Hurt so good.

Met up with a solid group of guys today at rainbow gardens to meet up for a long run up in the back part of the valley. We had, Dave, Jason, Ken, Bryant, Riley, Jon. Albert was our saving grace though, he has been injured but was still nice enough to drive up with us and take the car back down so we didnt have to drive back up. Saved us pretty close to an hour. Started the run pretty consvervative for the first 2 miles then sort of eased myself into marathon paced tempo for 14 miles. Way happy with the result, really majority of the miles felt like conversational pace, which is a solid sign for my fitness level right now and hope just to get more fit in the upcoming weeks.

splits were, 559; 543; 545; 538; 539; 538; 546; 542; 545; 547; 546; 543; 543; 536.

With this run I feel like 2:30 is reachable for the marathon again, and would love to obtain that goal too with how much has gone this year for me. Great run.

A.M. 

Easy mile with Dave and Riley from 21st pond. Miles were slow today and legs felt heavy for sure. Glad to have company to get some miles today.

P.M

4.75 miles around Weber State, Did a mix of the Striders 5K and 10 Mile course. I actually cut my run a little short due to some inflammation in my left shin. Pretty uncomfortable, felt like a shin splint, just hoping its nothing to serious.

easy run on the canal rd. I had my shin wrapped for the majority of the run and no pain. So prpbably just some excess inflammation from the 20 miler on monday. Should be a go the rest of the week.

easy 4 after work

DnD

Easy run with Riley up in North Ogden. Had to cut the run becasue my wife had an early work meeting. Planning on some more miles before work.

5 miles before heading off to work.

Did 1 mile at 5:27 just to wake the legs up a little for tomorows race.

Probably going to be the shortest race report I have ever done.

So I warmed with Dave, Riley and Jon and Jace. Managed 3.50 miles with some strides. Race started and I went out with Riley and by a half mile we were already by ourselves. Around mile 1 I still felt okay but I could feel this weeks mileage on my legs. Plus some risidual fatigue from the hard 20 miler on monday. But anyway by mile 2 the fatigue had set in and I knew from the beginning I was racing for 2nd place today. So at mile 2 I looked back and saw dave and James in the distance. I knew that if I could just get to the top of the climb I can pretty much cruise home around 5:20s and still have a solid workout so thats what I did. I took the climbs easy and cruised the last 3 miles in. Soon as I was done I grabbed Jon and headed to the track at layton high. We did a 10 min jog and the knocked out 6X400 repeats with roughly 60 second rest maybe a little less.

After the mini track session jogged back up to the start and talked Dave into going out for some more mileage. We roughly did over a mile then called it for the morning. Good solid day, good to see some bloggers and friends!

Race splits-5:05; 5:44; 5:55; 5:25; 5:21; 5:24; and 41 seconds for the .20

Track splits-71; 73; 69; 72; 68; 68.