20 miles on the flat Murdock Trail (starting in Orem) in 5:54 average with Mike, Iain Hunter, and Jason Witt. Ran 14 miles in 5:59 average, then ran 4 miles at marathon pace (5:36, 5:29, 5:24, 5:27), then 2 final miles in 6:20 each. Felt really good. Had a lot more in the tank, but that's the point.
Thought about doing one more marathon-pace mile, but decided to err on the side of caution and not over-do it. I ran with Iain throughout the tempo. Jason Witt ran with us for 3 tempo miles, and then his final 2 tempo miles were 5:14 and 5:11 (and this was a 25 mile run for him; he had done 5 miles before we started). These guys are in great shape. Mike did great as well -- he's finally kicking his sickness.
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