This Sunday morning, I received a ride up to Skyline High School where I ran over to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail then up Thunderbird Drive (only came across one snake) and a right on Wasatch Drive to the Hogle Zoo. After that 6-miler, you guessed it, Sunnyside and Crestview to Liberty Park (same 10.6 miler as yesterday). Okay, the major cross streets on Wasatch Drive are Michigan, 1300 South, Sheridan Drive, Saint Mary’s, Beacon, Kensington, Skyline, 1700 South, Blaine, Broadmoor, 2100 South, and Thunderbird. No Google maps (so hopefully the spellings on these are correct), just lots of fun repetition and interesting splits.
Time to vent, okay UDOT, I know its Sunday (thus no road work), but Foothill Boulevard needs to be repaired by the end of next week, please! Unlike yesterday, I was just enjoying this run and kept it at just over an 8:00 pace on Foothill. Even without the construction crews, the light Sunday traffic was stirring up a lot of dust. Just my luck, the UDOT will probably peak with their road construction on Foothill the morning of the 25th and fill the air with lots of tar fumes and dust. Just smelling the tar and the sight of the dust made me start holding my breath on yesterday’s run, thus making feel as if I was drowning the last 8 miles to Liberty Park. Also, if the road remains graded on the infamous Sunnyside Incline that always kills me, my racing flats and feet are not going to like it. Seriously, like the Des News needs to be any more brutal! Hopefully, this is needless worry and everything is cleaned up by the 25th.
I will not be able to do it on race day, but taking it easy on Foothill Boulevard helped me navigate the construction and gave me a great boost all the way to Liberty Park (finished with a 7:59 pace). I then took a lap around the Park’s woodchip trail before jogging over to the bus stop to catch a ride home for a total cool down of 2.65 miles.
During the course of the day, I got in m non-running workout of 300 sit-ups and 12 metronomes.
Five-Minute Plank Challenge: 30 second plank and side planks
Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge: two fruit smoothie
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