I cut my run short yesterday because my back was acting up again. It felt okay when I woke up so I decided to run. Race splits according to Garmin were 7:21, 7:22, 7:34, 7:24, 7:00 for the last .89 (7:50ish pace). My garmin read short but I don't know if that is because the course actually is short or if there were signal problems in the canyon. I felt really good except the last 1/2 mile when my stomach started to revolt. Since the end of April, I've hardly done any running faster than 10 minute pace so it was nice to run a little faster. My downhill running has improved in the last year, but I felt like my turnover was a limiter today.
Since this course is so aided, I don't really know what this means fitness wise, but it was fun. My goal was to run faster than I averaged on the downhill miles of the Emigration 10 back in April before my back issues started and I did so I'm happy.
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