Clyde's Comeback!

12.3 mile run this morning up around the new overpass. I felt totally rested and fresh this morning. Over the weekend I took 800m or IB on two different times to try and get the soreness out of the system. I guess it pretty much worked.

(Landreth 51.3)

9 mile run this afternoon. Around GS and up over Powerline, then a long finish up the Middleton hill and back. I felt really good and really enjoyed the run. I never pushed the pace at all- kind of focused on form and breathing.

12.3 mile run this morning up around overpass. I had music this morning and the legs felt strong, and swift. It seems I had a lot more output than any run in the last 2-3 months. Maybe I'm finally turning the corner and getting out of that winter slump... Ended up doing the entire run at 6:40 pace without ever throwing it into tempo pace or effort.

(Blue Cumulus 233.2 )

7.7 mile run this afternoon/ evening. The paved GS loop with 1.1 miles barefoot on the golf course and then a short extended version around Casidas Del Sol.

The run was an avg of 6:53 pace. I really enjoyed the barefoot on the grass. It felt good and I could instantly feel some changes in my form. It's been a long time (pre STGM) since I hit the barefoot.

(White Cumulus 159.2 )

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12.3 mile run this morning. Overpass loop- but I mixed it up with the directions. I kind of criss x-rossed all over the place. I didn't feel as fresh today as I have the last two...but you can't win them all.

(Red Stratus 220.6 )

9.10 mile run this afternoon. Basically the same tempo workout as last Tuesday. Today I took the dirt trail up above the water tank for a 4.1 mile warm-up. Then hit 4 miles down at tempo pace and a 1 mile cool down because I was just about late to take my wife to the temple.

Last week the tempo miles were at an avg of 5:20 pace (but on semi trashed legs). Today the temop miles were at an avg of 5:14 pace with a decent head wind and it was 83 degrees when I left the house. It felt pretty hot for this time of year... at the end of the run I was soaked.

Pretty good effort today. Mile times went like this 5:17 gradual down w/ one small climb, 5:16, gradual down or flat, 4:53 steep and fast downhill although the wind is bad here, 5:31 about half gradual down then a short flat section and just under half uphill.

(Blue Stratus 263)

10.1 mile morning run up and around the overpass. The legs were not tight at all from last nights speed. Ran smooth and easy and just slipped in front of the 7 min guy to end the run at an avg of 6:59 pace.

(Landreth 61.4)

10 mile run with the club tonight. For the most part I just felt blah. But then around mile 8 I realized I could still beat the 7 min guy if I worked for it. So started inching up the pace and passed him. Ended up finishing at 6:58 pace.

(Blue Cumulus 243.2)

11 mile morning run. I had to get a new windshield put in my car so while it was being worked on I ran. I left the auto glass shop and ran down River Road all the way out and around by the new high school then down by the freeway to the trail and took it back to River Road and then back up to the shop.

The run pretty much sucked. I'm feeling kind of trashy. I've got a bad tooth ache and it's starting to have side effects on the rest of my body. I went to the dentist yesterday and he said I need a root canal and a crown! Talk about making me puke! So now we have to figure out what to do with our new dental insurance that will only give us discounted rates... Puke again.

(White Cumulus 170.2)

I didn't go back out tonight. We had Olive Garden for lunch and it was sitting pretty heavy- plus I went to the track meet to see how Mik'L was doing and stayed for a while and just kind of forgot about running this evening. Not to worry really... I only wanted to be around 110 miles this week anyways.

17.2 mile run this morning with the club. We left the store and ran over to Snow Canyon and up through it to the top. Then down the marathon course back to the store. It is 9.4 miles up to the top and some of it is very, very steep. On the way down I didn't really want to push it so I just ran at whatever felt good pace (wfgp) which ended up being around 6:10 pace for the 7.8 miles down or whatever it was.

Over all a pretty laid back run. I almost feel like I didn't get a workout in today, but with the race next week it will be good to be a little more fresh.

(Red Stratus 237.8)

Now to finish my entry for the day and week. For some reason during the run a McDonald's breakfast sounded so good. So when we finished we went there and partook of the goods... now my stomach isn't too impressed but it tasted good at the time and I don't have to run until Monday so it should pass through by then.

My last 8 weeks I have hit an avg of 111 miles per week. This is by far the most intense training phase of my running life so far. I know there are some bloggers that do this in their sleep but for me it's been a good challenge. Do I feel a lot faster? Not really. To be honest I may feel just a little slower and run down. But on the grand scale of things this mileage should "pay the bills" so to speak later on this summer. I hope to go up to Ogden this week and regardless of time- I'd like to just run what feels to be a good race. But it seems like I always struggle with half marathons. That is something I'd like to work on (this week!) as well. So my real test will come on May 17th where I'll push to run a PR and really get my 2008 racing season off to a good start....