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Met with some of the group at the church at 9700 So. & 2200 W. and we ran our 8 mile Glenmoor Route, which is 4 miles up a steady incline and then obviously 4 miles back down.  I once again probably ran a little too fast, but wanted to keep up.  It took 1:13:26 for the run.  I felt a little less tight today, although there is still something going on in my glutes.  Will it ever end?  I'm going to really work on strengthening and stretching that area.

I met with the group at Bingham High at 5:30 and we ran easy for about 25 minutes.  Then we regrouped and did a neighborhood run of about 6.5 miles.  I  started out with a new woman and was talking to her and the main group took off.  I tried to catch them after a few minutes and spent the entire workout trying to catch them but never did.  It took me about 57 minutes to run the distance.  The good news is I did not feel as tight as I was feeling last week.  I keep thinking I've figured out what my main problem is.  Now I think it's weak glutes and that's why my piriformis is bothering me.   I've been stretching but not really working on strengthening.  Now I'm going to add strengthening into my repetoire and see if that's the magic key.  I did go to yoga class after and that felt pretty good.

I ran about 3 miles on the canal road working on faster leg turnover; then later I got on the treadmill and put in some more miles.

I met with the BBK group and we ran the Riverton 10K route again.  Along the way a little black lab puppy started following us and it ran with us for probably at least a mile before it got distracted by another dog and ran after it.  Where it started running with us there weren't many houses around, where it stopped following us was in a neighborhood.   I hope somebody sees it and takes care of it.  I felt a little bad about abandoning it, but what can you do?  We put in about 9 miles.  Later on, after stretching, I just felt like running again, so I put in a little over 3 miles on the treadmill.  Today was one of those days where I just had a lot of energy so I decided to take advantage of it and get in some more miles.  Probably tomorrow I'll pay for it and be really tired, but tomorrow is supposed to be an easy day, so I'll take it real easy.

I ran for 60 minutes on and around the canal roads, working on leg turnover.  It was an enjoyable run.

PM--took Schneider the schnauzer this evening and ran an easy 30 minutes on the canal road.  I'll say that was 2.5 miles

I just read Michelle L.'s blog where she said she did 80 miles this week for the first time.  This must be a week for firsts because I hit 50 miles for the first time, and Michelle Margetts from my running group also hit 50 for the first time.  So hurray for all of us!!  Though as Sasha says, mileage isn't what really matters, what matters is how you perform in a race, but hopefully this mileage will translate into better racing.

I met at the Riverton track at 6:00am with Cheris, Michelle and Debbie.  Steve had a baby-sitting issue and couldn't be with us, but he told me the workout he wanted us to run.  We warmed up for two miles on 2700 West, and then did about 3 laps of speed changes before we hit the meat of  the workout.  We ran 6 800's, with the idea to get progressively faster.  My times were:  ?, I had a watch problem; 4:06; 4:03; 3:54; 3:44; and 3:26.  At least I think those are the times.  I'm going from memory because I stupidly deleted things before writing them down.  I know the last one is correct and the others I'm pretty sure are accurate.  I was happy to hit a 3:26.  We then finished up with 6 100 meter sprints.  I felt aerobically ok during the workout, my limiting factor is still the tightness in my hamstrings and glutes.  I just feel like I cannot stride out all the way.  I will keep working on that

When I got home I felt like I had extra energy, so I ran for an easy 30 minutes on the canal road with Schneider.  I guess my energy wasn't as great as I thought it was because I struggled a little on this run.  But overall it was a good running day.  I'm working on faster leg turnover and I think that is helping a little.

Have a great weekend all you bloggers!!