am--13 Met up w/ a few trail running buddies who were comped by Crew My Run. We really just set out to have a nice long run w/ some good chatter. I wasn't ready to race a half today. I had jumped my weekly mileage up a fair amount last week after a holiday lull, and was already near last week's mileage before the race. So we started out slow. The first few miles were probably in the 9s. We finally worked into a loose groove at the top of Brigham road and started to pick things up a bit. We carried our groovin' hill pace onto the trail and kept it steady until hippie Jason joined us. He had started around the time the 5k started, so he must have been really rolling to catch up. Over the last 2.5-3 miles, we started to pick things up. I have to imagine, no Garmin today, that the last few miles were in the low 7s. I finished w/ a decent push even though I was spent and ended up having a fun time. I hadn't honestly prepared myself in anyway to be racing a half right now, so tackling the unexpected and getting a long run in w/ some push was a success. I'll use this to spring into a good training cycle. Hope all the St. George boys killed it.
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