Did something a little different today. Wanted to get an 18 miler in but also wanted to see Kimi come in on her 1/2 marathon (congrats to her! - 1:45 and 5th in AD and that included a potty break and stopping to help a guy who collapsed!). Anyway to pull this off considering the 6am race start time I decided to get up bright and early with Kim (3:40ish!!) and run from my house over to Provo to the finish line area. To get to 18 miles had to be creative and add in some extra loops but worked out well since I've run in this area a zillion times at work. Kind of dark, eerie, but peaceful running on the back roads so early like that. But I got into a good groove and ended up having a great run. The last gel I took at 15 was caffeinated and got my hyped up enough that I finished the run with some MP miles of 7:35, 7:30, and 7:20 pace. I'm thinking after a rest week next week finishing with WBR I'll be ready to start some 20-milers. Fun stuff! Fun to watch Kim and the other runners come in. Usually I know a lot of people running the race but today seemed like I hardly knew anyone. Fun to watch the marathon winners come in and see Paul P just seconds behind the winning Kenyan and a minute or 2 under 2:20. I didn't see the 1/2 winner come in but looks like there were some smokin' fast times there as well. 8:09/159
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