Old Man Still running

Recovery going very well, can already jog downstairs (with some quad pain).  No calf pain.  I think it is funny that I will recover faster this week from running a 100K race, than recovering last week from a half marathon.

Looking back on the 100K, I feel pretty good about it.  With a perfect race, I think I could have run about 45 minutes faster on that course.  That gives me something to shoot for next year.

Back to training.  Focus on the flats, many miles and very long runs to get ready for ATY in less than 50 days.  Treadmill this morning.  Planning and starting up two-a-days.

Feel recovered from Saturday, just minor pain in the blister spots that aren't totally healed.

p.m. tempo run at the Lehi Legacy center indoor track.   Averaged about 7:40 pace.

I went out for a night run in Cedar Valley.  I started at Camp Floyd in Fairfield and ran a 25K loop that circled around the Jake Garn airport, went to Eagle mountain and then returned.  This would make a good route for a 50K race some day because it almost exactly 25K, very fast and flat and would bring people out to Camp Floyd.   People might think it is boring because it is so wide open and flat, but I get a kick out of running in that wide-open valley because it messes with your mind, the long straight sections seem to never end.

Map of the run: http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/us/ut/fairfield/167128966569676934

I intended to run the loop twice, but wimped out after one loop because of the cold.  That massive valley is amazing.  All the cold air sinks at the lowest point.  My run only gained 95 feet along the way, but at the lowest point it was 20 degrees and at the highest point it was 31 degrees.  Amazing!   My coldest point was about three miles west of Camp Floyd.  After I finished the second loop, I just didn't want to go through that cold stretch again with a slight head wind.   Also my right foot was tender from the new skin healing the massive blisters from the last couple weeks.   At midnight I stopped and went home.

At mile 7 I had dropped a thermos of warm diluted Ensure to drink.  Yum, Yum.  At mile 10 I ran on what I now call, "Lost Scott Road."   Read the reason documented in this story.

I completed the 25K in 2:20 with an average pace of 9:10.  My fastest mile was the downhill mile (ha, ha, 20 feet downhill during the entire mile) for a 7:34 pace. Got to love those tough downhills, I really blasted down it.

I'm running these flat runs to get ready for ATY (Across the Years 48-hour run on Dec 29 in Arizona).   I might go back out there Saturday to run another longer loop to the south, once it warm up a little.

Went out and finished the 50K I interrupted at midnight.   Started again at Camp Floyd in Fairfiled and did a longer loop to the south.  At one point far south I couldn't see any modern structures for miles, a very cool remote feeling.   It wasn't as cold as last night, temp about 40.