Age is just a number.

Another toasty 90 plus degree run up Dimple Dell road and down through the dry creek and back.   Pushed very hard for the last 4 miles.  Came home with those last 4 feeling like puke.  Felt like someone hit me across the chest it was so warm which made it hard to breathe on the last mile.  Afterwards I  drank a large slurpee, two large glasses of Orange juice and two glasses of water and still felt like I was a quart low!    

15 miles total on rollers and dirt.

Went to church afterwards. Our discussion in priesthood meeting was the importance of temples and how to  show our appreciation and dedication to them.   It has been along time since I have been there but I still see them dot the hills on my drive to work.  They still remind me of where we came from where we will be again when the time comes.

Easy 5 miles for recovery today on 7th at 7:30ish pace.  37:50 total time.   Like Paul says sometimes you can only write so much about a particular run I guess.   I do know one thing,  these little changes I have made lately have really started to add up health wise.   I think sometimes it might be somewhat of a placebo affect.   However, a doctor I know told me that a so called placebo affect is a physician's best friend at times.   The way I look at it is;  I'll take any help I can get whether it's mind or matter as it tends to have the same result most times right?  

But I still secretly indulge in chocolate covered orange sticks before bed to tame the sugar beast that refuses to be completely tamed.   No worry though because a couple miles of my fartlek session pretty much takes care of  the excess.. 

Ten miles up to 20th east and back.   Pace felt good in spite of the heat today.   1:03:13 total time.  Last mile around 5:46.  

Easy 5 miles today with last half mile at 6/min pace eaxactly down at 2% decline.  144-150 bpm at the end. Total time-35:24.  100 degrees for the temp this afternoon.   Found my old heartrate monitor finally.   Seems of course the heat really drives the heartrate way up. Duh! From literature I have read I guess it can be as much as 20-30 beats higher than normal for a given pace!  I really believe that this is a better way than the 6-10 sec wrist method.  The hr just drops too fast and gives erroneous readings unfortunately.  So wearing it in the marathon and then getting various readings will hopefully give some insight on future training.   

Easy 8 miles easy effort.   Out to the hospital via 7800 south and back.  Last two miles at sub six minute pace.   Careful not to get over 150 bpm again. 

16 miles burning up to Little Cottonwood and back down to home. 3x4 miles progressive effort up to 10k pace and then backing off for a mile at 7 min pace-8/min pace.   Hard as possible without getting too anaerobic at the end.   4 miles at 70-80% mhr and 12 miles at 85-95%mhr.  Last 4 mile repeat in 22:23.

Not bad considering the heat..   92-95 degrees farenheit.

Change can be a difficult thing sometimes, either a path to growth and self improvement, or a sad journey of regression and self pity.  It's been difficult to read the newspaper and all the race reports today,  heaven knows I would have given anything to have been there.    However it just was not meant to be this year.   

Thats ok though because  I have this strange feeling come over lately brought about by a renewed sense of faith that everything has it's proper place and time you know.  And it is this;  I am strong. I am healthy with no serious adversities.   There is this very large feeling of personal power beginning to well up inside that is almost like a quickening of sorts, like when your headed down the highway and the engine is beginning to finally wind up to it's mechanical potential.   

Time to run. 

PM-7 miles with hills.  3.5 miles up in 24:57 and 3.5 miles coming home in 19:33.  Felt easy for some reason.   92 degrees.  Late afternoon. 4 mile jog later.

PM2-4 miles easy at 8/min pace.