Met up with Scott and Jun at Willow park and hit up the BST in Draper. Trail conditions were excellent - I had literally forgotten what that trail looked like without snow. The wind however, was another story, a fiercely strong headwind as we ran south. At 3 miles in Scott turned back (since he had done Wire this morning) and Craig and I continued up Corner Canyon road. That's where the wind really blew (yes, pun intended) - there were times that I felt like I was leaning so far forward I could have kissed the ground. We just kept plugging away and finally made it to the Ghost Falls trail. After a brief break so Craig could take care of some bidness, we headed down the Ghost Falls trail. As I had never run that trail, Craig was nice enough to let me run in front, which in this case is like having the front seat on a roller coaster - best view in the house! Super fun trail to run down, with wide, banked turns that you can just fly down! The legs really appreciated the fast downhill pace after slogging up that hill. As we headed north back on the BST the wind gave a nice push at the back, which was appreciated after fighting it the whole way out. I gotta say, even though I was itching to run the Tuesday after the Buffalo Run, I feel like I'm really feeling the benefits of taking the whole week after off. Time will tell, but I'm ending these back to back 10 milers with my legs still feeling strong with no accompanying aches and pains. 10.3 miles - 1:36:08 - 9:18 pace - 2094 vert Added 30 minutes on the bike trainer when I got home while my wife ran on the TM next to me. 8-9 miles. My legs are fine (it actually feels nice), I'm mostly trying to get my butt used to being back in the saddle for the duathlon in a couple of weeks.
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