Clyde's Comeback!

14.4 mile run this morning. At the first I ran into the Holt boys so I jumped on with them and it added just over two miles to my regular loop. It was nice to have some company this morning and the pace was just right. The legs don't really feel too bad- but the body is just overall tired. I thought I'd sleep like a baby last night... instead I was up all night long and slept like poo.

(Landreth 270.3)  

8.75 mile run tonight with the club. We are going to start doing hill repeats on Monday night on Webb Hill. So we met down at the DC to go map it out tonight. The run was one lap around the trails loop with one trip up the hill. It's going to be a pretty good training aid. Hopefully we don't get burned out on it so we can keep it a part of the diet the rest of the summer.  

(Blue Cumulus 388.55) 

10.4 mile bike ride = 2.6 miles of easy running. My legs were trashed and really had a hard time the last 4 miles or so pushing the bike along. Hopefully I'll be able to continue this as well...  

12.2 mile run this morning. Standard Loop. It was a little hard to make the turn around this morning after running last night later, biking home, and then getting to bed late. Getting up wasn't easy and running wasn't cool. But I worked through it and came home to a cold bath. It seems to feel good right now and I've been taking them after every run.

(Blue Stratus 405.5)

8.8 mile run this afternoon up over the hill trail around GS and home the longer way. For some reason I wanted to brave the heat today. It was 103 in the shade when I took off. I started with a wet shirt and hat, and I also had a bottle of water. The shirt was completely dry after 1.6 miles, but it didn't seem to get too bad. I made the water last until 5 miles where I repeated the entire process again at the golf course. All things considered it really wasn't too bad... Came home and was just on the brink of cracking though. As I walked through our gate I started to get very dizzy and felt a puke coming. After I got some fluid I took a nice cold bath.

(Red Stratus 396.6)

12.2 miles this morning. Overpass loop. I got out a little earlier than normal so that made it a little cooler- always a plus. However I was trashed this morning. Even though last night run wasn't way fast. The 5 miles at sub 6:40 pace on the way home out in the +105, direct sunlight drained my body. I really struggled this morning so I hope to regroup somehow today and be ready for a long run tomorrow morning as I'm now heading up to Park City this weekend.

(White Cumulus 361.8)

12 mile bike ride = 3 miles of easy running. The legs are starting to feel trashed. By the end of the ride I was struggling to keep the bike upright. Although I was packing a big thing of Accelorade and it was pulling to one side.

NEWS*** I'm in Park City this weekend and would love some company for a long run on either Friday or Saturday or both... Speak up if your on the fence about it.

6.7 mile run this afternoon. It was actually cool this afternoon when I started (97 degrees) and it warmed up to 100 by the time I was done. I did the GS loop with a few extra little outlets too hit water. I'd soak the hat, shirt and get a drink. With the water things weren't too bad.

(Blue Cumulus 395.25)

20 mile run in 2:15:37 (6:46 min mile pace). Out the door at 4:15 a.m. Left the house and went over to Washington and down through the fields out past Staheli farms and down past Stone Cliff into the Boulders. Then down into St. James to the trail back up on the trail to the post office and down to the DC. Got a good cold drink at the DC and used the potty. Now back up the trail to Barefoot and then up over past DSC and back to Middleton. Overall it was a very fair course- although the last couple miles didn't feel fair coming up out of the river into Middleton. I was going to do some tempo miles but decided to just hold a good solid pace for the entire run. Really never started to feel bad and was able to finish strong with the last mile being the fastest (6:13). Like I said just a even effort for the 20 and that's what I needed. Something about running a good 20 miles really helps my body come around with the training.

.4 cool down. Not really enough but I really wasn't all worked up anyways.

(SS 127.1)
 

After running a pretty good 20 miles this morning I was craving something some might call a "no-No". However by mid-day I could no longer hold off the temptations of In-and-Out Burger. The two cheese burgers and fries really hit the spot and I know it wasn't the very best thing I could have eaten... but it tasted so good it made me feel like a CHAMPION! And that's what counts- right? 

12.2 mile run this moring in Park City. I ran from the hotel up around where my last leg of WBR started. I ended up doing some laps around a pond area because it was pretty flat. The pace was slowish, and my hammy's were tight but other than that it was a good run. I ran past a house that was on fire and it was filling the whole valley with smoke.

Now hopefully I can spend the rest of the day riding the bike up on the ski slopes.

(Landreth 282.5)

25 miles on the bike = 3 easy miles of running. Alot of the miles were downhill or in the air... However I did peddle my butt off. I was on the mountain for 6 hours and road up and down some sweet trails. I felt I was pushing my luck all day and just before I was done I took a nasty spill over the handle bars and hurt my shoulder pretty good. I'm a boy what do you expect. Anyways a great day. I loved it and the bike road like a champ.

I slept horrrible last night because of the shoulder, and almost didn't think I could even go this morning but I'm glad I went even though it hurt. We met up with Chad, Steve, Walter, Adam, Jeff M, and Josh & Megan.

It was a blast running with all those guys. We just kind of took the big loop around Park City. The group decided to take the Jarassic Park physical challange. So we went up over a mountain without a trail. Kind of interesting and fun.

We did one mile on the track after the run and I did a little on the track before we started. After the run we enjoyed breakfast and good conversation. Great start to the Saturday.

(White Cumulus 378.3)