Clyde's Comeback!

Got up at 5a.m. and got a good run in this morning. Maybe the best workout I get all week. We are flying to St.Louis and driving to Nauvoo, IL today for the week.

The run went pretty good. I woke up this morning after having a dream that I took a wrong turn in a half marathon that I was winning. It took me out of the race...Scarry dream. So I got up and ran pretty hard thinking about how I would break the tape if I were really winning a half or whole marathon.

Did a nice loop run around Nauvoo. 3-4 miles right along the Mississippi river. Everything is very green and lush.

We spent the day visiting all the historic sites. With my wifes little sister who is on a mission here.

Did most of the same loop as the day before.

Today we are leaving early to go over to Carthiage to see the sites there and then come back over to Nauvoo to go to the temple at 11a.m.

Ran a 10k distance ealy before we started our trip home. It was 3.1 miles from our room to the temple so I went down and back.

Had a good trip. Body feeling kind of funny. My diet on this trip has sucked as usual when I travel. I feel really "large" and sluggish on my runs out here. Hopefully I can get home and find some order before the race on Saturday morning.

Back home.

Got up and did a short 5 mile run this morning before work. My miles suck for this week but I did want to taper off to race the half on Saturday. I may run a couple miles tonight when I get to Bryce Canyon just to help me stay relaxed.

Got 2 miles in tonight with Dustin.

Did the Bryce Canyon half. one mile warm up.

The race went pretty good. I ran a 1:15.20...the seconds may be off. Finished in 5th place overall. 4th place in mens and 3rd in my age class. Yes I got "chicked". She was pretty dang fast. She passed me on mile marker 3 or so and throughout the race I thought I was going to catch her... I just never did. Same girl who won the ladies St. George Marathon last year.

I ran pretty good for most of the race- around mile's 8-9 I started having thoughts that it was beyond me to maintain this pace. However in a mile or so I was feeling better. The course was marked good, I hope it was pretty close in distance.

Overall felt good about the race. The $100 cash prize for 4th place in men's was a nice cherry on the top...

The elevation drop was around 2000 ft from 7,500 ft or so to 5,500 ft or so.

Ran two miles with my wife later in the night. Feeling pretty sore!