Clyde's Comeback!

New Years day run with the Circle and James. Met at Logans house at 6:30 a.m with a chilly 26F. Did Logan's favorite "riding dirty" loop run all over the world and then some. Went to bed last night feeling pretty crappy. Woke up about 2 a.m and felt like I got ran over by a garbage truck... 97 or so times. But for some reason I just didn't want to skip the run today so I left the alarm set. Woke about an hour early to take some cold meds. Never tried that pre run before.

Anyways the run was ok. No one wanted to go hard anyways. So that helped with the pace EZ all day. About mile 16 Dave said he wanted to start the new year off right and then his shirt came off... a mile or so later Logan pulled his... and I'm a sucker for peer preasure so mine came off too with James to follow. We got some good looks from passing cars on a Jan 1st morning running shirtless back to Logans house. Being sick I'm sure it was stupid.... but I can't do much of anything right as of late so- When in Rome. Isn't that what they say?

6 miles on the treadmill this morning. Today was the sickest I've felt. When I first got out of bed I decided that I'd just not run at all. But then after about 15 min's I thought a good sweat out indoors might help move the crap out of my system. Felt super yuck almost the entire run. Weight was 151 lbs before and 148 lbs after the 6 miles. So 3 lbs of sweat out and now I can add back 3 lbs of Nyquil.

P.M. 8 miles tonight. Middle B-hills loop extended through the Secret St and into LV. Felt good enough to go run... but pretty much like sh*& while running. Kept the pace honest but it felt like work for the first 3 miles. There was no way I'd have been able to do mile's tonight. Sick of being sick and feeling depressed. Maybe someone could just run me over tomorrow morning. Make it look like an accident:).

Just a funky morning. Woke like I wanted to feel good and start the day off better than some before. Headed out running but my hip hurt like CRAZY and the head cold is still there so I was pretty dizzy. So after only 1.2 out I just decided to turn around and come home. Got home and couldn't call totally off so I jumped on the treadmill after doing a few hip routine stuff. 4 miles on the machine actually felt pretty good. Hip was runnable and again it just felt good to sweat.

Did you know that a Phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of it's predecessor?

P.M. 7 miles around the middle B-hills loop and Secret st finish. 6:37 avg. Hip hurts but I can't stop now.

DC run with the Circle and Stephen. We planned on running the STG half course but after only .5 into the run we'd already taken a different path... Steve's driving:(.  So the half route got all jacked up and we just ran the meat and potatos of it. Then extended back down into Bloomington for that loop and back. Felt pretty flat most of the run. Just been a battle all week with everything. But around mile 16 I was starting to feel antzy and just wanted the run to be done. So worked into a 6:14 on that mile. Then 5:25, 5:30, 5:25 to finish off the last three miles to 20. Did a short .6 cool down around the parking lot. Felt good to hurt myself on the closing miles. Needed that push. Might be kind of getting over the head cold sickness.

Ice loop right around daybreak. It was colder at 23F. Sleep was pathetic last night. Almost just went out for a run at 1 a.m. But then later in the early hours of the morning I did finally doze off. Woke up today and decided I needed to try and take control of the situation a little better. On some ends there's nothing I can do but on others maybe I can try and shift gears or something. Anything might help at this point. First thing was to try and have a better week running. Last week seemed labored almost everytime I got out and I basically hated even running... not even sure why. Because in the last two months that's been one of the only things that's kept me from checking into a mental hospital. 

Anyways this week I'm going to try really hard to be more positive. Hopefullly run better. No hip issues and just pound out some miles.

Sorry if your reading my blog and thinking "this guy is a freak". But this blog has been the only real journal I've ever kept. So I'm sure things sound jacked up on the outside and that I may be fishing for comments or something. But that's not the case. I apologies for anyone whos been turned off. It's just my blog... my journal. And eventually I'll be able to come back to it and read through things... hopefully by then I'll laugh at things. I've always been somewhat of a happy, positive person and in the last 6 months I've started to be really sad... maybe some kind of depression... I'm not sure. My issue. Not yours.

P.M. Middle B-hills extended through the Secret St. Had a little better day overall. Sun was out and was able to run in shorts and a T. That's worth a half smile maybe even like .84 or so of a smile.

Big boys tempo workout. Summer tempo loop modified. Circle of Trust with James. We took the warm up out about .8 longer so it ended up being 4.3 or so total. Then brought the full 8 miles of tempo all the way to River Road. Low of 25F. Started running at 5:00 a.m.

My mission today was simple: Make it to the bridge. The last two weeks I've had to stop early with stomach issues and then just gave up on the rest of the workout. Today I needed/ wanted this workout. Tried to treat it as much like a race as possible. Ate smart yesterday. Got to bed early. Tried to relax. Got up early enough to take care of all my business and just be in position to run as well as possible come tempo time.

Well the warm up went by fast like always and we were soon standing at the new starting line. Under the lights as it should be. Today I wanted the full workout so I decided to really work into the workout and not kill myself off early.

Ended with a 5:33 avg for the 8 miles or 44:25 total time.

Splits- 5:40, 5:49, 5:33, 5:34, 5:36, 5:39, 5:27, 5:18

Happy to finally finish off a solid effort and not cave in. Actually didn't have any stomach issues really. Other than some dry heaving durning the last .5 of so. But once I rounded the corner at mile 7 I knew I'd be able to finish. Effort felt very controlled until the last 1.5 or so. Then I did have to dig a little deeper. Kept it smooth at first and that helped at the end.

3.1 always on the run mile on the treadmill. Just a few to loosen up things from this morning. Felt pretty good overall and even let Lady Gaga sing me through the last .4 or so. #dowhatyouwantwithmybody

Reg ol DC loop with Stephen. Felt pretty stiff early on and the hip was kind of buggin. But as the run rolled out I felt strong. Happy to be making some progress. Pace was laxi taxi as we just chit chatted. Good for recovery. 30 F at 5:15 a.m. 147lbs after the run.

56.6 mile bike ride. Headed out just before 10 a.m. It was 36... freezing on a bike. Went over to ride the new parkway ribbon cutting ride with about 50 other cyclists. Not one of Clyde's favorite type of rides... slow, stop and go. Lots of wasting time... But I got through the hard parts and was able to ride pretty aggressive the last 27 miles or so. Felt really good to get out on the Venge. I think we willl work well together. This is only like the 3rd real ride on it. But things seemed to click today.

7 mile run after getting home from the ride. Took in good calories durning the ride so energy wasn't an issue. 6:45 avg for the run. Hip only hurt twice. Once as I leftt the cul de sac and once at about 1.3 miles into the run. Both were sharp pains but only for a second.

146 lbs after the ride and run.

Logan came over to run because he missed yesterday. Nothing fancy today. Just the ol DC loop. Legs were pretty flat and it was a lot like work getting around the loop this morning.

P.M. 8.3 total miles. Is there such a thing as a good failed workout? Ugh. Bad stomach issues tonight. I forgot just how bad eating Subway and doing speedwork mess with my body. My plan was to do three 1.5 mile sets. Warmed up for 3.45 kind of planning and mapping out how it'd boil out. Ended up planning a 1.45 mile speed section on the back side of Little Valley down to River Road. Then a .95 section to run back up to link and complete the loop. This may be too long but we'll see how it goes on future outings. Anyways heres how it went.

1. 7:13:** time for 1.44 distance or a 5:00 avg- hit the mile at 5:00 and kept it even.

2. 7:13:** time for 1.46 distance or a 4:58 avg- hit the mile at 4:56 and ended at the 4:58 avg.

So times are a little fast due to it being a net downhill but not crazy steep. Like a 1% grade for the most part.  A little steeper right at the start for like .15 but then so slight uphill at the end.

After the first one my stomach was rolling and I almost bagged anymore speed. But I jogged basically the mile back up to the top and it felt like I could try one more. It felt pretty good on the second set until about .90 into it. Then things just went crazy. I pushed through and about had a roadside right there in rush hour traffic on River Road at the finish. Had to find a port-a-potty in the construction even though I was only .5 away from home. 

1 mile total cool down.

Middle B-hills loop extended back around Coyote. 27 F out at daybreak. Took it easy and I felt like I'd struggle. But after a few miles the body warmed up and things felt pretty good.

145 lbs

I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed

P.M. 6 miles this afternoon on the treadmill. It was sunny and 60 F outside but I was inside on the machine. Felt pretty good though. Blasting the music seems to clear my messed up head. Hip kind of bugged here and there. Hope it will loosen up for tomorrows long run. Last big run before "races" start next week. Hopefully we can stay on the right course tomorrow unlike last week.

Long run with the STG boys. Started at the DC and did an out and back 6 miles before coming back to the DC to join a bigger group... then running the STG half course in prep for next week. Pretty big group I'd say 20+ runners out on a cold (27 F) Jan morning. We were way chill for the most part all morning. After about mile 14 the pace did get slightly faster. I wanted to do a mini tempo of 3 miles on some of the closing miles of the race. So on the race course I tempoed miles 10,11,12 hitting 5:18, 5:22, 5:23 respectively. On the last mile in I started my cool down for 30 seconds or so but then Dave caught back up and wanted to keep rolling to the finish. So I hit the last mile in 5:47 even with the slow start. After that we did basically one more mile up to the corner cool down and back.

Pretty good end to a pretty hard week. Higher mileage with a couple goodish workouts and then Wednesday's big RUN, BIKE, RUN basically used a lot of any fuel in the tank for the rest of the week. Always fun to get out with the white Kenyans of So. Utah. Hope the rest of the days is just as good...

6:50 avg for the run

145lbs after

9.2 miles this morning. Went exploring and had some good ups and downs. Pace was all over the place too. From a 8:20 mile to a 5:37 not trying to push the pace... Slept like a baby last night from 9:20 to 11:30. Then after that I maybe got a combined 40 min's the rest of the night. Finally got up at 4:00 and did laundry for an hour before heading out on the run.

146 lbs after the run

7 mile run tonight. MIddle B-hills extended through the secret st. Temps were great and I wore just a short sleeve and short shorts. Worked up a sweat too but pace was pretty chill 6:45 avg for the run.

4.4 warm up

8 mile tempo

2.1 mile cool down

Tempo Tuesdays. The Circle of Trust + James. It was freezing today. Dave said it was 22 F as he got here... my hands felt it. Hit the warm up nice and chill. Didn't really want to do this workout... or really dip into the tank much before the weekend. But once we got going it felt good and I just went with it.

Total time of 43:56 for the 8 miles of tempo. 5:29 avg

Splits: 5:46, 5:36, 5:19, 5:27, 5:35, 5:25, 5:25, 5:18

Happy with the effort and results. I thought I ran it really good last week... and was almost 30 seconds overall faster today. Hope to rest up and have the legs show this weekend....

4 miles this evening on the treadmill. Just wanted to keep it loose and work up a sweat.
 

10.2 mile DC loop with LoGain. Pace was laxi taxi and I needed a good ez recovery run. Felt pretty spent this morning. A good sign. I hate going into a race feeling amazing and then feeling flat on race day. I'd much rather feel trashed in the days prior and  have my legs show up for the race.

22.2 mile bike ride this afternoon. Hit the full new airport loop with a little extension in LV at the end. Kept the pace honest if not hard. Felt good to get out and ride in the sun. 61F. The legs feel good but I can tell that I don't have the same biking legs I had last summer. 21.1 mph avg.

4 mile on the treadmill after the ride. Just enough to loosen things up and remind the legs that running is still the goal right now.

Middle B-hills and Secret St. The moon was amazing this moring as it has been the last few mornings. But today I just was in awe of it almost the whole run. And while running a long looking at the sky I saw the longest lasting falling star of my life. Must have fallen for like 5 seconds. It was awesome to see. The run was slow. No watch but I could tell I was basically crawling. Guess I should try to taper off a little and get ready for Saturday.... But it feels like racing is the farthest thing from my mind right now.
 

3.5 miles this evening. Ran outside in short sleeve and shorts and was warm. I think the high was 65 F today. Felt pretty trashed. It's been a while since I've felt this exhausted in life.

Got to run with Bennny boy this morning. He came over to the house and we ran over to the half course for a tour of the hilly section. Pretty nice morning out at 29 F. Just a good chatty pace. Felt pretty flat again but that's typical of race week. Slept like a prisoner awaiting execution last night.... so I'd like to get some better rest today or tonight. But that's just been really hard in life. Getting in bed is easy. Actually sleeping is a riddle I don't have the answer to right now.

5.75 mile warm up

13.1 mile race

3 mile cool down

Met Dave, Ben and a few others at the start for a good warm up. It was 23 F and felt pretty chilly. Dropped down to Man-o-war and back with some other stuff before the race. Got in some good potty stop and was ready about 10 min's to the gun. So that was nice.

Goal for the race was to break 1:13. That was it. I didn't really taper too much as to keep it more of a good workout in prep for PHX full marathon. So I'm happy with the results. Just wanted to run within myself and make it count without giving up when it got hard.

5:23 avg

Splits: 5:18, 5:23, 5:17, 5:22, 5:20, 5:40, 5:30, 5:14, 5:16, 5:24, 5:28, 5:27, 5:22, 5:10 pace for the .1

For the first 4 miles if didn't look at the watch to see the splits. And that turned out to be good. Because I would have gone mental and started to stress about going out too fast. But I just kept it smooth, and ran with Dave and a couple of his boys who were doing a tempo workout for the first 5 with us. That kind of stressed me out and I finally told them to get away from us. Sorry guys... nothing personal.

As we started the climbs in B-hills everyone slowed on the hills and between grabing a drink and Gu, gagging the gu down and the uphill my 6th mile split was really slow. And that did stress me out. I thought it is too early to be slowing down that bad. But then on the 7th mile up the last big hill the split was pretty good at a 5:30 and I relaxed again. From the top of the last big climb to the finish I tried to push out everything I had left in the tank. Right around mile 8 Steve S. came blazing by me and I was now in 5th. I tried the rest of the race to work back up to him and 4th pace (nelson i think). But I just couldn't close the gap. Didn't have the wheels on the last two miles. My hip never had any pain. That was good. But about mile 7 it did get really tight and that moved into the hammy on the left side too. That little hitch just wouldn't allow any faster turnover. But then again I'm happy with how the race turned out. Stomach was pretty solid and in a half that's great for me.

The sun end up coming out and by mile 6 or so I had taken off the hat, gloves and arm warmers. And by the end of the race it turned out to be a really nice day... just really chilly at the start. At the end we got to watch Myler run a half mile race and that was fun to see.

Ice loop early. It feels like the moon has been big for a month. And this morning it seemed to stay up high later in the morning than even last week. The run was ok at best. I felt super flat. No watch but I know it was slow. Seemed to take forever to finally get home. But it was good to get out and work the junk out of my stomach. No real soreness... just lack of pep.

P.M. 5.6 miles this afternoon. Felt pretty wore out and the hammy/ hip were both tight. Could of, should of, would have... maybe skipped this one. Oh well. Just took it slow and started to loosen up at the end. Went to massage envy this evening where a 60 year old lady had her way with me:). It wasn't even close to as effective as a trip to April. But we've had 3 gift cards that needed to be used up. It was a lot less painful than April though.

DC loop. Slept like crap again. When I finally got up out of bed at 6 a.m I felt horrible. Took like 20 min's to just get dressed and out the door. Really didn't want to run... at all. Hammy and hip are both still tight. But I pushed it out on the road. And after about 1.7 miles or so I started to feel much better. Ended up really enjoying the morning out. So never read a book or a day by it's cover.

6 miles this evening on the treadmill. For some reason it just seemed nicer to stay indoors and sweat it out. Even though I could have ran outside in shorts and a T. ??? Hip and hammy are starting to feel better- that's the other thing the treadmill was easier on them too.

DC loop with Logan. The temp at my house said 30 F but both of us were cold. Nothing real cool to talk abou today. Legs, hips and body are all starting to feel recovered from the race. Still might hold off on a workout of any kind until Saturday... unless I feel SUPA on Thursday afternoon.

80 min's on the trainer after the run. Good to get a spin in. It's all the ride I'll get today but was happy to do it. 20 mph avg.

P.M. 10.2 miles around the ol DC loop again. Same direction as this morning. I know I'm plain. Felt pretty wasted at mile 4 but by mile 9, 10 the legs were turning over pretty good and I felt better... maybe even festive in my short shorts and tee.

144 lbs at the end of the day and super hungry.

DC loop again. I did run it in reverse today so it's baisically a totally new loop:). Slept great until about 2 a.m then I was up the rest of the night. Sucks because I'm wasted and just want/need the sleep. When I finally got out of bed I had zero motivation or energy to run. But I got dressed and headed out. Started slow and felt better as I went. Hope to snap out of this "trashed" phase before the weekend's long run.

143 lbs after the run. The lowest I've been since HS. Either I'm getting into some really good shape or I'm killing myself off slow and steady.

P.M. 6 miles tonight on the treadmill. Couldn't get outside and do any type of workout. And to be honest I really wasn't in the mood. Hip and hammy are still pretty sore. So I kept it uptempo on the machine and hit a couple 5:40's in the middle. Which on the treadmill to me feels like 4:40 pace. Got a good sweat in before lifting my 5 lb weights. Getting buff:)

Middle B-hills with the Secret St and an LV finish. Legs are finally feeling like theres some life in them. But the hip was kind of too painful to say it was great. Hammy felt better though. 27 F.  I'm not sure why but I'm excited to do the long run tomorrow and be done this week.

P.M. 6 miles tonight. Inner B-hills and Secret St. Hip hurt like crazy tonight. It has hurt pretty good just throughout the day. But was killer on the run. I kept thinking it would loosen up but it did not. Kind of took the air out of my sail. Came back and spent some good time with the hip workouts and foam roller.

11 mile warm up

10 mile tempo

1.25 mile cool down

Met Logan at the DC to do my Marathon Training Loop or MTL. We kept the pace pretty chill on the warm up. Temps seemed to warm up a little quicker today and by mile 8 at my house we dropped some layers. Started the tempo wanting to just hit some progressive splits at just  under tinman pace. I've felt crazy dead all week and yesterdays bad hip left me feeling kind of unsure about anything today. But the hip felt good on the warm up (with the heat patch).

First 2 miles were 5:48, 5:42 and the last two miles were 5:25, 5:25. Those are the only splits I remember. Avg for the 10 miles was 5:34. After looking up the avg I accidently deleted the run and other splits. Oops. But this ended up being a very solid workout on some worked legs and system. Glad to have Logan there to hit a solid workout. He helped pull me through the middle miles and had he not been there I'd maybe have bagged it at mile 5. Last time I did this loop and workout I hit a 5:41 avg a few weeks ago.

Took my big dog Ears out to the Navajo trail. I didn't plan on doing any real running. Just wanted to get outside this afternoon and get some sun... and give the dog an outing. But we hit the trails and she was a gamer to do some slow running. So thats what we did. By the end her tounge was hanging on the ground... she's not in running shape. But she loved it and told me so with some big wet licks to clean my forehead from sweat.

Ice loop out early. It was freezing... felt that way anyways at 25 F. This loop seems to take forever and I'd say it was 15 miles if the gps didn't clock 10.7. Just feels soo much longer than that. Ran some junk out of the system and got the week going but it didn't really feel good. Hip actually was kind of buggin and I had to stop at mile 6 and work some issues out.

P.M. 7 miles tonight. Had Cafe Rio at lunch... it sat really bad for this run. Gagged a couple times and just wish I could have chucked it up. It would have felt better had it come out. Hip hurt at first then loosened up.

Tuesday morning Tempo.

4.4 mile warm up

8 mile tempo

2.1 cool down

Ran the normal loop with the Circle of Trust and James. It was freezing. Temps said 28F but my hands were ice the whole time... even still. Hip was super tight on the warm up. I slept horrible and just had a super uneasy feeling... But we warmed up- hit a potty stop and I decided in my heart to really hammer down today. In weeks past I've kind of tried to take it super easy at first and then hammer at the end. Today I wanted to start faster and see what happened at the end.

Finished in 43:10 for a new PR on the course. 5:24 avg

Splits: 5:35, 5:16, 5:15, 5:29, 5:33, 5:20, 5:27, 5:15

I worked pretty hard today. I don't think I could have worked any harder. Mad the 7th mile got lower. I really remember mentally not paying attention and that's why I slowed down. The only way I could run this course any faster is if it wasn't pitch black in darkness. I don't think I could ever give a harder effort. I just needed to unleash some built up stress. So the run was good for that. Hip was tight the whole time and it moved into that left hammy. But I don't think either slowed me down much in this 8 mile tempo... however had I been in a full marathon it'd take it's toll. So I've got to find a way to fix those issues.

144lbs after

P.M 5.5 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. Felt good to shake out the mornings run and get the junk out of my stomach.

10.2 mile Reg ol DC loop. Didn't know if anyone would show. They didn't. So it was just a solo loop in the darkness of the moring. Saw some deer by the restrooms at the DC. Had to "go" bad but the doors were all locked. What's the use of a restroom if the doors are always locked. FML. Pushed on up the trail like a pioneer  until I found a porta potty at a construction site. But then even after the stop I still had some stomach issues. Glad today was just EZ and recovery. Hoping to get on the Venge later today:).

40.6 mile bike ride. 20.7 mph avg. Out around the airport into Washington fields back down the river trail and then on to Sunriver. Around the southern parkway and a small tour of LV. Kept it uptempo most the ride. Not sure how my legs will handle any hard miles tomorrow after this. It felt windy here and there and I was working way too hard for the speed I was going. I know one thing and that's my legs are not in the riding shape they were in last summer.

6.5 mile run right off the bike. Headed out and the legs felt sloppy and slow. Hit the first mile in 7:01. I thought it would be like 9:00. Hit the next few at 6:20 and finished the run at a 6:32 avg. Not too bad considering the work on the bike. Think I'm ready for some food...

8.2 miles this morning. Middle B-hills with some extras in there. Woke just feeling WASTED. Legs were like pulsing with fatigue. Layed there in bed for over an hour before finally getting up and dressing for a run. Really was wasted and most the run was hard. Thinking about calling off the mile repeats this afternoon... unless I just snap out of it and feel amazing.

142.5 lbs after the run. New post HS low. I'm sure it was because of yesterdays big day... but nonetheless I'm not going to try and loose anymore weight.

8.1 miles tonight with Steve, Aaron, and Eric from DSC around the river loop and back. I had planned on doing mile repeats but I just felt trashed all day. And this little voice just kept saying... maybe it's not a good idea. Glad I listened. The run tonight felt pretty hard and we only hit a 6:50 avg. Hope some rest and a EZ day tomorrow will help get me ready for the long run on Saturday.

7 miles on the treadmill. It was raining all night and didn't stop this morning. I just didn't want to go out and get soaked. Plus i'm kind of liking the treadmill for some crazy reason. Kept the pace laxi taxi for some nice smooth sailing. Good recovery run. Feeling much better than either run yesterday.

Heard this song http://vimeo.com/54445063 this morning. Funny that the first time I heard this song Chad had posted it on here back in like 2007. "Road runner road runner."

5 more miles on the treadmill tonight. Felt pretty good.

11 mile warm up

10 mile tempo

1 mile cool down

Big workout this morning with the Circle of trust and Stephen. Met at the DC for my MTL run out around the fields. Hit the warm up pretty chill and it was around a 7:10 avg. Goals for the tempo were to just put it in gear and see how it went. Got out a little faster than prior weeks but wasn't able to bring the last two miles down as fast to finish. Still ended with a 5:26 avg for the 10 mile tempo. Basically the same route as weeks before but with a minor change because the trail is being worked on around mile 6. So todays route is just a little slower due to turns getting on the trail system. Last weeks avg for the 10 miles was 5:34. So some pretty good progress. Happy about the run and mileage this week.

Splits

5:33, 5:24, 5:16, 5:30, 5:30, 5:27, 5:32, 5:23, 5:28, 5:28

Actually a pretty even effort. The 5:16 has a little down hill. Other miles like 2,4,5, have some good rollers with the rest pretty flattish. At least for STG.

Regular DC loop. Hip was so jacked today. It just wouldn't loosen up doing the hip routine. Wouldn't pop back in like normal. So I knew today would be hard. If it wouldn't have hurt the rest of the run would have been pretty good. Hoping that through the day it'll loosen up and pop back in or whatever it does.

7.5 miles on the treadmill tonight. Hip was rough for about 3.7 miles but it finished feeling doable... not good though. Spent a half hour after doing the hip routine and trying to work it out. Could be an interesting tempo in the morning. Or none at all.

Tempo Tuesday.

I knew after yesterdays bad hip that today was going to be hard... I didn't think it would end up being this bad. Just felt like TRASH the entire morning. From warm up to cool down it was bad. Not only did the hip hurt but my heart rate was super high. Just regular effort took twice the amount of output. I guess they can't all be good... hoping this is just the ups and downs of training and not a glimps of things to come.

8 mile tempo kind of went like this. Hit 5 miles at a 5:34 avg then I just had to stop. Hip was killing me. Walked it out a little then started running again. Hit the next mile at 6:16, then 5:45 and the hip kind of loosened up so on the 8th mile I was able to hit a 5:25. But it felt like a 5:05 effort. Ugh. Guess I got through it... even though it was a bummer. Just mentally stressed out too. Need this hip to pop back and it just will not release. Maybe a visit to April is in order.

2.8 miles tonight on the treadmill. Had planned on staying on to hit 5.1 and square off my day at 20. But the hip hurt. And at 2.4 I felt a really sharp pain that about put me on the floor. I slowed down for .4 more but just decided to get off and see what happens tomorrow. Hammy is crazy tight too. I think they are related issues.

DC loop with a little extra. Got stood up by Logan Hooper for the second week in a row. (that's a joke on both ends boys). So it was just me and the road/ trail. Hip felt a lot better than the last two days but still hurts more than it should. The hammy felt great though. Spent most of the evening last night working both out with the hip routine, foam roller and sitting on the edge of the counter and using a softball to roll deep into it. Anyways it must have helped a little. But overall I just feel pretty flat with no pop. Quads and calves are carring fatigue over day after day where as a few weeks ago I had no recovery and felt freash and ready to hit it again daily. I think there is some neural fatigue going on:). If you can remember that then it showes your blog age...

20 miles on the spin trainer in 61 min's. Just a fairly ez spin out mostly for recovery to try and loosen everything up in the legs. Never really tried to push that hard.

20 more miles on the trainer. 60 min's. Basically the same effort as this morning. Not too hard.

4.2 miles right off the treadmill. 15 seconds in transition. A PR for me. bike shoes off. running shoes on. GO. Felt pretty good in the hip and hammy throughout the run. One really sharp pain about mile 3.7. I'll work them both over tonight agian like last night. Sometimes I stress myself out. Today was one of those days.

Speed workout. This one I've been wanting and setting up in my mind for a while. My MAIN goal today was the final 2 mile set. My old PR from the DC up to River Road was 10:16. That was at least 2 years ago- pre injury. I wanted and need it to go down today.

3 mile warm up. 3x1 mile with about a mile in between then a 2 mile set and about 2 miles cool down.

Mile 1: 4:49- Started this out on the back side of LV. Has some net downhill. It was in the darkness and I really had no idea what pace i was going.

one mile jog

Mile 2: 4:54- Through B-hills. Flat then a small downhill then a uphill. So a pretty honest mile. Again I didn't really know how fast I was going. Just tried to be honest for the workout.

.6 jog up to the next set

Mile 3: 5:11- This mile has some good rollers and I didn't attack it like the first two. I really wanted to have something for the final 2 mile. So with the hills this mile was pretty good.

one mile jog over to the DC. While on this recovery jog I started a mantra in my head. "I need this today. Do it". I kept repeating it over and over. And by the time I crossed the river I was saying it out loud and letting out a few war cries. Today was the day.... Lets do this.

2 mile- 4:54, 5:19 (10:13 total). It wasn't very even splits. But again it was still dark and I didn't look at the gps once. This whole section is a net uphill with the final .1 or so up a steep ramp as you get to River Road. I was PUMPED after I caught my breath and was able to look back through the splits. A 3 second PR. I'll take it. Since it's my first attempt at a record in 2 years or so. And it's not like I'm doing it on fresh legs.

Pretty happy how the morning went. got some good turnover and some confidence back after my failed workout on Tuesday. I was up early and got the heat patch on the hip. That with the stuff I did last night on the hip and hammy seemed to help me run pretty "free" this morning. Glad this is in the bank. Needed it.

3.3 miles on the treadmill. Just EZ to loosen up the damage done this morning. Things felt pretty good. Other than right little toe has a new blister that really hurts.

Hip was relly hurting this morning. What freaking gives with this thing? Anyways I just wasn't in the mood to run. Kind of a bummer morning. Stayed on the treadmill and pushed through 5 slow miles. None of which felt very good.

5.6 miles around the inner B-hills loop this afternoon. Hip hurt. FML

25 Mile Big workout Long run

12.5 mile warm up

9.95 mile tempo

2.55 mile cool down

12.5 mile warm up. Uphill the entire way. Only wanted to be 12 miles up but the car lied and we ended up .5 too much. It felt like it too. 12+ miles of uphill starts to wear a brotha down. By the time we crested the summit my legs were heavy and I just wanted Dave and Logan to bring the car up and get me.

The bad news of the morning is I forgot my watch and or GPS. I don't think I've ever done that before. Bummer. Because today was off the hook. My plan was to hit the 10 miles back down at an agressive effort but not overdue it. The no gps thing sucked because I had no idea how fast or slow I was going.... until the end. I felt fluid all tempo until about the last mile. Then the lack of downhill training caught up to me and my quads had about had enough. I could tell the legs were getting a little heavy. So I finished and started counting. I counted at a nice even 1,2,3... and got to 252 when Logan came by. He said he was at around 52:30is. So I'm guessing that I was roughly 4 min's ahead of him. Which puts me right at or just under 5:00 pace for the tempo. It is some very good downhill running. But it's also after 12.5 mile of UPHILL.  I honestly cant stand the fact that I can't read back through those splits!!!!! Buggin overtime! Anyways it ended up being a special moring with the Circle of Trust as everyone ran well. Jogged the cool down very easy and called it a day. #youguysareclowns

55 mile bike ride. Was going to get on the trainer today inside and ride for like an hour or so. 20 miles to loosen up the legs. But as the day rolled on and temps got up to around 67 F I couldn't stand it anymore. So I went outside for a ride. I didn't plan on going this far but I couldn't get enough of how nice it felt. Actually got a little farmers tan line on my arms. Kept the pace super ez and think I only hit like a 17.8 mph avg. So effort wasn't hard at all. I'm not sure if this was a good, bad or neutral choice as to help the legs recover. But it was a fun ride.

.6 on the treadmilll while I tried to wake up. Then 6 miles around the inner b-hills loop extened through the secret st. Legs are JACKED up. Like marathon trashed. Oops. I did not want to do that on Saturday. Did not want a big recovery phase. I've only got three weeks until PHX and I might have to spend one of them in recovery mode.... stupid, stupid, stupid. On the flat my legs are super sore and hurt, on uphill they hurt but I can kind of stride it out. On any downhill grade... Fugetaboutit. Usually when I'm sore like this I can run a few miles and kind of loosen up. But today that didn't happen.

8 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. It was 67 F outside but I had kids home and had to hit the machine up. Quads were killer for like 4 miles. Just painful to even run. But by the closing miles things seemed to loosen up just a little. Enough to take the edge off at least.

DC loop at daybreak. Quads are still crazy sore and any downhill is trouble. But the legs were more runnable than yesterday. Pace was EZ and it seemed to take forever just to make it around the loop.

7 miles tonight. Quads were painful. Feel like crap.

DC loop with Logan and Stephen. Blah morning. Legs are still effed up. Like hurting. I'm just trying to keep the mileage up enough to not go into a premature taper. Really actually feel like crap overall. Kind of sick the last few days. No sleep. And quads that are epiclly thrashed. FML.

10.2 miles tonight. DC loop again. Legs felt crusty out of the box but as the run progressed I started to feel better than all week. Still way too much pain for the liking but maybe coming out of the run induced coma.

DC loop again. Didn't want to even run today. Feel like crap and have been pretty stressed/negative. Decided to just go out and maybe do like 4. Ended up just staying out and thinking. Quads are still lame. IDK... just ready for this crappy week to be over.

10.2 this afternoon. DC loop again. Just grinding it out. One mile, one run, one day at a time.

4 miles on the treadmill. Feel so burned out and sickish. It makes the normal pains and aches seem way worse. 1.5 more days and this week is over.

4.1 miles around the inner b-hills loop without going around the schools. Just another blah run. Ate lunch too late and about barfed up the chicken fried steak and mashed taters with gravy. Anything else...

Big MTL this morning with the Circle of Trust. I kind of felt that rather than doing a 11 mile warm up then trying to hammer the last 10 that... maybe today we'd just put it in "uptempo" gear from the start and keep it there all day. The guys were good enough to agree and accept my terms. So that's what we did. Right out of the car kept it honest all day without going into the tank and trying to hammer anything. Ended the run at a 6:25 avg for the 21 miles. At mile 17 or so I kind of started getting antzy and thought about hammering it in... Hit a 5:40, then a 5:45 and both felt way too hard. So I slowed back down and rejoined the guys. Pushed it a little more on the last mile in chasing Logan and hit one more 5:45 but other than that pace was pretty even.
Legs were still super tight. Quads and calves both have some serious knots that I'll have April work out later today. But overall I did feel better than I have all week. Really looking forward to resting and having April work out my issues. Hoping to get some mojo back next week.

DC loop. Had a bad weekend of eating. Just couldn't stop with the food. Belly was full of junk. So it was a 4 star morning. Kept the pace uptempo as to try and clear out any junk. Quads and calves seemd better but really flat... like no pop at all and some deep soreness. Tempo tomorrow might be interesting. 6:36 avg for the run.

7 miles this evening. Temps were almost hot at 73F. Got some new compression shorts at the STGRC and they seemed to help the quads while running. Hoping to have somewhat of a positive tempo in the morning.... but I'm not holding my breath about it.

Tempo with the Circle and James

4.4 mile warm up

8.1 mile tempo

2.5 cool down

So today I needed some kind of positive feedback. Not a super workout but something. Legs have felt DEAD since the big long 25 mile run two Saturdays ago. Plus I've been sick... just have felt like things were slipping away.

Warmed up and felt pretty good. Decided to take it out aggressive and try to hold on at the end. I knew my quads would shut down early as they are NOT recovered. Plus we had a little tail wind for the first 3 miles or so... but then a head wind on the last two. Ended up hitting the 8.1 miles of tempo (I went .15 past the stopping spot) at a 5:27 avg. My fastest avg was a 5:24 a few weeks ago but that was before we had to modify and change miles 5-8. This finish is a little slower and today was on WAY more trashed legs. So I'm happy with the effort. Even though my splits got slow at the end.

5:12, 5:16, 5:18, 5:33, 5:38, 5:34, 5:42, 5:38

So I started out a little too fast... agian there was a tail wind. Miles 4,5,6 are about regular. They all have some rollers and on and off trails. Then 7,8 are slower but the legs were hammered... quads wanted to stop at mile 4.5. And there was a noticable head wind on the last couple miles or at least like 1.5 or so.

Anywho I'm glad it's over and in the bank. Might do a few mile repeats on Thurs but other than that I can relax my legs and brain until March 1 and rest assured I've done all I can do. I think I'm ready to bring it in PHX.

8.1 mile run this morning. Middle B-hills extended through the Secret St and LV. Flet pretty good for an EZ laxi taxi run. Not running last night was both good and bad. Good because I felt rested. Bad because I didn't workt the tightness out in the evening and a short 3 miler would have done it. I'm crazy hungry right now and the body just wants to gain weight.

147lbs after the run.

24.1 mile bike ride around noon. Out to Sandhollow and back on the new road. It's 12.0 miles from my house out to the lake where the roads intersect. I'd guessed 13 so I was way off.:). Didn't try to hammer it at all but wouldn't allow myself to just coast. Ended up right at 20.1 mph avg. Pretty good effort considering the hills and crazy A wind on the return.

8.1 mile run off the bike. Same loop as this morning. It was 73F and I had the shirt off for the first time in 2014 for a run. Salty Sweat covered the body. That's one big concern for PHX. Is the warmer temps. Most of my big workouts have been in sub 32 F temps with this cold winter we've had. A race temp of even 50F will be warm.

Anywas kept the run honest but had no watch to check pace. Felt so so throughout and by the end was CRAZY hungry.

146 lbs after the run.

Middle B-hills then the Secret St. Just an EZ recovery run. Tried to keep it smooth all morning. Really wanting and needing some energy to come back to the system over then next week or so.

146 lbs after the run.

4 miles tonight out and back over by the park and to River Road. Just enough to loosen up the legs before coming home and doing the hip routine. Feeling pretty achy all over.

6 miles on the treadmill this morning. Was planning on doing some kind of speed workout outside. But I woke up on the wrong side of the bed as they say and just didn't want to ... so I didn't.

10.2 miles tonight around the DC. My plan was to do 1 mile on the way over at LT pace and then make an run at my DC to River Road 2 mile PR of 10:13. But... things didn't go as planned.

Started out with the 2.5 mile warm up over to the middle of B-hills. Then got going on the first mile.

4:52- Yikes I only wanted to hit like 5:05 or so. Hard enough to open up the lungs but not kill anything. So this ended up too fast. Jogged from there about 2 miles over to the DC. While jogging over things felt hard and I was really negative about hitting the 2 mile.

1.3 @- 4:52 pace.... and then I stopped. Got out on the 2 mile. Started out at what felt hard but seemed controlled pace. Although I felt like I was working really hard and didn't feel like I was going anywhere. Pace seemd slow. I never once looked at the gps. So coming into the mile I decided to stop- thinking I was just way too slow.... then my watch flashed 4:49 for the mile and as I stopped I then hurried to get going again. Now thinking shiz... I can kill my PR. But it only lasted like .3 because I just couldn't get going again. And something just said stop Clyde. So I did.

So kind of bummed I just didn't finish off that mile and most likely would have got a new PR... and I'm just mad at myself for not running smarter and watching the watch to see where my pace was. Kind of a failed effort. But I did get the lungs open. And was able to get some of the junk left over from last weeks sickness to come out. Got the legs to turn over too. Just not for very long.

Met up at the DC with the Circle of Trust and Riley. Nothing really special about today. One loop around the Mayors loop then a big river loop down into Bloomington. I personally felt pretty trashed, wasted, and like a fat kid. So the slower pace was just fine by me. Dave and Logan were both chomping at the bit to push the pace in the last 5 miles. So we did hit one 5:30 mile and some other faster stuff on each end of other miles. But for the most part it was chill and the legs were heavy. 6:56 avg for the run.

Decide Saturday to go on a little camping trip up in the Fishlake national forest in the Last Chance area. Just a solo outing to go mellow out and workout some internal issues. Drove up and arrived late Saturday night. Slept like crap. Up about every 35 min's. But Sunday ended up being AMAZING. Did a short scoutiing hike early morning. Then came back to the car and did a 6.1 mile run down on the main road and up some other dirt road. Just felt good to shake the legs. Kept the pace super chill. After that I had breakfast and tried to nap for an hour or so before doing a longer hike out looking for treasures. It was a good day. Drove home without having to stop for a potty break.

Felt almost FANTASTIC for a Monday. I wont read into it much farther than the letter "F" that fantastic begins with. But things felt right. Kept it EZ and just tried to work on form a little. HIps square with shoulders, knees, arms, feet. Kept the stride short and bouncy. MOJO is on the rise.

146 lbs. Glad to see the weight low... and on a Monday.

6 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. Feeling pretty relaxed and smooth. We'll see how a short tempo goes in the morning.

Big workout. Last tempo before PHX.

4.7 mile warm up

5 mile tempo

3.5 or so cool down

 Splits- 5:00, 5:21, 5:33, 5:36, 5:38

So today kind of sucked.... bad. I had bad stomach issues that started around mile 3. Maybe even a little before. Forced me to stop the tempo and go into Maverick for a potty stop at 3.8 miles into the run. So the last 3 miles of the BIG 5 mile tempo were all jacked up. Oh well. I tried to figure out why my stomach got so jacked up while we ran back on the cool down. My original conclusion was that I'd eaten 2 blood oranges and an apple right before bed. Not the best idea but they all tasted soo good that I couldn't stop. But then after re thinking it. Today before running I decided NOT to take my Imodium pill. I didn't forget to take it. I just thought "it's only 5 miles of tempo this morning". I don't need it. That proved to be false. I've been taking them before all big long runs and tempo workouts. And I feel it helps big time. So note to self. Just take them... always.

Anyways ended the 5 miles at a 5:27 avg which isn't bad considering I really only tempoed 2 of those miles. Got out a little too fast but I knew that would happen with this being a shorter workout.

Now I'm ready to really dive right into a good taper. Relax the mind and body and let what happens happen in P'town this weekend.

146 lbs again after the run. And 5 star morning. :)

Inner B-hills extended through the secret street. Just a regular old taper run. Nothing too awesome to report. Calves are carring some extra knots in them... awsome. I decided that I'll stay off the scale the rest of the week. My weight was down both Monday and Tuesday so from here on out all it'll do is stress me. Guess I'll be what I'll be. No all you can eat outings planned between now and then. If there was any magicall marathon fairy god princess thing out there. Let her tap me on the head three times with her wand. Let the stars line up. Let the mind and soul be at peace. And let the legs and body work like they have in training runs the last two months. ineedthismutha

4 ez on the treadmill. Woke up yesterday with a fever and body aches. Tried to play it off all day and was busy with lots to do... but by the end of the day I could hardly stand up. Super chilly, dizzy and achy. So that sucks. In bed all night with same. plus lots of external drama. FML.

I know I've done the work. Logged the miles. and am ready to run a great marathon. But I just have had this feeling through this whole training phase that somehow things would get all jacked up. It seems I just cannot out run the demons who want to slay me.

Anyways I got on the machine today for 4 miles or a little over a half hour. Just long enough to get super sweaty and dizzy. Weight was high too. Awesome.

Nice chill run with the Circle up a cannal trail in PHX. It was only a block or so from our hotel which was nice. Temps were warmer at around 52 F or so for the morning hours. But it felt great. Left the room shirtless. I finally started to feel like the fever was gone and feeling a little better than earlier this week.
 

Well I haven't been looking forward to writing this report. Bottom line is I messed this race up 3 weeks ago on a 25 mile training run with 10 miles at sub 5 min pace. I haven't felt the same since. Haven't ran close to that since and just wasn't recovered. Dumb to have done that...  sucks to live out the consequences. But thats really what happened. FACT. So with that and the sickness I've had the last few days. I just knew today wasn't going to be good. I tried to be positive and do the best I could. But I knew it wasn't going to be the day...

All that said I ran my best effort for the day.

Hung out at the start for about 45 min's. We just sat there at the gun range listenting to the most annyoing announcer ever. The guy was off the hook crazy. Then I put my hand in a prickly pear while hitting up a potty stop. And a few min's befor the gun went off it started to rain. Like a downpour at the time. Awesome. And the rain ended up being great. It was just the wind that really sucked the life out of me.

Decided to go out strong but not out of control. Stayed right with the Ogden boys for the first 5 miles then fell off them about 10 seconds climbing the hills. Then they started to hammer the downhill at around mile 7 and I was now running in 4th and would basically stay right there the rest of the race. Or 5th depending on what really happened.

Mile splits. 5:33, 5:19, 5:28, 5:18, 5:39, 5:49, 5:22, 5:27,5:28, 5:30, 5:33, 5:36, 5:45, 5:41, 5:35, 5:38, 5:51, 5:59, 5:57, 5:55, 5:45, 5:51, 5:58, 5:57, 5:53, 5:51 .2 @ 5:47

Hit the half in around 1:12:20

Had the course at 26.33

So I didn't ever ever ever feel good today. The first 10 or so felt ok. Like "I'm in a race the effort is harder but ok". But never felt like "Bang- Legs go baby". Then after mile 11 or so I really started to just "grind". Like I knew I'd possibly hit a wall or struggle... typical marathon stuff. But that happens at like mile 20 or 23. Not 11 or 12. From then on I just could not race. Miles 11-20 were so pathetically crappy I just about walked off the course. At 17 I was so frustrated that I decided to stop. But I could see the course turning  up a head and decided to push on to the next corner and see if changing directions might help. It kind of did but not much. The wind was an issue as well. Just slowed the pace and bugged the brain. After around mile 18 I just decided to not DNF even though I knew it wasn't going to be the race I'd trained for. So I said to myself. Just hit 6 min pace from here on in and at least you'll break 2:30. So that's basically what I did. Semi happy about that. My only real goal was to break 2:30 although my mileage, workouts and even the half marathon in January would all suggest I have a better race in me. But.... Oh well.  In the end I'm glad I didn't drop out. Even though I was so close. Like one step away from stopping. My splits are just all over the place. I never really did hit the wall or die. I just couldn't race anymore. And it turned into a long painful workout/ long run. I really love to train. I love hitting it everyday and pushing myself to the brink. I love seeing progress and feeling super fit. But I hate racing. I hate expectations that I put on myself and the disappointment of not reaching them. I've been in good shape before. I feel like through this winter I've been in great shape. I feel like I have a super race in me.... it's just so hard for me to boil that sucker out. I'm getting sick of trying. But I cant stop because I know it's in there... so the beat goes on I guess.

Thanks to my good friends for the trip down. I've logged thousands of miles with Dave and Logan. We are all getting old. Racing is hard on old men. But we keep smiling.

Trying to take a real recovery. Just let myself rest and not jump back into training too fast. Legs feel ok. But I have zero energy.

Wasn't going to run today. But was texting Paul H. and decided to go out for 3 EZ miles with him. It's been a long time since we got out on a run and today was good. I felt sore and again have no energy. But the pace was slow and at least helped loosen up the stomach and legs.

30.3 mile ride outside on the Venge at a 20.9 mph avg. Spent the whole day trying to decided if I should run. Not run. Ride.... and about 5 pm just decided to head out. Took it fairly ez for the first 6 miles or so... slow in places. But then started to warm up and was pretty honest all the way in from there. Good to get some blood flowing back into the legs. I can tell I'm just spent in all things. It'll take a week or so to get back the energy.

20 miles on the trainer. Pretty ez spin trying again to keep some blood in the legs. Maybe also help get my bum use to being in the saddle. It'll take some time:). Worked up a little sweat but not really anything to write home about.

2 miles on the treadmill after. I know I really hit it hard today. I planned on doing 5 miles but Hayler woke up from his nap and... I just wasn't in the mood to run much more. A full, honest recovery is in the works:)

35 mile ride out around the airport and fields. Basically the same ride as yesterday but extended down past the DC and into Bloomington then back home that way. Another 70 degree afternoon in the STG. I didn't plan on riding again but couldn't say no to the temps. Took the tri bike out for the first ride of the year. There was a little learning curve after not being on it for like 9 months or so. Kept the pace honest and ended at a 21.1 mph avg... and got my first KOM of 2014. #pounditbaby

Finally got in a real run post PHX marathon. It was kind of a killer. Mostly becuase of the biking the last couple days though. Legs were just heavy and slow. 5 miles into it I just wanted to be done. Struggled to keep any kind of real pace. Guess I shouldn't have expected anything else:).
 

Headed out with Ty and Bob early to ride to Beaver Dam and back.... but 15 miles into the ride I felt like garbage and had to let them go. I headed up to the top of Kayenta and drank a rockstar and ate a bar. Within about 5 miles I started to feel good again... So I decided to loop out around Hurricane and kind of ride the 70.3 course in reverse. The wind was horrible out Hurricane way... just rocked my world. Then coming into Sandhollow it about blew me over going 50 mph down the hill. I had to pull my foot out and basically drag myselt to a stop. That ended up grinding off my left cleat. So for the last 15 miles back home I kind of had to peddle with one leg. While the left side kept slipping off. Grabbed another KOM on the ride. Ended with a 19.5 mph avg. Considering the wind and cleat this was a pretty good effort.

Tried to get back on the wagon this moring. After only running like 13 total miles last week I needed a run. Not gonna jump back into 100 mile weeks but it's time to get some miles back. I felt really pretty good all over... other than my hip was crazy painful. All last week I did a horrible job doing my hip routine and it showed up today. Actually both hips hurt. Had planned on doing 10 but cut it short as to not over work and hurt it more.

8 miles tonight with Myler. He road his new birthday bike. Turned 5 on Sunday and logged a 8 mile ride tonight. Pace was under 7 min. Not too bad for the little guy. Both my hips are jacked.

Hips hurt really bad. Like rusty bars grinding on each other. Super tight. Need to get back to doing the hip routine. Just been too lazy and busy to care or think about it.

3.5 miles this afternoon on the treadmill. Just enough to get a sweat going. Then I about couldn't handle it anymore. Did the hip routine and it helped.

DC loop. Felt better than yesterday but I'm still a mess. Just wanted to be done at mile 6. Hips seem out of whack. Plus I just don't have any energy. It's like I'm starting all over again with fitness or something.

Just felt gloomy all day. Didn't feel like running. So I didn't.

DC loop extended a little here and there. Nice morning out. Hips were both tight. 7:00 avg for the run.

Trail run with the guys.

Hip is a mess. no running.

hip issues.

Up in Torrey. Around town with Myler and then up Sandcreek for a while. Hip hurt but was runnable.

Hip was way too tight and lower back after the run yesterday.

Torrey and Teasdale loop. 6:47 avg. Not bad but hammy and hip hurt bad at the end.

3 hour hike  but no run. Hips are a mess.

7 mile run in the morning pushing Halen in the baby jogger. Hip is killing me....

5.5 mile run this  afternoon pushing Halen again and Myler road his bike with us. Hip... go away please.

Missed meeting up with the guys. Sorry. 8 miles with an achy sore almost broken hip. Hurting as of late...

5 miles on the treadmill. Seems to actually hurt less on this... even though I hate it.

DC loop. Just tried to grind it out. Hips are ruining my love of running at the present time.

Hips hurt just laying in bed most of the night... both HIPS. They hurt and are tight. I'm trying all my tricks to help loosen them up but nothing seems to be helping. Todays run was the worst I've had in a long long time. :(

Pushed Halen around the DC loop plus a little extra over to the office for a potty stop. Hip felt better than it has in days... but was still painful. The good news was that it was only the left (normal hurting side) and not both today. Halen did great until about .4 miles left. Then it hit the fan. But we were basically done.

Had no plans this morning. Woke up at 4:40 and wasn't in the mood so I went back to bed until 7. Decided to go out and see what happened. Ended up doing a big loop through Santa Clara up to Kayenta and through Ivans around Santa Clara again and finally finished up. It's been since the PHX marathon almost a month ago that I've done any kind of long run. So today I just decided to push one out... but only after running for about 5 miles. Hip hurt pretty good the first 3 miles and the last 2.5. But in the middle it felt runnable. Ended with a 6:39 avg and 3 good potty stops.

Out and back run from the softball fields up to the Snow Canyon payhouse with Mike. Kept the pace ez and we did have some wind to deal with. 7:25 avg.

Monday run for sure. 5 total potties... Ugh. Stomach was not ready for running. But the hip was very runable with half the pain from a week ago. Left hammy was super tight though.

7 mile run tonight.

DC loop with Logan. 60 F at 5:15 but the wind was howling. And I sure hate wind. It ruins everything.

5 miles on the treadmill this afternoon while the boys napped... and wrestled.

Longish run. Just trying to get something going again on the running side of life. Hip has been a little better the last 3 days or so. Instead of a 9.4 out of 10 on the pain scale it's more around 6.8.Still not good and a pain to deal with daily. But I'll go try and hit mileage at 6.8... where as 9.4 it just sucks the life out of me. Today seemed so so. Took a long time to get going and then I never could hit a fast gear. 6:42 avg for the run.

6:42 avg for the run. Hip is letting me get in some miles but I really cant go any faster than 6:15 pace give or take. Tight hammy and inner thigh. Need to spend some time working on it with the ball and foam roller.... maybe a stick of dynamite.

7 miles tonight. 6:40 avg. Seemed a little better than this morning. Maybe a 6 out of 10 on the hip/hammy pain scale.

Hammy and hip were both pretty bad this morning (gun to head emoji). 7:25 avg just trying to push on through it. Will have to spend some time today in my home er trying to put things back together. Ball, Foam roller, hip routien, and electro stem. I miss just being able to run for fun and enjoyment. :(:(:(

5.3 miles this evening.

Went with Mike, Dustin and Scott up to the top of Snow Canyon and then ran back down the course into town. Those guys went back on Sunset to Mike's and I took it out around Ivins then back. Didn't want to get up early today... and there was a nice breakfast waiting at Mike's. Thanks Colleen! The run portion of the moring sucked. BAD. Hip and hammy both were around a 9 or more out of 10 on the pain scale. I thought today was gonna be different... Idk. I guess doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is... insanity. Maybe I'm insane. Or at least mentally ill right now.

EZ run with Billy and Mike. Hammy is a mess.

Hurting too bad to run.

Pushed Halen in the jogger and Myler biked along with. It was 86F and pretty warm. So we stopped 3 times to make sure Myler didn't overheat and dehydrate. But other than that he did great. I couldn't have ridden 8 miles when I was 5 years old. Hip hurts a little but my left hammy is crazy bad. worst it's ever been... and that's saying something. fml

Hammy still hurting. But runnable. Just caught the 7 min guy on the last half mile. Trying to keep it EZ but still get some runs in.

Pushed Halen and Myler road along. 85+ degrees out. Got some sun.

Early morning run. Felt like shit. 6:57 avg.

Camping up by Torrey. Hiked for about 4 hours but no run.

6.5 ish miles. Some on the track at DSC

3 miles with Myler along side on the bike.

60 min's on the elliptical.

Did my Birthday run today. This year I turned 35... so I had to run 35 miles. Met Logan, Steve, and Marlk at the DC at midnight. Started running around 12:10 a.m. We did 2 DC/ Stonecliff loops @ 12.6 miles. And then one DC loop at 10 miles. It ended up being about .25 long so we stopped running right at 35 miles and walked back in. Steve and Mark did the first loop with us and then headed out. So it left Logan and I for the remaining 22.5 or so miles. It seemed like the first loop really drug... but the second loop went by really fast and the third was shorter anyways so it wasn't too bad. Had perfect conditions under a bright big moon. 55-60 F and no wind. Just great for a long run in the middle of the night. We ended up with a running time of 4:10:46 and a 7:10 min mile avg. Not too shabby. Legs felt pretty good too... hips and hammy werent that bad. Hammy had some sharp pain durning the second loop but I put a heat patch on for the third and it didn't really bother me again. Over all I felt pretty good. Feet took the brunt of it as I think I got a couple blisters on my toes. Other than that and being sleepy... things went about as good as it can. 35 is the new 20 right? Big Thanks to the guys for coming. And Logan for pushing the whole thing out with me.

60 min's on the ellptical. Feeling pretty good overall after yesterdays long run. Just tired.

20 min's on the elliptical

2 miles on the treadmill

30 min's on the ellptical

semi hard effort. tested the hip and hammy on the treadmill and they both kind of  hurt so I got off after only 2 miles. Still feeling tired and haven't got caught up on sleep.

Nice morning for a run. Hip and hammy both were around a 5/10 on the pain scale. Which is doable and I'd take it everytime if I could. Just ran. No plans. No goals. Somehow it ended up being an even half marathon in 1:29:50. Like a 6:43 avg or something I think.

60 mins on the elliptical

60 min's and 20 miles on the trainer. Solid little start to my cross training/ tri/ whatever.

40.5 mile ride this morning. Started at 5:30 am with headlights. 6 people in the group. Didn't hammer the whole thing but did hit some sections hard. 21.3 mph avg.

8.5 mile run this evening. It was hot. 87 F. Covered in salt in the end. 6:50 avg.

51.4 mile ride this monning. The forecast was that it was gonna be windy today... well for once the weatherman was right. Damn. It seemed to eat me alive. Every direction was a headwind. Out by Sandhollow it was gail force. 15 mph on flat.... anyways it was a good workout. Glad it's behind me. 19.7 mph avg for the ride.

140 min's on the ellitical. It was a long haul for me. Toes hurt by the end. Watched the new Red Dawn and started re watching Prison Break. I'm too lazy to go back and look but this is close to a PR in time on the elliptical in one setting. Glad to have it done.

1 hour and 20 miles on the trainer

3 miles on the treadmill. Hip was a pain... loosing this battle right now. ):

9.3 mile this evening. Got some good sun... sweaty. Hips and hammy were doable. 6:47 avg

60.4 mile ride this morning. Solo effort. Had bad wind for the first 20 miles and wanted to be done. When I got out to Sandhollow I was only at a 17.9 mph avg. And had been working like a dawg. Spent the next 40 miles trying to get on the upside. Ended right at 20.0 mph avg for the ride.

Met Logan at 3 a.m over at his house. Did a loop. Half in pretty stiff wind and the other half in some good rain. Gotta love spring. Felt crappy enough to just be done and not extend it out to 20.

Super EZ short run this evening to loosne up the system before the week. Didn't really have much pain. Slow at 7:17 avg

50 mile ride this morning. Left from Bob's. Seemed like gusty winds througout. I felt pretty flat. Struggled to keep the pace on the way back. 20.6 mph avg.

Prolly the best run post PHX marathon. It only took about 2 months.... but I actually felt like a runner again. Pain was there but maybe only like a 3/10. Ran a fairly hilly loop. Kept trying to just relax and run smooth. Ended up hitting a 6:36 avg for the run. With the effort feeling less. I know it's not going to be like this forever. But I really really really needed to just go run... and feel good.

DC loop with LV extended. Not as sharp as I felt yesterday but not horrible. 5/10 on pain. Wanted to get up and do a long bike ride. But I slept horrible. It was windy and I didn't want to deal with it. And overall I just wasn't  in the mood. Wasn't going to do anything... but finally did the run.

60.2 mile ride this morning. First moring in many that the wind wasn't blowing. It was just still and nice. Beautiful morning for a ride. I went around the lake and airport and a few other places. Flying solo today. Cant seem to find Superfly and it just sucks to go without him. A LOT more work and less reward. Come back to me man... It sucks feeling mortal.;) Just don't have much in the legs on the bike right now. 19.7 mph avg for the ride.

Ran with Stephen.

In Lehi. Felt too hard. Hated most of it.

Pushed Halen.
 

Pushed Halen and Myler road his bike with us.

8.3 more miles tonight. Time to man up and move past the pain.

So so run. Took until almost mile 8 to catch the 7 min guy. He looked so strong today. I didn't. I'm a little lost right now with running and life. I need to find Superfly. He'd know what to do. Clyde has no answers. Did get to run in the rain for a couple miles today. It was nice.

4 miles on the treadmill this afternoon.

Started out with a 9:12 mile to warm up... must have really been an old man. Ended at 7:06 avg. Nice morning out.

3.7 miles this afternoon on the treadmill.

Pushed Halen around the loop. Got honked at by a idiot lady driving with her cell phone. I waved back with my middle finger and yelled the words it represents. It's a good word for me right now. I'm in a eef everything and everyone mood... so just stay out of my way. Especially if your gonna drive with a phone and not watch the road.

no run today

Nothing

7.2 in the evening on the river trails. 6:45 avg. Almost no motivation to run right now...

DC with Steven. Laxi Taxi. 6:50 avg.

River trails this afternoon. It was hot. 6:47 avg.

Bloomington and river loop. Felt so sluggish. Might be sick or something. 7:04 avg.

Finally got a long run in. It's been too long. No super fast miles but a overall up-tempo effort right out to the box. River trails and fields loop with a couple changes. Didn't get out untl after 6:30 and after the sun came up I was hot all run. Way crusty with salt at the end. 6:20 avg for the run.

Webb hill loop and river trails. Glad to get the week going. Nice morning out. Body felt pretty good.

Similar loop as yesterday. More river trails to add on some. Felt like an old man. Sore and achy. Really slow going @ 7:16 avg for the run. It was pretty warm and windy as well. Got dehydrated. Watched Fever Pitch later in the day. Forgot how good that movie is. Makes me want to go run Boston again...

super sick

sick

still sick

bad week.... sick.

a.m. 9.1 miles

p.m 4 miles on the tm
 

a.m 9.1 miles
p.m 4 miles

a.m. 9.1 miles this morning. Hip has hurt really really really bad this week. Today was the best it's been... but with a race type effort I only could tie the 7 min guy at the finish line.

p.m. 4 miles on the treadmill.

Seven on the treadmill.

a.m. 9.1 on the river trails.

Ran with the guys today and Haydo... and Haydo's wife for the first seven. Did the airport and fields loop. I felt crappy all morning. Just out of shape, old, and low on motivation. Started really having to work at like mile 13. Didn't take a Gu with me today so that sucked. Once we got to River Road everyone kind of split up. I decided to go down around the golf course to extend it to 20 miles.... But then once there I decided to go over to the freeway and arounp Pilot and back around. That last hill about killed me. I think I was at 10 min pace up it. Totally dehydrated and dead. Got back to the car and everyone was gone. 21.6 miles at a 6:34 min/mile avg. It seemed hot. We'll have to start getting up earlier.

144 lbs after the run

Good ol DC loop. Passed Mr and Mrs Hooper on the trail. Nice morning. 60 F. Hip was crazy tight but not equally painful.

5.8 milez on the treadmill this afternoon. Super EZ

Ice loop with a little extra in Jedora. Pretty warm out as the sun was coming up. Just about 70 F at day break. Guess summer is here.

10 miles on the treadmill. Been a while since I've done that much on the machine. Not too bad though.

Baby #3 came this morning at 6:58 a.m. Kaylor Kel Behunin was born first thing. She's so so pretty. Lots of dark hair. 7lbs 14oz and 21 inch long. Both her and Mik'L seem healthy and good. Now I just have to get use to having a little girl. I think I'm a boy kind of daddy... maybe she'll be a Tomboy?

DC loop this morning. Ran into Haydo and Aaron. Plus lots of people out looking for that rock down by the river.... maddness!!!

DC loop. Picture perfect morning out. hip hurt. But I loved the run.
 

Fields, Lv, DC... kind of a mix and match long run today. Didn't really sleep at all. So I didn't get up on time to join the guys at 5:15. But I did get out at 5:25 from my house and headed out through the fields to see if I'd run into them. I did 5 or so miles into the run. Then I joined and U turned it back with them for  about 6 miles until they turned off River Road. I then headed down the river trail and around the DC loop basically. Miss calculated it a little and extended through B-hills a tad too long. Ok run... but not great. 6:29 avg for the morning. The worst part was that I was 151 lbs after.... 7lbs fatter than I was after last weeks long run. I don't even know how that's possible...? Guess I'll have to be a little more careful on diet this week.

7 treadmill miles...

8.7 miles on the treadmill this morning

5 miles on the treadmill this afternoon

4.4 mile warm up

4 mile tempo @ 5:40 avg

6.2 mile cool down

Ran the fields tempo loop starting from Stucki Farms. Hip really hurt today. Like a 8 out of 10 on the warm up and it didn't feel any better on the tempo. Kind of limped out of the gate to start the tempo. I don't know what to think about this. But I got a workout in... Goal was to hit a 5:50 avg. So I did that. But there wasn't anything glamorous about todays run. The cool down seemed to last forever too. 75 F when I went outside at 5 a.m. Bummer about that too.

3.1 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. Had the ipod running on shuffle and heard some quality Stone Temple Pilots... Plush and Sex Type Thing which I haven't heard in years. Good stuff from the 90's. :)

Dave and Logan conned me into doing a speed workout this morning... last night Dave asked me if I wanted to join him and Logan for a "run". I agreed only to find out 1.7 miles into it that Logan had plans to run hard. Ugh!!!! I almost just let them go. But decided to fight off the pain and see what happened. It was hard and the hip hurt like crazy but we did 5x 180 second sections @ 5:20-5:10 pace (for me). Like a 2 min recovery I think. Anyways I'm up in the air if it was a good or bad choice. But it's done.

4 miles on the treadmilll this afternoon

Ice loop. Although it wasnt icey. 77 F at 5:30 am and breezy. It felt hot out under the full moon morning. Kept it smooth and ez but right out of the house my hip felt way better than the last couple days. I'm such a different runner when I'm not in crazy pain. Emotionally better too as it takes it's toll day in day out. Hope it feels good tomorrow for the long run.

4 miles in the afternoon on the treadmill. Jammed out to some RHCP video's and music. Sir Psycho, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, CANT STOP. It was all loud.

Long run with the circle out around the fields town loop. It was hot and windy.. it seemed. Kept the pace smooth but not too fast. Did pick it up to about 5:35 min/mile pace on the last two miles to finish off. Ended with a 6:36 avg for the run.

Ice loop. Hip felt semi ok... I'll take it on a Monday morning. Sunday morning was picture perfect- calm, clear, and the temp dropped to 59F. It even felt a little cool. But today was windy and hot at 76F. It seemed though that most of the time today I had a tail wind. Even though.. I still hate wind.

6 miles this evening on the treadmill.

10.2 miles this morning with Logan. The plan was to do a 5 mile tempo. But Logan had a head cold and I didn't want to push it solo... plus the hip was pretty achy. So we just hit the ol' DC loop pretty EZ.

5 miles on the treadmill this afternoon.

Freeway loop and ish. Thought about a tempo but bagged it again because my hip was jacked. Kept it smooth and just tried to run. Ended up getting owned by the 7 min guy. Hit a 7:01 avg for the run.

4 miles on the treadmill this afternoon

4 mile warm up

5 mile tempo @ 5:37 avg

4.5 mile cool down.

Warmed up on the regular dc loop. After four miles I decided to start the tempo. First mile was through B-hills, Second was on the trail above the river and over to the DC. 4&5 up to River Road and 5 was back down the inner river trail. 5:37, 5:32, 5:31, 5:40, 5:43

So so effort and results today. Hip felt doable and ok on the warm up and first two miles of the tempo. But by 2.5 it got tight and then on the last couple miles I was laboring a lot. Feel like I'm stuck in 3rd gear and the motor is rapped out. Just running too hot and not fast enough. Need to find a way to grab another gear or two a long with bringing the rpms down.

4.2 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. Felt fairly good... knock on wood.

DC loop. 62 F made it feel great. Hip was better than normal too- so smiles. Nice to be out running when the sun comes up.

4.1 miles on the treadmill this evening

22 mile long run at a 6:18 avg. Same loop as last week. I called it the marathon training loop in the winter. Maybe now it can be Duce Duce or Double D... IDK. Anyways Hayden, Aaron and Steve started out with me and took it out pretty fast from the start. The slowest mile all day was 6:49 and that was mile 1. Just kept it honest throughout. Those guys cut back through the middle of the fields and I took it all the way to the trail. Nothing very fast as the fastest mile of the morning was 6:07. Just a good long endurance building workout. Temps were great as it was about as good as it gets in STG in June. Started at 67F and basically didn't get any warmer. With clouds keeping the sun away through the finish. I felt pretty good as well with minimal hip pain.... 4/10. 

Ice loop. Didn't get out until about 7 a.m. Sun was already up and it seemed warmer. But temps actually weren't bad at 63F. Sunday my hip didn't hurt at all. Like none. I cannot remember a day where that has been the case. So this morning I was excited to see what running would feel like. It was pretty good but the hip did tighten back up about 3 miles in- but pain wasn't bad 4/10. Kept it smooth and EZ. Saw the of the D-hills cross team but not the old grumpy skipper.

150 lbs after the run. Kind of disappointed about my weight. Just can't shake this last 3-5lbs. Would like to get back around 145lb like I was through the winter. But it just wont go away. :(

5 miles this evening on the treadmill.

Tempo Tuesday with the Circle on the DC loop.

3 mile warm up

5 mile tempo @ 5:30 avg. 5:29, 5:21, 5:24, 5:33, 5:41

Last week I hit a 5:39 avg so today was a little better. But I still struggled to close it out. During the last mile I inhaled a mesquito and it made me start dry heaving, plus the legs were getting heavy and there is a pesky little climb the last .17 or so. But I'd stll like to finish it off stronger. Hip was sorish but very runnable with the heat patch. 69 F when I walked outside. Did one more loop around the park after getting back.

149.5 lbs after the run.... still sitting too heavy. But considering the massive Apollo burger and fries I had for dinner last night. I guess I shouldn't complain.

Tried to pull some mojo from Paul's magical race on Saturday. The guy is amazing. Makes me want to work harder. Not to try and hit a qualifier. I know that's not realistic. But to maximize whatever potential I have left. Thanks for the boost man!

4.2 miles on the treadmill tonight.

DC loop and then one mile around the park at the end. Didn't get out until after 8.... hot and sunny. But overall things felt pretty good.. even the hip.

147lbs after the run.

4 miles on the treadmill

DC loop with some extra at the first in LV. Overcast last night made the morning hot. 80F while out. Took it pretty EZ and just tried to get through the miles. Didn't get much sleep last night so energy was rock bottom. Hip felt pretty good until the last 3 miles. Then it got tight and some clicky pain.  6:58 avg for the run.

4.2 miles on the treadmill this afternoon

DC loop and a little more. Hip hurt more today than all week. And I was already in a cranky mood. Just didn't want to be out today.. but got it done. Will take the afternoon off and get ready for the our marathon tomorrow morning. Hope to feel better then.

Did a marathon training run this morinng. The full 26.2 miles in 2:44:49 or a 6:16 avg. Met the Circle at the DC early and did the marathon training loop with a bunch of add-ons to get the mileage. My goal/plan was to be right around a 2:45. So we did pretty good considering I didn't even look at the clock until about mile 14.

Felt really junky for the first 6 miles or so. Heart rate was crazy high. I was dizzy and the hip was really sore. Maybe after that I just got numb to the pain. But from 7-22 I felt pretty smooth and just clicked off the miles. Hit the last 6 miles or so at 5:50 pace. Took GU's at miles 8.8 and 17.

Good long endurance workout to have in the books. Didn't run hard enough to get sore. So I should recover fine with rest. Glad to have it done- glad the guys agreed to do it with me.

145.5 lbs after the run.

Ol' DC loop. Felt fantastic for a Monday morning. Hip worked with minimal pain. Legs swung freely and I just seemed to float through the run. Good stuff to strart the week off with... and feel good after Saturdays marathon.

4.5 Miles on the treadmill this afternoon

Tempo Tuesday... or at least a poor attempt. It was 80 F when I walked outside just after 5 a.m. I knew today would be hard. Temps this summer have been pretty mild and I'm just not use to running in hotter conditions. Durning the 3 mile warm up I was sweaty and kind of just wanted to bag doing tempo. But the warm up came and went and next thing I knew we were underway.

5:44 first mile. Still finishing off the conversation and getting into it.

5:24

5:21

.5 5:23

at mile 3.5 I started gagging and also didn't know if the guys were still coming. So I stopped and waited. While catching my breath. Soon after Logan came up the trail and I jumped back in with him. Hit the last 1.5 miles at like a 5:45 avg. Just couldn't get going again.

I don't know what to think about this effort. Not good by any means. But better than sleeping in like I was tempted to do. Still really having a hard time getting the body to want to go back into "race" gear. I'd struggle to race a half right now... So is the DesNews half in a few weeks a good idea? Hmm...

5.1 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. Way too hot outside.. 107F! ):

Over to the DC and back. Up at 4:20 and bugged to see the temp at 85 F. That's what I hate about this time of year. The hot days are one thing. But the hot morings just suck. Yesterday was hot and then it clouded up in the afternoon- locking in the heat. So as I ran into a slight breeze this morning it felt like a blow dryer in my face. Mouth got dry in like a mile. The run really wasn't that great. Tight hip too. FML

5 miles on the treadmill this evening. Feet feel tired. I started working at the running store on Wednesday mornings and am not use to standing all day... Plus I wore some old racing flats to work and by the time I left I was soo ready to be off my feet.

DC loop with a couple before. Ran into Steven Abraham Lincoln Hooper Pope Abercrombie and Fitch down by the Dr. Free clinic. He decided to loop back with me for a few miles. No watch but pace was honest somewhere between 6:30-7:00. Temps were a little cooler this morning and it felt lots better even at 74 F. Both the hip and hammy are getting tight. Need to spend some time with them both today.

Ran the Steven Abraham Lincoln Hooper Pope Abercrombie and Fitch spectacular annual 4th of July run today... Kind of. There are fires up on the regular course so today it was out on the Utah Hill 14 mile loop. It sounded horrible yesterday but ended up not being that bad. After I extended out and around the Bloomington Circle and back to square it off at 18. Haydo kept the pace honest and we hit a 6:58 avg. Not too bad for dirt and some hard climbs. It was warm and I did a fair amount of sweating. But after we crested the final climb there was a nice breeze that actually felt really good all the way back to the cars.

Long run on the marathon training loop.

11 mile warm up @ 7:00 pace... ended up catching the 7 min guy right at the 11 mile mark. Spent the first 4 miles or so in a daze. Kind of seeing stars and almost blacking out. I must have been somewhat out of it. Becaue earlier I scared the shiz out of myself and thought I saw the white lady sitting there looking at me... truely was scared stiff. Oh boy... lol

Only took one Gu and drink at mile 8. It was 80 F and very humid. I was a sweaty pig early and often. And eventually started to cramp up even with the salt pills I'd taken before the run.
 

10 mile tempo at 5:48 avg or  in 58:14

After the 11 mile warm up I wanted to hit some kind of tempo/  workout. Even though I felt trashed. Quads were even sore from the run yesterday out on Utah Hill. I thought I'd just run as hard and smooth as I could to finish off the last 10 miles of a 21 mlie run. Started to die at around mile 6 and hit a 5:55 there. Thought about pulling the plug but pressed on. Hit mile 7 at 5:42 and got some confidence back to finish under a 5:50 avg.

Not a crazy awesome workout but fairly solid with the hot temps and longer run yesterday. Glad to get through the whole thing without wussing out. :)

.10 cool down back over to the car

Ice loop and DC mix. Hot and humid.... but what else is new? Legs were heavy, quads pretty sore and the hip wasn't as good as it could be. But I'm not complaining- just stating the facts of the morning.

150 lbs after the run. I don't know how it's possible but I think I'm gaining weight while hitting 100 mile weeks. FHU

4 miles on the machine tonight. #almostpukedbroccoli

A half hearted tempo today. The guys are out of town so I was solo. Wasn't into it at all. Quads are still sore. Hip and hammy tight. And stomach was pretty bad- 4 star morning if you know what I mean. Anyways I didn't wear tempo shoes... took off and just ran while I thought about doing any tempo at all. Next thing I knew I was over by the freeway and had gone 5 miles. So from the freeway I decided to try tempoing the Mayors loop counter clockwise.

2.5 miles at 5:32 avg. Once I got up to River road I was done. hit like a 5:32, 5:29, 5:33 for the .5

I don't know. Wuss status for sure. My tempos are a joke. I hope it's the heat and humidity that's making it so tough to put together a solid tempo... and not me being just flake city. Because I seriously was trashed once I got to River Road and dripping wet... wanted to lay down on the sidewalk and just die.

Anyways hopefully later in the week I can try it again and do better. Ran a extended 5 mile cool down around the Stone Cliff loop.

147 lbs after the run

4.5 on the treadmill tonight

Cluster of Silkwood/LV/B-hills. Just a run. Nothing special. 7:04 avg. Getting burned out on the hotness. Time to head out of town or something.

146.5 lbs

4 miles on the tm tonight

Tempo ish workout. Warmed up out to Stucki and then did the winter tempo loop. Had zero expectations as I feel trashed (flirting with the over training zone) and it was 83 F and humid when I left the house just before 5 a.m (and only down to 81 F when I got back just before 7 a.m). Like it sucks. FACT

5 mile tempo at 5:45 avg. Had no goal other than to make it through 5 miles of some kind of push. Never looked at the watch. Just ran. Didn't ever redline but it wasn't comfortable either. Basically 20 seconds a mile slower than I was through the winter on this loop. But it's basically 50 degrees hotter now- which is proving to be a BIG factor.

After that I did 1.3 miles back across the road section and over to where you get back on the trail as kind of a recovery pace. Like 6:15 ish.

Then one mile at 5:17

Then a recovery mile down to River Road at 6:20ish

And then one last hard mile basically all uphill from the river up past the gas station in 5:26

Then a mileish cool down to finish.

Nothing amazing thats for sure. But I told myself to just do it today. Don't ditch out early or get too worked up over the hot conditions. Just get through the workout and take it for what it is.

148lbs (not bad considering I packed it on with like 8 slices of pizza and a bread twist at pizza factory last night...):

4.2 miles up at Brian Head. It had rained hard and there was a chill in the air with some fog. It was amazing. Other than I couldn't breath because it's 10,000ft and I live at 2,600 ft. temps were amazing though. Loved it!!!!!!!

8.2 miles at noon. 55 F man I could live here. The altitude didn't bother me as bad as last night but I still was SLOW.

4.3 more miles at 4:30 p.m and temps were high at 61 F. Oh it feels soo good. But at this elevation I got sun burned on my chest and shoulders in like half hour.

One of the top ten for sure or maybe even top 5 worst runs EVER! Ran from Brian Head condo to Panguitch lake. I felt sickly-ish all day. Maybe altitude sicknes or something. Dizzy, light headed, totally drained of energy. Just did not want to run- AT ALL! Finally left the condo at 4:30 p.m because Doug was also up here and was gonna drive over and go fishing at the lake. So I sent Myler with him and I ran over. The condo sits at 9,710 ft and in the first 3.9 miles I climbed up to 10,640 ft or so. Felt good that I kept the pace under 9 min miles on the first 2 steep miles then hit like 7:30's up to where it starts to drop. Didn't run any of the downhill hard or fast. First I felt crappy and couldn't... and I didn't want my quads to get jacked skrewing up any potential workouts next week. So fastest mile was like 6:15 and most were just under 6:30 pace or so. Had the shirt off again and got fried on the back and shoulders. Ugh... could this run get any crappier? Yes!!!!!! Stomach started to bug bad around 11 miles into it and forced a road side stop. Anyways I finally go to the boat ramp and found Doug's truck. Waited there for about 35 min's before the spotted me and came to pick me up. Just laied there in the back of the truck and wanted to die for awhile. dehydrated, dizzy, trashed, sick to stomach. FML for sure. 7:06 avg for the run. Kind of forced this run. Most likely would have been better off just bagging running today. But wanted to hit that 100 mile week... because it looks good on paper:). I guess...

DC loop. Hot, humid and wet. The altitude sickness I thought I had seems to be something else. Really having a hard time both physically and mentally. Hoping it only lasts a few days... timewilltell.

7 miles tonight. First afternoon run outside this summer... I'm not sure I even did one last year for that matter. It was only 101 F and did the middle B-hills loop with the secret st at the end. Wasn't too bad all things considered. EZ pace. Stopped for water at the GC cooler.

Maybe the worst tempo of my career:) Warmed up out to Staheli farm then planned on a 7 mile tempo down to around River roadish. I struggled from the very first step. Breathing was hard, rhythm was robotic, dizzy, weak, and no coordination. Stayed with the guys to around mile 2.5 or so. Then they slowly ran away. I wanted to just be done. But kept trying to work through it even though the times were rediculously slow. So the positives is that I stuck out the whole 7 mile tempo on a 84 degree-humid morning. The negatives are that I have issues and the pace was too slow to even blog. It seems that over the last 4 weeks I've progressivly gotten way slower each week. WTF?

143 lbs after- only thing that was positive. finally got weight down.

missingsomething, imnotright, struggling, ithurts

4.7 mile on the treadmill tonight. Still feeling pretty rough. Not exactly sure what's the matter with me. But I was able to get a good sweat going on the machine while jamming to Rage Against the Machine.

But ended the run with this groovy tune from years back. I hadn't heard it in years but in the last few days it keeps randomly coming up on my shuffle. It has a calming but fun feel. Makes me feel good.. and helped put Halen to sleep the other night up in Brian Head. Plus the video is great and I'm not even into skateboards.

Enjoy- West Coast by Coconut Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0TQ97TCTKY

Sorry this is random but I haven't shared any videos in a long time. I know my taste in music is old skool but this breaks away from the typical 80's junk:).

#makesmesmile

Out and back over to the DC and up to the corner. Temps were a little cooler today at 77 F and it wasn't as muggy so it felt like a completly different world. Crazy what a few degrees will do. Body felt so so. No real pain in the hip or hammy. But the echos in my head, dizziness, weakness and nausea were all there... and after mile 9 it was pretty bad. Really hoping this dosen't last very much longer... racing Desnews half next week is almost out of the question now. Idk. Guess we will see.

On the bright side Logan told me that it's just he and I at the running store this moring at the running store. So it might get a little crazy. PARTY. Might order Jimmy Jons and try on shoes for ourselves:)

143 lbs after the run. All the suddon I feel skinny and little-

4.7 more on the treadmill this evening.

Over to the DC and back. Temps were cooler again today like 75 F at 5 a.m when I left the house and dropped to 72 F for the low. Felt fantastic. Coolair on the bare chest almost feels like I'm stealing something. The sunrise was amazing too... made me want to be out on a boat at Powell at daybreak with glass to play on:).  Ran past Stephen Abraham Lincoln Hooper Pope as he was rocking out a tempo. My run was so so. Still battling the sick symptoms I've had for almost a week. If anyone has any aid or advice about low serotonin levels.... dropping antidepresant pills cold turky and the withdrawl efects... I'd be greatful. As this it totally unlike ANYTHING I've ever delt with. Scary, painful, physically draining, mentally deflating... IDK. It's been one week today since I stopped taking the pills and the withdrawl symptoms have been KILLER in every way. ineedhelp

4.5 miles tonight. Felt like I had a fever all day. So I totally wrote off running tonight. Then at around 4 took some Tylonal and was ready to call it a day. But one hour later I felt pretty good so I decided to go out. The run went great for 2 miles. By 3 miles I felt pretty rough. By mile 4 I was ready to vomit up the Tylonal. So did another half mile and gagged for a while in the parking lot. 100+ degrees and full sun as well.

DC loop. Nothing fancy. Temps were pretty nice again. Thankful for that.

3 more miles outside this evening. 104 F

And for the record I hate that Pre didn't medal in Germany. And I wish I could re-write the ending of Without Limits.

Marathon training loop with the Circle minus Log (as in Logan and not a tree) and the addition of James. Kept it super chill through the first 8 miles. Then got a drink and GU. For the remainder of the run we kept it honest but not hard. Pace was between 6:15-6:35ish on in. Ended with a 6:50 avg for the run. Felt much better today than I have all week prior. Although not amazing. Only had a dizzy light headed spell around mile 18 and it only lasted for about a mile. So much better than it has been and hope it will continue to progress.

Off the subject. I listened to Neil Young's "old man" on the drive over to the DC before the run. And at 4:40 a.m hearing him master the guitar it made me really want to learn how to pick on one... AND a banjo as well. I also fell victum to advertising and bought the new Gillete proglide flexball razor. WOW is all I can say. Best shave of my life. Totallyworththecash

Little shake out/ gauge/ question and answer/ mini tempo workout thing. I am registered for the Dnews half on Thursday. But have ZERO confidence in actually RACING. So  I just wanted to see what the body had in it after feeling sickly all last week without going into the tank too much.

Wamred up all around B-hills and ended up at mile 7 up by the two churchs on Brigham road. Decided to tempo from there down and around the park and back over by the house. Just get in three miles and see how things felt doing it.

Went 5:34, 5:36, 5:32- First mile could have been much faster because theres some good downhill but I just tried to really stay smooth. Second mile is the hardest on paper and times show it. Third has some mild climbing, some flat and mild down.

Anyways in the end I was happy to feel a lot better than last week. But still have Zero confidence in really racing up in SLC. But I'm already registered and already have other plans while being up there. So maybe I'll just do it as a glorified workout.

2.2 cool down

7 miles on the treadmill this afternoon before going to see April.

Joined Log and Stephen for Tuesday tempos. Only I just planned on doing the warm up with them. Then I cut back through the fields and met them at River Road to re-join for the cool down. Temps were CRAZY nice. 66 F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Felt like Heaven. Best morning all summer- and in July nonetheless. Not very often do I say I wish I was doing my tempo. But today I really wish I would have been doing some kind of workout. It really doesn't get any better than today in the summer. Sometimes in October (like in 2011) it's 75 F or so... Anyways as you can tell I LOVED it and needed it. Legs felt like rail road ties after April worked the shiz out of them last night. I expected it. Slow and EZ this morning @ a 7:20 avg.

B-hills and secret st. Tried extra hard to keep this slow and ez. Another super awesome morning. 72 F. I honestly think I passed Mitt Romney riding a scooter through B-hills. He gave me a patriotic/ presidential, smug grin as he passed. His hair was perfect and untampered by the wind. #what #itcouldhappen

I have ZERO expectations for the race tomorrwo. All I know is I'll control what I can. Get there early... get a good warm up in... lots of pre potty stops. Then see what happens. Main goal is to stay on the bus the entire time and not decided to jump off early.

#wewillsee #timewilltell

Well... Honestly I'm pretty happy with this considering on paper the time looks slow. But for as sick and messed up as I have been the last two week and the lack of real workouts and downhill running. Today was a positive step. You have to race often to race well... I always say. So call it a glorified workout or whatever. But I was happy to run some good miles 1-8 and then keep working and not give in after that.

I was pretty upset when I was driving from Draper up to the bus pick-up. It was 3:30 a.m and the temp read 86F... you have got to be kidding me? Thats one of the reasons I wanted to do this race was to get out of the heat. And it turned out to be hotter than any workout so far this year in the STG. FML for sure on that one.

I got on the first bus leaving and had plenty of time for 3.5 really solid trips to the potty and 4.5 miles of running warm up. It was hot though and no warm up was really needed. Finished with the warm up in time to top off with a good drink and take a gu. Good thing because I forgot to take a second and I think it really hurt me after mile 8.

Anyways the race started on time. Smile. From the gun about 7 guys took off HARD. Then a few others were up there and even a chick. Justin, Steve and I took the first mile pretty smooth. It felt like I was holding back and still hit a 5:06 mile. I don't want to know what the lead pack hit. I was in around 12th place in the first mile but quickly slid into about 6th.

Worked through the canyon trying to run the tangents as close as possible and trying to dodge the headwind in any way possible. I hate wind. I just pounds my spirits. Both while running or in every other part of life. But splits seemed to be coming off pretty good and I didn't focus too much on it. Took water at ever aid station and put most of it on my head.

As we came out of the canyon at around mile 6 my breathing was way too hard. heart rate was too high and I had no balance.... or feel for what was happening. I tried to relax and Justin came up to me. At the time I was in 4th then to 5th behind Justin. Anyways I thought he'd just blow by as I was just kind of chillin and trying to find some rhythm. And for the next two miles or so I was able to just sit there with him. That was nice. I got some positive mojo back and felt like I might be able to really work the ending miles... Well between mile 9-10 I lost the confidence and Justin had pulled up on me by about 50 seconds. Mile 11 was no better as he was now about 65 seconds up and I looked back to see no one. So I just thought "5th it is". And kind of gave up the chase. Time or place were never a goal today. So I'm ok with both.

Hope to progress from this. Get some real workouts to fall down in the STG and maybe run another half in a month with some real "racing" goals.

Cooled down with Justin for 2.8 around the park. Then did some more getting back to the car.

The worst part of the day came during the cool down when my stomach really started to rumble. Since then I've been on the throne more than 15 time with lots of blood mixed in and coming out. Sorry it's gross but there's no pretty way to talk about it. Had crazy bad stomach cramping/ sick symptoms all day. I feel horrible. Like maybe worst post race stomach issues ever. Even worse than Hobble in 07. And that was bad before, during, and after.  So another FML there.

Had the course @ 13.17 and I hit ALL the tangents. FYI

Ran south to the Porter Rockwell trail then over to the Draper park until I was out 6 miles. Then back. There was a house on fire up on the hill and it made for lots of trucks and service vehicles screaming up and down the roads. Then tons of people going up to look. And lots of ash in the air. I saw a snake on the trail too. Snakes are so so so so so so creepy. I was on high alert the rest of the run- I hate snakes. Just took it super EZ. 7:14 avg for the run. I felt  pretty good overall in the legs. But around mile 9 my stomach started to be really queezy again. From there to the finish it was smooth, ez, and shallow breaths. Need to get a couple solid meals in today to try and settle things down. Rio here I come:)

Justin picked me up in Draper and we drove down to AF to join some Utah county boys. I'm bad with names but... Matt Poulsen and co. Their plan was to do a warm up. Which ended up being 6 miles. Then do a 3 mile tempo. Then 6 miles at like 6:20 pace. Then another 3 mile tempo. Justin and I didn't know about doing any tempo but after the warm up I couldn't not try. So we started the tempo with Matt and (other little fast dude). About 1.5 into it my quads were really feeling the soreness from Thurdays race and I decided to back off. Justin came up and we ran together to finish off the 3 mile tempo in a 5:33 avg. Then we started the 6:20 miles and both of us decided we wanted no part of the last 3 mile tempo so we just ran the last 11 miles at a 6:22 avg and hit 20.

It was a good morning. Good to go out and meet some new guys. I think we started with about 8 in the group. Got in some really good miles and a lot better than if I'd have gone solo. Then the group went to the Sev (7-11) for a post run slurpee. My fav.

Thanks for the run guys! And thanks to Justin for driving me down there and back. Plus temps were nice and cool compared to Thursday morning. Legs are pretty sloppy though and quads are sore. Glad tomorrow is a day off.

Out and back over to the DC and up to the corner. Overcast and smelled of rain but no luck. Pretty humid... ok very humid. Over all the legs felt pretty good for a Monday. Both hammies are super sore so I'll have to spend some time on the sawhorse. But quads feel much better than on Saturday.

Thoughts- I think I have the opposite of the rainy day blues. More like I wish it would rain so so so bad. It's so dry and we haven't had any real rain since... I don't know when. wouldlovemesomerain

Also I hate. I mean I HATE fireworks. It seems since the 4th of July they've been going off here and there. Such a stupid waste of money... for anyone. FACT. Plus in these crazy dry conditions I don't know why it's even allowed. It's not if but when a big fire will start from them. In fact I think that big one up above Hobble Creek was started by teens this weekend. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

And last I'm just sorry, sad, and puzzled at the events of the weekend here in STG. Guess in some ways we never really know why things happen. My heart goes out to the Lusk family in loosing thier wife and mom. But I don't know them. I also hope the best for Dave and Ally and their family. As Ally was there. Running with Terri. Had to hold her friend and neighbor as she basically died. So tragic. It's just bouncing around in my brain over and over. Everyone be safer out there.... last summer it was Braydon on the bike. Now Terri out running. This hits home... hard.

144lbs after the run this morning. 79 F at the start and finish of the run.

7 more miles tonight. It was overcast and only 97 F so I decided to take advantage of the cold front:). Legs felt like junk though. Heavy and slow. Glad I didn't have a watch because it would have been painful to watch it.

DC loop. Nothing special today. Legs were so heavy last night that I had no plans to do the tempo today... but forgot to tell Loggie. Oops. Sorry ):

Legs were again pretty heavy and slow. I didn't get a chance to work over the hammies on the sawhorse yesterday and now even that right hammy (which really never hurts) is knotted up. So working that out is a must today.  76F when I left at 7:20 a.m.

7 miles this afternoon. It said it was only 100f. I decided running was doable. Headed out and the first couple felt fine. But it was FULL sun. And as I pushed through every mile... I slowly started to tank. BAD. Felt super sick in the end. Cramping, bad stomach, dizzy, ect. This is the kind of afternoon run I've tried to avoid. They do more damage than good. I'll feel the effects for days.

Struggled to sleep at all last night. Even though I was dead, trashed, or whatever you want to call it. Just felt like I'd crossed the "line" on the run yesterday afternoon and now I was paying the piper. So when the alarm went off this morning I wanted soooo bad to bag it. Rest. Recover. Drink. Drink. And whatever else I could do to get something back. But I couldn't... just made myself get out. Pushed out a run. It felt slow and painful. The watch said it was a 7:07 avg but it felt WAY slower than that. I need some mojo back. #inafunk

144lbs