Took the Garmin out tonight to clock a route I have been running alot this spring but didn't have hard numbers on distance and climb. Started at 12th street and ran north on the BST to what I call "dead end." Basically follow the BST until it ends at a small canyon and a stand of trees, run cross country downhill to the service road below, run North until the trail ends, run back to 12th staying on the upper BST trail. Its a perfect run for me, lots and lots of rocky technical sections (keeps the mtn bike rif raff to a minimum) with good up and down.
Legs have been feeling pretty beat up from all the climbing over the last few weeks, started out nice and easy, ended up feeling good after I warmed up and had great speedy (for me) run. 12.65 miles, 2160 ft climb, 8:40 pace. 8 of the 12 mile-splits were between 8:15 and 7:40, last mile (flat/downhill) was 6:08. Had a couple of slow miles up the hilly sections and through my first mile and a half warm up. I feel really good about the speed given the technical trail and moderate effort. I have really been working on running more relaxed over nasty terrrain, my knee is still only maybe 80% so I find myself running with the brakes on at times, but I finally feel it starting to come together. After 2 weeks of running up 20% + grade climbs most of the hills on this section of trail are feeling pretty flat :)
YIKES! my wife just let me know a friend of ours has a VIP entry into the Ogden Marathon for me if I want it . . .. I said o.k. only problem is I havent run on pavement on purpose since the Ogden last year where I ran a blistering fast 4:01 ;) I think this one will be a no taper afair, I really dont want to take an easy week at this point. Should be a good training run and a fun day. | 