Notes
Really nice run this morning before leaving Bryce Canyon. Similar to tuesday started out and thought I was going to be a lot slower, but came through the first mile in 6:58 so from there the goal was just to keep it under 7:00 and see how relaxed I could make it feel. Well, after the first 2.5 miles the trail started to go downhill pretty dramatically, so the pace naturally picked up, but was running on time so I think I went a little over 4 miles out, but just turned around at 27:30. Coming back the 5th mile or my estimation of it was around 7:30 pace (all uphill), but after that when the trail flattened back out my pace quickly dropped to 6:30ish and then the last mile was 6:07 and felt really smooth actually. I guess I'm in better shape than I thought, or doing all this hiking at altitude has really whipped me back into shape quickly, probably a combination of both.