Well, I didn't make it out yesterday, which I was hoping to do so I didn't have to run so far today to hit 200, but that didn't work out so well. So headed north on the JRT, at the turnaround, I headed east next to the golf course, over the railroad tracks and then north on the new track bed and just kept going. I eventually made it to some neighborhood in bluffdale and didn't see anyway to continue by the river so I headed uphill to redwood road. I noticed a canal just south of where I came out so went and checked it out. Looks like one Davy Crockett describes on one of his long runs. So I got on it and ran until I hit Bangerter. Didn't feel like spelunking under bangerter so stayed on the road and continued west. At the next corner I saw under bangerter what looked like a Walmart. So headed over to relief myself of a little weight. I still needed another half mile to hit 12 so headed east on 134th I think until the gps said 12, then turned around. I took my camel pack with about half full of water and a 20 oz bottle of very strong home mixed gatorade, and a couple Gu's. Didn't want to hit glycogen depletion completely since I have never ran over 18.5 miles before and was in uncharted territory. Running on dirt most of the distance was much easier on the body than the pavement sections. I think I gu'd at around 10, and 18. I averaged an 8:13 pace over the 24 miles. I did see what looked like a couple of hoodlums burning something under the railroad bridge at the bottom of the narrows, but didn't feel like getting shot so just kept running. I was almost tempted to just finish the marathon and add another 2 miles but running for 3:17 seemed good enough for the day, and I hit my 200. I started off the day one mile more than I had ever ran in a month and hit a nice round milestone to finish the month. Missed 5 days of running this month, so if I was a little more consistent hitting 200 actually wouldn't be that hard. |