A clydesdale no more!

Workout at Firehouse included 2 short (0.4 miles) runs.  It was a good total body workout.  Kind of hit a little bit of everything.  I think I like those better than the workouts that focus on one area. 

A chilly and soggy run on the LPT with Tara.  The first 3 miles were pretty rough.  Lots of rain and a little bit of a hail but it less than comfortable.  The rain stopped after a few miles and the run was much more enjoyable.  The second half of the run turned into a bit of a therapy session for me.  I'm sure Tara misses the good old days when I kept my mouth shut.

Two 0.8 mile runs during the workout at Firehouse.  There didn't seem to be as much cardio as other days.  I guess most people consider the running a good cardio workout but that short of a run just feels like a nice little rest from the other exercises. 

Just a nice and easy run before heading to St. George to pace the Snow Canyon half.

Paced the 1:40 group at Snow Canyon.  This is an ideal time for me because most of my runs are around theis pace and it is very natural.  Freezing while waiting at the start but the temps were perfect while we ran.  I was able to lock in 7:38 effort right from the beginning and the pace never felt forced.  Was within 10 seconds of the total elapsed time at every mile marker which was great but added a little extra stress towards the end.  I usually like to have a 30 second cushion.  We probably pushed  a little more than the runners around us wanted to on the rollers through Entrada but they all stuck with us.  A 14 year old kid ran with us from start to finish which was pretty cool.  Ended up crossing the ffinish line 4 seconds early without any slowing or speeding up the last little bit  Feel like I ran this as close to perfect as I could get.