Slept in until 8:00am, it felt good and I needed it! Long run with Paul and Cody. We drove up Blacksmith Fork about 4 miles and stashed some drinks, then went back down and started our run just off of Hollow Road. We ran up the canyon at about 7:15 pace. I was hoping that I would loosen up as we went, but I never really did. We turned around 9 miles up and came back down, by then the wind had switched to a head wind going down. Paul took off doing some 5:30 pace stuff and we would see him every mile or two when he was cooling down. Cody talked me into running what he thinks his marathon pace will be (6:30 or a bit faster) down the canyon. I was being a wuss about doing it, but was glad I did in the end. My legs were just too hammered from sqeezing in mileage the last couple of days and anything faster than walking didn't sound very apealing.
We ran four miles down and Cody said he was feeling hammered, so I talked him into an easy mile before we hit our drinks. We got our drinks and went the rest of the way down just under 6:30 pace, I think. We met back up with Paul and he came down the last three miles with us. I did the last mile just over 6:00 minute pace, and then Cody and I added enough to make it a 19 miler. It was a good run, but I was glad to be done, especially when I didn't feel like running at all in the first place. Thanks to Paul and Cody for getting my tired bones out the door. 2:12:08
(Adrenaline-95 miles)
I was glad that I was able to salvage a decent week after a rough start. I am even more glad for the weekend to rest. 48 miles in the last 50 hours was a bit much for me. | 