This morning we (Tyler, JaNae and I) met up with the SF group for the traditional Saturday morning long run. We went a total of 20 miles (well JaNae and I did, Ty went 24 and still beat us by 20 minutes, good job Ty). We started at the stake center up on the Spanish Fork bench and then ran down river bottoms road, to Spanish Fork Main Street, out to Leland, around the new ball park, back into the river bottoms, up to power house road, into Salem (up Harry's Hill), into Woodland Hills area, then back to Power House road and back to the Stake Center (Wow, that sounds really long as I am typing this). It was so great to run with the group and visit during the run. I am really enjoying that! It's surreal to think that we just have 2 more weeks of long runs before tapering for the Marathon, it is going to come fast. It always brings such a sense of accomplishment to run that many miles in one day and has become something I really look forward to. I tried to stop my watch when we stopped for drinks, etc, but forgot one time, then we walked a couple of times too so when all was said and done, the average pace showed 9:45. Not nearly as fast as I need to be or wanted to be, but again, i did forget to stop my watch a lot so I think when running, we averaged about a 8:50-9:00 pace. I need to step it up a bit to get down to and maintain that 8:20 pace for the marathon. Good thing I still have a whole 5 weeks to do that. A big thanks to Kim and Caroline for the company this morning too, it is always so good to talk to you both.
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