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Run a destination marathon.

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Know when to hold 'em

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Know when to run....

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Wed, Aug 06, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
4.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

8 miles, AP 7:56

Surprisingly, considering this headache I have been fighting, this was a great run for me. I woke up and felt fine (no headache). I started running having no idea what route or how long long I was going to run. I had a little over an hour that I could spend running but wasn't expecting to last more than 40 minutes. Needless to say, almost immediately I knew that I was going to enjoy running this morning. I can't help but wonder if the reason I felt so good was that I was expecting to feel so badly ... does that make sense? So when I didn't feel badly it felt twice as good because it was such a relief. I felt lighter and stronger than usual. So bizarre. Within two miles I decided to try and make it up Banded Hills Drive, which happens to be the road to the new airport. I've looked at it from a distance for quite some time and have even run up to where it begins once. It stands tall and looks daunting but beautiful. As I began running up it I immediately wished that Fly could have been there to tell me what the beautiful rock was that I was admiring. I assume the reason it is called Banded Hills is because there are these incredible white bands stratified into the rock. How does that happen? It almost looks like ribbon! The sun was coming up and it was AWESOME! In truth, it almost completely numbed the fatigue that was building up in my legs as I ran up up and up (I think the steepest portion is roughly .75 miles with about 400 feet of incline). When I reached the top more beauty awaited. The view was INCREDIBLE! I could see the whole valley, and just when I thought it couldn't get better I heard an airplane began to make it's way down the runway behind me ... faster, faster ... I look over my shoulder and see it take off in a westward direction. The whole moment felt beyond earthly. This makes the second time since I moved to St. George that I have felt this overwhelming feeling of being completely alive during an early morning run. I appreciated it today immensely.

Sadly, the headache returned this afternoon. Boo!

Brooks Pure Cadence - Fiery Coral Miles: 8.00

Comments

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 21:47:40 from 65.130.110.24

What an incredible morning run! I have seen that plateau in a distance and wonder what it's like to run up there and I know the view is breath taking!

Thanks for describing it so vividly!

So happy you felt light and strong and flew up Banded Hills! :) :) :)

From Rhett on Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 10:00:04 from 24.121.0.8

That is why we run! Awesome

I love all the description. It made me feel alive and want to go out on a run. I'm glad you had one of those amazing runs.

From fly on the Wall on Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 14:46:17 from 168.180.63.241

Without a picture or seeing it, I'm guessing the white bands are gypsum, but that is a guess.

Nearly 250 million years ago those banded rocks were mud, silt, and sand on broad tidal flats at the edge of a shallow sea. The climate was quite warm and dry and parts of this sea periodically became isolated and evaporated leaving behind calcium and sodium which now form white gypsum veins inter-bedded with shale, mudstone, and siltstone.

You are probably surrounded by gypsum right now. It is used to produce sheet rock/ wall board. To the south of you (and elsewhere in the area) are gypsum beds thick and abundant enough to be mined commercially.

From fly on the Wall on Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 14:57:22 from 168.180.63.241

7 x 10 ̂ 27

Give or take a lot, I'd say.

From Tom Slick on Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 14:27:55 from 69.171.160.51

Neat run....now what is causing those headaches?

From Teena Marie on Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 21:11:47 from 199.201.101.113

Thanks everyone! And a special thanks to Fly for the info and history of the rock. That's simply AWESOME!!!!! :-)

The headache finally went away. Maybe it was some sort of virus? Who knows! But it's gone!! Hallelujah! :-)

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