Kim and I ran down Payson Canyon this morning along with a bunch of other guys and gals. Our son Tyler was kind enough to get up early and be our van chauffeur. Tyler S and I ended up leading the pack today as we didn't see anyone after the first 1/2 mile or so. Kim ran with Beth E most of the way which worked out pretty well for her. I was surprised how close behind those 2 were when I doubled back to meet back up with Kim (that's where the extra 1.2 miles came from to end up at 12.3 for the day). They were well ahead of the rest of the pack. Kim didn't have a Garmin but Beth did so it will be interesting to see what their pace was.
After easing into the first mile running it around 7:15 we did the last 10 miles as a downhill marathon pace tempo run. I wanted to keep most the miles in the 6-6:30 range and we were pretty much successful at doing that. My stupid flakey-as-of-late garmin kept glitching all the way down so my splits are kind of whacked. I feel good about this run. I was tired at the end but not totally spent. Although our splits were slower the last few miles I think we put more effort into them as that section is much less steep and has some rolling hills and flat. Total time for 11.1 mile dowhill: 1:11:49. Ave pace 6:27 Splits (guessing on some of them where the garmin messed up): 7:13, 6:19, 6:05, 6:13, 6:18, 6:20, 6:28, 6:37, 6:28, 6:29, 6:38.
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