It was great to have 5 regulars out on a Saturday run again. Larry, Wayne, Kevin, Kent and I met at 5:30am and drove to the mouth of Provo Canyon to run. The headwind made it a little cold on the way up, but it ended up being a beautiful morning. Kent's just getting back into running so he and Larry turned back at 4 miles out. The rest of us went to 5.5 miles before starting back down.
My legs have felt pretty sluggish the past couple of days, and this morning started no differently. I was encouraged, however, that they felt okay as we picked up the pace later in the run. I decided to push the two miles from Nunns to Timpanogos again and was pleased to manage splits of 7:11 ans 7:12. Kevin was right with me and Wayne wasn't far behind. After a stop at the fountain I saw a runner up ahead in a yellow shirt that was running well and decided to push the last 1/2 mile and try to catch him before the parking lot. I didn't quite catch him, but ran a good pace and was just behind him. My watch showed the last 0.2 at 6:49/mi. Well it looks like I'll be running the Redrock Relay in September. Larry's the team captain and has registered the team. It should be fun. Larry, Wayne, Kevin, and I are on the team (the old guys). The younger generation members include Stacia and Jeremy (Larry's daughter and her husband), Colin and Michael (sons of Larry's neighbors), Jessica and Angie (Larry's nieces), and Danette and Ally (Stacia's friends). We have our final team party for our WBR relay team on Monday. I've
been kind of looking forward to having the planning over for another
year, but now Larry's asking to draw on my experience to help organize
the Redrock relay team. Oh well, I guess that's what friends are for.
Here we go again... | 