I love it when I can crawl back into bed after an early run like today. We had to wake up at 4:20 to get ready and into Payson by 5:00 for the 1/2 hour trip up the canyon in the van. Tom was on fire from the beginning and took off like a wild man! He ran all the way down alone. I hung with the 2nd wave with a 7:40 pace for the 8 miles. Behind me there were a few single stragglers then the final wave with one final straggler at the end. Three of us had a car at mile 8 to take us the last 3 down. Since it was my first time doing the steeper part of the mountain Coach Tom and all the others there thought it was a good idea for me to do 8 instead of 11 today. Next week I'll take it all the way to the bottom. I felt really good all the way and am feeling good now! We'll see what tomorrow and the next day bring. It was fun to learn about some neat ancient Indian ruins in New Mexico from a few of the runners who recently went there and had some great hikes and great times. I might have to look further into a trip like that. It sounded quite amazing!
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