Elite Jogging For Dummies

Out and back on the 1300 So. route. It's a nice little run and it only takes an hour since there is less climbing than Ye Olde Loope.

No running, but I did go up to East Canyon Reservoir at 6pm for an open water swim clinic.  There were about six of us in the clinic, with two instructors.  I got some helpful tips, but most of all got to spend a lot of time (more than an hour) in the water doing various drills and basically doing about as much swimming as I am comfortable with right now. 

Jed was kind enough to loan me his bike for a little while.  I had it tuned up and this morning was my first chance to take it out. I rode up to the top of City Creek canyon.  Most of the canyon ride was pretty easy, but I did have to get out of the saddle a couple of times towards the top of Rotary Park.  It didn't seem very steep at those points, I was just out of granny gears and couldn't keep pushing without standing up.

The ride down was thrilling, top speed was over 30 mph, which feels pretty fast on the bike.  I know a lot of guys that ride 40-45 mph quite regularly, so I know I'm not breaking any records, but it felt fast to me. The twisty canyon road adds a little fun.  The ride was 17 miles. Took just over 1:10.

 Happy Birthday to my littlest guy, Luke, who is 1 year old today.

Yes, actual running today.  I ran Ye Olde Loope, with a little bit of tempo for some added spice. First pickup was on Wasatch Blvd, about 1/2 mile at 6:15 pace.  Then I ran a 2 mile tempo on 11th Ave down to Memory Grove, splits were 6:12 and 6:00.  My legs feel heavy and slow overall, so I tried to concentrate on keeping my turnover rapid, rather than trying to use legspeed.  Overall time was 58:45.

No running. I swam a mile at Steiner.  It was slightly easier than the mile swim I did last Friday.

Cucina loop with the gang. Beautiful morning.