Trying to keep up with you

City Creek Canyon run.  Didn't track time or pace but it was a medium effort run. I'm going to keep mileage low this week so my legs are ready to go on Saturday's 10-k.

Run up City Creek Canyon.  Today I finally got a got altitude measurement, 933 feet up from were I park.  So I gain 933 ft in 3.55 miles.  Pretty good climb and would explain why my pace up is so much slower than my pace down.  The effort was tempo up and a little below tempo down.

Time up: 30:11, Av pace: 8:30

Time down: 23:46, Av pace: 6:42

Total Time: 53:57, Av pace: 7:36

Easy run up City Creek Canyon.  Did not track time or pace.  Ran with Bob, Dick and Stuart.

TM run at noon.  Av pace: 7:52

TM run.  Just wanted to warmup my legs and get a good stretch in before tomorrow's 10-k.

Av pace: 7:54

Not my best race and a little slower than I hoped.  I got to the Saltair at 9 am with plenty of time to register and warm up.  After registering I headed out in the rain.  Heading east on the course during warmup I could tell I had a tail wind.  When I turned around and headed west I could feel a strong head wind and rain pelting my face.  At this point I could tell I was just not on my game today.  I figured I would head out with a 7 min pace and at the turn around try to push as hard as I could on the way back. 

The race would exactly as I thought after the warm up although I was hoping to keep a sub 7 on the way back, not quite.

Mile 1 - 7:02

Mile 2 - 6:57

Mile 3 - 6:57

Mile 4 - 7:11

Mile 5 - 7:09

Mile 6 - 7:08

Mile 6.20- 1:30

Total Time: 43:54

Av pace: 7:05