Every year our neighborhood has a 5K Fun Run, and every year someone says that "Fun Run" is an oxymoron. I don't know about that, but I do believe that "an easy 10" is definitely an oxymoron. Larry, Wayne and I did "an easy 10" this morning (9:15/mi avg), but it wasn't easy. Larry says "Fun Run" is just short for "Fun When It's Done Run", so I guess "an easy 10" might just be short for "10 miles at an easy (slower than marathon) pace", but I don't know how any one can think of getting up at 4:45am to start running at 5:30am and then running 10 miles as being easy...very satisfying...but not easy. My plan is still to play basketball tomorrow morning as my mini-taper for the Provo River half marathon on Saturday. I stopped at Bridal Veil Park on my way home last night at about 7:00pm. The trail was still closed. I asked a man standing there by his truck (I think he was with the fire fighters) if he knew the status of the fire. He said the fire was basically out and that the crews were about to leave. I mentioned the race on Saturday and asked if he knew when the trail might be open. He said he heard the old road to the upper falls was going to be open Saturday, but that the trail might be closed until September because of all the loose debris at the top of the cliffs. I'm not sure if he was a reliable source of information, but it will be interesting to see if/how the race comes off on Saturday. Addendum: If the race goes forward, I decided it would be good to have some goals to keep things interesting. Since I don't know what the course will be (maybe nobody does at this point) and I've never run it before (nobody has), I decided on some non-time-related goals. The time the goal would have required last year is in parentheses.
1. Top 3 in age division (1:35:15)
2. Top 5% overall (1:34:43)
3. Keep chicked count under 10 (1:30:43) Addendum #2: I just received an email update on the Provo River 1/2. It looks the race will start up South Fork after all (like previous years), run on the highway from Vivian to Nunn's (because the trail is closed due to fire...this means no uphill loop), run on the trail to Shops@Riverwoods (like previous years), and then have a loop at the end (to make up for no loop at Bridal Veil). Seems like a pretty good plan to me. Should be fun!
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