Here we go..

 4 mile tempo run in my South Weber neighborhood. I wanted to stay around 6:40ish, still easing back into workouts. Splits 6:38, 6:42, 6:42, 6:36. Felt pretty good except the sections into the wind. 

Easy run around South Weber, I had some soreness in my back today or I would've gone 5 miles. But I'm trying to be conservative. 

Ran with Katie this morning on some trails. I was planning 10 miles but my leg felt good so I ended up going 12.5. We cheered for Sariah and Allyssa at the end of their Shadow Valley Elementary school 5k. 

8 mile aerobic builder in st. George this morning. Windy conditions and I had some uphill to battle. I have never had great workouts Monday mornings coming off of the weekend. Today went better then I thought but not great. AP was 7:02. I'm still finding my way back to the shape i was in before injury. I'm hoping to average 6:50s for the Ogden half. This was a good indicator that I maybe could do that considering the course I ran today was not easy.

Ran on a hilly course in san Diego this morning. Yesterday on our way here we were stuck in a hellish 4 hour traffic jam. There was no way out of it.

A workout today in san Diego. I did 2x2 miles and ended with 1 mile. I couldn't find a place that was flat. So settled with uphill for my first set and worked on my downhill running the second set. My last mile was gradual uphill. Splits: (6:30,6:35) (6:16, 6:21) 6:03. 4 minute jog between set. 3 minute jog before mile.

sore from yesterdays workout and sea world. Slow run today.

More San Diego running. AP 8:02

Ran along the board walk at mission beach. It was sooooo nice to run next to the ocean. I ran miles 6-11 faster AP 6:40. The whole run AP 7:33. Felt good and enjoyed the scenery.

Windy run with Katie this morning AP 7:34

I did 8x400m today. It felt hard for some reason today. I'm not really sure what to expect for the Ogden Half this weekend, I'll just run off of feel. Here's the splits for today 84, 84, 85, 82, 84, 84, 84, 82. 90 sec. rest. 

Ran with Sariah this morning, legs feeling a little sore. My AP is always a little faster with Sariah AP 7:27.

Pushed my kids 3 more miles in the evening with Angie. AP 7:47

Felt sluggish today and my legs are still sore. AP 8:15

Pushed kiddos today. Excited to run the Ogden half tomorrow, nice and relaxed. AP 8:30

This was my first time running the Ogden Half and I loved the scenery. I ran the Ogden Marathon a few years back but didn't enjoy running down Ogden canyon like I did today. I felt the downhills today on the course and remember thinking, "where were these hills when I ran the marathon?!" Today, I wasn't expecting much since I'd only been back to training hard in the last 3 weeks from taking 4 weeks off with a sciatic nerve injury. Riley encouraged me not to wear my watch so I didn't stress about pace and just run off of feel. It's really nice running a race with no pressure or expectation. I took the first 5 miles easy and then decided to work the canyon portion of the race. I looked ahead and just slowly started picking off people. When I got out of the canyon and onto the parkway I started feeling fatigued and by mile 11 I was hurting and hoping to hang on and finish the race. It was a slower finish for me but that'll come back again with more running. I was surprised to see my time at 1:25 when I ran in and am way happy with it! 4 out of the top 5 women places today were  taken by utahrunning.com elite team wahoo! Special shout out to my friend Katie Thompson who won! She's not on the blog but a great runner I'm happy for her today! Here's some pictures taken by Riley today.

Here's some of the Utahrunning.com elite team:Angie wheeling in!! 

Allyssa finishing

Katie winning!

Easy run in South Weber this morning. Sore legs. AP 8:33

Easy run with Sariah this morning and windy South Weber, AP 7:49 Legs feel better today.

PM run 3.5 miles easy. AP 8:04

It took the first 4 miles to wake me up. Pretty tired today. AP 8:30

I ran with Sariah this morning, I decided to try and do what I thought would be an "easier" workout just to get my legs going. After a 2 mile warm up we did 8X200m hill repeats up burch creek trail. I haven't done hill repeats in years. My legs didn't hurt so much as I was breathing SO hard on each hill repeat. I thought 200m wouldn't be a big deal but this turned out to be one of the hardest workouts I've done in a long time. I can tell I'm lacking in both speed and strength still. I didn't worry about time I just ran up hard, then jogged down, and started again. Cool down back to Katie's house. 

Trail run with Sariah this morning. We're on our way to San Diego and Disneyland this next week hopfully I can find some beautiful spots by the beach to run. AP 8:14

Ran in st.george this morning. Last two miles I picked up 7:22 then 6:44. Easy recovery for the first 8. Ran a couple miles with Denver and Terry.

Easy miles in Oceanside

10 humid miles. Picked up 6.5 miles a little bit. AP 7:05 for those.

Last run in Oceanside now onto Disneyland today!!

Easy run in Anaheim. I couldn't get into the run I was to excited for California adventures.