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I actually managed to get up early and run before school.  I think knowing it was slightly warmer out was motivation for me to get up.  I ran to the high school.  I've been wanting to run and jump stadium stairs for a while, so that's what I did.   I was the only one there.   Then I ran for 30 minutes on the canal road and thru the neighborhoods.  It was a nice run.

Later I went to the service for Eric's baby son.  It was very nice, lots of inspiring words.  We love you Eric!

We met at Parkway Palisades and ran the hills there. We did a few half mile repeats (actually we were supposed to do 4, I did about 3--the first two wiped me out, so I halfway did the other two). Then by popular demand, we ran the two mile route, heading up the road first. I started out tired and draggy, but felt stronger as the run went along. I finished in 16:38. I was happy with that time considering how I felt going into it. It's better than the 17 something I did last time we ran it.

My legs were a little achy today, so I decided to cross-train.  I went bike riding in the afternoon.  I went to the Parkway trail at 9800 So. and rode along there, going into the new neighborhood and doing a few hill climbs.  Altogether I spent about 1.25 hours on the bike.  Later, I guess I just couldn't resist running, I did about 1 mile on the treadmill.

Today, we meet at the So. Jordan park to run our 5k route.  We did it twice.  The first I manged in 25:46, which was an 8:35 pace.  Then I felt pretty wiped out, wasn't sure if I could manage a second.  Then nice Eric said he would run slowly with me, so off we went.  Thank you Eric, for your company, I'm sure I would have stopped if you hadn't been there.  We did that one in 26:55, which was 9:00 minute pace.  That's not as bad as the 29 something I did about two months ago, but not as good as the 22 something I've done in the past.  Will I ever get back to that level?  Time will tell.  It won't be for lack of trying.  I felt pretty sick after the run, and sick for several hours after.  I was hoping to feel better by now.  Maybe in a few weeks.  Then at night I played basketball full court for about an hour.  Now that's a good workout!

Sore legs today for some reason.   Therefore, I had to take it pretty easy, so all I did was go to the canal road and walk/run for about 40 minutes. 

My legs were really sore yesterday, so I was afraid about running too long and on asphalt today, so I opted for the canal road again.  I did a workout where I ran a minute, walked a minute for 60 minutes.   Felt I needed to do the walking thing to keep from hurting my legs further.  I tried to push the one minutes running, and averaged probably around 7:40 for that.  There is good news and better news.  The good news:  I did this same workout about a month ago, and I was a little faster today.  The better news:  last time I felt a lot of the thyroid sickness, today I felt a little sick, but not nearly the intensity of a month ago.  Hopefully that means things will just get better from hereon out.  At least, that's what it better mean.

Later I power walked on the treadmill while watching that sad Jazz game against Golden State.  What has happened to the Jazz?