Time 1:54:05 AP 9:30 Not bad for a hilly run.
Splits 9:39, 9:26, 10:26, (big hill) 9:17, 9:41, 8:53, 9:21, 9:47, 9:35, 9:34, 9:27, 8:59 :)
Left at 6:30am and it was 40 degrees! Met Deb and Betsy and their BIG dogs. Ran up Newcastle and met Jill (no dog).We ran up Newcastle and turned south on some street to 94th. Ran up that (whoa) and turned toward Dimple dell road. We ran past the road Lysa and I used to come out on but instead of going right toward dimple dell we went left up a steep hill and just went up and up to Wasatch. Tough! We turned around and came back, turned somewhere and ended up back at the dimple dell trail area and went on the trail there. That was my first time and I loved it! There was a powdered sugaring of snow covering the trail (which is wood chips Deb told me). The sun was rising and the moon was gorgeous up south west. It was so clear and the lights of the city with the mountains all around...it was just pretty. I loved running on that trail too! We ran there for a while and Betsy left us to go home at mile 6 (She ran 20 miles yesterday).The 3 of us ran down by Smith's and cut through and went up past the library and up highland to home. I ended up running the last 2 miles alone around home. I was happy to run the last mile in 8:59! My butt and the bottoms of my feet were sore at the end of the run. It's been a long time since I ran 12 miles outside. First time doing long runs in the winter. Fun, new experience!
Fun to run with people, to talk and listen to fun stories and leave the music at home. Jill ran one marathon 10 years ago and told us this morning that she's running/training for the Provo marathon. Deb is running Ogden and Betsy is training for a 50 miler. Betsy is fast so if I feel like pushing it I stay with her. If I want to hold back I hang with Deb. It's nice to have a mixture of speeds going on.
Just drank a BIG glass of chocolate milk. Yummo! Gotta shower, make blueberry muffins (trying a new recipe with whole WHITE wheat and greek yogurt) and plan my sharing time for tomorrow! Have a great day!
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