We left Orem about 10:00am. It was already dark and cool when I finally got to run my first leg which started at 8:20pm. This was Leg 12 - "SUU Fun Run", a 5.4 mile "easy" downhill leg. I enjoyed everything about this leg except the narrow shoulder and having to worry about cars now and then. I passed 4 runners, but one of them was especially satisfying. I chased him forever. I guess he was trying to stay ahead of me for just as long because when I finally passed him he said that if I was going to pass him anyway he might as well finally stop and tie his shoe, which he did. He probably didn't know that I stepped on it hard as I started to pass him to try to keep him from hanging on. He may have eventually been able to wear me down, or catch me when I had to come to a dead stop for what seemed like forever to wait for a traffic light at a busy intersection. At the second busy intersection I pushed hard to get through just before the light changed. I passed 4 other runners and was not passed.
Avg. pace: 7:03/mi | 