Little Buddha

NO run in Colorado, busy working

Still in Colorado and didn't get a run in

Long day, drove home from Colorado, didn't run.  Hope to get back to it tomorrow.

Easy 4 miles around La Verkin

6 miles easy over to Hurricane and back

Not much time this morning, once I got home from Father and Son's campout.  Just did a quick 2 miles pushing my nephew Grant around in the stroller so he would fall asleep.

Basketball this morning, then 7 miles over to Hurricane and back.  I felt ok this morning, not great but decent.

Now I'm heading to Vegas with my family for a few days, then back home on Wednesday and then up to Provo on Friday. 

No run in Vegas with family

Just two easy miles today

5 easy miles this morning around La Verkin, did 2 with Sunny, 3 alone.  I'm a little nervous about the Utah Valley Marathon on Saturday, even though I'm only pacing I'm still feeling some pressure.

2 easy miles in Provo with Mike.  Forecast is calling for rain, which could make for an interesting race tomorrow.

Well, this was a very interesting race for me.  I really had no plans to run a marathon this spring, in fact I haven't done any races since the St. George Marathon last year (I seem to go in cycles of being into running and then being burnt out).  I thought maybe doing the Half Marathon would be a good way to start back to more serious training.  However, by the time I decided on that the Half was filled up, so Bill Campbell and Mike Warren talked me into running the full with them.  The plan was for me to help pace them to a sub 3 hour marathon.  It was a good plan, however we came up short today.  The last few weeks my training hasn't been very good, and really leading up to this marathon I didn't get in enough long runs.  I figured I could give a good effort for at least 20 miles, but would probably struggle with the full marathon.

Thursday/Friday- I had a great time going up to Provo with Mike and his family hanging out on Friday and driving the course.  I got sick after lunch on Friday and threw-up a few times which wasn't fun.

Saturday- We were up by 3 am and on the bus by 4 am.  We met all the guys up at the start and it was actually not too bad weather wise we had rain, but it didn't seem as bad as St. George in 2008.

The plan from the start was to try to run sub 3, realizing with the rain and not being sure exactly what the course was like that we would maybe have to readjust our goals.  Bill was really wanting the sub 3 and Mike was just needing to break 3:19 to have a big PR (which I knew he would do with no problems

1-6:52- Good easy start

2-6:51- Nice and easy

3-6:58-

4-7:07 This was actually closer to 6:00 for me because I stopped to use the bathroom, then speed up to catch back up to the guys.

5-6:35- told the guys we needed to pick it up a bit

6-6:47 (41:12) Feeling good

7- 7:36- Some hills here and Bill starting to struggle a little bit, so I slowed down and helped him up the hill

8-7:43 Decision time Bill is really starting to get cold and I could tell he wasn't doing good.  He said to go ahead and help Mike.  I felt really torn because I wanted to be able to help them both, but Bill said to go on.  I offered to let him take my ipod to help pass the time, but he said no it was ok, so I decided since I had already slowed down so much it was now time for some tunes, took a long time to get the ipod on a going, some kid actually asked if I was ok, he thought I was stopped and hurting.

9-6:20 Pick back up the pace to catch Mike and head down the canyon. (This race had a lot of stopping and starting for me, my legs were probably confused most of the race

10-6:56

11-7:23

12-6:27 Catch up to Mike and tell him to start picking it up with me down the Canyon

13-6:40

Half- 1:31:30? I stopped at the half and stretched some and waited for Mike he wasn't far behind

14-7:36 Some hills

15-7:25 Legs starting to feel like bricks

16-6:49- Encourage Mike again to push the downhill, did some miles with Camdog and MarcieJ

17-6:44

18-7:26- Stopped and puked

19-7:04

20-7:30 (2:20:587) About this mile Mike takes off and looks pretty strong, so I was happy for him.  At this point my pacing was done and so was my race pretty much.

These last 6 miles were absolutely terrible.  You can't cheat a marathon, if don't have the base or endurance it will eventually catch up to you.

21-7:20

22-8:16- My legs and hips are really starting to act up now

23- 9:08 This mile I decided that the long sleeve undershirt had served its purpose well, so I stopped here and made a wardrobe change.  I know probably a dumb reason to stop, but I figured hey this race is really a glorified training run for me, so if I want to change my shirt that is what Little Buddha is going to do.  

24-7:51 Struggling

25-8:47 Had to stop and stretch some

26-10:10 Stopped a few times and thought I was going to puke again. Walked with an old man up the over pass then started running again. 

.34- 2:34

Finish time 3:15:08 Don't know my official place, just know this was officially my slowest marathon ever, but it was also a good experience seeing Mike run so well.

Aside from puking a few more times once I got back to the hotel and having sore legs and hips, this was a good way to start off my summer of training.  I really need to work hard the next 16 weeks and see if I can get in good shape and be able to hit a good time this fall at STG.

Anyway, congrats to all that ran today.

Little Buddha out! 

3 mile La Verkin loop this morning.  I looked like I was doing the Icky Shuffle for the first 400 meters but then the legs started to feel better.  After a mile, things felt pretty good, not normal, but not bad considering having ran a downhill marathon on Saturday

Didn't run today, was sick this morning vomiting and had a bad headache feeling a little better tonight.

Still dealing with stomach issues, but managed 7 miles right when it was starting to get hot. I had to lose the shirt 1 mile into the run. Now if I could just lose the Little Buddha and get a little sun I wouldn't scare people when I take my shirt off.

3 miles tonight, did the standard La Verkin Loop, with a little drama. About a mile into the run a fat girl came running at me mocking the fact I was running. I reacted by saying 'you should keep running to work off some of the fat!" I know not very Christlike, and not normally how I react. Then about 2.5 miles into my run a car full of teenagers tried to run me off the road, even though I was on the sidewalk, my reaction this time was once again not very Christlike

Did 100 crunches tonight (have to do something to work off the belly fat)

Ran up the La Verkin Twist 2 miles (avg 9:00 pace) so pretty slow, then nice and easy back down (avg 7:10 pace)

1 Mile over to in-laws and back

Planning on the club run tonight.

Didn't make it over for the club run, spent most of my day in St. George so I didn't feel like driving back over.

Decided to run up to the Substation and then do a tempo run if I felt ok once I got up there. I left the house about 6 pm so it was still pretty hot.

Did the 3 miles up to the Substation and felt ok, not great but decided to give a little 2 mile tempo run a try.

1-5:53 felt pretty good, except for some stomach issues

2-6:11 had to slow down some crossing the highway, also slowed down the last .5 as I wasn't feel that great

12:04- (6:03 ave) Not bad considering the week I've had, but not really anything to get overjoyed about.

50 crunches

Ran 3.5 miles out to Toquerville and then back.  My legs were feeling pretty tired this morning and my right hip was acting up a bit.  Anyway, not a bad run considering the rolling hills.  Ended up right behind the 8 minute guy, like 56:30 for the total run.

Off to the doctor now to have him look at Jordan's foot. 

Nice club run this morning 11 miles up through Green Springs to the Water tank, then down through the Industrial Park. I felt ok, but had some right hip issues throughout most of the run. Once we were done we helped the Wildbull move, which didn't take to long.

Rode 12 miles this afternoon in the wind, pretty good bike ride.

50 crunches tonight 

Went and played basketball for an hour this morning.  I knew I shouldn't have gone right at the end I rolled my left ankle.  It hurt quite a bit, but I came home and iced it and actually think it is going to be ok.  I won't run on it today, but hopefully it won't cost me too many days.  I really just need to give up the basketball for the rest of the summer and leading up to St. George then after that I can play for a few months.

Didn't run today the ankle is still pretty swollen.

20 mile bike ride out to Sky Ranch and back.  The ankle is still swollen, but might try a few easy miles tonight.

3 miles easy, did the Pah Tempe Loop.  The ankle felt ok, not great and the pace was really slow, but at least it was jogging instead of the bike.  I might try to do a few more easy miles tonight with Sunny.  Not ready for the club run and the pace, but maybe by Saturday morning I'll be closer to being back to normal.

La Verkin loop easy 3 miles, the ankle is still bothering me, didn't really feel any improvement from yesterday.

3 miles easy La Verkin Loop with Sunny and pushing Jarren in the stroller.  Then I did another 4 miles over past the bridge and back.  My ankle was feeling a little better today, and hopefully by Monday things will be back to normal.  I really need to get going with my training,  I need to work harder the next three months (July, Aug, Sept)

Ran from Toquerville Chapel up Spring Drive and then up Toquerville Falls road went up 2.5 miles, then back down.  Just needed a change of scenary.  I didn't wear my ankle brace today, but the ankle was still really tight.

Ran 3 miles around La Verkin tonight with Sunny.  We ran over to see where the fire was at that destroyed a home on Saturday, sad deal.  I pushed Jarren in the stroller and Jansen rode his bike along.

Ran 4.5 out to HIS then another 4.5 miles back.  I got a late start this morning and paid for it with temp's already pushing 100.  Also the ankle didn't feel very good so that didn't help

Ran with Bill this morning, we did a nice run down River Road then on the River Trail, warm temps even at 5 am.  My ankle was bothering me most of the run.  Bill was kind enough to run slow with me.