Jun met up at my place this morning to go hit the BST in Kaysville. He told me he was on his way at like 10:30, and I realized I hadn't eaten anything yet. I was shopping with my wife, and so thought I'd give the stomach a nice little running test, and stopped by Einsteins and got a Turkey bagel sandwich. It was tasty, and quite filling. Craig showed up about 5 minutes after I got home so it was perfect timing. Took a last sip of Coke and we were off. Started a little cloudy but was still warm. I led the whole way out, with a brief stop at the Fernwood trailhead (about mile 3.5) and then we kept on. From there it really starts to pick up in vert, so it was a little slower, but we kept running. Took the Great Western turn (4.7) and made our way up that about a half a mile more, then found a good turnaround point (5.2, 55 min) and stopped for a few minutes. It was a beautiful day, with a blue sky valley below us, and snow capped peaks above us, some hidden by the passing clouds. 
Taking the turn
Craig led the way down, and since the majority of it was downhill, we were flyin'! I think that got his legs turning over well, because he kept a solid pace from then on out. He had forgotten his watch, so being the kindly friend that I am, I let him know (from about 10 yards back) that he was running sub 8 minutes on flat/uphill stuff, which of course, he took to mean that he wasn't going fast enough. He pulled further away despite my efforts. I kept looking at my watching and though it told me I wasn't moving slow, I just couldn't seem to reel him in. On the last stretch I really pushed it hard, hovering just over and under a 6 min pace, and didn't quite catch him by the end, finishing about 10 seconds after. We had covered the 5 miles back 14 minutes faster than the way out!  Jun Cruisin'
Great run, legs felt like they could have kept going (though not at that pace) for another 10, especially with this weather! Always a good time on the BST. 
Blue skies and sunshine!
| 