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Today did a real easy 6.0 miles. My pace today was 9:46, calories burned according to my Garmin 1048. My right foot is still sore on the bottom . My new shoes should be here about wed. of this week. My mileage goal for 2006 was 1000 miles for the year. I ended up with 1200. My 2007 goal is 1500. A couple of half marathons, a few 10k's and I hope a couple of marathon's. St. George being one of them. Happy New Year's . Here's to good running for 2007.

Felt pretty tired today only got about 6hrs. of sleep last night. My energy level's have felt kind of down all day. My time today was 59:33, ends up at about a 9:47 pace. I just don't feel much like pushing very hard. Hopefully my new shoes will be here tomorrow. I need to get my right foot better.

Today I got home from work, and it was snowing pretty hard so I opted for the Nordic track. I did 30 min. My new shoes came today, and yes Clay they are the Kayano 13's. I'm bummed out that it is snowing I wanted to run in them today. The weather is supposed to be better tomorrow, so I will wait until then.

Very slow run today, I thought the roads would be cleared of the snow we recived last night. They were still very snowy and slick, should of did my Nordic track. I did see about 10 deer in the river bottoms, and then on the way back, coming across the wind brake road the sun come out for about 5 min. it was cool the way it was shining acroos the fresh snow. Would of made a real cool running picture. My time today was 54:33. I did run in my new shoes. Big mistake on the snowy roads.

Today we did just an easy 6.0. Felt ok after haveing a few days off because of snowy roads and some family business. My time today was 55:23, I also did 25 min. upper body weight training.

Felt real tired today, just felt like I was draging a boat anker around with me. My time was 58:12. I don't know if I like my new shoes they feel heavy. Maybe it was just a bad day.

Today it was warm enough to run in shorts. It felt way good. I did fell a little better today. My first mile was a warm up average pace at mile 1 was 9:31, I felt like pciking it up at mile 2 my pace was 8:28, mile 3 backed off a little my pace was 8:58, Picked it back up at mile 4 to 8:34 pace. By mile 5 I was pretty much toast, coming up out of the river bottoms there is a hill about 200 meters at a 18 degree incline, so mile 5 pace feel to 9:26, and the last mile averaged a 8:56. I will feel it tomorrow.

So far today I have not run any miles outside, it is way to cold. But this morning I did 30 min. hard on my nordic track elipticale, and 40 min. of weight training on my upper and lower body. I am thinking maybe latter today I will try and get out on the road if it warm's and maybe do a 3 to 5 miler. I dislike winter very much.

Today it was the coldest I have ever run in the temp, from truck thermometer said 9 degrees. I managed to gut out 6 miles, but it was cold. My time today was 55:23. My right foot is feeling alot better since I got my new shoes, I really like them alot.Can't wait for spring.

Today I choose a diefferent route, I went down to the bishop's storehouse and came up through the river bottoms. Most of the workout is a graudual uphill run. My time today was 1:02:23.

Mile 1. 9:24

        2. 9:33

        3. 9:48

        4. 9:49

        5. 10:22

        6. 9:22

I only got about 4 hrs. of sleep did'nt feel like I had alot of energy, but a slugged it out. I also did 25 min. of upper and lower weight training.

I decided to do the same run today as yesterdays. I felt pretty wack, but finished the workout. It was diffenitly a little warmer today. My time was slower than yeasterdays. Today it was 1:04:56.

Mile 1. 9:43

        2. 9:46

        3. 10:07

        4. 9:55

        5. 10:25

        6. 9:31

I got more sleep last night, about a full 6 hrs. I did feel stronger, bit I ran slower.

Today I felt like increasing my mileage a little to a 7 miler. I don't know How I will feel tommorrow, but we will see. My total time today was 1:07:13. I burned 1167 calories. I ran the same route I have been doing the last few days, but in reverse. That gave me some down hill training, with the last mile and a half uphill with about a 6 percent grade.

Mile 1. 9:47

        2. 9:43

        3. 9:34

        4. 9:30

        5. 9:13

        6. 9:57

        7. 9:09

I also did 25 min. of upper body weight training. During my run I seen 25 head of Elk and about that many Deer. It was way cool.

Today there is to much family stuff going on, so I only have time for 25 min. Nordic Track and I did 25 min. Upper body strength training. Plan on doing at least a 7 miler tommorrow. 

Today I made it a real easy day, did not push it at all. I just wanted to do a real comfy pace. Instead of my slow turtle pace I ramped her down into granny turtle. It was actually a nice morning for a run it was a balmy 16 degrees, very comfortable. There was a little south breeze and it looked like the air was starting to mix a little, hopefully some of this yukkie air will clear out.

Mile 1. 10:10

        2. 10:20

        3. 10:30

        4. 10:23

        5.10:36

        6. 10:36

        7. 10:14

The last .55 mile split was at 8:39 I did try and push it a little at the end. I also did 20 min. of weight's on my legs with the Bowflex. All in all I think I had an ok week.

Last night I had a very bad migraine that lasted all night, so I did'nt get a good sleep, when I got up this morning I still felt a little wiped out so I stayed home from work and tryed to sleep it off. About noon I felt ok so I decided I go for a run, sometimes that makes my headaches feel better. It was pretty warm and the sunshine felt great.

Mile 1. 9:47

        2. 9:29

        3. 9:28

        4. 9:14

        5. 9:50

        6. 9:06

        7. 8:39

I did feel good today, my mile splits did get fast each mile, except for mile 5 which is pretty good hill coming up out of the river bottoms. Miles 6 and 7 were faster and the last .23 ended in a 7:55 split. I also did 20 min. of upper body strength training today. Oh my headache is gone, imagine that.

Today it was a hard run after yesterdays push, My legs felt alot like blocks of cement. My goal this week is to do 7 miler's and try to keep up with my Brother Clay. My total time today was a slow 1:09:13. My fastest mile was my last mile which is all up hill.

Mile 1. 9:47

        2. 9:39

        3. 10:10

        4. 9:53

        5. 9:48

        6. 10:08

        7. 9:23

Today I also did 25 min. of  mostly lower and some upper body wieght training. It will be interesting to see how I will do tommorrow. 3 back to back 7 miler's should be a blast.

Oh my goodness lookout.

Very slow miles today. I really had to push muself out the door today. But once I got underway I was into it. My legs are still feeling very wack. Todays workout was alot of uphill trianing, about 4 out of the 7 mile was uphill, felt like I had a workout today. Toal time reflects the uphill which accounts for a slower time of 1:10:18.

Mile1. 9:38

       2. 10:02

       3. 10:07

       4. 10:17

       5. 10:04

       6. 10:19

       7. 9:18

Well we will see what tommorrow will bring.

Today I felt pretty bonk. My body just feels tired like it has absolutely no energy. Todays run was all determination to just get it done. I felt ok through the middle miles, but at the begining and the end it was all bonk. My total time today was 1:10:07, and I also did 25 min. of upper body weight training. My mile splits were as follows.

Mile 1. 10:00

        2. 9:35

        3. 9:55

        4. 9:56

        5. 10:01

        6. 10:30

        7. 9:49

I tried to finish strong but I did'nt have anything in the tank. I think tommorrow I will do some weight's and my eliptical. Then sat. I will hit the road again.

Todat I felt pretty good, I took yesterday off completly and let my body have a rest day,  I think you need that once in a while. Plus I got a full eight hrs. of Zzzzz's last night. I t was a fantastic morning for a run one fo the warmest for a while, it was very comfortable. I felt so good I decided to throw in a couple of extra miles to make up for yeaterdays rest. I don't know if my body can do six days a week, right now five days seems to be a preety good workout for me. I think on fridays I will use that as a day off from the road and do my eliptcal and weight's. My total time today for the 9 miler was 1:29:08, total calories burned was 1628. All in all I did feel really good. Miles 7 and 8 were my fast miles, pace was 9:14 and a 9:13, mile 9 was all uphill my pace droped a little bit to 9:28 not to bad considering it was about a 4 percent grade.

Mile 1. 9:47

        2. 9:49

        3. 9:51

        4. 9:54

        5. 9:52

        6. 10:17

        7. 9:14

        8. 9:13

        9. 9:28

I feel like I had a pretty good workout week. Next week I will try and stay with the same mileage and go from there. I will do at least 25 min. of  lower body weight training today also. 

Today I felt pretty good after Sat. longer run. Mile one I used it as a warm up mile 9:36 pace , and mile twoI tried to kick it up a bit, had a pace of 8:37 which was my fastest mile and then mile 7 was all up hill I pushed it a little bit with a pace of 8:58. My middle mile was all down hill training, and tommorrow I will do some up hill training. I also dod 25 mi. of upper body weight training.

Mile 1. 9:36

        2. 8:37

        3. 9:34

        4. 9:16

        5. 9:10

        6. 9:20

        7. 8:58

I don't have any major aches and pains at this point , I hope that continues. I am getting ready for a 10k in March, and a half marathon at the begining of May.

Very slow miles today after yesterdays push. I did not get very much sleep last night about 5 hrs/ and about the same the night before. So today I did feel very sluggish. It was a pretty nice day for a run, the temp. was up a little and the air quality was a little better. Today most of my running was uphill anywhere from a 5%-8% percent grade, so some good uphill training which accounts for the slower time. My overall time today was 1:11:25, total caloties burnt was 1211. I also did 25 min. of some light lower body weight training.

Mile 1. 10:10

        2. 10:24

        3. 10:24

        4. 10:00

        5. 9:54

        6. 10:20

        7. 9:29

Tommorrow I will do some down hill training and take a brake from my weight's.

It was a nice afternoon for a run, the gunky air we have had for the past 20 days was finally gone and it  actually felt like I was breathing in clean air. To bad my legs felt like cement blocks today, but that is to be expected after yesterdays lower body weight training. My energy level today was just about zero. I have not sleept very well at all this week, today it felt like I was really grinding it out. My total time today was 1:11:33, and I burned 1181 calories.

Mile 1. 10:04

        2. 9:51

        3. 10:20

        4. 10:03

        5. 10:02

        6. 10:11

        7. 10:22

Most of the run was even to alot of down hill training, with the last mile being a 6% uphill battle. Hopefully tommorrow I will have more energy and have my legs back.