Little Buddha

Ran 6 miles over to Zions Bank and back.  My quads were still really sore from the run on Saturday.  I averaged 8:13 today, so not too fast, just happy to get the miles in.

Ran out to Cholla Creek, then back on the highway.  This was a pretty good 6 mile run, legs still feeling sore and tired.  The weather has been great lately, ran in shorts and a tshirt.

I didn't get a run in today.  Went from school straight to Jordan's basketball games all night.

Ran up to the H and back down. Had a pitbull and a lab come up to me when I was up on the hill.  I was a little worried, but nothing bad happened.  I got pretty tired going up, had to walk quite a bit.  I felt ok coming back home, went down through Pah Tempe.  My body felt ok, hip flexors hurting which is an area that hasn't bothered me for quite sometime.

Basketball this morning

Ran with Bill, Mike, and Scott from Rockville to my house.  Bill took off fast and Mike chased him down.  I was just happy to be moving along, much better run today compared to last week.  I did 15 miles two minutes faster than I did 13 miles last week.  I think the overall time today was 2:05 something.  The last mile, was pretty slow.

Ran 7 miles out to Wal-Mart.  It was pretty windy this afternoon, and I didn't feel that great, my calves were really tight.  I was just glad to get in the miles.

Not much time today, only did . I bought some weights and a bar today, so I'm ready to start a lifting program.  I hope it helps me get stronger and also helps in the weight loss program.

I did 6 miles on the dreadmill.  My back has been bothering me the last few days. It has been really tight.

Ran 4 miles over to the real estate sign and then back home.  I felt pretty good.  Once I got home I did 2 more miles on the treadmill and then lifted weights for 20 minutes.

Went and played basketball this morning.

Good run this afternoon, went from the house over to the Hurricane City park and then back home.  I ran into John Stucki on the way home, always interesting stories talking to him.  I ran mile 4 in 6:16, just wanted to throw a little surge in and see how I felt.  Overall average was 7:30

Met up with Bill, Mike, Scott, and Tyler was down from Spanish Fork.  I wanted to run the new St. George Half course, so I would have a better idea what to expect new weekend for the race, even though I don't have any goals and I'm treating it just like another training run.  Anyway, we all started out together the first few miles, then Mike and Bill picked it up a little, but nothing too crazy.  Tyler, Scott, and I just kept it easy, we cut off the last three to only make it 10, but I was fine with that.  Averaged 7:52 and felt pretty good.  I feel like I'm making some progress.  Today's run put me at 40 for the week, which is good for me right now.  Next month I'm going to try to increase to 50 miles a week.

Week 1 of the 18 week build up to Ogden Marathon.

Ran over to Pah Tempe and attempted to do a few hill repeats.  The plan called for 3, but I only managed two and neither one was that great.

2 mile warm-up

1-2:21- trouble from the beginning with coughing and struggling to get in a rhythm going up the hill

2-2:26- this repeat was worse than the first one, I pushed all the way to the top and then died.

2 mile cool-down

This wasn't really how I was hoping the workout would go, but at least I tried.  I will be back for hill repeats in a 3 weeks, hope it goes better.  Next Monday will be 1000's, then the next week mile repeats, then back to hill repeats.

Busy day, just managed to do the La Verkin Loop about 8:30 tonight.

Didn't get a run in today. Spent the entire evening at the gym watching 3 high school basketball games.

Did my 2 mile tempo from the Substation.  I did 3 miles warm-up then got into the tempo

1-5:57

2-6:14

12:11 (6:05 pace)

1 mile cool-down

I didn't feel too great after the run, stomach hurting.

4 miles on the dreadmill

Well, don't really know what to say about this race.  I wasn't planning on doing this race, but Bill and Mike talked me into it, saying it would be a good training run, so I agreed.  I'm overweight and still way out of shape, so I really didn't have any expectations going into the race.  Since the marathon in October my only long runs have been a 13 miler and a 16 miler a few weeks ago, so going in I knew I didn't have much of a base as far as endurance.  I did a 3 mile warm-up with Clyde and Dave, which probably made me tired before the race even started.

1-6:43

2-7:03

3-6:59

4-7:03

5-8:13

6-7:52

7-8:19

8-6:46

9-8:16

10-8:41

11-9:00

12-7:42

13-7:29

.1-:05

1:40:16 (7:43 average)

I think what really frustrated me with this race, was the fact my splits were all over the place.  The first 4 miles were probably too fast and then I struggled the rest of the race getting into any kind of rhythm.  The new course is challenging, but I actually liked it and hope they don't keep changing it every year, like has been the trend the last few years.  There was some rain and a slight headwind at times, but the weather wasn't too bad.  Looking back I was probably over dressed, I wore my duofold tights and shirt.

Anyway, I'm glad I finished the race, I was tempted to turn around at my 4 and just run back to the start.  I had the same thought when we got by the bridge at mile 9, I thought it would be a good place to just cut back to the beginning, but I didn't.  The last two miles were somewhat respectable.

3 easy miles to start the day, legs sore from the race Saturday

Did 3 on the treadmill tonight, watched an episode of Dual Survial, they had to survive in the deserts of Peru.

La Verkin Loop 3 miles

4 miles out to the real estate sign and back

8 miles pretty slow, right knee was hurting pretty bad from the fall yesterday at basketball.  Ran up on 600 North to the Elementary School then down past DQ and back on State Street.

Didn't get a run in.

Didn't run today, spent much of the day in Mesquite helping a guy pick up his car.  This wasn't a very good week of training.

6 miles ran over to the high school and then back home, had some blister issues

Good workout tonight.  I did a 4 mile tempo run from Toquerville mile post 5 to mile post 1

Did 2 mile warm-up then stretched.

1-5:57

2-6:16

3-6:32- Struggled up the hill leaving Toquerville

4-5:57 Good effort on the downhill.

24:43 (6:10 average)

Did 3 miles cool-down