8:35 am - 15.0 miles - 7:11 pace - 1:47:52
I ran a counter-clockwise loop of Pineview Reservoir starting from the Eden General Store. As I was approaching the dam I spotted someone ahead in green about a half mile ahead of me (sweet! someone to try to catch). Also as I was approaching the dam a thunderstorm was starting to roll in. After I made the turn at the dam (4.3 miles) I lost sight of green shirt person. The road finally straightened up enough at about mile 6.5 and green shirt person was just a bit ahead so I decided to pick up the pace a bit to real him in and caught him as he turned into camp area near the Snow Basin road. The thundestorm was following us and was getting close so he was looking for shelter. As luck would have it there was a cabin store with a covered patio and some nice chairs that we positioned ourselves on as we waited out the storm and some spectacular lightning. We sat and chatted for about 20 minutes as the storm passed through. I turns out that he was running the Reservoir loop as well at a low 8 minute pace (he is in his 50's) and he has the air force marathon coming up. He shared some of his experiences of the Boston and New York marathons and mentioned that he helped with the Ogden Marthon as the Oaks aid station (he thinks he remembers me coming through). I also may have another Croc convert. He was wearing Newtons and wears insoles for a height balance but figures he could glue them into a pair of Crocs. Finally the storm subsided and we headed off. The rest of the run was uneventful but felt nice and the cloud cover and rain kept the temps down.
Splits for the 15 miles - 7:24, 7:11, 7:14, 7:16, 7:14, 7:20, 7:04, 6:57, 7:24, 7:02, 6:58, 7:08, 7:10, 7:16 and 7:11 | 