Clyde's Comeback!

Sick.

Still sick so no running this morning. 

I went down to Mesquite today to work and we thought it would be a quick (get in- get out-get paid) job... Oh no. We'll be back down there tomorrow. So after I got home this afternoon I thought I'd try running and also said to myself, "I'll do 8 miles now and then 12 more this evening to get all caught up". Wishful thinking Clyde- I thought I felt better...

8 mile run- 100 degrees and still very much sick. This was bar non the worst training/ casual run I've ever had in my entire life. My fever came back, I had 4 potty stops in one hour and now I feel worse than even yesterday.

So yeah I'm not going out again today and I decided to not worry about mileage this week by trying to get "caught up". The mission is to get better and possibly do the one Big Workout on the schedule.  

(Blue Stratus- 487.7) 

Another sick morning. But I do feel better than last night. We'll see how the day goes and maybe get one in this evening...

13 miles this evening. Running was hard as I'm still trying to kick the sickness. I hope to shake this out of the system as soon as possible.

(New Landreth- 115.9) 

13.5 mile run this morning. I'm starting to come out of this sick phase. But I did decide to pass on the Big Workout this morning with the Circle of Trust. It would have just been pointless for me. I barley was able to pull off an avg. of 7:52 pace for this run- there would have been nothing if I would have pushed it. 

I did a version of my old overpass loop for the most part it was all in the dark. Glad to get the body working again. From yesterday at 5 p.m before my run to this morning (7 a.m) after my run I lost just over 10 lbs.  Plus I had a really sweaty nights sleep. Yuck!

(Blue Cumulus- 501.3) 

8 mile run this afternoon. Nothing real amazing. It was hot but you can kind of feel it cooling off a little. GS loop.

(Red Stratus- 498.5) 

13.1 mile run this morning. An uneventful half marathon this morning. I can feel my body getting better but it still feels like I'm dragging around a dead horse. But there is improvement. Yesterdays run was at an avg. of 7:52 and todays run was at the same effort and for the most part the same course and I hit an avg of 7:28... still a little slow but coming around. Hopefully I'll be ready to hammer something on Saturday for the workout and really get the legs turning over again. 

(Landreth- 414.3) 

9.1 mile loop up the Middleton trail and around GS- then home the longer way. I'm loving the fact that afternoon runs are becoming more and more doable and not so taboo due to the heat.

(White Cumulus- 500) 

13.6 mile run this morning. As far as the sickness goes I think I'm back to normal. The only thing that I can complain about this morning is a very sore hammy. Please go away!

I did the new overpass/ Dogtown loop extended on both ends. Morning runs right now are just amazing. I could live my whole life in September-November with STG weather. For some reason I'm really excited to watch football tomorrow- after the long run of course.

(New Landreth- 128.5) 

8.2 mile run at noon. I ran from my house down past Costco to the river trail and then over to the DC where Mik'L picked me up. I wanted to do kind of a tweener type run. Not tempo or even tinman tempo but faster than normal. I avg. 6:40 for the 7.6 miles down there and then did .6 cool down while I waited for Mik'L. Good little run and now I'm going to relax the rest of the day and get ready for a Big Workout tomorrow morning. 

(Blue Stratus- 495.9) 

18 miles this morning as part of a bigger workout. The plan was to run from the running store up around Snow Canyon park to where the road meets the marathon course and then hammer the miles from there down. So it was 9.5 miles up there and 7.5 miles down and we did one mile cool down. 

Steve Abraham Lincoln came this morning and we met up with Logi Bear then Steve drove up a few miles to start. I had massive stomach problems today. Worse than ever for a total of 3 roadside stops. Even though I had some tummy issues I put together a really solid workout. Last year I ran this same loop and hit an avg. of 5:20 pace for the 7.5 miles down. Today with the stomach issues I still hit an avg. of 5:12 pace. So I'm very happy about the improvement.

Splits: This year/ Last year

1. 5:11/ 5:23

2. 5:08/ 5:14

3. 5:37/ 5:34- up the Winchester Hill and had a potty stop under the bridge like a Troll.

4. 5:07/ 5:17

5. 5:01/ 5:21

6. 5:13/ 5:24- Trying to hold off another potty stop. 

7. 5:05/ 5:16

.5 5:07/ 5:13 pace.  

Really good splits with the issues. I really felt like I could have gone faster so thats nice to have up the sleeve. However I did feel like I was rolling and the sad part is that Logan worked me like a dawg. He must have hit like an avg of 5:05 pace or something crazy fast like that. We did just one mile of cool down but I had another potty stop and it was time to be done. I might try to get out for a short shake out this afternoon. 

(SS- 220)