My cousin, Rachel, is training for a marathon, so we planned to run a 13 mile loop together. We were in Monticello and it was 5:45 am when we started. We started up a road, and ended up looking for a road for a while. We then missed a turn and made it to dude ranch, so we turned around. When we found the turn, we were pretty set. It was a really fun run. The trees were really pretty against the gray sky. It rained twice really hard, almost a flash flood. The road became really slick both times. We were super muddy and soaked by the end. Each mile was around 10 minutes, but felt like 3. It was a fun time talking and the run went by super fast. We got to the highway, and ran on in for over 2 miles. We went up a really long hill through devil's canyon (?), then ran back to our cabins. Our average pace was 9:25, which was nice and slow, but felt amazing. This is probably my longest run, ever, and it wasn't too bad.
In the afternoon, we hiked up to an indian ruin, and my legs could feel the run.
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