Clyde's Comeback!

8.6 mile run around GS and on the trails. It's always nice to run out in the desert after a good rain. The trails are nice and packed so your not peeling out in the sand all the time. It was really cool this morning, and very wet in the air. I'm not a big fan of east cost type weather. I had enough of that in England thanks. The run was pretty good. It took a long time to get going and I could tell that April had worked me over good because the muscles were still pretty sore. I'm also really glad to finally be off antibiotics. I got some at the dentist last week to kill the infection and the course took forever (6 days). The whole time I've just felt like I was taking med's if you know what I mean.  

8 mile run this afternoon. I did the industrial park loop only I started withe the industrial park first and did the long climb up to the water tank. Ugh! I forgot what a Mutha that one was. Going up the other way on the trails is steeper but it doesn't drag on like this way. Anywho the run went ok once I reached the top.  

12.5 mile run this morning. I ran up over the Dixie road to the junction above the running store and then down around the black hill to the office. I never really got going this morning and things felt really sluggish but I still hit the run in 1:33:00. Not amazing by any means but considering I felt pretty flat- a good run. The hamstring feels a degree better than it did last week. Hopefully April's massage on Saturday will start to kick in and maybe it will finally loosen up. 

10 miles this evening. I ran back from Mik'L's friends house out in little valley. She was getting her hair done and I thought it would be a nice change of pace. I forgot that in doing so I'd have to run the hill up out of the fields. I cut it off on Telegraph and went up over by Best Buy and then extended around Middleton. I was surprised when I got home to see that I was right on 10 miles for distance. Avg 7:20 pace.  

9.2 miles this morning out in the desert and around GS. The hammy was a little more sore this morning that is has been all week. In fact last night it felt as good as it has in months. So I'll most likely spend some time rolling it out on the softball today. 

I was also going to make a note that yesterday was the first day this fall that you could see snow on Pine Valley Mt. I guess winter is coming.  

7.8 mile run this evening. Same loop as this morning but not extended. Nothing really cool or amazing to say other than it's in the books.  

6.5 mile run at 3 p.m. I didn't get out this morning and was busy all day until this afternoon. Felt really good and tried to just stay relaxed before the club run. I just did the standard GS loop before having to go pick Mik'L up and then head to the running store. 

9 mile run at 5 p.m with the club. We did the 7 mile loop and then laps around the running store shopping complex to get to 9. I felt pretty trashed on this run.  

0 a big fat goose egg today. I didn't have time to run, nor did I feel like it. I took a trip up north and back today to buy a Jeep. After all the messing around I finally got home and was dead. 

9.2 miles this morning up around GS and home around Middleton. I slept in and was out the door by 7:30 (how's that for a Saturday). It was a beautiful morning and rather warm for the time of year. After the run I came home and spent the rest of the day with Mik'L before she left on her trip to Arizona, and Florida. 

 16.6 miles this afternoon after I dropped Mik'L off at the shuttle that takes her to the airport. Now me and the doggies are home alone and sad. The run however was pretty good. I started at the Dixie Center and ran up the trail to the top and then back to the DC. That put me at 9.1ish. Then I got a drink and took some sports beans and ran down around Bloomington and back to finish off the day. I hit the entire run at 7:07 pace and never really pushed it. Knock on wood but my hamstring is starting to feel a little better. I can really tell a big difference from last week. So I'll stick to my plan of running easy miles with NO tempo, or speed work of any kind until this thing feels 100%.  It really makes me happy that it's at least moving in the right direction for the first time in months. 

After the run I stopped by In-and-Out Burger for two cheese burgers and some fries as my recovery supplements. I needed to refuel my protein and fatty Omega 3's.