Runnin Bubbas

PM:  solo afternoon run after the rain. My house up to canyon hollow trail/BST/Ghost Falls/then along Gas Line Trail to BST again back down Canyon Hollow to Lower Canyon to Porter Rockwell/a little on Canal Trail and back to my house. Really lazy run just me and the wind. 5 million dollars worth of trails here in my backyard. Glad I could cover some of this beauty today. Happy Mother's Day to all the ladies and fun run today. 8:58 AP

AM:  no alarm............ doh!

Lunch:  easy miles with Ben M. from office along Palisade and Caterville and back.  Fun wind. 8:10AP

PM: met Walter at JRP and did out and back easy 5 miles. Funny dude and great runner. Enjoyed the conversation the whole time. 7:25AP

P.S.- I have so far kept my New Years resolution of no running on a TM. TM's are crazy boring to me. Hopefully I can keep this goal. They are hard to keep after jan. 31st. I'm a realist. 

p.s.s.- also congrats to all the SGM lotto and participants. Should be another fun marathon. 

PM:  solo effort after work tune up. Small workout just to get the legs going. 2wu/2@HMP/2cd. Legs felt pretty decent. 7:20AP

sang happy bday to myself for my son Simon who turned 4 today. Didn't get to sing happy bday to him so I sand it out loud to myself as if he was running with me. Simon would have loved it. Should get easier one day. MIH

AM:  mid morning run with Ben M. Draper Lefty Loop. Got a massage last night but felt like crap this whole run. Low energy and my left groin hurt the entire time. Rest of the body good.  Lots of sun today. Stomach felt like crap. Good to get some miles in today. Hopefully I'll be revoverd from Boston by Saturday. It's officially 3 weeks today. 8:05AP

AM: mid morning run from Ben M's house. River Oaks Loop in Sandy. Hot and Humid. Enjoyed the easy miles. Left groin still hurts but I'll tape it for tomorrow. 8flatAP

OGDEN HALF MARATHON

Felt pretty good going into this race better than what I have felt in about a year but by mile 2 I felt forced and really never felt like I was ever going to pickup speed which is frustrating but just stayed at MP the whole time. Enjoyed the race. Loved seeing a lot of friends. Cool course. Happy for who ran well and hot for a lot of people thst grinded it out to finish. Glad I could run this one. 

2wu/13.1/6.4 cd

 Pretty uneventful run for me but good MP miles. 

I guess I' need to start training because that run felt like a run. Not a race. I also am going to be more dedicated towards my nutrition. I felt this whole run was just a comfortable pace the whole time. Never wanted to really get going. By mile 2 I knew I was not going to get going and decided to just maintain an MP effort. I'm really disappointed in my speed right now. I don't have any speed and it starts with my nutrition. Too much popcorn and candy. I'll discipline muskeg better and look forward to feeling lighter and stronger. I only looked at my watch once during this run and it was during the first mile. Once I saw I was at a 6:21 first split and it wasn't feeling right I knew I just needed to go off feel the rest of the time and try to enjoy the miles as much as possible.

I really enjoyed seeing everyone at this event.   So many great performances by many good runners. Fritz is a machine. Devra looked plain awesome!  Congrats to Shep, Bryant, Justin and Jace. All ran a tough race. On the half side Ben, Brett and Matt looked great. Lots of tough women today dueling it out. Enjoyed seeing Amy, Angie, Josse, Sariah, Rosey, Emily, Bethany, Mel and many more after. So many cool people in the running community. Even young men like Curtis, Steve and Puset all had great performances. It was hot today. 

Splits:  Ogden Half
6:21, 6:27, 6:37, 6:47, 6:24, 6:39, 6:37, 6:32, 6:19, 6:23, 6:48, 6:49, 6:35, :53 (.15)