I invited my kids to do an LA Freeway run with me over the Easter break and they chose today. It just happened to be raining the whole night and morning. But I had seven of my best guys (Chris, Alex, Dillon, Stockton, Derrek, Zak, and Nolan) and three of my best girls (Aubree, Jennica, and Ashlynn) show up even though it was raining, and they drove all of the way down to Provo too! We toughed it out through the rain, that ended up not being too bad once we got going. The trail isn't quite as beastly as it was back when I was younger but it is still a trip, and the weather added to it! I was a little nervous because I knew that I had run yesterday, fairly long for me right now, and today would be my longest hardest run sin I did this run in November with Macy, Chris, and Derrek. But I actually was fine, as fine as can be on that kind of a trip. The trail was soft in places and there was a lot of puddles to dodge, but it wasn't too bad. It was a beautiful run today, you could look off the mountain and see the entire Utah Valley, and look up and there was the snow and storm. I had a great time and I think my kids did too, even though they were moaning a lot. I got a kick out of every hill they would come to and the line of moans and gasps I would hear behind me. We busted off the mountain pretty good today and my little group ran the last three miles around 6 minute pace or better, which is the fastest I have run since Foot Locker. It was good downhill though. The 9.75 miles took just over 1:17 and the total run with the cool down was 10 miles in 1:20:04
We all changed out of our soaking wet clothes into something dry and headed over to Magelby's Fresh for breakfast. We got there just after 10:30 when they stop serving breakfast, but they were nice enough to still let us get French Toast. Their French Toast might be the best I've had with that yummy caramel syrup, ummmmmhh! The plates had about 10-12 half pieces on them, and I downed the whole plate. Fun run today and good memories! I was very impressed with the kids and their tough attitudes, even though there was a lot of whining. I got more miles between yesterday and today than I normally get in a week. I will take it easy tomorrow though. Easing back into running is tough because I want to get going so bad, but I know I need to be very patient. I am probably about 85 percent healthy right now, and I get way sore in my butt, hip, and groin areas after my runs. Not much irretation during the runs most of the time, but I haven't ran fast or hard either. Who knows, maybe I'll be crippled tomorrow, but I hope not.
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