Clyde's Comeback!

6.5 miles this morning

10.2 miles this afternoon

Morning run was slow and easy. Pretty tight all over- Just a case of the Monday's.

This afternoon did one mile warm up then came back home and was going to do my time trial 8.2 miles loop but the tile guy working at my house showed up and I had to wait for him for 15 min then I went on the run- so really no warm up.

This course is hard:

last time 53:14

This time 52:49

I ran hard and pushed the first part of the course up the rocky/sandy trail trying to get a jump on things from last time. I did and was a little over 2 min faster at the 4 mile mark. Then from 4 miles in it's on the road and mostly downhill. I should have been able to fly. However I got a side ache and had to work for 6 min/miles. The 2 min lead I had fizzled off. So I saw some progress although I'd like to have had a better second half.

Did a mile cool down and called it a day. I like the workout and hope to push myself to do it once a week or at least every two weeks.

6.5 miles in the a.m.

7.5 miles in the p.m.

Two different worlds today running. The morning run was calm and relaxing. The afternoon run felt like world war 3... Well not really but the wind was blowing me all over the place and rain- I just did not want to be out there. Although that shows how much I like the treadmill because I picked going out in the storm over staying in on the machine.

6.5 miles this morning

6.5 miles this evening

Boring day. Same run both times only in the p.m. I did it the other way around. Both runs were around 6:35 min/mile pace pretty easy day.

One mile warm up on Steve's treadmill @ the running store.

Then 8 miles with the club @ easy pace. Every time we started getting faster than 6:50 or so I'd slow down. Nothing too amazing. Everyone is getting pumped for the race this weekend- so we'll see how it turns out.

Treadmill run.

Did 3 miles in new Asic Ohana Racers to see how they would feel.

Then did 2 miles in new Brooks T4 Racers to get ready for the 10k on Saturday. I was going to do a few more that night but ran out of time.

Ran the Spectrum 10k today. Didn't know what to expect because the last time I raced was the first part of Nov...

Warmed up with two miles and then rushed to the starting line to catch the gun.

Mile 1- 4:42 The pace didn't feel that fast because we were going down hill and there was still a lot of runners around so I was shocked when my garmin beeped and I looked down and saw the time.

Mile 2-5:20 Steve Olsen and I start to pull away from the group. This part of the course I didn't care for. We ran back up the canyone on a dirt road and looped around a cone in the road then back down to the trail.

Mile 3-5:31 now on the trail some rolling hills to prep for the next long down hill leg. Still feeling really good and building a lead on Steve O.

Mile 4- 5:33 Now a comfortable lead and not pushing the downhill as fast as I should have.

Mile 5- 5:26 Gave it one last surge down to the corner where I could see no one too close. Starting to feel a little sore and decide to just bring it home easy.

Mile 6- 5:52 up the hill from the corner and through the intersection. Now I can see the finish and am glad to be done.

.2- 1:22 As I cross the finish line and go into the shoot I dry heave a couple times due to some new product I tried during the race.

Glad to finally get a win after more about a year and a half. The course was fast this year but not too much faster than last year where I ran a 37:16 and 5th place. Last year a 35:30 or something won the race. I'm guessing with the course changes that this year was about 50-60 seconds faster than last year. So even with that I still was around 3 min faster.

Did a couple miles with Dustin to cool off before we had to wait forever for the awards.

P.M. Ran anouther 6.5 miles tonight to get some more miles in and try and stay loose.