Butterfield Canyon with the team this afternoon, HOT, HOT, HOT! I ran with Walter for the first couple of miles and then had to stop and tie my shoe. He jumped up with the couple of kids in the lead and I stayed about 20 seconds back for the last 1.5 miles up. You never realize what a climb it is going up until you turn around and come back down. The last 3 miles are where I lose the kids, they always die, and so did my Riverton kids before them. I hit a 5:37, 5:52, and 5:34 last three miles. A couple of kids stuck with me for about 1.5 miles and then died, but they are getting stronger. Walter ran one mile around 5 minutes and I never saw him again the last two miles, he was flying! He got down about 50 seconds before me I bet. That run hammered me today with the hills and the heat, but I liked it. A lot of the kids made it the whole 7 miles too, way more than I have ever had in 3 years. I like the downhill, because I drag on the uphill so bad because of my injury, but downhill doesn't really bug me, so I can let lose. 7:10 ave. for the run. | 