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Lunch run with Nate and Adam. Slow BST wanderings.

Enjoyed a nice day off yesterday for Mother's Day.

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6 with James. A little chilly for 40 degrees with the overnight freeze. Rose Park out and back of death.

Lunch

Ran down and did the law day 5k as a tune up for the same race on Saturday. I got it wrong because I hit 3 miles total. It's a rough course going up 235 feet in the first 1.3 miles then winding back down all through the U campus. I did 6:13, 6:00, 5:31 for the three miles and I am counting them as marathon pace. Wasn't feeling that strong but it was the right pace for today.

Didn't get out until 8:00 today. I let dinner settle for a bit and went up memory grove from home.

I decided on a fast memory grove mile down that I created on Strava. I hit it in 4:49 pace. 4:53 overall so I must have measured the segment just a tad long. It was good enough for a course record edging out BVB and Frtiz from the SL races a few weeks back. Game on. Garmin had a 4:47.5 with a 206 ft drop. My outer left foot was on fire at that pace in the Go Runs. 

Did a West High lap in 72.8 on the way back home. Felt good despite the food rumbling in my stomach. 45 minutes total.

5:45 am JRP/legacy parkway run. 7 with James. Wonderful morning runs this time of year. Feeling pretty great. Excited to see how folks perform at Ogden.

$20-$50 pay out to purchasers of Vibram Five Fingers. #lawyersdoinggoodthings

BST with Adam and Nate. Warm but tolerable. 8:39 average.

Running the Law Day 5k tomorrow. Plan is to average 5:40 uphill and 4:50 downhill for something in the low 16s. We shall see.

Law Day 5k. First goal was to be the fastest lawyer. I did that by six seconds and won a gavel. Second goal was to go 5:40 up and 4:50 down. Epic fail. First mile 5:43 (112 ft up), second mile 5:55 (net 80 up), third mile 5:28 (177 down) and 5:02 pace to the finish. My legs never felt great. Not an easy course with a 230 ft ascent before descending but more than anything I just never felt strong. I led the race until about mile 2 and then a guy passed me and beat me by 15 seconds. Perhaps I left my fast mile at memory grove on Wednesday. The start was botched with the guy gaveling before we got to the start line and I basically got a running start. Didn't cool down but I will probably get out for another run today.