What a great morning for a run! Seven of us started from the mouth of Provo Canyon around 6:00am: Nathan, Greg, and Ryan from the relay team, Larry and Wayne, and Michael Nelson, a former neighborhood runner. I ran with Nathan, Greg, Ryan, and Wayne up to Vivian Park. Ryan had to head back at that point. The rest of us continued up to South Fork Park. At 7.5 miles out Greg, Wayne, and I headed back down settling for a 15 mile run. Nathan continued on up. I believe his plan was for 20 miles. On our way down South Fork we passed Sasha who was heading up. As Wayne and I were waiting for Larry and Michael on the bridge at the mouth of Provo Canyon we saw Sasha pass by again on his way south. I ran the 15 miles in 2:01:00 (8:04/mi), not including three water stops and a bathroom break. There were so many runners up the canyon today that there was a line at every water stop. The GPS struggled getting a signal in spots on the way down, so the splits were a little off. Basically, most of the uphill miles were at around an 8:30 pace, the steeper hills at 9:00 or slower. The early downhill miles were around an 8:00 pace, speeding up to around 7:30 the last few miles. I pushed the last 3/4 miles at closer to a 6:30 pace.
The blister I've been nursing since I got it on Tuesday's run got a little worse today, but didn't really bother me until the last few miles. | 