Clyde's Comeback!

15 mile Big workout this morning. 4 mile warm-up, 7 mile tinman tempo (5:58 Avg.), 4 mile cool-down. We had some conflicting schedules so everyone did their own workout this morning. Not the best idea when it comes to trying to push things. I was up at 4 a.m but didn't get out of the house until 4:40. I warmed up down past Costco and the Dino Tracks. Then started the tempo at the light at the base of Foremaster. I took that new road over to River Road and then cut back over to the Fields up around the corn maze and back to the bridge coming into the fields. Thats where the tempo ended- then I just made my way back home. 

Upon getting out of bed this morning I felt pretty good and fresh. The legs were saying they wanted to run so I put on a new pair of Stratus and went out. The stomach wasn't my friend however. I pigged out all day on Sunday to make for an extra stop along the way. Luck for me it wasn't during the tempo. I started out a little fast on the tempo hitting a 5:50 first mile but then settled into an even effort the rest of the leg. My calves are still very tender... I know it's time for those things to snap out of it.

During mile 4 of the tempo I was running up the road past the old Hooper Estate and I thought I could see a deer or big dog or some kind of animal coming on the other side of the road. It wasn't until we pasted each other that I realized it was Dave (it's pretty much pitch black out). I said hey and he said hey but at that point we were both grinding out tempo miles and your just trying to survive so we both pressed on. Anyways good to see it in the bank- now for a busy day.

(Stratus Black- 15) 

4 easy miles this afternoon. It's hot out but not as bad as you'd think. Just a little breeze that makes it nice.  

12.2 mile morning run around the overpass. The legs feel totally burned out, and I was drained from getting a horrible nights sleep. Now I'm just a little moody to start the day. 

(Landreth 348.5 ) 

5.8 miles tonight on the treadmill right before we went to the Holt's for an awesome pool/ BBQ party. Those guys know how to dance over there in Dog Town, and so does Steven Abraham Lincoln.... But you'll have to ask Kendra about that one.

Good times- All about memories down here in STG. Thats why Dave, Logan and I will be up at 3:30 a.m or earlier to do our workout tomorrow morning.   

15 mile BIG workout this morning with Dave and Logan. I woke up at 3:25 a.m to be at the track so we could be running at 4 a.m. 3 mile warm-up in Green Springs, 2 mile Tinman tempo back to the high school 5:45, and 5:50 splits, then 6x1000m on the track, and a 5 mile cool-down all done before 5:45 a.m. What did you do this morning?

1000 split times were: 3:12, 3:15, 3:14, 3:14, 3:14, 3:13 and I was really pleased with how the workout went. I went in feeling like I'd try and keep them all under 4 min's and call it good. But once we got going it flowed pretty nice. Only on the last one did I start dry heaving at the end. The highlight was that I really didn't have any stomach issues. Don't ask me why? Last night at the BBQ I downed steak, chicken, veggies of all sorts, fruit, Kool-aid, 2 brownies, and strawberry cheesecake frozen yogurt, plus a little pool water.

Really glad to hit a solid workout like this and feel so positive at the end. It's been a while since I've felt that pumped about my running. So hopefully I'm heading in the right direction. (stratus black- 30) 

12.2 mile run this morning up around the overpass. Just relaxed and enjoyed the cool morning while the sun was coming up. Now I'm going to go play the new golf course (Sand Hollow) that isn't even open to the public yet. 

(Red Stratus- 449)  

Golf was a lot of fun. The new course is really, really nice. I even chipped one in from 20 yards out- the bad news is it was to save bogey.  

7.8 miles on the treadmill. I'm feeling really good right now! Finally fully recovered from Bryce and mentally starting to prepare for the some good weeks before STG.  

I had to bend the circle a little. I decided to switch my Friday and Saturday workouts because of travel. Guys I live a bend but don't break policy. 

I went out 9 miles and then back the same way. Around Middleton and up along the GS circle  until the trail that goes up to the new overpass and then from there I took the road up to Grapevine until I was at 9 miles.

Out in 1:13:06 - Back in 1:01:56

This is a very hilly run up and down the whole way with a total ascent of 400ft on the way out and then the same descent on the way back. Anyways it was a good run. I was out to the turn-around before the sun came up and the desert is just amazing that early in the morning. It really changes from heaven to hell in about 2 hours...

I hit some kind of tempo pace effort on the last 5 but not much faster than 6 min pace. During the last mile I did my strides.

(White Cumulus 458.1) 

6 mile brisk hike up and back to Calf Creek. This weekend was just a killer (youth conference with the young men and young women). We drove over 600 miles from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon to the Castle Valley play and to Torrey and back home the long way to hit Calf Creek. I worried all week that time and energy would become a factor later in the week and it did. Friday night we didn't get in until actually 12:30 a.m Saturday morning and then we had to leave by 8 a.m. So there just wasn't time to run in the morning. Then after a long day of hiking and driving I got home and my diaphragm is really tight. So tight that it's hard to breath just sitting at home. So long story short I'm a slacker today and will have to cut the week short by 10 miles. It's really not a big deal but for some reason it just bugs me to death. Hopefully next week when I have to take the scouts to the lake I can get through my mileage... I'm worried about that one too.  BUMMER!