I woke up this morning with no aches or pains to speak of, and with
the Wasatch Back relay this weekend, I want to keep it that way. I decided to skip the two-a-day today and only run at lunch time. All morning my legs felt rested and strong. At
lunch time I ran Eagle View with Nathan and Cory. It was quite warm.
Nathan tried to stay back with us, but I think our relatively easy
(though I still wouldn't call it easy) pace, as we mostly discussed the
relay, was too slow for him. He waited for us at the top of the hill,
and again at the light at State St. on the way back, but from there he
pulled easily away for good and beat us back by quite a distance.
This was one of my slower times on this route this year, but with a
total of 18.5 miles to run in the relay this Friday and Saturday, I
want to taper this week and make sure my legs and joints are well
rested. I took the average of a dozen Eagle View runs since January and
my average pace was 7:52/mi, so I guess my 40:47 (8:07/mi) today wasn't
too far off my average even though I wasn't pushing very hard.
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