I'm not exactly sure what I thought a slow 30 miler would feel like, but that sucked :). I had a few plans for today, Plan A 18 in the morning 12 in the afternoon, Plan B 18 mile run to work 18 mile run home from work (I decided I didn't want to get stranded at work and not want to run home) Plan C, just wake up early and get it over with. Plan C worked best for me since I wake up at 3:30 pretty regularly. So I got up and just started runnin' ran from my house up Timpanogos highway, up American Fork canyon until my Garmin said 15 miles and then turned around. I was actually going to run 32 miles but a few un-expected bathroom breaks put be behind schedule so I was about 1/2 mile sort of Tiblefork Resevoir when I turned around. Great morning, perfect temperatures, I really lucked out, I was scared coming down the canyon that when I got out of the canyon it was going to be sunny and hot, but right about then the clouds came and started raining on me which was great. I actually had a head wind going down which was un-expected but felt good. I did a few things different this morning, I hardly ever run with fuel, and I have never carried water but this morning I wanted to practice fueling while running so I took enough gels and power blocks to eat every 5 miles, and I carried a small running water bottle that I filled at every opportunity. Seemed to work out OK, I remember the thought of that 20 mile gel made me sick but I choked it down and managed to keep everything I ate down so that's a good sign. Anyway, I'm happy with the run. I had 4 of these runs scheduled in my training plan, I'll be lucky to get 2. It was hard but not nearly as horrible as St. George was. Now I'm at work sitting in a cubicle all day, I'm probably going to cramp up. 30 miles in 4:07:17 so no speed records set, but that wasn't really the goal.
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