I woke up early and drove to Logan to run a 20 miler with Paul and Cody. I got pulled over coming out of Sardine Canyon and was ticked off. I thought I was going to get a speeding ticket but I guess my front headlight was out and I just got a fix-it ticket. The cop was cool so the morning didn't start out to bad. Paul, Cody, and I drove up to Hollow Road and headed up Blacksmith Fork Canyon. This is all pretty much uphill. The headwind was really bad the first 4 miles or so and we were hitting about 7:15/mile pace. We sped up a little bit and were really pushing to get 7:00/miles. We made it up 10 miles at a 7:15/mile pace. On the way down we started pushing it a little more. We were hitting 6:10-6:15/miles. It felt nice and relaxed. The little bit of tailwind helped out. I got a little antsy the last 4 miles. Paul and I took off and did 5:57, 5:52, 5:23, and 5:09 miles for the last 4. Their was no tailwind here and it felt nice to really get going with Paul. It was nice and controlled and it didn't feel like I was really pushing myself past the point of getting out of control. It was nice and a great way to finish off the run. We ended up averaging 6:38/mile for the entire run. The whole run took just under 2 hours and 13 minutes. The weather was great and it was nice to run with Paul and Cody. I am happy with the mileage this week considering I wasn't able to run on Monday. | 