I had a great run today. Left my office on 12th street in Ogden and ran to Grant St. and joined up with the Ogden Parkway Trail and ran to the mouth of the canyon and back (a section many of you have run!). In the beginning I felt like a sprinter. Light and fast. That lasted about 1/2 mile. Then I settled into a good pace, not really concerned about speed, but letting my pace just happen, regulating my breathing to 3 in and 2 out. I got to the mouth of the canyon and turned around. I averaged 8 min miles going out for the 5 miles. Coming back is a slight downhill grade. I felt great and ran each of these four miles at about 7:30. I was averaging 7:49 at mile 9 and decided to call it speedwork and ran the last mile at 6:57. It was a great run. I'll do that one again. The parkway is looking good. They are making some nice changes and soon it will really be a nice place to do a long run. |