Clyde's Comeback!

3.5 morning run

12 mile big loop run @ 6:30. It was pretty hot out at least 95 but I needed to get out. I just paced myself and it really wasn't that bad. Around mile 7 I almost stepped on a big grey snake. The sucker came out of nowhere. It scared a few bright words out of me.

The last few miles of the run I seemed to be a little crampy but still finished in a regular time.

Dropped a few pounds...Saturday afternoon after hiking I was 162, still packing a lot of trashy weight from eating on the trip. Tonight after the run I was 152.5 before I started drinking.

3.5 in the am

9 miles from my house to my in-laws. Its a 10 miler but I took a 1 mile short cut. The wind in STG was 59 mph... It felt really good for the 2 miles at my back, but for the 4 at my side and 3 in my face it was murder.

3.5 in the morning

9 miles up and around Turner Turf Farm. I had planned to do only aroud 6 but it was only like 84 degrees. Days like that in STG don't come around very often in June.

I'm feeling pretty flat...I will most likely not run at all on Thursday to give my body some time to rest so I can try and race Friday morning.

Went to the park to run, but noone showed and I was kind of glad cuz my legs were still trashed.

Ran the summer games 10k. Did around a mile warm up.

The race went good. I finished in 3rd place, overall... 2nd in my divison.

My time was 34:38 around 5:30 pace. I was pretty happy with the results. A young kid from Viewmont won the race then Jose Martinez from St. George took 2nd. I really wanted to beat Jose. I stayed right with those two until the last mile and a half then I started to feel cramped and they pulled away a little more. I think if it was a half or a marathon I can beat Jose in the future.

Anyways pretty good race. A lot of downhill- 85% downhill, 10% flat, and 5% or less uphill.

After the race on Friday we drove up to Park City. The temp up here is soo nice. Did some golfing and shoping.

I went out at aroud 3pm today and it was only like 70 degrees... felt so good. I was pretty stiff from the race so I just slugged along for the first 3 or so miles and then the last 2 or so. Just did what I needed to get to the weeks goal.