Just do it

Did some lifting this morning followed by a 6 miler around the area.  I am guessing we were hitting a sub 7 pace.  We then did strides at the end for some speed.

BEASTLY SPEED WORK!!!  We ran out to Liberty Park for a warm-up run and then did some mile repeats.  He had us do about a 5:30 pace and we did 4 intervals.  I did okay for the first 3 but the last one was a huge mental challenge.  We started out and my legs were burning like crazy!  It took everything to finish in good time.  

Went for a swim to give my legs a break for a day.  Swam over a mile in about 32 minutes so I am not doing too badly even with not swimming as much :)

Nice easy recovery run.  Our coach told us that we all needed to tell a crazy story about ourselves during the run which made for a very fun and interesting 40 minutes.  After we ran, we went to Sugar House Park and did 2 hill sprints for some speed at the end.  Good day :)

Tempo run.  We went to the pathway by the Jordan River.  Guys did 5 and girls did 3 (since those are our race distances).  We did a 10 minute warm-up jog and some stretches and started.  It was pretty stinkin hot... Coach told me to hit between 6 and 6:10 pace so I figured it wouldn't be too bad.  I started with Jef and Oliver though (fast freshman) and we hit the first mile at 5:38.  After that we basically made a nice parabola.  The next miles were 6:01, 6:14, 6:24, and 6:09.  At least I brought it back on the last mile somewhat.  Ended up being a 30:28 which averages to an AP of 6:07 so actually I was right on.  I feel like it would have been a lot better though if I had started a bit slower.  We lost Oliver at 2.5 miles due to stomach problems... Jef is at about 50 miles this week and ran 12 yesterday so he was tired and I lost him at the last mile.  I pushed it pretty hard though and I was feeling it when I crossed.  Good time, but it just wasn't the best day for us all...

Went out to Park City for long run today.  It was a dirt road at Jeremy Ranch.  I did an out back to make the 9.  We kept an AP of about 7:20 I think which was a little faster than I felt like going today but oh well.  I am feeling some pain in my quad so I will need to make sure I take care of that.  Good run otherwise.  I was just super tired probably due to yesterday's tempo run.