Age is just a number.

No run today. I have decided to take today off. It feels good to feel in control of my running instead of the other way around sometimes. I like the feel of looking forward to my runs and enjoying them. I think to train for the sake of training is counterproductive sometimes. Maybe this is an excuse for my lack of mileage this week I don't know. On the other hand overall it's a good week based upon the fact that it was balanced with low and high mileage days, hard and easy days mixed with complete rest. So not so bad considering everything I guess.

Just 6 easy miles at 6:30-7/min pace on the mill tonight.

Olympic oval for a workout of 3x3 miles at LT pace. 5:12-5:20/mi with 2 lap recovery at 6min/mi. Last Saturdays workout left me feeling a little dogged tonight. Some funny guy made a comment about our FRB jersey, I told him to get used to it because he would be seeing the back of it a lot on the circuit this year! 

Another 6 miles easy for recovery at 6:45-6:50/mi.  THR-120-126 bpm.

Aerobic resistance run with 10 miles at 5:24-5:36/mi. Ran at the local shoebox track as the oval is scheduled to be closed on the running track  a few days for some reason. Bummer, I really like that track. This one is tough to run on especially since I have to slow a little on the turns and it is small and also not measured accurately. Based on my pacing and others though, it seems to be about 11 laps to the mile instead of the 10 that they have measured it out to be. So time and pace is close, but not accurate for this track as usual. I hit consistent 29-31 sec laps depending on how many people I had to dodge. Last year before Ogden I was running 32-33 sec laps at this time of year so improvement on my PR is on the horizon possibly.

An easy 6 miles tonight at 6:40-7/min pace. Easy jog at the end. Not much into it tonight as I struggled with some sleepiness before the workout. Managed to get with it after a bit and had a decent workout considering that I felt like Frankenstein this afternoon.

Easy to medium pace effort on the Jordan River Trail this morning. Most of the time I just meditated and tried to think of how I want to reconfigure my my training for a while. 6:30-45 pace for most of the run with 7/min mi pace for the first miles.

PM-4 miles easy. No time taken tonight.