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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Mon, Mar 26, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

Not Snow!!! It's time for rain...but what a nice day to run.

I ran 8 miles this afternoon at Sugar House Park, slow first couple of miles but sped up to about 6:30 pace. No shirt sun tan run. It's to bad us distance runners are so buff.

Night run 7 pm Millcreek Canyon, from burch hollow to the mouth where the trail turns back uphill, by the pipeline wye fitting. I didn''t have my garmin on but it's at least 4.5 miles to that point. 37:18 to turn around. Ran back negative split 36:20, and it has more uphill that direction. Hit the road and was only going to go down a mile but Kim misunderstood and went to the Rattle Snake parking 2.8 miles. So I asked to keep going to the 3 mile mark. Last three miles down hill on road 19:32. Good down hill practice when you are tired. I'll bet the three on the road will have beat me up more than the 9 on the trail.

Bison Steak tonight for dinner...Yummy. With a big bowl of spinach.

Comments

From Chad on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 10:26:45

Hey Bill--Welcome to the blog! Sorry I haven't said hello sooner. I haven't had as much time as I would like to check out all the new entries. I'm glad to see you here. Good luck on your training and I hope you're feeling better than when I last saw you in Ogden. I definitely see a 300 mile week on your horizon.

From Bill on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 22:37:18

Only if I decide to train for an ultra like wasatch 100 or western states 100. I've thought about it, maybe next year. Did I read somewhere you did Wasatch 100. Would you every do it again, or is it a been there done that kind of a thing.

From Chad on Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 10:24:47

Bill--I hope you know that I was only kidding about the 300 mile week and the fact that you would even remotely consider the possibility--even in training for an ultra--shows what a complete madman you are!!!

Yes, I ran the Wasatch 100 in 2001. The most I can say is that I finished. I was doing great through mile 75 (sub 30 hour pace) and then my IT bands in both legs blew up at the top of Catherine's Pass and the downhills (and there are many) were excruciating. I found I could tolerate them better running backwards. That was my key coping mechanism for the last 20 miles or so.

The training was spectacular, however. So many long runs in the mountains to enjoy. I saw many amazing sunrises and some beautiful places. I would do it again, but not for a while. The transition from long slow running back into faster running is extremely difficult, I found. When I feel like I'm done on the roads, it's back to the trails for me. It's where my heart is at in a lot of ways.

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