OK, now I'm at a computer. I had so much fun on this run 10 days ago I decided to do it again, I even convinced Ryan it was a fun run (Sucker) Even though I drove all the way home from Disneyland yesterday I decided today was my do or die day, 2 weeks until my race and I needed to get one more long run in. Ryan didn't want to start until 5:00 this morning, and he didn't want to run a full 30+ miles either so I started at 4:15 from my house, ran 4 miles to his and was early so I ran another 1 while waiting until 5:00. Ran up Timpanogos highway, up American Fork Canyon and this time went all the way up to Tibble Fork Resevoir. Ton's of runners out today, and an absolutely perfect morning for running, I was a bit worried it would be to hot but clouds kept it perfect the whole run. We ran back down, I dropped Ryan off at Smiths and then ran the 4 miles home alone. When I got to the Elementary school by my house my wife was playing a game of soccer so I stopped there but my watch said only 32.5 miles. I really wanted 35 for some reason so I took off my shoes and socks and just ran around the freshly watered soccer field barefoot for 2.5 miles until my Garmin said 35 miles. I'm amazed how good I felt all morning, I kept commenting to Ryan how good I felt and figured I would eventually crash but I never did for some reason. 35 miles in 4:50:13 8:17 average pace. I told Ryan I wanted to average between 8:30 and 8:45 but he would never allow for that. Awesome run, I'm pretty excited that I somehow got this far along in my training for the Big Horn with all the set backs I've had this year. For the next 2 weeks I can't do anything to get in better shape, only things to get slower, so I'm going to take it pretty easy and get the bike out more.
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