"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

2 miles @ 7:38 pace.  My quads are sore from the Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon.  I'm more sore after this 1/2 than I was after the Utah Valley Full Marathon.  I wasn't even sore after Utah Valley, I suppose because Iwas to tired to run fast enough to make myself sore.  Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.

7 miles up/down Provo Canyon with Melody, Rebecca, Josse and Amber. Avg 7:40 pace. It was about 8:10 pace avg up and 7:10 pace down. My quads are still sore.

8 miles up/down Provo Canyon, avg 7:09 pace.  Quads felt tons better.  I only had one minor pain about 4 miles into the run.  I stopped to rub it out and decided to go 8 instead of 10.  It felt fine on the way down. 

3 miles avg 7:09 pace @ 10:30 a.m. in 79 degree heat.  I was dripping with sweat when I got home!  I don't know how Burt does it in the 90's, 79 probably seems cool to him.

20 miles, avg 7:24 pace with Melanie B, Julie C, Kim and Jane.  We made a loop around American Fork/Highland area.  It was about 17 miles of up, flat, up, flat and 3 miles of steep down, flat, steep down, flat.  The worst hill was at mile 16.  I wasn't mentally prepared for that one and complained a little, but overall I really enjoyed the run.  There's nothing better than getting up at 4:30 a.m. to run with friends.  Melanie said 20 milers are like a party and I agree.   

Unfortunately my back was tight and my right hamstring started hurting with a pinched nerve type pain about mile 11.  That  may have contributed to my complaining about the hills.  It felt worse and worse as the day went on, so I got my husband to rub my back really good that night and the next day I felt improvement.  I was worried about my quad at the start of the run and ended up with hamstring pain.