I met Jon, Cody, and Dan (yes Dan! He is alive and about 10lbs. heavier, but he is back) at the parking lot up Green Canyon. We ran up the single track and got on the brand new section of single track and took it into Naomi wilderness. We went up 6 miles and came back the same way. I had never been in that part of Green canyon before. The last couple of miles were pretty tricky with alot of brush, rocks and winding trail, we were going 10 to 12 minute pace. When we turned around it took a mile or so to get out of the thick crap and then we were able to pick up the pace to 6:30 or so. I'm sure Jon was going faster than that because he likes to sprint down those trails! Dan did good for not doing a lot for the last 6 weeks and ended up with a super quality run. I had a lot of fun tonight on that run, it was the kind of run that recharges the mind and body so you want to run more. I'm sure that it was mostly because I was running with my friends, the only one missing was Paul.
That is the main reason I am kind of bummed about moving next week, I will miss running with those guys all of the time. I will still try to run with them on Saturdays, and Monday afternoons I have a student teaching seminar that is at USU so I will be over for that. It took me two years up here to get to know a few guys and have some friends to train with and it has made all of the difference in the world with my training this year. It was a great and fun run tonight, and hopefully I can have many more of those. 1:45:22
(Hardrock- 57 miles) | 