 went by quickly, then the climbing started. .5 to 1.5 is mostly uphill, so there was lots of passing going on. Finally we caught a break with some downhill to recover, followed by more wonderful uphill sections. The last mile was mostly downhill, except for the lovely uphill finish. Gosh, I LOVE THOSE!! I held on, and valiantly fought the urge to walk several times. I couldn't stand to have people I passed go by me because I felt a little uncomfortable and wimped out. So after the race, I got some *****ade, and ate a muffin half. I was ready to go, and as I was driving away, saw a lady starting some miles. Well, I'm supposed to do 20 today, so I asked her if she'd mind some company. She kindly obliged, and we ran and chatted for another 4.6. Turns out she ran at BYU with Nan, and is a killer runner. Then I drove home. I changed my bottom shirt for a dry one, and headed out for 10 more miles. I took the same course as last week, and it was killer. No 5 hour energy, plus I'm a bit sick, tired and overworked this week compared to last. I got them in, though. Overall pace for the bonus, post race miles was 8:30. This is a bit slower and fewer than my calendar calls for, but for today it's more than enough. Now I'm at work, furiously cutting more implant parts for a Monday deadline. Hopefully I can finish today and not be stuck coming in again tomorrow. (I mean that "hopefully" like, "come hell or high water I'm going to finish this stuff today") Finally, a weather and air quality report. It was a temperate morning for early Feb. The air seemed clear. I could see individual clouds, and even small sections of blue in the distance. Airnow.gov puts us in the yellow/moderate range. I'll take that.
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