17 Miles. 1:53:47 (6:41/mile). Polar opposite run from last Saturday's in San Diego. I'm glad I had this kind of run today. If I had another run like last week, I'd have absolutely no confidence going into Deseret News in less than a couple weeks. Not that I should have any confidence for such a tricky course anyway. I asked Sasha yesterday to recommend a nice long downhill run, and he suggested driving up south fork, parking the car, and running home. The first few miles down south fork, I felt pretty tired and I don't think my legs appreciated the rude awakening. I then settled into a groove, and never really got out of it. I kept telling myself that I should slow down and that this was supposed to be my slow long run, but it never really felt very labored to me. I hit 13.1 at 1:27:something and is the fastest I've ever covered the distance, and then kept going. Now about 7 hours later, my legs still feel really fresh. Since my main goal in any of these marathons this year is to get my Boston Qualifying time (which I hope I get at D.N.), I think I'll do a pretty good taper for D.N. to give me an even better chance at it. I was considering just keeping my mileage high right up to the race. I think I'd rather get the BQ, then train through Park City and TOU (which I'm not totally sure I'm going to be doing. If I do, it'll be a training run vs. a "race"), then a taper for St. George. | 