Hurt so good.

Slept in an extra hour today which felt great! Met Riley at the 12th st Smith's. Drove up to Ken's to pick him up, then headed above Weber State to start our run.

Started on the upper trail and headed North towards Rainbow, once we got to Rainbow we crossed 12th st. And continued to head north on the canal rd. made it about 10.25 miles then turned down off the trail and headed back south on the roads.

Stopped around 13 miles to get a drink then Ken and Riley thought it would be funny to start throwing down sub 6, I didn't realize it until my breathing got quicker and I looked down at my Garmin. I was like what the crap is that all about.

So around 14 miles I through in a surge and Riley came with me, Was pretty fun, Riley gave me some tips for the downhill. Managed to drop down to 4:12 pace, but it was for less then .25 of a mile.

Great start to a Monday!!

8.75 miles solo this morning. Left from house and made my routine loop through pleasant view.

Avg pace 6:52 min/miles

Followed up my run with 600 meters in the pool. This swimming stuff is kicking my trash, but sefinitely good cross training.

Fartlek workout.

warmup for 1 mile then every other mile at goal marathon pace

splits, 5:27; 5:24; 5:21; 5:19; 5:13.

Workout felt good, felt relaxed during the hard stuff, legs feel like there back to 100% from Saturday's race.

avg pace 6:05 min/miles for overall workout.

Man what a interesting morning. First woke up went to start my car and no turnover. So Jon meets me at my house we run for 50 minutes or so. Then we tried to jump my car and still no Bueno.

Anyway come to find out my fuel pump went again. Twice in the last 6 months, so I skip class at Weber because I have no way of getting there. Get my car towed, went with the tow truck driver, which I now feel terrible because I didn't even get his name. Went to the mechanic shop, $800 dollars later my car is working.

Ran home from the mechanic shop because I was bored and didn't want to wait.

Avg pace for my entire run

Was 7:05 min/avg

Day off, big test with school coming up that I needed to study for. Plus just feel a little drained today.

2.05 warm up

6.20 mile race

For the most part this race felt okay for me. I definitely fell the day off from yesterday during my warm up. Crazy my body felt a little stiff and tight. Felt like I needed to warm for at least 4-5 miles to get things going but only had enough time for 2 miles.

I have always enjoyed the classic race. They are always on top of things, good shirts, good atmosphere. So in the years past I have done the 5K but this year I was debating back and forth on what I wanted to do. So in my best interest for training I thought a 10K would be more beneficial. Plus it was a wise decision with Jake running the 5K. ;)

Okay so for the race as the gun started I took off the line and quickly got out into the lead. Pace felt really good and honest for the most part, mostly downhill. Managed a 4:52 mile. Then I will say it again I need to start working on some hill repeats or something because I get on the hills and my pace immediately goes to marathon pace and that is it. So for mile 2 and 3 were all up hill I hit 5:22 and 5:44. Honestly felt like my heart was though the roof. Mile 4 slight uphill for a half mile and then drops downhill for most of the race. Mile 4 5:13, felt like I got my breathing back othe downhill and my body finally felt normal. Mile 5 was 5:01. From there The last mile was slight downhill mostly flat with an uphill finished. Mile 6 was 5:15, and last .20 was 60 seconds flat.

Overall it was an up and down race for me. I started feeling better as the race went on and I wonder if that had to do with the day off yesterday and with a short warm up. But hey I will take the WIN anyway of the week. First place prize was a year membership to golds gym. I don't know if I will use it or not but if I keep this swimming thing up maybe I will use it over the winter. In years past the overall winner received a free pair of shoes. Now that would have been nice, but my said that I dont need any more running shoes, and I need to get over my addiction on collecting them, she has I need to be addicted on getting rid of them if anything.

Well good fun at the races, good showing by the blog for the 10k. 1-2-3 Sweep!!

2.75 mile cool with Cam and Leslie.

Race shoes Adidas adizeropro. 6.20 miles