Joe's Running Blog

Disappointing ending to the week, I didn't get a run in on Saturday. And I doubt that wading waist-high in a stream for four hours fishing counts as any sort of workout. But hey, we slayed the fish, so I suppose it was worth it to some small degree.

Wanted to get in around 90 minutes today, out the door relatively early and hit the trails east  and then got on the maintenance/service road at the foothills of Ben Lomond Peak. I love that trail, it overlooks all of greater Ogden, and it's not too technical of a trail. Wound my way back home in 1:28, so I was well pleased with that. Hope to really nail a couple good workouts this week, though my flats are still in Cokeville. I know I can adjust the times for the workouts, but I just don't feel as snappy in trainers.

West on Elberta and Pleasant View Drive until Hwy 89, then up the steep gravel pit access road, then jumped on the canal road (the one that comes from Brigham City to North Ogden), and worked my way back home. 60:23, felt a little sluggish but glad to get it over with before 7 a.m. Planning on running GSL 1/2 on the 18th, would like to click off 5:20s and feel comfortable.

I am unpleasantly surprised how tight my left hammy is, and my overall feeling of lethargy and fatigue.  Maybe I'm pregnant--who knows? Decided to play it safe, take an easy day, and see what the rest of the week feels like. 70 minutes on the trails east of North Ogden, south on the canal, and worked my way back on Fruitland Drive and 1050 east. 7 minute pace the entire way, before it got too hot. Need to get a solid workout in on Thursday or Friday, and again on Saturday or Sunday. Hope the hamstring feels better soon.

Didn't get a run in yesterday, which put me in a foul mood for most of the day, coupled with the fact we are in the middle of tiling our kitchen floor, which has REALLY put me in a foul mood. Anyway, I won't go into too much detail, other than to say I hope the people who buy our home don't look too closely at the tile. Ran 80 minutes with Casey Snider, another one of my former athletes who walked on the track/cross country team at Utah State. He is hoping to make the traveling team this fall, and I think he can do it. He broke 5 minutes maybe 3-4 times in high school, so what he's doing now is pretty remarkable. We ran on the trail at the base of Ben Lomond Peak, it was nice. Now...back to the bloody tiling.

50 minutes on the canal east with Gracy the dog. My folks are in town for a few days, so I took the border collie. Gracy certainly started faster than I like to that early in the morning, but after a few miles we were stride for stride, if it's possible to be "in stride" with a pooch. Decided the tile would be coming up on saturday and we'd start over. Went fishing with my Dad after the run, so I suppose that counts as more cross training, doesn't it? Standing in waist-high swift moving water is certainly a workout, isn't it?

Did part of a Daniels "T" workout today on the track. Cut the workout short a little to get ready in time for AnnMarie's triathlon in Hyrum. Did 3.25 miles at "T" pace in a stiff breeze, I wanted to be under 5:20 pace for the entire distance, and ended up 17:19, which I don't think I could have cut any closer if I tried. Took 3 minutes rest, then had time only for one more mile before I hdeaded home. 5:08, then changed shoes and headed home. Update on the tile: decided to tear up the un-uniform tile and re-set it. Yeah, not fun. Yeah, a lot of work. My pops and I spent Saturday afternoon scraping up the tiles and mortar, and that DEFINITELY counts as some sort of cross training.