It was cold when we started, enough that I wondered if I should've worn a long sleeve. I was in a tank top and shorts. It seemed I was the only one until getting to the starting line, a couple others trickled in with tank tops. Later I was glad I wore a tank.
The first 5 miles were mostly uphill. We started on the frontage road that's by the Mountain Dell golf course and went out on Highway 65. Before connecting with Emigration canyon we did a mini out and back. Then down all the way to the mouth of the canyon by Hogle zoo.
Around mile 7 a guy began to pass me but I decided to match him. For the next 3 miles we ran together side by side. I was grateful, it helped it go by quicker. I miss running with people. We settled running 7:40s. After mile 10 he started surging on the uphills and I matched the first time, but the second I let him go. I was getting tired. There was a water station at Ruth's diner that I stopped at (well I stopped at all 3), that was when I felt how worn my legs were. Probably from the downhill. Starting up was a little rough, but I got back into the groove. The last mile was hard. I was struggling but pushed through.
Overall it was fun and I'd do it again given the chance :)
Oh and I hardly felt the glass in my foot. Maybe it's embedded in a callous. I only feel it sometimes.
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