With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

slept in and went running in the heat.  it was overcast, so I didn't have to fight the sun, and I had a little breeze now & again heading south.  trouble was, the whole first 1/2 was south, then the whole second 1/2 was north.

ran for an hour- it was just the fix I needed.  just went easy and enjoyed it.  sped up a little at the end - it was all good.  feeling better..glad I've running to help.  avg pace 9:29

great news, my best runnin buddy Terri from the 'Dorf is on the blog now!  she is listed as Terri, and her address is thayden@fastrunningblog.com .   I know you'll all make her feel as welcome as you did me.

todays run was physically more difficult than yesterday's.  Not really sure why.  I had hills today, so maybe that's why- but I kind of doubt it.  my legs just felt sluggish. 

either way, I managed a run down to the lakeless dam and back.  i had to stop and take a photo of a dead puffy beaver, and I had to stop for traffic a few times.  as much as i like the breaks, it makes it hard to get back in my groove.

avg pace today was slower.  I only ran 6.16 in 60 minutes- 1/5 of a mile less distance than yesterday's hour.  I'm just glad I got it done.  It was overcast when I was running.  The sun is out now and heating things up pretty fast.

guess it's time to shower and put on my smile for the day :-).... ;-)

(the first one is for you RAD, the second is for burt)

got up earlier to beat the heat.  I know I missed the worst of it, but it was still icky hot. 79-82 degrees with 77-67% humidity.  the first #'s were at the beginning of the run, the 2nd numbers were toward the end of the run.  there was a breeze that I got to enjoy for 1/2 the run, and a nice bunch of shade too.  It was the last mile stretch that had no shade or breeze, with the bright sun blasting down on me that was the worst.   But I just thought, doing this now will make me stronger in the long run.  I keep telling myself these things.

no beavers or dams today.  just a big loop that goes around the general area I live in.  I don't run it often, but I think I should do it more.  it has long gradual slopes.  not really hills, but it's upward running for a good distance.  I'm sure the down is there too, but I'm not noticing it as much as I notice the up.

Gotta shower- I've got a lunch date at chubby's tacos today :-)

since it's midnight, and I might not wake up in time to run in the morning, I'll just share this with all of you instead....

it's puffy beaver.  he looked waaaayyy better when he had a head that wasn't flattened amd his hand was up in the air making it look like he was waving...or trying to catch a ride.

happy wednesday y'all!

not motivated today.  was only going to do 4, but that loop turned into 5, and I told myself if I made it an hour, I'd make myself a frozen fruit smoothie and sit out back and sip on it with my bendy straw.

avg pace was 9:50.  it was above 80 and humid, so I went out of my way to run in my neighbor's yard and go through their sprinklers. 

fruit smoothie is gone, so it's time to shower.

only one dead bird on the road today.  pretty uneventful.

did shorter, but faster today.  tried for a tempo mile in the middle and was surprised with what I was able to pull off.

started at 5:56- it was 79 degrees outside with 87% humidity.  thank goodness the sun was up but not high enough in the sky to cook my gizzards while I ran!  My glasses fogged up today on the run.

avg pace 8:37.  splits were 9:22, 7:28, 8:54, and 8:54 (last 1/2 mile).

dropped the little buckanners off at youth conference today- free at last, free at last!!!

tried to get up and out before 6, but didn't make it till about 20 after.  79^o and 85% humidity at 6:20.  didn't change much during my run.  luckily, there was still a lot of shade in the road from the trees, and heading south there was an occasional breeze that helped.

I did 2 out & backs.  one down the street, and the other one up the street.  the first leg was 6.2 miles.  I ran a tad further to make it 6.25 so I could have my own mini D-news 10K.  (I just missed the crowds, the downhills, and the smell of bacon cooking as I ran by).  My time was rotten, but I didn't care.  I just wanted to get miles in today.

My end time for the 10k was 59:40.  I then stopped at the house to refill my water bottle and drop offf my headlamp.  I went the other direction up the road until it ended & came back.  when I got home, I was at 9.85 miles, so I just kept running to make it 10.

overall avg pace was 9:31. splits: 10:18, 9:37, 9:45, 9:30, 9:21, 9:01, 9:36, 9:14, 9:41, 9:04.

The 9:14 and 9:41 are really the same stretch of road- guess which one was the downhill sloped time and which one was the uphill time :-)

Then I came home and had this little tasty treat.

Happy 24th of July y'all.  (It's Pioneer Day in Utah for those of you who aren't up to speed on your Utah holidays).