Clyde's Comeback!

We are up in Torrey so I ran from Bicknell down into the fields and then up over the Velvets and back to town. It was a beautiful morning and the views up there are so amazing. I ended up going a little farther than I wanted but the pace was EZ and about 7 miles of it was on dirt roads and trails. While I was climbing up the switch backs I got pretty winded and could feel the altitude but the rest of the run was smooth sailing. 

Ran from Bicknell back to Torrey again. This time I just stayed on the main road. I warmed up for 3 miles and then did 3x800's with a 2 min recovery between. Just ran these sets on the open road on my way back. I tried to do them on the most level section of road but there was a few rollers. Hit the first on a 4:55 pace as I rounded the turn and dropped to the river. The second was the most flat one and I hit it at 5:00 pace. Before the third set I did my recovery back up the road to Bicknell to lengthen the flat section for the last set. I hit it at around 5:05 pace. With the altitude all the sets felt like my lungs were going to explode but the legs felt pretty much in control. Finished up hitting the rest of the run at sub 6:30 pace because the legs were all wound up and I had a good tailwind coming off the bench into Torrey.

We are headed home today and it will be nice to get there and be able to have a couple days of regular life before the craziness of the weekend.  

Back home. It felt good to sleep in my own bed last night and even better to run on my own routes this morning. Hit the B-hills loop this morning. After running up in Torrey it felt great running down here. Legs feel good, lungs feel good, weight continues to be down... Should be a good on coming up... maybe a hot one too!

Up early and out in the dark. The morning was warmer than I thought it would as my T' shirt style tech shirt was just too much clothing. At the moment I'm feeling so fresh I could pop. It really kind of feels like the I'm having a weird dream or something right now. My body feels great and I'm just fighting the normal nervous mental stuff. Weight this morning was 148.5 so I have a few pounds to spare over the next couple day. Really looking forward to the weekends events. 

Ran around Little Valley with Jeff S this morning. He is staying with us for the weekend and we wanted to get a solid workout in this morning:) Legs felt pretty good once we got up to pace (7:35 ish). Just took it EZ and enjoyed the morning. The weather is crazy right now so who knows what's going to happen tomorrow. 

I'm nervous...

Bummer race today. Hit the half in 1:14 a little slower than planned but I thought I could still manage a good second half. The legs never would turn over and even down the step grades of like Snow Canyon I couldn't go much faster than 6 min pace. Stopped trying to race at  mile 17 and was in 5th at that time. Maintained that place up to 20 an hit it in 1:55... then really decided that it wasn't happening and by 21 I wanted to drop out. I found someone with a phone and called Mik'L to meet me at the top of Bluff. But she didn't wan't to... so I just walked/ jogged in. Along the way I helped pace Amber G for a couple miles down to Diagnel St. Then my tummy was starting to act up so I told her to take off. After that I walked some more and ran with Austin and Trevor for a little while then kind of left them. Jogged in right around Steve O who also was just milking it too. The weather was hot... in fact they said it was the hottest ever. I'm guessing that had something to do with it but I run in the heat all summer and turn in training runs better than today so... who knows where I'm at in my running career. Back to the old drawing board I guess. The only positive to today's run was that because the last 10 miles I basically jogged in my legs aren't totally jacked like they are when I race the entire distance. 

CIM anyone?