I ran the Wil's Pit Stop route with Larry, Wayne and Grant this morning. Grant usually runs trails in the hills at lunch time so I haven't run much with him over the years. It was nice having him run with us today. He was originally only planning on 6 miles but went the full 10.5. Wayne and I pushed ahead going up University Avenue and went past the mouth of the canyon a bit and ended up with 11.5 miles. After we turned north on University Avenue onto the trail, I was talking with Larry and Grant and didn't notice that Wayne was pulling away until he had a pretty good lead on us. I decided to catch up with him but that took some sustained effort. From then on I was just hanging on trying to keep up with him. After going the extra distance we had to catch back up to Larry and Grant. Wayne pulled ahead and I just couldn't catch him until he caught them and slowed down again. It wasn't long after that we hit 800 E and Wayne suggested we push the pace to 400 E as we often do. I told him I was beat, but after crossing 800 E I picked up my pace and managed to stay with Wayne at just under an 8:00/mi pace. We then waited for Larry and Grant. I ran the last mile in with Larry as Wayne pulled a little ahead again. He's running well, as he should. He's been training well. He and I have both been trying to get in 40 mile weeks, which is tough for us during the dark, cold, icy winter. We're both curious to see what we can do at the Painter's half marathon in St. George in a couple of weeks.
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