Run with Scott and Jun on the BST in Draper starting from the Red Rock trailhead and heading back towards Corner Canyon. This route starts out with a little climbing and some downhill into the canyon. Since the Clarks trail was closed due to mud, we decided to run up the Ghost Falls trail and back down Corner Canyon Road. The trail was beautiful, and was actually much less muddy that I anticipated. As we continued up, my legs did feel a little heavy from yesterdays endeavor, but I tried to keep a steady effort. I had let Jun get a little lead on me, but once I realized we were close to the trailhead at the top, I punched it into gear and caught up to him as we hit the top (3.75 miles I think) at 38 minutes, with Scott moments later. We chatted for a couple minutes, and then bombed down Corner Canyon road. For being a dirt road, all the runoff actually made parts of it kind of technical when you're running fast, which made it fun. Took us 9 minutes to cover the mile and a half down. Once back on the BST Craig continued to keep the steam on, and slowly pulled ahead. Scott was right behind me for quite a while, which pushed me to keep my pace up as we started some more climbing up. Craig continued to pull away until I couldn't see him anymore - which just pissed me off :). Once I hit the top of the climbing (at least that part) I just pushed the downhills really hard, knowing that Jun probably was as well. I was feeling pretty good and knew my speed was good, but I hadn't eaten much today and knew it probably wouldn't last. Finally I had him in my sights, just 20 or 30 yards ahead. I kept pushing, thinking "OK, this is the last hill, sweet, then I can cruise the last downhill and catch him". Well, these "Last hills" just kept coming. When I finally did get to the last one I had almost run out of energy and, while I still pushed it, just didn't have the speed I was hoping for. Ended up finishing 24 seconds behind him, with Scott coming in a minute or two later. As always a fun run with some good conversation and beautiful scenery. Its so nice to start to see some green coming in! 8.22 miles - 1:14:24 - 9:03 Pace - 1500 vert
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