Larry, Wayne, and I ran the normal 10 mile run to Provo Canyon this morning. Right from the start Larry was pushing the pace (relatively speaking). When we commented on it he said he wanted to average sub-9:00 for the run.
With the uphill and the headwind we only managed a 9:22/mi average up to the turn around (Wayne was faster). With the downhill and tailwind we managed to drop the overall average down to 8:56/mi and meet Larry's goal. I tried to push the last mile to close some of the gap on Wayne, but I ended up barely staying ahead of Larry. I felt like I was working harder than at the Provo River 1/2 on Saturday where I averaged 6:49/mi, but I barely managed 7:50. Similar to yesterday, my legs felt very sluggish this morning. I'm blaming another
12 hours of honey do's yesterday, with a lot of trips up and down the
stairs, often running them. After the run I soaked in a cold tub to hopefully rejuvenate my legs a bit. I'm off work again today, but again that doesn't mean a rest. On the docket for today are painting the upstairs bathroom, hauling stuff to the basement, and maybe installing a ceiling fan in a bedroom, before helping my niece from Delaware move out of her apartment at BYU and store her stuff in our basement until she comes back in the fall, go to the open house at the junior high, and attend Karen's nieces wedding reception in Springville. It's good I prefer being busy to being bored. It's kind of like running. It feels so good when you stop, but mostly because of the satisfaction from what you achieved prior to resting. I told my 19-year old son yesterday that someday he'll consider a 12-14 hour day of physical labor a vacation, too. I don't think he believed me.
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