10 miles @ 9:15/mi. Provo River trail, Mt. Timpanogos park to Vivian park out and back.
I slept in and didn't start my run until about 8:50am. By the time I ended at about 10:30am it had gotten pretty warm.
As I ran up the trail, similar to Saturday I started seeing aid stations and runners with bibs. It turned out to be the Pioneer Day Raft and Run. They raft 5 miles from just below Deer Creek Dam to Vivian Park then run a 5K down to Canyon Glen Park. Reading online later I learned that 100% of the proceeds fund Live Your Dream Scholarships, which go directly to single moms with college aspirations! It looked like everyone was having fun.
I encouraged the runners as I passed in the opposite direction. I've always believed that greeting other runners on my runs energizes me. That was evidenced today as my pace up the canyon increased from about 9:30/mi to 9:00/mi then 8:50/mi as I cheered on the runners.
I treated this as an easy/moderate run and still managed 9:15/mi overall, almost my target marathon pace of sub-4:00 (9:09/mi), and in the heat.
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