A.M. - Long run up at Jeremy Ranch with Jake, Andrea, Scott, Dan, Devra, Fritz, and Annie. Met up with Scott and Dan near the mouth of Parleys around 7 AM and carpooled up to the rendevous point to meet the others. The temps were nice and cool when we started at a little after 7:30. The mountains provided quite a bit of shade. Overall, the route was awesome. A nice wide dirt road, largely flat with some rollers and a net downhill on the way out. We ran about 7.5 miles to where the dirt road join ups with East Canyon Road about a mile+ south of the reservoir, then ran back. Pace was nice and easy. At about the 12-mile mark, Scott decided to throw in a little tempo and I tried to hang with him. I was successful for about the first 2-2.5 miles, but let him go that last little bit and he finished a few seconds ahead. Tempo pace was right around 5:45-:55 for the first couple and Scott hit ~5:40 the third. The others must of picked it up too because they finished only a little back from us. We stopped at the cars for a minute and got some fluid, then headed out for another ~3 mile out-and-back.
Great run with terrific company. It was nice to mix it up from my normal lone-man long runs on my standard routes. Looking forward to joining this group again sometime soon. P.M. - Fortunately Jake, Fritz, Scott and Co. didn't break me this morning, so I was able to get in a ride. 70 mile out-and-back to Big Mountain via Wasatch, Foothill and Emigration Canyon. Took my time and made sure to take in plenty of fluids and calories. Felt really good and though tired at the end, my legs still had some climb in them. Good news for the Ultimate Challenge race next week. All-in-all a pretty solid day and week of training for me. 80+ miles running and ~175 miles (4 rides) on the bike. Finished the day off with a sports massage.
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