I met with Adam RW, Josse, MattK, James, Merri and her friend Tammy at the mouth of Provo Canyon for up and down, a 20 miler. I wanted to do some fast miles and have this be one of two hard workouts for this week. I felt good as we ran up, but when we turned around and started the fast miles it seems like I had to fight to stay in the right pace. My legs are sore, and I'm not sure if it is residual from the race last week or just from high mileage this week.
After just over 3.5 hard we took a break at Vivian park so I could hit the bathroom and get a drink. We were rerouted to the road because of the canyon fire, and as I picked up the pace to resume the tempo I got a side cramp that I couldn't shake so I flaked out on the tempo at about 1.5 miles. So the workout portion of the run bordered on ignominious. I was embarrassed to have a fast guy come down from SLC and for me to not be able to do a good workout that would count for something in his book. I get kind of stupid when I run, the brain shuts down, and I forgot that you breathe deeply to get rid of side stitches. Oh well. I guess not all workouts turn out. On the bright side, it was really nice to run with bloggers I don't normally run with, the scenery was awesome, Adam picked up 17 cents or some outrageous sum of change off the road, and we had what amounted to a post race ice bath party in the river afterward. (PS real runners sit down in the river, if you're going to get in, get in all the way baby!) I bought a pool thermometer yesterday and brought it in. It registered 57 degrees, not really cold enough but it seemed plenty cold to my toes. weight 121 I now have to pack and prep the house. We are going to California for a short vacation. | 