Clyde's Comeback!

Out by 5:25 and it was much cooler today than it was last week. Thank goodness. One more hot morning run in a row and I'd consider walking away from the sport. I struggled to get anything going this morning. Until mile 6 or so everything hurt (even the arches of my feet). Then after that things started to feel a little better but I still couldn't get any turnover. Saw Scott at around mile and chatted for a spell. Looped around in Little Valley to end at 13 mile in 1:33

Tempo Tuesday. A little intro: Yesterday I took the boat out and got to the Quail Creek Lake at 10 a.m. The entire lake was glass and we were the only boat there for the next 3+ hours. And only two of us wanted to board. So I beat the crap out of myself wakeboarding. Lots of hard crashes.... then on the way home I stopped at Del Taco and loaded up on cheap, spicy, processed food. Then I worked in the yard for about 3 hours that evening in the +100F temps. Long story short it all showed up this morning in the tempo run. I've got to start preparing better Monday so I can run better on Tuesday... or any day pre big workout or run for that matter. 

We did the usual 3 mile warm up. Then 6 miles at tempo and 3.6 miles of cool down. My tempo avg was 5:45. Slower than last time I did this workout (5:39). No real cause for concern as it's not supposed to be real fast anyways. But the overall effort today was too hard for the pace. I ran fairly even most of the run with the slowest mile being around 5:53 and the fastest one being 5:28. But it all felt labored. Nothing fluid.

After the cool down with Dave and Logan I got home and had to go to the potty BAD. Then I still had some time before Mik'L had to leave on her run so I ran around the Little Valley loop for another 2.4 miles to even it up for 15 for the day.

Stone Cliff/ DC/ Little Valley loop. Same run as Monday. I felt totally trashed. Actually did ok for the first like 4 miles then it was just a battle. Didn't get out until Mik'L got back so it was just around 7 a.m. and the sun was up pounding on me. Legs and body felt so sore. I'm holding the wakeboarding on Monday responsible. I'm sore from the back of the neck all the way down to my ankles. The running part of my legs felt sore and trashed too. Most of this run felt like the last 3 miles of UV. Even if I would have had the most beautiful, fast downhill in the world I wouldn't have been able to run fast today. Maybe it's time to look into some kind of steroid shot or something for faster recovery:)

A.M. B-hills loop in reverse. Felt really blah this morning and stood at the edge of my driveway for 10 min's trying to decide if I should even go. Finally I just started running slow and was off. Worked at the ward service project last night in the heat for a couple hours and then came home dehydrated so I drank about a half quart of OJ. That much OJ just doesn't sit right in my stomach when I'm running. But at the time it tasted good and was cold. Just kept it smooth this morning in the hot condition. Passed the Desert Hills runners and their grumpy old coach. The guy had the nerve to tell me to put a shirt on:) Hope he comes to club tonight and the heat can kick some of his attitude's butt. 

10 miles tonight at running club. It was 107 F in the car on the way over there. Lets just say it was only around 104 F when we started the run... that's in the shade. Out on the blacktop and in the sun it was hot. However all that being said tonight's run wasn't too bad. It was only Steven and I and we just took it EZ. Your can't push it when the temps are that high. We finished and both of us felt pretty good. So hopefully I can say that's the hottest run of the summer.

Met Logan here at my house early and we did 10.7 miles down around the DC then back through B-hills. It was 88 F when I woke up at 4:40 a.m and still that hot when we left at 5 a.m. In fact it only cooled to 87 F by the time I finished running. The heat this morning out in the dark morning just sucked the life out of me. In a way it's just depressing to have it be that hot and the sun isn't even out yet. 

After Logan and I got back I extended it around Little Valley for a few more. Did pretty good for the first part of that but then the last mile seemed to do me in for good. I'll spend the rest of the day in a dazed coma with a slushy in my hand trying to recover. 

Up at 3:40 a.m and running by 4 with Dave and Logan. They came over to my house and we did another run like last week. Out and back through the park, b-hills and onto the river trail. It's nice because you hit the drinking fountain on the way out at mile 4.6 and on the way back in at like 10.2 or so. Since the temps were still over 80 F the water stops are almost mandatory. We just kept it smooth. Those guys had to get to a cross country meet up in Cedar so they did 15. I extended around Little Valley at the end to get myself to 90 miles for the week. 7:01 avg for the run.