Ran with the St. George Running Club this morning. They were kind enough to run by and pick me up at Green Valley. Then we ran down Dixie St. to the light at some other street (think it was Sunset), where I turned around and went back by myself. My goal today was to beat Lybi's 5K time. Thanks to team pacing, I blazed through the first two miles in 7:44 and 7:47: well under pace. After the turnaround, I was on my own, and pace slowed to 8:12 for Mile 3. But it was still good enough for 24:30 at 3.1, so I broke Lybi's post-high school 5K PR, but not her 5K PR. Maybe next time. Then it's on to Benjamin. My last two miles slowed down quite a bit, and I ended up with 5 miles in 41:21 (8:16/mile). It's still a work in progress, and still some irritation in the hamstring, but at least I'm back to running a somewhat normal pace. After breakfast, we drove back up north (regretfully), and checked in to the Peruvian Lodge up Little Cottonwood Canyon (another race prize). Alta has a ski free after 3PM deal on their small lift, so I hitched a ride out there and had time to get one run in before the lift closed. This is my first time tele skiing this year, since I've been too tentative to try it with the hamstring. I figured trying an easy run on the free lift would be the safest way to test it before actually shelling out money tomorrow. It seemed to have passed the test. I could "feel" the tendinitis, but it didn't affect my turning, and didn't bother me too much. And I didn't biff at all, despite being out of shape and out of practice. Recovery that evening was good.
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