Clyde's Comeback!

Kind of a blah run this morning. Did the middle B-hills loop in reverse. Had stomach issues before I even left the house and had to stop at the park for some business. Then overall the legs aren't sore from Saturdays workout but they are very heavy and unresponsive. 

6.6 mile this evening. Did the same loop again this afternoon. Both these smaller loops still gave me over 13 miles for the day but ended up feeling like a EZ day. Took it smooth but not fast. I got caught up in a daydream about running a marathon against Will Ferral in some 80's movie. But he was actually fit and a good runner. I never finished the dream so I don't know who won. 

Met at the DC with the circle of trust and Steven. We did the club loop twice with a couple little extensions to hit 20. We were all pretty trashed from the start so it was laxi taxi the entire run. Still ended up with around a 7:13 avg. 2:25:40 for the run. Now to do some yard work and enjoy the 78 F days we are having. 

Middle B-hills loop this morning. Kind of trashed- plus I had to stop at the park and use the facilities. It was a warmer morning with temps at 47 F before the sun came up. The weather has been wonderful but looks to be cooling off the next few days with heavy winds possible. 

6.6 miles this evening. Same loop again. I didn't feel that great. Not a sick feeling just a trashed feeling. 

I planned on running today but it just didn't seem to workout. Mik'L had an early meeting so I just decided to wait and do it all at the club run this evening. But then I learned that the BYU game was on at the same time and so I decided to skip club and was going to go out after the game... then after the game I was starving and decided to write this off as a good rest and recovery day. Oops. 

Middle B-hills loop. Had a lot of build up in my stomach from not running yesterday. It was a 5 star morning in the bathroom. Legs fell recovered but kind of sluggish. I'll run this loop again tonight to help freshen up for the race tomorrow. 

6.6 miles this evening. Trying to clean out the system and get ready to race tomorrow. My stomach is jacked... and I had a side ache most of the run. 

Bummer race.... but I'm not too upset about it for some reason. I had a bad tummy all day yesterday and didn't expect it to be ready to race today. Kind of hoped it would hold up but knew I was asking a lot. Took it out hard with the guy who ended up winning. I actually caught him at mile one and that split was 4:26. Then I passed him right there and lead for around a half mile but around 2.2 I got a killer side ache (just like Ogden 2008) and had to run the remainder of the race as road kill. Obviously the leader was long gone as I limped in. Then some old dude passed me at around mile 5 as I was barely going 6 min pace. I felt really sheepish about the whole thing. It just sucks getting passed when you know you should be almost done. From there I barely beat Steven Abraham Lincoln for 3rd. I wasn't trying to hold him off as I could barely run my side ache hurt soo bad. Anyways finished 3rd overall but was more bummed about the time and not being able to hold and hammer out a race. Felt like I was ready for a killer 10k. Even if I would have ran great I would not have won... the guy ran a impressive 29: something. I was hopping to run around a low 31:00 or with some luck maybe break 31:00. But not today!