A clydesdale no more!

Yesterday was a busy day so I had to move the long run to today.  Decided to incorporate some rolling hills into the work out so I ran up to Orchard drive and followed that into Centerville then down to Main street.  I wanted to get some extra hills in and change things up so I ran up to Freedom Hills park.  Did a couple of loops around the park then turned and headed for home.  Stopped at my sisters on the way home to wish her and her family a Happy Easter.  Good, solid effort and it felt good.

My legs were very sore and I was short on time (again) so I could only get 4 in.  I'm very disappointed with how sore my legs are.  I didn't run that much or that hard yesterday.

Perhaps the strangest weather I have ever run in.  Started out in slightly cool weather which quickly turned into a light rain.  Shortly after I started, I was running in hail that was bouncing painfully off of my face.  I then found myself running in a light snowfall which turned into the largest snow flakes I have ever seen.  Finished up the run under a clear blue sky.  Mother Nature is schizophrenic!  The run itself was awful because my body refused to move properly.  The pace was embarassingly slow.

Warmed up with 3 easy miles then ran 4 miles at LT pace.  My legs did not want to join in on the fun.  After the first quarter mile, I considered making the turn towards home and making it an easy recovery run.  I had a lot of discomfort in my right tibia.  Not really pain but it felt completely dead.  Decided to just keep pushing along.  Legs started to loosen up a little and I was able to get throught the tempo run.  It was a little slow (6:35/mile avg) but it was good to get the run in.  Ran a slow mile to cool down.

Only had time for a quick recovery run.  Actually felt really good.

Ran out to the LPT and put in a few uncomfortable miles.  Felt very clunky.  I finished the run just before the really nasty weather started.  The temp was cool but it felt good.

Great run with Kam and Amy.  We are the 3 runners in van 1 of Kam's Wasatch Back ultra team.  I was supposed to meet them at the Memory Grove gate but I drove to the City Creek gate since I am incapable of following instructions.  I knew I was at the wrong place but didn't dare leave because I wasn't sure which direction they would be coming up.  Struck up a conversation with another guy waiting for his running partner and he told me how to get down to the other gate.  I headed in that direction and ran into them after about 1/2 mile.  The run up City Creek was great.  Had to turn around once the snow was too deep to run in.  Check the calendar, yes it is April 30.  Felt good while running back down the canyon.