Chad

Dace and I ran the Bloomington Circle and then along the River trail for a while.  Mark, one of Dace's high school track runners ran with us.  He really pushed the pace for the first 3.  One of those being a pretty good uphill.  Mark cut off after that and went home.  Dace and I of course slowed up the pace on the last 4.  We started running with a little drizzle.  It's supposed to rain all week here.

55:11

AP: 7:59

Met Dace at Desert Hills High on the track for some speedwork.  I did a warmup lap, and then we ran four 800's at 3:00, 2:59, 2:58, and 2:59.  I was gasping for air the whole time.  Dace was a little faster than me on the last two.  The whole time he didn't look like he was putting forth much effort.  I hate the speedwork, but it's a necessary evil I guess.  My lungs were burning pretty bad.  I ran a slow lap in between the 1st and 2nd, and then I ran 1.5 miles at the end at 8:00 overall pace.  I was going to run a couple more, but I had to get to Webelos.

48:11

AP: 8:02

It was overcast and there was a little sprinkle like there's been pretty much all week.  I ran my normal 6 mile loop around the mountain through Little Valley and back on River Road.  I'm running the St. George 1/2 on Sat. just as a training run.  Not going for any PR's.

I ran the St. George 1/2 today.  I started out with Jeff for the first few miles, and then we caught up with Mark who said that Dace was ahead of us so I tried to catch him.  He waited in Bloomington Hills near the park when I yelled to him.  I might not have caught him if he hadn't of stopped.  He left me a few miles later, and I couldn't catch him.  I wanted to save something for the last few miles so I didn't get killed like the previous year.  It was a good strategy because I was able to finish around 7:30 miles.  It was a good run overall that I was happy with.

1:38:46

AP: 7:33