Age is just a number.

Went for 10 miles on the JRP untimed. I was feeling in the mood for a Sunday morning run but somewhere more off the beaten path this time.

AM-Easy 4.5 mile wake up jog.  No time taken I just let the pace come to me easy.

PM-10 miles with 6 on the treadmill at 6:10-6:22/mile @ 1.5% incline. I alternated marathon pace to slightly faster than pace every other mile and surprisingly the legs actually felt ready for that tonight:)   However I think doing all this marathon pace work without a pre-season base is probably a mistake.  On the other hand.. there just isn't enough time to do it thoroughly so somehow we have to make the best of it. 

AM-Easy 5 mile wake up run.  Outer loop extension.

PM-Medium 6 mile progression run as I felt.  (38:31) total time. Treadmill at 1-1.5% incline.

AM-Easy 8.5 mile wake up run.  1300 east/ 7th east out and back.  Started with a nice and easy jog at 8-9/min pace and finished the last 3 miles at just under 7/min/mile.

PM-5.5 miles/ Treadmill. (38:03) 1.5% incline.

AM-Easy10 mile run up 13th east and 9400 south out and back. (1:11:06)  Felt ok but not with a lot of pep in my step this morning being from a combination of higher miles and not taking in enough carbs yesterday.  Pace was nice and easy though this morning for the most part.

PM-5 miles on the mill.  (32:03) @ 1.5% incline.  Felt better this evening after a nice carb and fluid re-load:)

 Put an insert into the left shoe to see if I could compensate a little for this lateral imbalance I have going on.  It seemed to work somewhat but I don't think quite as well as a heel lift would. Anyway... at least until I can get re-aligned and stronger in the core somehow and it's better than nothing I guess..

AM-4 miles wake up. 7th east out and back.

PM-6 miles easy late this evening.  TM-(42:07) 1-1.5%.  Busy day..

AM-12 miles up and down Provo Canyon early this morning with Chad R and Sasha.  Ran well on the 3 mile tempo segment but was tired from the training and all the higher end aerobic running. We held the pace as a group for a while but shortly afterwards I had to let them go. I  just didn't have enough reserve to hang on this morning. In the end I clocked (16:35) with Chad and Sasha around 16:15 or so. Wow.. It seems like a world away from the 15:15 PR Sasha and I clocked some years ago. Oh well.. Can't hang on to it forever right? 

 The main culprit I think is the lack of long distance endurance training along with running too fast on normal distance days.  Did I mention also that perhaps being 42 now just might have something to do with it?

AM-4 mile easy recovery jog on 7th east/80th south plus one on the grass.  Did not start out well with the two double cheeseburgers still on board somehow from lunch this afternoon. There is something about McDonalds that takes longer to digest than some substances to de-compose..    I should know better but it was close and quick to grab in a hurry.