I did my long run today, because of a scheduling conflict the next two days. I went up to the Pocatello Marathon course and ran down the other side, not the side where the course runs. The first half mile of the course is uphill then it's downhill for the next 6 miles. I started out around 5:51am and needed to be home by 7:30, and I was wanting to run 16 miles. Well, you know when your in a hurry than you get all your cylinders in gear at tempo speed. The first mile I took slow 7:29 then I got in a groove (5:59, 6:00, 6:16, 6:11, 6:07). Then start the uphill which is a steep climb (6:48, 7:03). I really was feeling good at this point and knew I needed to hurry to get home by 7:30. The reason I needed to be home is my wife and I were picking our kids up from church camp in Tooele, Utah. Okay, time to pick the pace up (6:06) flat surface for this mile. Now back into a two mile downhill off Satterfield down Jeremy St, (5:56, 6:04). Now I wanted to get in some marathon pace miles on a course that was flat the rest of the way home (6:30, 6:24, 6:36, 6:27, and 6:27). Well I was 5 minutes late back 7:35am, and I repented to my wife and she forgave me. Then we headed to Tooele which is roughly 3 hours away from Pocatello.
| 