Chad's Runs

It was a bad weekend for running. I didn't get any of the 25 miles I wanted to run between Friday and Saturday. And I'll probably get some feedback saying that its alright we need days off sometimes. Hogwash. Utah Valley is less than a month away. These last weeks before the taper need to be high miles and I screwed up. I was busy but I still could have fit them in. The wind abolished my resolve each morning and then there wasn't a convenient time after that. Oh well, what's done is done. Now for this week. Today I did 10 down into Saratoga Springs. The moon sure is bright. Apparently it is brighter than usual because it is closer than usual. Anyway. It was COLD this morning. What is the deal? As for the run, I enjoyed it but only at a leisurely pace. I tried to push harder but it took the fun out.  I don't often see runners but someone went FLYING by this morning.  He went by as if I was standing still.  I was humbled.

10 fun miles in much better temperatures than yesterday.  I mixed in some Fartlek sections and got some fast paces for a third of a mile or so every so often.  I saw fast guy again.  He must run a very similar course as me, just in reverse.  I have seen him near my turn around point and then near then end the last two days.  It felt good this morning, not invincible good, but content good.

I didn't have it this morning.  Yesterday's Fartlek portions must have taken more out of me than I thought.  So I cut this one short and took it extra slow just to get the blood pumping through my tired legs.

What a crappy week for running. It started off great with 2 10 milers. Wednesday my legs were too tired for any more than 4. I didn't want to push it because I had a lot more miles planned the rest of the week. I don't know what happened Thursday. I just didn't feel like it so I slept through my run. I couldn't run Friday because of 20+ miles planned for Saturday. The last time I tried running the day before a big run I had a miserable 22.  There were other factors involved on that one, but I was dead from the start.  So now to today.  My plan was to run 10-12 in them morning starting at 5am or so, then to run the Willowcreek Middleschool 5k with my daughter, then finish out to complete 20+ miles.  Well I got a new alarm clock this week and I messed up setting it so I only had time for 3 before the race.  Then after the race we stayed for the raffle which took another hour.  So now I'm about 2 1/2 hours behind on the day and there just isn't time to get in those miles.

Well the 5k was fun.  My daughter doesn't like to run, or so she tells me all the time.  But her gym teacher is giving out huge extra credit points to those who run it.  In fact she doesn't have to take the sports rules test if she completes this run (who ever heard of a test in P.E.).  My daughter can't pass up extra credit so she wanted me to sign up with her.  We ended up averaging about 12 min and she was wiped out afterward.  I'm pleased with her effort and glad she had fun, but I don't think she is going to pick up running as a hobby anytime soon.