I ran a loop that starts up the Orem Main St. hill then up the big hill on 2000 N and back down, then follows the road above Oak Canyon Jr. High then down and around through Lindon and back up 1600 N in Orem. This is the old 6 mile loop we used to regularly do on Tuesdays, but I extended it in a few places to see if I could squeeze an extra mile out of it. I ended up hitting 7 miles right back in my neighborhood.
I ran the 7 miles in 1:00:50 (8:41/mi). Mile splits were 11:19, 9:18, 7:21, 8:06, 8:17, 8:29, and 7:57. I ran an easy yet steady pace. I was thinking of Sasha's recent comment on Tom's blog that easy runs should be easy. At noon I ran the Lake View route with Tom. I thought it might be a little cooler than recent weeks, and maybe it was, but it sure seemed pretty hot. Both of us had run in the morning and neither of us was interested in pushing too hard. We still averaged 8:00/mi for the 5.2 miles. We both commented on how we seem to run faster at noon with the Novell guys than we do in the mornings. I think we both kind of felt like we were running closer to a 9:00 pace and were pleased that it was 8:00 instead. I really enjoy running with Tom. I'm going to miss him while he's in India.
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