Trails!

I'm back.  After spending the weekend on a Liquid Diet recovering and loading up on Antibiotics, I feel healthy enough to run now.  I hit the treadmill this morning so if things went bad, I could step off and call it good.  I made it the whole planned 5 miles.  It felt good to run, even if it was slow.  I will get out this evening for some more miles.

T-38:45 (7:45)

PM: 5 miles on Planet Walk.  Much easier than treadmill.  Still feel ok.

T-35:40 (7:08) 159

10 with Jon.  

T-1:15:30 (7:33) 154

9 cold miles early am.  I was a bit sluggish at first, but got it going as time went on.  

T-1:03:15 (7:02) 161

AM: Providence Hills loop.  I hit the big hill hard today and got my HR up to 180.  Other than that, it was just another run.

T-60:25 (7:06) 8.5 miles 160 ave

PM: 2.5 on the TM

Providence River Heights loop today in the inversion.  It turns out that the air quality (pm 2.5) is 38.8.  Not good.  Nothing like smoking a pack while running.

T-58:40 (7:20) 152

Big Workout.  First in a long time, probably since SGM.  I drove up to the mouth of Blacksmith fork canyon to escape the pollution and I was greeted with a nice headwind.  It made for some cold temps on the way up the canyon, but the air was clear.  I ran 7.5 miles up at 7:20 pace.  I was working pretty hard to maintain that pace and I sure felt fatigued on the way down as a result.  For the workout portion I ran from the turnaround 7 miles at Marathon Pace (~6 min miles) with a cooldown of 1/2 mile.  It was a struggle to hit the times, but the workout is in the books.

Tempo Miles: 5:57, 6:00, 6:03, 6:00, 6:03, 5:59, 5:57

T-1:40:20 (6:41) 167 ave 178 max (175 ave for tempo)