Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

6 miles easy.  Gina did 4 miles and did great! She even wanted to do the lower hill with a second repeat.  I couldn't believe how strong she was.  She's doing well and building up a good base towards TOU 1/2.

6:00 p.m. run and quite warm.  5 miles, 3 easy with Gina.  Doing well.  Easy run tomorrow morning at 5 a.m.

4 miles very easy.  3 at the track with Gina.  1/2 mile to and from.  Nice morning.  5:15 a.m.  Repeating it tomorrow.  I either start two-a-days tomorrow or I will do a trail run with Tina on Sunday morning.  Feeling pretty good right now, except for first thing out of bed in the mornings.

3 miles with Gina at the track this morning at 5:15 a.m.  1/2 mile to and from plus another 2 up to the base of the dam and back along the old canyon road.  Not feeling the best this morning so I took it really easy the entire run.  Still....it's good to be back running steady.

Evening run:  3 miles total.  Started my first Yasso 800's this year.  Did better than expected 2 x 800 in 3:28 and 3:27 with 400 recovery after each.  1/2 mile down and back from track.  I need to be careful with these, but they didn't seem to bother me as much as running on the downhills have been.  We'll se how they go.

5 easy miles for a recovery run from last night at the track.  5:10 a.m. solo this morning.  Nice temperatures and daylight at the end of the run.   6 miles tomorrow morning before meeting Gina and Matt2.  Then another 8.  Start building for SGM.

6 a.m. run.  Extremely nice weather today!  Did  6 miles before meeting up with Gina and Matt2.  Gina made 8 miles this morning.  I thought she was struggling to finish the 7 that was scheduled and then she said she wanted to do one more.  I was totally amazed.  She's doing well.  I made 14 miles slow and easy and then had to quickly shower and jump in the car to go up to Farr West.  I'm feeling it now.  5K next Saturday will be a nice change from the long miles for the weekend.