Little Buddha

4 miles this morning. I got up early to go pick apricots at the Church Farm, so I was once again stuck with running in the heat and about died. I tried to run down through Confluence Park, but quickly got carried away by horseflies, so I headed off in a different direction. Anyway, planning on the club run tonight.

Club run tonight did the Bloomington Loop plus a little to make it an even 8 miles.  It was plain hot tonight but we managed to make it through the run.  In fact I felt better than I've felt in a long time on a run.  I ended up averaging right at 7:30 pace.  We had a new guy (Craig) show up and he did pretty good.  Now I just need to get recovered and ready for the big run on Saturday. 

6 miles total did a run up past the Substation and then a 2 mile tempo.  Once again got kind of a late start and it was already getting hot.

The tempo was ok

1-5:53

2-5:50

11:43- 5:52 average 

4th Annual Steve Abraham Lincoln Pope Hooper 17.3 Trail Run.

I've missed out the last few years, but forced myself out of bed and made it over for the run.  The morning started with me searching all over the house for my hydration belt.  I had filled up two bottles last night and put them in the fridge and left my belt on the counter so I would be looking for hit, (turns out Jarren thought it would be fun to hide it under his bed, and see what my reaction would be when I got home)  Anyway, I did fine just carrying water.

The start of the run was nice and cool, better than previous years.  Right away you start climbing and running near 6000 ft which most of us aren't used to.  We had a good group Steve, Logan, Dave, James, Bill and myself.  Most of the other 20 people that came train with Kendra's group. After 3 miles I had to stop and go the bathroom, I then had a challenge trying to catch back up to the group.

There are two really good hill climbs on this run, which makes things challenging.  I didn't do so great on the first hill, but the second hill was better and overall I did pretty good on the downhills.

I was predicting a finishing time around 2:18, but managed to come in right at 2:13:07 for 17.3 miles (7:42 average) so that was good

Of course the highlight of this run is soaking in the cold stream after the run.  Had a nice ice bath for about 10 minutes.

This was a good way to finish off the week.  I was able to hit 60 miles for the week and the ankle seems to be getting stronger now I just need to string together a bunch of 60, 70, and 80 mile weeks throughout the summer.
 

3 miles this morning around La Verkin.  Very sore this morning.

Ran out to my school and then back home, pretty hot this afternoon.  Legs still feeling a little sore.

Did a small workout this morning.  Ran 2.5 miles over to Hurricane Baseball Field, then did a 2 mile tempo along 600 North heading toward the golf course.  This stretch was pretty challenging with a few good hill climbs.

1-6:17

2-6:15

Then got a drink at the golf course and ran easy back to the Substation 2.5 miles

From the Substation I did another 2 mile tempo

1-6:07

2-6:10

Did 1 mile easy cool down.  My legs felt pretty tired today, but was still a good workout with the hills.

No run traveled up to Salt Lake and spent the day with family

7 easy miles this morning in Salt Lake.  I ran around Wheeler Farm a few times

No run, just had too many family things going on.  Hope to get back at it next week.  Things should slow down now the next few weeks until school starts

Ran out to my school and did some work, then ran home.  Good to get out this morning, but feeling the effects of not having ran the last few days.

Meet up with Logan, Clyde, Dave, Mike, and Bill for a nice tempo run this morning from Clyde's house.  Did a 3 mile warm-up, even though it was already 82 degrees out.  Then got into the tempo.  Everyone was planning on doing 6 miles of tempo, but I kind of felt for me that might be a bit much, so I just decided to start with everyone, then see how things were going after each mile.

1-6:00- feeling good

2-5:57- still feeling good

3-6:18- starting to struggle, begin thinking about only doing 5 miles of tempo

4-6:27- decide that 4 miles is where I'll stop today.

24:46 (6:11 average) Not bad, I think I can work up to maintaining this pace for the 6 miles or more depending where we run.

I then spent the next 4 miles trying to find my way back to the others.  I took a few wrong turns up in Bloomington Hills, but I think I understand the course better now and look forward to next week.  I'm pretty sure I'll be able to add another mile or two of tempo next week.

8 miles up the La Verkin Twist to the Overlook and then back down.  Going up was pretty slow, hit a few miles under 7 min, coming down but overall a pretty hot slow run this morning.  However, still good to get out.

3 easy miles this morning, did the Pah Tempe Loop.  My legs were feeling pretty tired this morning.  Thinking about doing the 5K tonight.  Where and what time are people meeting?

Did the Chelsi's Run 5K tonight.  There was a pretty good turnout and fun to run a race at 10:00 pm even if it is still 100 degrees outside.  I did a 2.5 mile warm-up then met up with most of the running club guys.

1-5:39 Logan, Dave, and Clyde were out in the front from the start.  I ran the first .5 with James, then he gapped me pretty good.  The start was fun.  Mike and Bill took off like gangbusters, but they couldn't keep up with the 9 year old girl that smoked the entire field for the first 400m.

2-5:53 Felt ok on the second mile running in 5th pace, but then Kimzey (sp?) passed me, so I was in 6th.  I could hear the three Pine View High School kids behind me saying "Hey let's go catch that guy in the white singlet"  I'm pretty sure they were actually thinking "let's catch that fat guy in the white singlet"

3-6:03 The heat starting to get to me, plus the fact I'm running a 5K and I'm out of shape.  I'm working hard but not closing any on 5th place, but still holding off the other two high school kids.

.5- .14

Overall time was 17:50 (5:52 average)

I felt pretty good with this race considering the heat and the fact it was a pretty honest course, not much downhill or uphill, pretty flat and fair.  Looking forward to supporting again next year.

Did 1.5 mile cool-down

8 miles this morning after getting in late from the race last night.  I ran out on 600 north, it was nice this morning with some cloud cover.  My legs felt tired and some tightness in my right hip.

Didn't make it over to run with Bill, Mike, and Scott.  Got up and did the La Verkin Loop easy, now heading up to Pine Valley might run some more up there.

Ran out to Toquerville City Office this morning.  4 miles out in 33:08 came back in 31:00.  Had some stomach issues last night and this morning.

Did the La Verkin Loop tonight at 9:30 after mowing for an hour. I felt really good on the run for some strange reason.

Tempo Tuesday-  Picked up Billy Boy and headed over to Clyde's.  We had a big group this morning, Steve, Logan, Dave, James, Bill, and Clyde. 

3 mile warm-up

6 Miles Tinman Tempo Pace

I figured I would slow the pace a little this week, with hopes of being able to do 6 miles of tempo, rather than the 4 I did last week.  Last week I averaged 6:10, but was done by mile 4.  Today I was hoping to run closer to 6:20 pace, but I never really got settled into that pace.

1-6:21 Felt good at the beginning didn't start out too fast

2-6:27 Another good mile

3-6:27 (19:16- :16 off pace) Felt just like mile 3, so not surprised the pace was the same.

4-6:38 Struggled some here, wanted to stop again after this mile, but kept going

5-7:15 I did pretty good running up the hill after the bridge which I was proud of, did walk for a bit once I reached the top

6-6:42 Stopped and hit a few sprinklers on this last mile, but finished pretty strong still.

39:52 (6:39)

2.5 miles cool down.  I didn't feel very good on the cool-down

Another .5 at home to make it 12 for the morning.

Did 6 miles out past Hurricane Intermediate.  Ran out on the road going toward Sand Hollow.  Run was around 7:50 pace.

Came home and did the La Verkin Loop with Sunny.  Still hot and kind of slow going.

7 miles easy this morning, ran over to Hurricane City Library to return a book then came back via the softball fields on 600 North, then down through Pah Tempe.

Club run tonight at Hurricane Bowling Alley at 8:00 pm

No run today.  I got up early and went and rented a trencher. Spent most of the getting beat up by the big thing but was able to get most of the trenching done.

Went to the river for a few hours with Sunny and the boys and Steve and Jennifer.

I felt pretty sore after trenching all day yesterday and a late night seeing Jordan off to the National Scout Jamboree at 2 in the morning.  I got up and only did 3 easy miles.

This week had started out really good, but then Friday and Saturday came along and the hard physical labor took a tole on the body and I wasn't able to meet my running goals for the week.

I should have tried harder to go race up in Enterprise. 

Ran out to my school to work on finishing up a computer project.

4.75 out in 37 min (7:46 average)

4.75 back in 36 min (7:36 average)

It was once again during the late morning, so it was pretty hot.

Decided to do my Toquerville Tempo Route instead of going over to St. George this morning.

I drove out to Anderson Junction, then did a two mile warm-up up the frontage road then got into the tempo

1-6:35 slower start, some headwind and going uphill

2-5:44 feeling good

3-5:40 (18:00) not feeling quite as good here

4-6:08

5-6:11 little uphill coming out of Toquerville, not feeling very good

6-5:50 trying to work hard on the downhill, my goal was to break 36 minutes, but I just missed it.

36:12 (6:02 average)

2 mile death march back to La Verkin

Only 5 miles tonight, ran out to Toquerville and played in a softball game. Today was a busy day working between rental properties and finishing up my sprinkler system. I've lost some weight the last few days being out in the heat for most of the day.

Ran 5 around La Verkin