Who in their right mind gets up at 3am to be running by 4 so that they can get a solid 20 miler in before work? Idiots. I guess that says something about our sanity. Jun and I met up at the City Creek trailhead at 4 to run to the Zoo and back. Sam joined us for about the first 4 or so miles, and then we were on our own. We kept a pretty decent pace, it was weird though, we were running about the same speed, but for some reason I kept settling in about 20 yards behind Craig, and we just cruised along like that for most of the way. Added the Red Butte loop on the way out, which added a mile +, along with some extra vert. At the Zoo, we pretty much just made a U-turn, and started hiking up the hill, only to break into a run after only a minute or two. Took a more direct route to Dry Fork, and I was determined to run that entire section up to the top. I was slow, and Craig put a pretty good gap on me, but I didn't walk a step. Got really low on energy shortly after that (duh) and finally ate some real food (had only been on EFS) in the next and only other place that I hiked on the way back. Felt much better and was able to keep a pretty good pace, though Craig really turned it on at that point and pretty much left me in the dust, putting 4 minutes on me in that last 4 miles. Beautiful morning, especially as the sun was coming up! Really rough getting up that early, but it is pretty nice to get a 20 miler in mid-week and still be able to get a day of work in! | 