Craig Hudman - Simply Live

2/14:02 warm up

10/59:44 Tempo. Didn't get this workout in last week because life was just crazy. Sort of thought I might do it today but wasn't really planning on it until my day went a little sideways and I needed something to get my mind free for a little bit. Sometimes I just have to walk away and not care for a little bit.

2/14:55 Cool down.

10/69:50 Easier run. Legs were still a little weak from yesterday but after 5 miles or so they loosened up and felt fine. Heading to Freeman Park tonight to run with my daughter hopefully I can somewhat get close to what the course is. If not at least she'll know what the terrain is like.

4.1 Miles in Freeman Park with Chloe. 1 Mile warm up then we did 12x200x200. I figured I would try to see if she could do them in 52 as a starting target and try to adjust from there.

1 - 57  2 - 54  3 - 54  4 - 54  5 - 54  6 - 52  7 - 54  8 - 54  9 - 53  10 - 53  11 - 52  12 - 50.

I'm doing this more for my "coaching" reference  than anything else. Recovery 200's were between 90-100 with 10-20 second breaks before each 200. She did really good locking into 54. This was her first real interval workout and we'll see if she can continue to be able to handle increased distances at the same pace. At least now I know what her target is. I aslo picked her up directly from 2 hours of dance to do this. She's pretty tired now and I think she did really good. Since dance started I talked with her coach and get to coach her on Tuesdays and Thursdays, should be awesome if I can manage to make Thursdays fun. Best quote I've ever come across "Boys have to run fast to have fun, Girls have to have fun to run fast". I'm trying to take that to heart. She told me tonight that when it got hard she tried to smile and it kept her going.........

10.2/1:17 easy recovery run. Legs did not feel good until mile 8. Not sure how this weekend will go. I really don't want to feel fresh going in to it I prefer a little beat up, to give me a good indicator of what I can expect at STG. My wife decided to call me at least 6 times during this run, at the end it was getting a little annoying.

8/56 Easy, HR low 130's legs starting to feel a bit better. Almost did a few fast miles but decided against it. I'm thinking just getting the right volume with intensity at the beginning and end of the week. Probably a short run, 3 miles ish, with Chloe tonight.

6 quick and and easy miles before heading to Tiger Grizz Cross Country and then to SLC

Arrived in SLC about 10:30 the night before. Prepped and hit the sack. Woke up at 4:30 ate some oatmeal, gathered the group and left. Bus ended up leaving 30 minutes later than the so called last bus was supposed to which didn't leave much time to warm up. Hit the POP gave my wife a hug and headed to the front. Did a warm up jog with the 1:30 pacer girl and a little more on the way down to the starting line.

I looked around at the start and figured it might be interesting for me. Talked to a guy who wanted to run around a 1:15 so I figured I'd have somebody to run with. Gun goes off and 5 guys jump out ahead with 2 guys with me. By mile 1 I had passed 1 guy and dropped 1. The guy with me, not the one from the start, was breathing pretty hard so I figured he wouldn't last long and he didn't. By 2 I was all by myself which is how it would be for the entire race. I knew I was in fifth and if nothing changed that's how'd it end up. The mile markers were off so at some point I just started hitting laps at the markers. Some were short and some were long but the course ended up measuring right. At 6 there was a hairpin and I could see in front and behind real we'll and knew I was in no man's land. I felt my legs feel real soft about 3 miles into this and was wondering how I'd hold up, so I really focused on taking what the course was giving me, pushed when I could and slowed when I needed to. Around 9 I passed a guy sitting with his shoes off rubbing his feet. I the. Figured I was in 4th and focused on trying to maintain my speed through the slight inclines and drops ahead. Mile 12 just sucked and the I got a good boost through 13 and the finish.

Good race I feel pretty good where I'm at right now. Planned on a 1:14ish and ran a lot better not really pushing it super hard. Afterwards legs felt great after a short rest and cool down. Watched my wife run a PR at 1:49 with bathroom stop. Great job by her. Pretty chill day afterwards, bounce place with the kids and In and Out Burger.

Mile Splits

1-5:49 2-5:27 3-5:36 4-4:22(short) 5-4:42(short) 6-5:16, 7-5:12, 8-4:49, 9-5:06, 10-5:17, 11-6:02(long), 12-5:11, 13-6:00 (long), .1-2:23 (I had .43 from the 13 mile flag)