It was just one of my lazy Sunday mornings in that it was really tough to just get out of bed; that is, I set my alarm to beat the heat by getting up at 5:00 am, but I did not get out the door until around 7:30 am. I rode my bike up to the Hogle Zoo then ran the last 10.6 miles (i.e., Crest View Drive to Liberty Park) of the Des News Marathon course. The best part of the run was that I saw a deer sprinting through Research Park. It was really hot to say the least, so I jumped on the University Trax train and took it up to the Salt Lake Marathon starting line then jogged over to the Zoo to get my bike for an additional 3.6 miles of running. Considering the heat, I was able to complete this 14.2 miles at the solid pace of 8:02 minutes per mile.
To make this a twenty-mile day, I headed out for an evening run (a little bit cooler) in my NB Minimus trail running shoes. For this run I completed four-and-a-half laps around the outer dirt path of Big Cottonwood Park for a distance of 5.9 miles at a pace of 8:24 minutes per mile.
For my non-running workout, in addition to the 15.7 miles on the bike, I was able to complete 300 sit-ups.
Five-Minute Plank Challenge: 2:00
Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge: blue berry smoothie
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