Wayne and I ran Provo Canyon from the mouth to a little past Vivian Park and back for a total of 12 miles. We started a little after 5:30am, and the sun was just rising over the horizon as we finished a little before 7:30am. It was another beautiful morning and a nearly perfect run. Our mile splits were 9:33, 9:00, 9:11, 8:54, 8:38, 8:25, 8:25, 8:05, 7:50, 7:41, 7:34, 7:34. Even though we only averaged 8:24/mi and we're hoping to average sub-8:00/mi at Ogden next week, I'm still counting these miles as marathon pace. Those first 6 miles uphill were into a pretty strong headwind. We actually held about the same effort level the entire run, except maybe for the first mile warming up. If felt good to finish with a couple of 7:34 miles without really picking up the effort level much. I've never run the Ogden marathon before. I'm running it this year for the scenery. I've heard it's a beautiful run. Wayne and I aren't going for PRs. We're planning to not push at the beginning, enjoy the scenery, and hopefully feel good enough to maybe start pushing the pace coming down Ogden Canyon and in to the finish. I'm looking forward to it.
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