A clydesdale no more!

No more messing around.  Time to get serious about this running thing again.  Running at the same comfortable pace everyday has kept me in shape but my legs have become stale and need a little shake up.  Started with 2 easy miles to warm up.  I actually felt really good when I started.  Ran up to the new trail in West Bountiful to do some mile repeats.  Plan was for 3 X 1 mile at 5K pace (6:00/mile) with 1/2 mile recovery in between.  I felt great during the run and was able to hit my target pace (5:58, 5:58, 6:03).  A little slow on the last one because I started to lose focus but I wasn't overly fatigued.  I was surprised that these didn't feel more difficult.  Cooled down with 2 more easy miles.

Happy Birthday Ashton.  My little boy turned 13 today.  Man do I feel old.

I turn 38 today so of course I had to incorporate that into the run.  Thirty eight miles is too much, 3.8 isn't enough so I went with 8.3 miles.  As I started the run, it just didn't seem special enough so I decided to run 3.8 miles at LT pace (6:30/mile average pace).  Back to back speed days actually felt good. I wonder how much of my running issues of the past couple of months have been mental.

Nice and easy recovery run.  Everything feels good. Didn't feel like I needed a recovery run but know it was the right thing to do. 

Did a test run of the course of a local 5k that I am going to run in a couple of weeks.  Has a lot of little ups and downs so I got in a little hill work.  Felt decent during the run except for the right ankle.  Definitely felt better when I ran a little faster. 

Got a late start and considered just bagging the run this morning but I have to get back to the point where, no matter what, every day starts with a run.  Right ankle and achilles were a little more tender but the pain was manageable.  Felt good otherwise.

I'm going to a JDRF charity walk this morning so I had to get my run in early this morning.  Felt very strange this morning.  I had a hard time picking up my feet and getting them to move.  I almost fell a few times because I tripped on cracks in the sidewalk.  Just no power in my legs for some reason.  Regardless of how I felt, it was great to be out this morning because the weather is amazing this time of year.