Wow, along the Wasatch Front, today was the best running day weather wise of 2010 (i.e., the temperature in the 50s and a blue sky)! After jogging four-tenths of a mile home from the Smith’s, I decided to head out for an early afternoon run. For this run, in order to gain some experience on the Salt Lake Marathon course, I ran down to 4500 South and 700 East then proceeded to run miles 17.8-23.3 of the course; that is, ending at the north end of Liberty Park. On the way back, since the traffic was pretty light on this Sunday afternoon, I tried to pickup the pace a little bit by knocking out a total of 5 miles at marathon pace. For this 13.1-mile run, I averaged a pace of 7:19 (faster than yesterday’s pace mostly because the streets were dry) and my splits were as follows: 8:55, 7:10, 8:19, 7:54; 7:39, 7:07, 6:28, 7:18, 7:41, 6:37, 6:38, 6:39, 6:48, 0:43. I also jogged a tenth of a mile in order to cool down before deciding to call it a day.
Lastly, while watching the NFC and AFC title games (what a great win by the Saints), I was able to get in my non-running workout, which consisted of 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups. | 