Age is just a number.

AM-I managed to get Penny's Garmin up and running. What a cool toy! But I'm not sure that I want to shell out the money to buy one still. Distance measurements were within feet actually actually at some points of what I had measured with an odometer or by just plain pacing things out by my own pace sense. But there were a couple that came up short and others I had overshot by .05 or so in places.  Real time pace measurement has a lag that is a little annoying, making it difficult to correlate heart rate data from my own monitor. Otherwise I would love to get this for Christmas from one of my relatives who may be reading this. Hint, Hint.

11 miles total. 1:10:37 with warmup and cooldown.

PM-5 miles easy. No time, just ran as I felt.

AM-Easy wakeup run up and back through the Draper foothills. 6 miles 7:10 avg. Windy on the way up. But nice on the way back. Could not even hear my footsteps. 70+% mhr range.

PM-I managed to get out for an easy 4 mile run this evening. 7-7:20/mi. avg.

AM-The "Eventful Half Marathon" this morning up to the Draper trail and South Mountain area. Tough going up but worth it for the strength that this workout gives. 4 miles at 5:48-6:00/mi going up. 1mile jog, then 4x4 min hard going up and down with equal rest interval times. Yuck! Talk about lactic city on the ups. Cooldown and light stretching. 1:19:21 total time. Going to feel this one in the legs on tomorrows recovery run I think.

PM- Easy 6 miles out and about. 65-70 percent mhr. No time. 

Easy 5 miles this morning for recovery. 7:02 avg pace/mi. 70% mhr avg. I am thinking of doing a race soon to break up the training routine a little.

PM-Another easy 5 miles at 6:45-7:20 pace. 70-75% mhr. Sandy 7th east route.  

AM-Ran a mediu-easy 6 miler down towards the JT trail and back. Took Garmin and a monitor with me to get a rough aerobic pace test. 7-7:06/mi at 118-122 bpm. roughly 70% mhr. Aerobic profile actually improved a bit today. Moved to a 6:00 min pace at 144 bpm and 5:34/mi at 154 bpm. Cooldown for a mile and light stretching. Got an appointment to see a chiropractor this afternoon and I'm looking forward to it as I have noticed that my armswing feels off along with some tightening on my right hamstring muscle. This may be cutting into my economy and form but I'm not sure however.

I decided that I was not going to race yet after everything happening lately but I couldn't resist. Especially when there is cash and fabulous prizes to be had.  The race was run 4 laps around the park about half on the grass and half on the pathways. Down about 1% incline one side and then back up on the grass and through the trees. Then up and over the bridge and around the duck pond.  Last year they ran only 3 laps and some people said that they came up way short on distance so I'm not sure how accurate this course was. But it was basically a cross country course and a heck of a lot fun especially when you are lapping people and they are cheering you on. I almost fell into the creek trying to get around somebody on the bridge!  Afterwards I went home with a $100 dollar check and a smile on my face. I kinda like this cross country running thing, my only regret is I wish I had done it when I was younger also.