Yesterday was the first time I had run over 18 miles since St. George, so I thought I would follow it up with a 2nd 20 miler. My first every 20 mile back to back. There were times when I struggled with energy, consumed some of my home made snacks, which are okay for awhile, but towards the end just didn't seem to cut it anymore. I took a back of honey stinger gummies, and it didn't take long for my energy to come back. Ran with Bill, Chris and Doug. They were starting at Smith market place, so I figured I would just start a bit earlier and run to smiths. It turned out it was 5.5 miles to get there, and I was a few minutes late, thankfully Chris had his cell phone and they hung out waiting for me. We headed towards suncrest and then through Alpine to Lambert park, in and out of neighborhoods along the edge of the city until we got to the mouth of american fork canyon. Then headed down the running path there past the high school and down by the pond at the bottom of the ravine. And circled back to Smiths. It was a great run, and as it turns out, if I had actually finished running back to my house, it would have been exactly 26 miles. I don't think I could actually find that route again by myself, but it was fun.
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