A clydesdale no more!

Pushed the pace a little on the down hill miles. Felt very comfortable.

Warmed up with 2.25 miles. Supposed to do 4 X 3/4 mile repeats at 5K pace (6:15/mile) with 1/4 mile jog. I actually try to run these a little faster than 5K pace. Ran 1st a little fast (5:55 min/mile). Settled in on 6:00 min/mile pace for the next 2. I was holding a 6:00 min/mile on the last one when I was stopped by a train at the 0.6 mile mark. Decided to throw in 1 more repeat just for good measure. Was able to hold 6:00 min/mile pace the entire way but it really started to hurt. Finished with 2.4 mile cool down.

Run up to the upper parking lot of Mueller park. Figured the trails would be too muddy from yesterday's rain so just stayed on the main road. Looped around Bountiful GC and headed back home. Two hard days in a row has worn me out.

Feeling a little run down today. Pace was a little slow and didn't feel very motivated.

Very slow recovery run. Feeling pretty run down. I seem to feel this way in the middle of a training cycle. I take it as a sign that I am pushing myself hard enough.

Since I have been run down lately, I wasn't looking forward to getting out on a long run today. Was planning on just running slow and easy. Picked up the pace half way through to pass a guy. He picked up his pace as I went buy which caused me to hold a faster pace a little longer than planned. Was in a groove so just mainted the quicker pace to the end. Actually felt really good. As it turns out, I may have had a flare up of the chicken pox which was causing me to feel so run down. Ankles and achilles were a little sore. It is time to buy a new pair of shoes. Ran the extra 0.3 so that the week's total mileage would be a whole number.