Age is just a number.

AM-16 miles with 2X4 miles at MP effort.  Not quite recovered from Saturday but still a fairly good longer run.

PM-5 mile jog recovery.  Blustery and windy this afternoon so I mainly followed an east-west direction on 7800 s and then did a repeat out and back in order to try and keep the effort easy.

AM-Easy recovery jog for 8 miles total on the treadmill. /7-8/mph. @.5%-1% incline. 2 miles very easy at 7.0 and then 6 miles at 8.0 mph.  Felt really slow but I just kept telling myself that my legs will only thank me later on.

PM-7 miles on 7th/Parkway trail out and back.

AM- Long Run for 20.5 with the last miles run at the gym to finish and lift some upper body weights. 2x4 miles with alternating miles of MP-LT running. 7th/13th east loop.  The high mileage bounce is possibly starting to kick in because 6/min pace is starting to feel a little easier now at longer distances.  I had to do this long run today because I have to work the weekend.

PM-No run this evening. Decided to just focus on recovering and do some stretching.

AM-Easy 5 miles recovery on the treadmill with a gradual warm down to walking speed for the last tenth of a mile. (40:11) 0-.5% incline.

PM-Easy 5 mile recovery jog.  Ran up to the playground and back with Aaron then jogged around the grass while he played for a while and after that extended out on the way back for another half mile to get about roughly 5 miles or so. 

Afterwards my son Aaron and I stopped into our favorite hole in the wall restaurant and ate to our heart's content and upon opening my fortune cookie I decided that I would actually read it's content this time; "Life is never more fun than when your the underdog competing against the giants."  Considering the depth of this years competition and how much I enjoyed Utah Valley recently,  it was a fun, but also a kind of eerily written fortune.

AM-Easy 6 miles this morning.  No watch. / 7th east/Parkway out and back.

PM-No second run today. Went out with the family for most of the evening.

AM-18 miles with alternating 5 min on/off at Easy-MP effort in the last half of the run. Headed out to Draper trail and then up and down Dimple Dell extension turning back for home. Found out yesterday that I did not have to work my shift until later this evening so I took advantage of the extra time today.  A good solid workout with a fair amount of rolling hills and just enough downhill to work the quads without tearing them to pieces.  Time for a huge nap..

PM-6 miles recovery run after work. (45:27) 7th east out and back.  Almost talked myself out of this one but I'm glad I didn't. The run was relatively comfortable after a couple of miles into it. Still fatigued but better than I thought it would be.