Clyde's Comeback!

10 mile morning run. Very sluggish this morning. My form was all over the place- I guess it is just Monday. On the bright side it feels good to not have to worry too much about hitting any real kind of mileage this week.

I have a big Dr's appointment today (a physical and some tests to see why we haven't been able to have children- yet)...

(White Cumulus 294.8)

5.25 mile run this afternoon up to the powerline and back. It's out and back and I just took it easy and worked on form and breathing. On the way back I was so into my breathing focus that I about jumped out of my shoes when I came around a turn to see a little turtle staring at me. This was a tinny little guy and he makes two I've seen in 2008. This was the closest one I've ever seen to the house- inside a mile from the driveway.

(Blue Stratus 319.65)
 

10 mile morning run. Same loop as yesterday. Up to new overpass then back down dirt road across and over to GS and then back around Middleton. A nice morning to run. I'm in the typical pre-marathon stage. Everything starts to hurt, my form feels off and so on. Let the mental games begin... it sucks but the only thing good about it is that it happens every time and I know it's all smoke. I also saw the Bull riding to work on his Hog, and he rolled by to say "hi".

(landreth 193)

5 mile run this afternoon. The church loop. No highlights just out for over 30 min's to work up a sweat.

12.3 mile morning run with tempo miles mixed in. I did the standard loop but inside of it was two tempo segments one of 3.1 miles and one of 2.2 miles. This was a PR time for the loop- 1:21:37 for the total time.

I did the first 3.5 miles up to the overpass as a warm-up and then a 3.1 mile tempo from there down to Telegraph road, turned right at the car wash and onto Wagon Wheel- up around to Bulloch- then down past the school and over to Main.

Splits there were:

1. 5:12- Steep downhill. I actually hate running down this part.

2. 5:23- Mild uphill and level with some mild downhill at the end. Overall flat.

3. 5:42- Mostly uphill and around turns, a small downhill burst at the end but not much.

5:35 pace for the .1 and it was flat

Then I relaxed and ran 7 min pace up to the top of the dirt and down into GS- just about 1.5 miles to the paved road in GS.

Now 2.2 more miles of tempo from GS down past gas station and to the Middleton turn.

4. 5:33- A couple small hills and mostly gradual downhill

5. 5:33- Flat but with a lot of turns

5:20 pace for the .2

Now a nice 1.5 or so of cool down back to the house. Good workout to kind of finalize the training for Ogden. I may do like 2-3 800's on the road next week during a run but nothing too crazy. I hate to say it but I think I'm ready for a good race. I just need to try to relax between now and then. Today I have a good message scheduled that should help loosen up the legs.

(Red Stratus 326.2)

7.2 mile run at 1 p.m. My stomach finally calmed down so I could get out. It was a little warm right out in the direct sun light but nothing like mid-summer. The sand trail was fresh with a rain cover and I could see all the new lizard and snake tracks. I still got freaked out just seeing where the snakes had slithered across the sand.

(Blue Cumulus 332.7)

6.8 mile run tonight with the club. We did the "7 mile loop" that is not seven... and ran it in reverse. We just kept it at conversational pace and ended up behind the 7 min guy by a little. Avg pace was 7:04.

(White Cumulus 301.6)

6.5 mile run this morning. The old skool GS loop that I use to run every day. All on pavement and around people not turtles and snakes. I wore a pair of Brooks Adrenaline's that I don't wear for running usually. I was trying to see if the different platform would help me switch up the form from crappy to better. Because my form is really in dire straits right now. Anyways it could have helped... I'll do some grass barefoot tonight that should do the trick.

I didn't go back out tonight. I get kind of lazy once I start tapering my miles off for a race. It shouldn't be a big deal.

14 mile run this morning with Steve. We ran from the side of Washington Fields over to Sand Hollow to watch some of the Tri. It was really windy on the way out and when we got there Steve O. told us that the wind was bad enough to cancel the swimming for the event. There were thousands of people out there... sucks for them. Stupid wind! Anyways Steve and I talked to Steve O. for a while and then came back. The pace was very slow because Steve was having a hard day (he did 20 yesterday). Good run over all and I'm feeling very fresh and relaxed for the race next Saturday. Pray for no wind!

(Red Stratus 340.2)

3 more miles with Mik'L after we both got home. It was at a blistering fast pace. I didn't have the garmin but I could tell by the way the legs were feeling we were rolling- somewhere around 10 min pace at least!