Trails!

I ventured up above the inversion this morning by running up to canyon road and continuing on Grand View Drive.  It was my first time on that road.  Sweet view of the valley filled with gunk.  The only problem was that it was around 40 degrees up there and I was dressed for 10.  Major over heating today.  Today was all about just getting the miles in. 

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10 easy on Young Ward out and back course.  Warm and windy, but more importantly the air was clear.

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10 while sleeping

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10 miles again.  Yep, I am on a roll.  Today I ran a hilly providence millville short loop.  This week is all about increasing the mileage, so no major workouts.  I am venturing into injury territory so have to be careful.

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Young Ward loop.  Pretty uneventful

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Jon and I started running from the west end of Hollow road up the TOU course to meet Paul.  By the time we made it the 2.5 miles to Paul's car, we were popcicles and knew we had 3+ more miles of ~10 degree weather with 20mph headwind ahead of us.  

Plan B ensued.  We drove up the Hyrum city park and ran from there.  1 mile up then back down to my car.  The downhill with the wind was much nicer, but still cold.  I ditched Paul and Jon at mile 14 of the course to run the big hill and then tempo down hollow road.  I didn't get in a good workout this week, so I wanted 3 faster miles today.  I went 6:09 (up the hill then back  down), 6:00, 5:57.  We immediately drove back up to Paul's car.  Stiff and tired, Jon and I added on another 2 miles to get to 16 miles for the run.  

  Good week of consistent training.  Now its time to get into the Big Workouts and get into marathon shape.  Time's a wasting....

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