16 miles on the Jordan River Parkway Trail - 12 of them with Leslie. I parked on Winchester and ran 2 miles to where Leslie was going to start and then ran up 5300 until I met her. It was a nice day out - a bit on the cold side. I started getting calls while on the trail and found out my son's car had been broken into and stuff stolen out of it. /*************/ Information regarding the 50 miler - 14 days from today. The race starts at 6 a.m. I plan to be done with the first 18-19 mile section before 11 a.m. If anyone wants to come out and run sections with me - that would be great. Striders is also looking for volunteers at aid stations - which gets you a free t-shirt and entry to the island. You can do both (volunteer and keep me company). My plan is to run between 4 and 4.5 mph. Places you could join in are at the start/finish line (I pass it again at 18-19 miles), the aid station on Mountain View, the aid station at Frary Peak, the Fielding Garr Ranch, Frary Peak aid station, Mountain View aid station, and Bridger Bay Campground aid station. There are also a few places where the trail gets near the road. You can run along, bike along, whatever. Please let me know if you want more details. There are maps of the trail at www.buffalorun.org with approximate mile markers. As I have told Leslie, figure on 4-5 mph to give you a window of when I might be at any aid station. I expect that I will finish close to the 6:30 p.m. cutoff - so will be out there all day if you want to join in the fun. PM 1 - took Twilight on a 1.5 mile run Went by Wasatch Running and picked up a pair of the CR-X running shorts. They are about the best compression shorts available and I went with the smaller size for even more compression. I also picked up some trial sizes of various topical analgesics and glide/lubricants for my running pack. Les - turns out I was trying to open the wrong portion of the valve on my running pack. That's why it didn't work. The freezing shut earlier threw me off mentally (doesn't take much).
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