Why I Oughta!!!

I ran what I call the tonaquint loop. I headed up the virgin river trail to the dixie ctr, west on hilton, up tonaquint, and back over to the bloomington ranches. I usually run it in the other direction so I can get the big hill out of the way early and the rest of the run is an easy downhill. I realized that after my first mile I needed the restroom, so I went the shorter distance to the park which is running the loop in the opposite direction.

My right shin started giving me troubles during the 2nd mile and I had to walk twice to relieve the pain. I hurried the 3rd mile in pain because I needed that restroom in a bad way!!!! When I was back on the run the pain in my leg was gone but I took it easy for the next 2 miles since I wasn't sure if the shin was going to continue to act up.

The last 2 miles was an almost all out sprint home. I ran faster the last mile and I had to climb uphill to the ranches... :) Cathy called me to chew me out for ignoring her. She appearently gave me a "Hey Baby" when she pasted me in her car. Well... I had to let her know that the guy she cat-called was not me. heehee!!! I was on a different road.

1 Mile Splits: 8:26, 9:33, 8:34, restroom break, 8:28 (uphill), 8:22 (uphill), 7:08, & 7:05.

I did P90X this morning; chest & back, and ab ripper.  I hope to swim tonight.

Started the day at 5:30am with P90X Plyometrics for an hour.  Killer workout!!! Then I did an easy 2 mile run in the cold (29 degrees).

After work I ran to the Rec Ctr for my yoga class.  The outside temperature was a perfect 45 degrees.  I took the virgin river trail, and then up to the top of main street.  I should run main street more often so I can remember the steepness of that last mile.  Ran back down to SG Blvd and then ran up to 600 east and down to the rec ctr.  Even that small part of sg blvd is a good climb!  Total mileage was 7.25 at an ave pace of 8:31.  This was suppose to be an easy run so I can do speed work on thursday.  Good luck with that!!!

1 mile splits: 8:49, 8:42, 8:27, 8:32, 8:32, 8:38, 8:02, and the last 0.25 miles was a 8:02 pace.  First 3 miles was relatively flat, the beginning of mile 4 started the climb to the end of mile 6, and the last 1.25 miles was downhill... :)

Recovery run on TM for 26:20 min.  Average pace = 8:47 (splits 9:03, 8:43, 8:34)

I did P90X shoulders, arms, and ab ripper in the morning.  I hurried to spin class right after work.  Hit the treadmill right after spin.  Then went to the pool and swam 1.1 miles of half drills and the other half of free style.  I am glad I ate a HUGH lunch at Troys BBQ... Yummm!!!  I would not have survived the evening workout.

At 5am I ran with jeremy, adrian, aaron, and mark.  We started on the westside of foremaster hill, went over the hill, picked up the virgin river trail, ran down to the crossing by I-15, circled back through bloomington hills, and back up river road to foremaster.  We took it pretty easy for an average pace of 9:47.  It was freezing this morning (29 degrees) , but colder along the river.  We took many walk breaks so we could regroup.

Yoga class tonight and maybe a few more miles on the TM.

At 5am I ran an easy 13.15 miler with Jeremy, Adrian, Mark, Cathy, Elijah, and Britnee through Ivins and Kayenta.  We did all-you-can-eat sushi for lunch.  This evening I did P90X Kenpo, and then I was out the door for a 5k run.  I warmed up for half mile and cooled down with a half mile easy run and half mile walk.  My 5K splits were 7:03, 7:04, 7:14 and 6:48 pace on the last 0.1 mile.  My last 1.1 mile would have been around a 7:30 pace, but a dog chased me for last 0.4 mile.  Thank you dog for that end of my run boost!