I ran from the mouth of Provo Canyon up to Vivian Park and back with Larry, Wayne, Kerry, and Nathan. It was pretty windy and a little chilly for my short sleeves when we started at 6:45am, but I never really got too cold and felt very comfortable most of the run. Kerry, Nathan, and I pulled a little ahead of Larry and Wayne on the way up. But Larry and Wayne were not far behind and when we made a bathroom stop at Vivian they got a head start on the return trip. We didn't catch them until Bridal Veil. We pulled a little ahead again and then Nathan left Kerry and me and pulled ahead quite a bit farther. I averaged 8:20/mi for the 12.25 miles, about 8:45/mi going up and 7:55/mi going down. A couple of the downhill miles were in 7:34 and 7:35. I feel good about the run, especially considering that I never really made any conscious decision to push hard at any point during the run. Mentally I was treating it as an easy run, although the pace was a little quicker than I anticipated and to call the effort easy would be stretching the truth. All in all I would consider my "ignore the back of the knee pain" week pretty successful. I managed to put in a 48 mile week without aggravating the injury. It still gets a little stiff and sore, especially when I'm stuck sitting at my desk for a long time, but it hasn't gotten worse and actually feels quite a bit better.
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