Slept in, then ran 6.5 on my own, up the road from Zermatt along a road that will take you to Park City. The first 1.5 is rolling gradual uphill and the next 1 is nasty uphill. There was a 100 mile bike race from what I could tell, and lots of bikes on the road and I got to witness a rest stop, where people were off their bikes in droves and milling around, much more rest than a typical race stop in my races (at least when I get to them). I wanted to do some marathon effort tempo on the downhill, then would pick up my husband for the second half of my run. Mile 1: 5:58, steepest part is the first half, but took the first 1/3 of mile easy at about 6:20 pace, then conciously saw if I could change gears once I felt the grade wasn't so steep. 2: 6:31 (remember this is at altitude) 3: 6:35 the effort seemed hard for the pace, but I was in high altitude. If I had nothing else to do I'd throw this into our course tool, but I have to get some work done. Things are heating up at work. Just in time for the marathon. Ran about 6 miles with Paul. The leaf colors are so vibrant and varied. Just a beautiful run. We did the same up and down on the road, so I got some good downhill training today. ave pace: 9:02
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