Chasing my Dreams

I went exploring for my run today trying to find some good dirt to run on in Cache Valley. I ran over to the Canyon Road trail and up to first dam, then across the shoreline trail and then back eventually to Old Farm. My legs felt surprisingly good, but my mental clock was off and I had no idea if I was running fast or slow. The first three miles I think were fairly quick, and then once I hit the hills on the shoreline trail I'm pretty sure I slowed down quite a bit. My legs overall felt pretty good considering this was my first run since Saturday. I think the few miles I did after the race on Saturday, in addition to going on a walk yesterday made a big difference. I averaged 6:31s for the run.

I had a pretty slow first mile again this morning, for some reason I have a hard time getting my legs going. After that I was able to set into a pretty good pace. I tried to stay fairly relaxed on the long uphill, and I was glad I did because my butt and hips were feeling Saturday. I tried to lock in a solid pace for the last 4 miles though, and it felt pretty good until the last half mile or so. I averaged 6:26s.

I went out in the dark after a long day of classes. I didn't pay any attention to my watch, and just ran what felt good. Once my legs got warmed up it was a really nice run. For the most part my legs felt really good. I am hoping I didn't end up running too hard, but I don't think it will influence my workout I have planned for tomorrow. 6:15 average

I tried to wait until the rain stopped. but I decided that wasn't going to happen. I did a mile or so of easy running and then a little bit of dynamic stretching, but because of the rain mostly jumped right into the workout. I did a total of 16x1000 @ half marathon pace with 60 sec reco for the first 12 and 45 sec reco for the last 4. My splits were 3:31.5, 3:32.3, 3:34.2, 3:30.0, 3:32.9, 3:31,9, 3:32.0, 3:31.4, 3:32.3, 3:29.4, 3:31.2, 3:31.3, 3:31.1, 3:30.0, 3:31.7, 3:31.x. I felt right in my element. My right inside lower leg and calf bothered me a little. Easy running back home afterwards. 

Easy afternoon miles. Ended up averaging 6:29s, but felt pretty relaxed and easy on the run. My legs got pretty tired really quickly on the uphill parts though. Did some stretching and core afterwards.

It was very wet and kind of cold for the long run today. I did a couple of miles before meeting up with Tom, and then we did the 8 mile loop. We grapped a little bit of fuel and water and then kept going. I ended up leaving him probably about a mile after that because he was dying and I was honestly ready to start running a little faster. I wasn't exactly sure how far I had gone, so I ended up doing a little more than I had originally planned. Things honestly felt really good today, and I am excited to run a marathon.