PM - 16 mi. Tempo run on bike path, out & back. Andrea biked along with the GPS. Ran 13.1 miles in 1:12. Felt super smooth and even a lot easier than the race a week ago. Having Andrea keep me on pace really helped. This is a big confidence booster for UVM. Up until last weekend, it would have been a 30 second half marathon PR.
PM - 9 mi. Ran down to the track and met Andrea. It was raining, but the weather doesn't look like it will be any better tomorrow, so we went ahead w/ the workout we had planned... We did 6 x 800m @ 10K goal pace w/ a 200m jog. Went fine (Avg 2:30) except my hands were frozen at the end!
AM - 9.1 mi. Ran to work. Cold and raining. Ugh. In the winter I call this "character building weather." But I feel like at this point, my character is already built! :-) I want nice weather!
AM - 20 mi. Woke up to the sound of thunder and pouring rain. Lovely. Went back to sleep for a few minutes and finally got out the door just after 5am. Figured I might as well just get the long run in. Highland - 6200S - Wasatch - Parleys - up to Campus. Some good net elevation gain on this one. This will probably be the last 20 miler before UVM.
PM - 4.5 mi. Quick lunch run, now heading down the St George / Zion until Monday night. Hopefully we'll bring back some nicer weather!
AM - 7.5 mi. Ran in St George w/ Andrea. Mix of some trails and on the roads. We spent the rest of the day hiking around Snow Canyon w/ Andrea & my parents: https://picasaweb.google.com/Jake.Krong/SnowCanyon#
Great to be in some WARM weather! Snow Canyon was really cool. It was our first time there.
