It was another early-Sunday morning run in that I jogged over to Big Cottonwood Park and met up with Soren. By the way, it was colder than yesterday hill workout even though we were starting out thirty minutes later. We were planning on a sixteen-mile run, but of course it ended up a little longer. Eager to get some more practice on the Salt Lake Marathon Course we took 1300 East up to 400 South then headed up through campus to the starting line. Of course, it was a Rocky-like run up the Huntsman Center steps (I’ll take all the practice I can get at running stairs with my race just two months away). Once at the starting line--the Olympic Legacy Bridge--I glanced at me Garmin (it read 7.2 miles in just over fifty minutes), took a quick drink of Knoa Kola (I love this drink) then it was on. We cover the first eight miles of the Salt Lake Marathon course mainly working on our form and steadily trying to increase the pace until breaking it off at Keeler Lane and returning to Big Cottonwood Park. The total distance of this run was 17.5 miles at a 7:04 with the following splits: 7:17, 7:07, 7:01, 7:10, 7:09, 7:28, 7:48, 7:07, 6:45, 6:40, 6:45, 6:56, 7:07, 7:02, 7:07, 6:56, 6:48, and 3:32. I jogged the 0.65 of a mile back to home and had a much needed breakfast.
My non-running workout, I completed 300 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, and a 90-second wall-sit.
5-minute Plank Challenge: 2:00 (again two two-minute planks and I’ll try for a 2:30 plank tomorrow) | 