Going With The Flow

AM - 5.75 miles meandering through neighborhoods. Easy 7:45 pace. 

Anyone want to run an 8 mile tempo with me Tuesday morning at 6:20 pace at Liberty Park??

AM - 10 miles around Sugarhouse, a nice zigzag through all the neighborhoods. I haven't slept very well for about a week now and it's getting really frustrating!

This is me 2 years ago finishing a half marathon (I'm also at my highest weight here - I look gross!). Can you believe I can run 36 minutes faster than that now??

 PM - 2.2 miles, easy.

AM - Tempo Tuesday.  The alarm clock went off way too early this morning, but I finally was able to sleep well last night! :) Ran 2 mile warmup at 8:30 pace, then tempo.

Goal: 7-8 miles at 6:20-6:25 pace.
Actual: 7 miles average 6:22 pace (6:25, 6:21, 6:24, 6:22, 6:23, 6:21, 6:21). 

It was a long workout! I wanted to feel like I still had some left in the tank (mostly as a mental confidence booster), so I was content with 7 miles. Glad that's done for the week!

I did feel a little twinge in my hamstring during the run. I don't think it's anything to be overly concerned about, but I definitely need to massage and stick tonight.

PM - 1.8 miles around the block. REALLY excited that I only have to do easy horsepark loop in the morning.

AM - Horsepark loop 4.4 miles. I must've needed a recovery run b/c my average pace was 8:30! Felt good to go slower and not worry about pace. 

 Looks like it's another SNOW winter!! I just hope it waits to snow until after the trials.

PM - 5.6 miles easy, no watch.

AM - Horsepark loop again this morning, easy. Slept in 30 minutes accidentally, but still ran so I got to work a little late. Running is more important, right?

Just heard that Lance Armstrong is doing the XTERRA National Championship Triathlon at Snowbasin on 9/24. Pretty cool!

PM - Track Workout! 2-2-4-4-8-4-8-4-8-4-4 with 200m jog between reps. 200s in 41, 400s in ~1:22 (5:28 pace), 800s in ~2:49 (5:38 pace). Ran the 200s and thought this is not going to be fun. It turned out not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I'm still not a fan of track work though!

AM - Easy 5.3 miles around work 7:45-8 min pace. Tried to throw in some hills in the run since I don't do that very often. 

My parents got in from TN last night, and we are headed to Moab this afternoon. I'm so excited!

Was planning to run 3-4 in the afternoon yesterday, but there was a ridiculous storm down in Moab!!! Scary for driving too - we actually saw lightning strike the ground! Probably for the best in terms of the long run.

AM - Woke up around 6:30 to go out for the run and saw that it was still raining. Back to bed. Woke up again at 8am and got ready. My parents were going to come bike but it was still cold and gross outside. Ran on the roads (b/c all dirt roads were flooded) from Spanish Valley to Moab and back. Miles 7-17 was a LONG gradual uphill of 1100 ft with a headwind. I was getting discouraged by mile 16. But as soon as we turned around, it was a great 1.3% downhill gradient and finished the last 3 miles in 6:30, 6:17, and 6:04. 7:15 pace average for the 17 miles, 6:17 for the last 3.

PM - Hiking in Moab. Went on a 3 mile hike to Corona Arch which is BEAUTIFUL. Then experienced a little bit of Arches the touristy way, probably hiking about 2 miles there. So much fun!! And we get a hot tub tonight. Pics to come.