In The Long Run

My back is hurting again.  All that travel last week really aggravated it and I have been slacking on my PT.  No more. Time to get this under control.  

Pipeline run.  It was so nice in the canyon and we got to pet the most adorable, soft, and cuddly German Shepherd puppy.

Joined the my husband and his crazy trail runners for a mellow run in Park City.  Out and back route starting on Dubois trail.  It was my first time on these trails and I loved them. Definitely plan to go back.

Shortened run due to back pain, followed by PT.   Worried about being able to run Crack of Dawn tomorrow.  Will see how I feel tomorrow.

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.