my makeup may be flaking

Ran very slowly to Allie's house this morning. So slowly, in fact, that it probably didn't even count as running. This is certainly the least sore I've felt after a marathon, but I still want to be cautious.

Allie and I then spent the morning walking (me) and limping (her) around Liberty Park. We talked about a lot of things, mostly about how great I am (our fav subject) but we also talked a lot about all the awesome people that we know in the running community.

I was so grateful yesterday to have Sasha to run with the whole way. Pretty much everything I know about the marathon, I've learned from listening to Sasha and Paul (and Allie, actually).

I also wanted to express my gratitude for Joe Wilson's pacing job. He also had two younger guys help him out at the end. They were the same guys who had stopped several times to give me water during the Red Rock Relay.

And that's just really beginning to scratch the surface of all the people that are so supportive here. I've never been very good at communicating online, so I don't always leave a bunch of comments but it means a lot to me every time someone writes something.

Anyway, back to our walk. Just after I talked about how cool it was to run with Sasha, but Jeff Shadley walks up to me to congratulate me. My first thought was "hey it looks like jtshad". This is just the kind of thing that happens here.

Now that I've done TOU I've participated in almost every major Utah event. I've done Striders, SLCTC, almost all the circuit short races. I've done SLC half, UVHM, Des News 10k and marathon. I've also volunteered at Ogden (that kinda counts right?).

Anyway, this could very will be my last year in Utah, but at this point I don't want to leave at all.

Two loops of liberty park. Felt pretty good. (30:49=7:42 per mile)

Actually felt very good today. Should be able to get back into it pretty fast, but I'm not going to rush. (56:13=7:18 pace)

One loop of Sugarhouse in 1:06:05 (6:57/mile). This run felt pretty hard for the pace. Probably due to the fact that I hadn't eaten anything all day. My legs felt good most of the time but my right leg tightened up a little in the last mile so I slowed down quite a bit.

Felt good running this morning in the cool air. First mile in 7:50, then the last three at about 6:40 pace. Two loops of liberty park (27:42=6:56 pace)

5.3 miles with Allie (45:55 = 8:40/mile)

6.2 miles by myself (40:53 = 6:36/mile)

Felt very nice to be back at Sea Level