BC

AM early morning run with M. and C. on pipeline I did 10 miles 1:23.18 and went and sat in the river for 20 mins. It is so cold right now.  Still pretty sore from the marathon.

Not a bad effort Saturday and my times are down from last year in my first two marathons of the year.  SLC I cut 3:02 minutes off and Ogden I cut 3:40 minutes off.  I hope this is an indicator of better fitness this year and faster times to come.  I learned a lot last year of what worked and didn't for me.  The main lesson learned was 8 marathons in 7 months is way too much to stay focused on time goals.  I want to run faster this year so I'm not going to do them all this year.  I'm going to pick a couple and focus my training on them and if I do others it will be for a long run.

Splits for Ogden -- Felt good most of the race got a little bit conservative just before the half and changed my race plan because of how the race was playing out.  Sat back in these miles and didn't race again until 20 - 21 mile mark.  Finished strong and the wheels were still on. 

1       5:48

2       6:16

3       6:06

4       6:04

5      6:06

6       6:15

7      6:15

8      6:12

9       6:33

10       6:30

11      6:42

12      6:27

Watch goof up next 4 miles total time 26:44 equals 6:44 avg

13      6:44

14       6:44

15       6:44

16      6:44

Back to real splits

17     6:38

18      6:07

19      6:25

20       6:28

21        6:21

22       6:16

23       5:58

24      6:23

25       6:39

26       6:45

.2        1:18

PM 8 miles.

WOW!  The mountains are truely God's temple... After the rain started to stop I decided to head for the hills.  It was awesome.  The air was a crisp 40 degrees, the hillsides were so green and wild flowers everywhere.  I saw a moose, some deer, a muskrat, birds and a skunk.  The Little dell resevoir is almost full and everything around was picture perfect.  I remember when this area caught fire a few years back, but nature has a way of fixing the scars and it's hard to see it today.  We are so blessed to live in this place...Only minutes away from our homes we can be in another world.  I'm going to try to spend a lot more time in these mountains with my training the next few months.

The run was good.  Ran from the 4 mile of Desnews to the 2 mile.  Good uphill stretch to loosen up.  Then back down the mountain to the 6 Mile mark, just after the turn to go up little mountain.  Then back to the 4 mile mark.  It is a good run, Uphill, downhill and short rolling hills both ways on the way back to the car.  I will try to make this one of my staple runs and watch my time for improvement and fitness changes.  Today was a Slow run 1:06, but I was soaking up the atmosphere.  A truly great way to end a rainy Monday.  This is going to be a great week!

Speed workout with Wasatch Athletics 4.25 miles

AM 6 miles while the kids waited in line to get into IKEA.

PM 13 miles Jordan River Trail.

AM Magna 5K 2 miles warm up race and 4 miles cool down.  Going out of town to Roosevelt so I will run more tonight.

Race was good didn't make to many excuses.  I did run 52 seconds faster this year over last year.  Talking with D. after I let up too much in the last mile.  Splits 5:11, 5:32, 6:10, .31.  Should have toughened up a little more in the last 800 meters, Eric Petersen passed first and decided "Oh well let him go." 1st mistake and then at the final turns I looked to see who was behind me.  2nd mistake, it was two young guys, not masters, so I didn't care much if they came up or not.  They did, 3rd mistake, half hearted kick to the finish.  If I would have gutted up a little in the last 800 meters I would have been 3rd Master instead of 4th.  Dennis ran great.  I was chicked twice today, but by great runners running well so it's okay.  I put 1st in division on my report but that's one of those half lies.  I was first in age division because the three that beat me were displaced because of Masters overall.  I can't remember what I was in the overall. 13 -16

 PM Ran with Dave Danley tonight when I got in town 10 mles.  Nice way to stretch out after a long drive.  I like hearing about his training and some of his races from when he ran at Utah State.  As a freshman he ran for BYU and transferred to USU.  He ran a 14:10 at a Stanford meet in the 5000 Meters and just the week before Tervor Ball had run a 14:09 at Oregon so Dave was bumbed that he didn't run a second or two faster to hit Tervor's time.  Man it would be so awesome to be able to run those kind of times.  Dave is a great runner and works hard.  He is focusing on Grandma's for his next.