Week 10 Key Run #3

I was in Phoenix for the weekend, so Karen nicely took me to South Mountain for a run while the rest of the family hiked. The goal: 12 miles at PMP + 20 seconds, or 10'12". The result - 12 miles at 10'25". I ran on the Desert Classic trail, which is fairly flat as far as trail running goes, but definitely full of lots of ups and downs through washes and what not. Although the overall elevation gain might have only been 200 feet, I would wager there is close to 400-500 feet from all the little hills. It was nice to be out on the trails and the soft dirt, but it sucked to have to move for mountain bikers so much. (If you don't move, do they ever stop? I always chicken out...) I was also quite glad when 12 miles was over. Again, still not sure how this 26.2 thing is going to happen.