faster with age

     This morning I ran 12.25 at 8:38 pace. There were off and on rain showers and wind. At one point I was running into a stiff headwind with the rain coming down and was reminded of the St George Mar. last year. I was glad I didn't have to worry about the pace and after a mile and a half I got to turn and make it a crosswind rather than 26 miles of headwind.

PM 4.1 miles slow. 2 were in five fingers.

     Rode 36 miles on my road bike this morning. The back roads were still to muddy from yesterdays rain.

     PM    Ran 5.25 miles slow while my son road along on his bike.

     It was really pouring this morning [3/4 of an inch] so I went out at noon. It drizzled a little off and on but wasn't bad. I ran 8 miles at 8:37 pace.

     Was planning a bike ride this morning but woke up to a downpour again. My rain gage is almost up to 2 inches since Tues. The rain let up around noon but I couldn't get out until about 3. It had looked threatening all day so I took a pack with a fleece jacket, gloves, and a hat but no long pants. Of course about a mile in it started to rain. I was on a gravel road that has a sandy base so it doesn't get too muddy but it does throw up a lot of grit with the road spray. A couple of miles of that and it cleared up again and was nice until 5 miles to go. I figured I could just tough it out for the last 5 in my thin tech shirt but it started to thunder and lightning and really dump. I was glad I had the warmer stuff to put on but should have had some long pants. I got totally soaked before I got home. Being a farmer  that has just been through several years of drought and a lot of praying for rain I tell myself that I refuse to complain about rain although days like this it can be tough not to. Went 20 miles total on the mt bike. Hoping to get a run in sometime later.

     PM easy 4 mile run.

     It wasn't raining this morning until I got out running then we got a bit but not to bad. I ran 8.5 miles total. The first 4.5 miles at 7:53 pace then some fartlec the last 4 miles running the first 1/4 of each mile about 6:15 pace and maintaining about 7:45 pace the rest of each mile. Overall pace was 7:37.

     Ran 12 miles up around the reservoir. There was more people than usual because of the free fishing day. Got hit with a little light rain. The road was mostly dry until the last mile before turning around where there must have been a real cloud burst just ahead of me because it got real muddy. Ave pace 7:57.

     Was planning to do the Cache Valley Biathlon today but a new race director took over this year and I guess it got canceled.