Last long run, thank goodness! No, I really need another 6 weeks of decent training but that isn't going to happen, maybe next year. I have been so trashed this week and was not looking forward to this run at all, but it ended up being a pretty good run. Walter came by at 5:30am, we had to start early because he had his daughter's XC meet at 9:00am. We did the same run as two weeks ago up Buttefield canyon from my house and back. This time I panted some gatoaid and water in different spots. It was dark most of the way out and we had a little headwind going on out of the canyon, but we still ran up faster than two weeks ago. 1:18:42 up. Down was a good pace but we weren't killing ourselves either, 1:04:27. The bummer was the wind switched when we came out of the canyon and we had a headwind for about 6 miles home. I wasn't too bugged by the wind though, except when we were climbing back up Rosecrest with 2 miles to go. We ended with a 2:23:09 for the 20 miler. Good run for a couple of old tired guys. Thanks to Walt for the company, it really helps me to have a friend on these long runs. Now I just need to get some rest this weekend.
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