Clyde's Comeback!

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