Wayne and Kevin were planning to run at the mouth of the canyon at 5am this morning. I was tired from a day full of family stuff related to my nephew's wedding, and I knew I wasn't going as far or as fast as Wayne and Kevin so I didn't commit to be there. I woke up a little after 5am and decided to go run a few miles and see if I bumped into them near the end of their run. I was only planning on about 4 miles. I averaged about 10:30 pace for the first two miles. I was intentionally taking it easy, but it felt pretty good. I decide to go up to a 1/2 mile farther to see if I bumped into the guys. It was still pretty dark but I saw a single silhouette running towards me just a short time later. It was Wayne. Kevin never showed. I was happy to run back in with Wayne. We ran about 8:10 pace the last 3/4 mile from the fountain, and were both satisfied with that. Forgetting to register in time for both the Runner Series and for Hobble Creek this year ended up saving me some money this year. I got into St. George anyway, and I wasn't ready to run a half marathon today at Hobble Creek. It sounds like with the late start and hot weather it wasn't much fun anyway. My plan is to run easy miles on Tue, Thu, and Sat again next week and see how I feel. I've pretty much decided to go ahead and run in the Red Rock Relay unless I feel some major pain between now and then. | 