A clydesdale no more!

Ran up to the mouth of Mueller Park canyon.  Knees have been really sore lately.  I think that it is from the change in the weather.  On the way back down, I got a really bad stomach cramp and had to stop for a couple of minutes to let the pain subside.  It was a lot warmer than I expected so I was a little overdressed.  Thought of ditching my outer layers but decided to keep them on just in case.  

Total Time: 1:14:21 (8:16/mile) (41:29 going up, 32:52 coming down) 

Since it's Halloween, I thought it was appropriate to run the cemetery loop.  Felt a little better than I have the past few days.  I got a new pair of shoes and decided to get 1/2 size smaller.  I've been running in a 1/2 size too big to save my toes but I want to experiment with the appropriate size to see if it will smooth things out.

Total Time: 1:06:38 (7:25/mile) 

Very blah run.  Almost turned back home after the first few steps.  My knees are really aching and it takes a couple of miles for them to warm up.  Felt much better after 3 miles.  

The SL Trib is showing no love to the FRB.   There is an article about Josh Rohatinsky running the trials this weekend and it says there are 3 Utahns competing in the trials - no mention of Paul or Logan.  They probably pulled the information from the USATF site that is not updated.

Total Time: 55:05 (7:39/mile)

I've had every intention of running a tempo run this week but I kept putting it off.  Finally forced myself to put in the effort today.  Ran a 4 mile tempo run after warming up with 3 semi-easy miles.  The pace felt good after the first 1/4 mile.  Unfortunately my Garmin died halfway into the tempo miles.  I think that my first 2 miles were 6:35 and 6:25.  I tried to maintain the same effort for the last 2 miles but fear that I may not have pushed as hard as I should have without having the watch to keep me honest.  I'm guessing that I averaged no worse than 6:35/mile for the 4 miles.  Finished up with 2 cool down miles.  Got home and my son was pacing nervously on the driveway.  He has to be to school early on Friday's and I guess I cut it a little too close for his comfort. 

Total Time: 1:06:20 (7:22/mile) 

There is a new running group starting in the South Davis area and I tried to meet up with them.  I left the house a little late and the meeting place was 1 mile further away than I thought so I missed them.  I headed out in a direction that I thought they would be but never found them.  On my way home, the organizer of the group was at the meeting point so I was able to fill out the paper work to join the club.  Something is missing from my running right now and I hope that joining a group will help.  I felt pretty good during the run.  Held a pretty consistent pace from start to finish and felt good physically.  

 I was a little surprised with the results of the Olympic trials.  I figured that Ryan Hall was the front runner but didn't think that Brian Sell and especially Dathan Ritzenhein were quite ready.  I'm still trying to find out how the local guys did

Total Time: 1:29:04 (7:25/mile)