Masters USATF Cross Country National Championships 8k in St. Louis, MO!
Maybe a marathon in 2013?
Long-Term Running Goals:
Enjoy running and racing at whatever level I am able to. Possibly run another marathon post Microfracture Surgery in under 3:00.
Personal:
I'm in the Army. I am married with four children (20/17/13/8 years old). Trying to return to previous running form after having microfracture knee surgery in July 2008.
6 miles at 6am with Sasha, Jeff, Daniel and Colby. Normal Provo River route with beautiful weather again. I think that May is my favorite month in Utah. Legs felt completely flat today. Knee was ok, a bit stiff but not really more than normal.
8.3 miles today from BYU campus with Colby, MaryAnne and a friend of hers. We averaged 7:25 pace for the whole run. Legs still not feeling good this week. Right quad and hammy are a little sore. Need to be careful this week.
Easy 6 miles with Sasha, Jeff and Colby. Legs still flat so kept it pretty easy today. Average pace of about 7:28 overall with a 7:05 average for the last 3 miles.
Easy 9.1 miles with Colby. We ran from BYU cmapus out on the trail to Riverwoods shopping center and then back along Carterville Road. Carterville Road is a great place to run. Very quiet and shaded. I highly recommend to others. Averaged 7:35 pace just talking and taking it easy. We ran into MaryAnne about half way through the run and she joined us for the lsat few miles as well.
6 miles with Sasha, Jeff and Colby. First 3 miles at about 7:30 pace and then 2nd 3 miles at sub 7:00. Felt ok today, knee a bit stiffer than normal first mile but overall legs are a little less flat today.
James wanted to go trail running so we ran and hiked from Rock Canyon up around the back of the mountains and through Slide Canyon to the top of the Y and back down. This was not the best time of year to do this as we discovered that there was a lot of snow on the back side of the mountain still. My legs are pretty beat now. That 7+ miles is worth a lot more fatigue wise. That is a pretty tough loop. for those that are not familiar with this loop it starts at 5100 feet and climbs to 8200 feet in about 4 miles and then back down again with most of the decent coming in about only 2 miles. It is normally a very tough route without the snow. The snow made it much worse as the trail disappeared so it was pretty much a guess at where you were. At times the snow was to the point my leg would break through up to my knee. Probably not the smartest thing for me to do but it was an experience James and I won't forget and those times are priceless so it was worth it. Hopefully all is well tomorrow with the legs.
