Don't Sacrifice the Gift.

AM: Ran with Trevor and did the Tunnel run.  I felt really tired this morning and my knee hurt for about the first mile but felt better afterward.

PM:  5 miles without ever leaving my ward boundaries, sounds tedious but it wasn't too bad.  I mapped out a couple of differant mile loops just within my ward, kinda fun.  It felt great tonight, I didn't feel any pains and wasn't too tired.  Averaged about 6:48 pace. Would have been faster but my brother ran a mile with me, he did rather well, kept a solid pace and ran well. I think he is going to be pretty good in High School!

Easy 8, not the best run, but not the worst either.  I felt really tired and it seemed like it took forever.  That's alright though, Better days are sure to come!

Not the best run, felt really tired today, the heat didnt really help either.  I had side aches through a lot of the run and I had a cramp in my calf. Other than that it was a pretty good run. 

Good run today. Ran with Trevor around St. George... literally. A little tired about half way through it but didn't last long. Around mile 7 my hip started to hurt a bit. At 7.5, couldn't feel it. Really good run, Trevor's excitment for college is kinda rubbing off on me.

At the beginning I felt drained but as I warmed up, I felt great.  Nice run into the fields with Trevor. A little sore afterward, but will be taked care of!

Good run. Fourteen with 3 mile tempo in the fields. I feel a little fatigued today and my hips and calfs are a little sore but I iced, stretched, rolled, and plan on doing more of each. Longest run I've had in awhile, it was great until about mile 10ish.  Random Fact- In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

Pretty good run, still rather tired and quads are sore but not too bad.  Seven with barefoor striders. Saw one of the coolest things today as we were heading into Greensprings. Awesome! Random Fact- The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

I was going to go eight today but I got caught up in watching the races that it didn't really happen.  Starbucks with the team this morning, then rode up to Cedar with them this afternoon.  Man I wish I was racing with them, but a part of me is kinda glad I dont have to.  I'm super excited for them, both the boys and girls teams are going to be really good this year.

Club Run, usual route.  Only Aaron, Clyde and me there today.  Good run, kept the pace at 7 min, didn't want to take it as fast as the other two. Felt pretty good.

Parkway loop with Trev, and Corey.  Nice and chill.  Met my college team today, it was weird but I'm excited. 

AM: 6.5  First day of practice with the college team.  It was a good run, starting at the college we went to the trail and continued on that to the Dixie Center where we turned around. Started out at a faster pace then I was expecting but still felt really good.  One of the better runs lately. The whole run counted today seeing that not one mile was over 7 min. pace, that's for you Mike!

PM: 1.5  Ran with my parents around the neighborhood.

AM: 5- Ran twenty minutes out and twenty minutes back, just nice and easy, we were supposed to run on the grass but we didn't make it to the fields we were heading to so that didn't really happpen.  Good run, didn't start out as fast as yesterday thankfully, wore my compression sleeves during the run and kept them on for awhile after as well. 

PM: 6- Met at Little Valley Stake Center and did Meatgrinder 2X. 'nough said.  Rather hard and tiring but not as bad as I was expecting.

AM: SunriseTire 6.5- Good run, felt great.  No pains other than a little in the right shoulder towards the end, but thats no biggy.  Nice to run in familiar places, brought back memories of High School.

PM: 2- Ran with my parents again through the neighborhood nice and easy.  (Fivefingers 2.00miles)

AM: 4.5- Ran to Dixie High School and did some barefoot around the park area.  Not the best place to do barefoot, just saying.  I ran into a patch of Goat Head/Bull Head whatever you call them, stickaburs. Yeah that hurt.   My right leg was hurting a bit this morning but not too bad,  a bit of rolling should do the trick.

PM: 6- 800 repeats. Splits- 2:42, 2:38, 2:38, 2:39, 2:38, 2:41, 2:35.  Pretty consistant, and the team stayed together really well.  Other than the bottom of my feet hurting still from the thorns this morning, I felt great.

PM: 8 Skyline- Nice, easy run.  Legs felt tired and quesy for about the first half mile or so then felt great for the rest of the run.  Felt a little sore afterward today but I stretched and feel better.

PM: 1.5- Ran with my mommie.

AM: STGM, 10- Great Run, one of the best 10 milers I've had.  We ran the last part of the STG marathon, Nick and I did a bit of tempo for the last 2 miles or so.  Felt Awesome (tree)   After, I went to the High School meet at Hurricane and there I ran the last 3 miles of Devo's workout with him.

PM: 1.5- Ran with my mom.

This week has been of the best weeks I've had in awhile, been feeling well and strong. Lets hope it continues.

7 Middleton- Good run, first day of school so practice was earlier.  Holy Freshman race!  I was rather confused.  I think that was the first time I've ever done a cool down after an easy run.

5.5 Turkey Farm- 8 x 400 hill repeats.  Better then I was expecting, the first two were definatly the hardest.  No afternoon practice because of the athlete's meeting, probably should have ran on my own though.

6 Dixie Center Loop-  Good run, everyone seemed to want to take it rather fast though. My legs started to feel kinda tired towards the end but not too badly.  No one understands my jokes.

AM: 4, barefoot- Way better then last week, no thorns to step on! Good run, super fun and felt great to run on grass, as always. 

PM: 8, Webb Hill- Meatgrinder 3x, not too bad but not the best either. Had to do the last one by myself.  Some of those bushes look creepy in the dark.  I hate when you run in the dark and it feels like you're running faster then you really are. Most annoying.

AM: 6, Dixie Center- Late to practice so I wasn't able to go the full workout before I had to get to my class.  My legs feel rather tired today, last night my calves were really tight so I went to bed with my compression sleeves and I felt so much better this morning, but they're still a little tender.

8, Pres fun run/Sandstone-  I got 2nd at the Presidents 5K, not sure what my time was, I just took it as a tempo.  Then got home and ran with my family and Sophie. Got some barefoot in, good run!

8.5, Skyline- Good run, my legs were way tired at the beginning but started to loosen up the farther we went.  Starting to get pretty nervous for our meet this Saturday.  Never raced an 8K, but good thing my excitment is more prevalent then my nervousness, that's a bonus.

AM: 4, Vernon Worthen- Barefoot, love it.  Not the best place for barefoot, as they recently airated (spelling?) the grass, but large field so not quite as tedious as a smaller one.  I found a frisbee.  fun fun

PM: 10, Virgin River Trail-  5x Mile Repeats,  I was a little worried before about this workout.  I went to practice early today so I could get some warmup stuff in which include, high knees, BK's, Scott kicks, etc.  super dogs, fire hydrants... the works. Then ran two miles over to where we were meeting.  I think all that helped me mentally as well as physically. 

Coach said he would like us to get each mile in around 5:40 which made me think  Oh Poop!  But I am rather happy with myself, my miles were 5:15, 5:10, 5:26, 5:10, 5:26.  Big hill in middle of third and just a little worn down on the last, but pretty good! Mike and I stuck together on all but the last where he pulled ahead.  Felt great on this workout, even after, I still felt so good.

AM: 7, Middleton- Late to practice so I was playing catch up for most of it.  Good run though, felt smooth. Legs are a bit tired but not too bad.

PM: 3, FLx2-  Nice and easy to get the gunk out of the legs.