Drove up to Perry last night, and drove up to Logan this morning. I needed 20-24, decided to do my first ever 23 mile training run starting from the end of the TOU marathon, running up the course, then pacing Aubrey in. Her pace was perfect for my long run. Met Cody at mile 22ish, then we ran up to mile 15, stopped and stretched and watched the leaders fly by. Cody took off with Joe, then I ran up to mile 14 (saw Allie in between, she was looking strong and sounded strong, and had an incredible race!) , and hopped into the fray with Aubrey. I tried to be a good pacer, but I am afraid I got overzealous - after getting permission to put water on her once, I did it again, and I don't think she especially found that part so great. Sorry Aub! She had a rough patch, but worked through it and ran a 3:18, a good time for her, even though she is in shape for a bit better. BTW, I contributed to the TOU marathon excellence in this way: On the way out, I used the mile 22 portapotty, realized all three rolls of TP were covered in that protective paper. I removed the paper on all the rolls, figuring the first users would be serious and wouldn't want to waste precious seconds unwrapping the rolls of TP. Note to race organizers everywhere--have your volunteers do this, it'd be great ;D Iced in the Logan River for 15 min, which made me near hypothermia for about an hour afterward.
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