This week was the 9 mile mark of my training. I had a 9 mile course in mind, but wanted to really run Bountiful Blvd and hit those hills for training (the Park City marathon is very challenging with hills and the course). So yesterday we set out to mark the course for my run this morning, and show my wife her 5 mile course yesterday.
As we marked the run, it blew us away to see how far 4.5 miles in really was. It doesn't seem far, but when marking a run you pay attention to every mile, and like staring at a clock to make the time pass, it goes slow. The run started right about the Bountiful Temple and went all the way down Eaglewood Golf Course. The hills were great, in fact I enjoyed going up the steep ones more than the gradual rise after the steep portion. The downhills of course were good, as training on a downhill is vital to good racing as it uses different muscles then flat or uphill running. I also of course used a Gel pack at the mid way point. I enjoy using those to train and understand how my body will handle calories during a run.
Overall I paced at 9 min 25 seconds. I am actually not too unhappy with that. I want to trim that to average under a 9 min pace, and I will get there. The reason I am not too unhappy with that is when I awoke this morning my run was planned for about 1:30 pm. Well, some changes in plans caused me to run at 8:50 am. I had a nice big bowl of oatmeal for breakfast not to much more than an hour before. Plus a nice glass of OJ and water, so I had a full belly. I could feel this at the beginning of the run, even hear the water sloshing in the stomach. So I still pushed through and really enjoyed this run.
Next week I am running with a great friend of mine who keeps a faster pace than me. She will help me stay on my toes and have a good run!
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