Here we go..

Ran with Sariah, Katie, and Angie early this morning. Good run AP 7:38

South Weber run in the evening. AP 7:45

I was pretty happy with my workout today, I saw a big improvement in mile repeats today also they were outside at 5 pm so I was trying to beat the dark. I did 6 x mile with about 2:45 jog in between. Two mile warm up. splits were 5:56, 5:58, 5:56, 5:57, 5:57, 5:55. My cool down was only a mile because the bathroom hit me.

Recovery run early in South Weber 6.13 miles

Mid morning run 3.25 miles while my friend watched my kids.

I had to wait and run at 5:15 in the evening today because I was stuck at home all day with sick kids. Sariah had sick kids at home and decided to workout with me. We did her tempo course that starts in Shadow valley. We did a two mile warm up then 5 miles of tempo. Splits 6:10, 6:16, 6:09, 6:08, 6:10. Two mile cool down. I had to start at the end of mile one for a bathroom break but got back into it. 

Recovery run in South Weber 8:04 pace

Ran in South Ogden with Katie and Angie, legs were sore. AP 7:45

Four miles early afternoon, hoping to get 6 more miles later.

6 more miles in the PM AP 7:57

I did a workout today with Angie. I was supposed to do 4 sets of 800/400/200/1000. But my time was limited so I only got through 3 sets, and Angie finished out the last set on her own. We did a 2.2 mile warm. Here's the workout splits 2:59(2 min rest)/1:24(1:30r)/.43(1minr)/3:51 (3minr) next set  3:01/1:26/.45/3:47 last set 3:00/1:29/.45/3:48. We were right on pace for where I wanted to be I wish I could've finished that last set but oh well pretty happy with the workout considering I've never been great at doing these types of set workouts.

Early morning run with Sariah 8 miles AP 7:36

Mid morning easy run 3.1 miles AP 8:12

I did a 6 mile progressive tempo run this morning, the plan was first two miles 6:45, then next two at 6:30, then the last two at 6:15. Two mile warm up and cool down. Splits: 6:38, 6:46 ,6:31, 6:29, 6:22, 6:14. My 5th mile was not planned out well I had to transition to 6:15 pace on a hills, my effort was probably faster then 6:15 pace for that mile.

Late afternoon run in South Weber easy run, sore legs. AP 8:00

Ran with Sariah, Angie, and Katie. We did a point to point run today from my in laws house to peak performance in Ogden. We ran a good pace for the bulk of the run we were under 7 min. pace. AP 7:02

I decided to workout today and wednesday this week because I'm running Dogtown half on Saturday. Monday workouts are hard for me. I'm coming off of eating way too much Sundays and no running. This workout didn't seem like it would've been hard but it felt hard. The plan was 2x2miles at 6:15 with 3 minute jog in between. Splits were (6:16,6:17) then (6:14, 6:14). It felt harder then it should have.

7 easy miles around South Weber in the evening.

I did a workout early this morning in South Weber. I kind of just went off feel. I did 4X400 (88,87,83,87) 4X200 (42,39,42,41) Good tune up workout before Dogtown.

Early morning run with Sariah in South Weber. AP 7:47

4 miles before heading down to st. george

I'm glad I got another PR for the half marathon my training is just getting better and better. This course was a lot harder then I thought it would be. The first 5 miles wasn't a straight downhill like I thought it had rolling downhill. Then after mile 5 I felt like I was working hard the rest of the race to keep up with the rolling course. Miles 9 and 10 had a really good uphill. Then I tried my best to race in the finish after that. I couldn't ever get into a steady rhythm. My splits are kind of all over the place not the smartest race. I wasn't trying to push hard at the start I was going by feel. But with the course being up and down this is what I ended up with. 6:01, 6:10, 6:12, 5:58, 6:19, 6:24, 6:36, 6:14, 6:35, 7:11, 6:43, 6:47, 6:32.

The reason I went down and did this race was because it was part of this triple crown series that this law firm, 1law,was advertising. They were offering $1,000 to overall male and female winners, who had run snow canyon half, st. george half, and dogtown half. They were going to base it off of how you placed in each race. I wasn't going to be the overall female winner but I knew I would be second. So I had been emailing this guy in charge of it and asking if second place of the triple crown was getting money. He did email me back about a week ago that "I could get $100-$200." So we decided to come down, race and see. Turns out they didn't give the money out they had originally advertised. Ben VanBeekum was the overall male winner of the triple crown and they gave him $250. A little less then the grand they said orginally. I came away with nothing. But after the efforts of Spencer Simpson and Nikki VanBeekum things got straightened out a little more and Ben ended up with $350 and I got the $100 I was promised in an email after the guy pulled up his email and saw that's what he had said to me. Poor Ben still didn't get the oringinal money he was told by the people working for 1law though. Hopefully that group will be more organized next year.

Sore legs, easy run. AP 8:10

Ran another easy day before leaving for Phoenix today. I'm excited to go down and watch Riley run the marathon and I decided to run the 10k. It should be fun, plus my mom will be coming too. 

I woke up in  Las Vegas this morning and did a workout I found a nice 1 mile loop around my hotel. Two mile warm up the plan was 6X1mile repeats at 6:10 pace. They felt pretty good for the most part, I felt like I had low on energy for the last two. I usually eat something for my workouts but I didn't get to this morning. 2:30 jog for rest. Splits were 6:11, 6:10, 6:07, 6:11, 6:13, 6:10. 

Easy run in Mesa beautiful weather today!

easy run in mesa