Really good start to the week. I got up to go play basketball, but was only there for 30 minutes, we got kicked out early, so they could do some cleaning. So I came home and thought I would just head out and do an easy 5 mile run. Instead I saw a fellow teacher walking up the road in a direction I wasn't intending on going, anyway I ran over to him and asked about the meetings I missed last week, then decided to just head out on 300 West and run up the La Verkin Twist to the Gun Club Turnoff. My previous fastest time going up the 3 miles was exactly 24:00, today I hit 22:54 7:37 average which really made me feel good. Coming back down is always much faster. Previous best down was 18:00, today I finished with 17:14 for the 3 miles down for a 5:44 average. Anyway, now I'm off to meetings, but I'm glad I got in some miles this morning. Seven weeks until the marathon and I need to get going. Tonight I did a 2.5 mile warm-up over to Hurricane High School, then ran 1 mile at a very fast pace 5:18. I was interested to see where my speed is at. I wasn't all that impressed with the 5:18, much room for improvement. However, I was running on a full stomach right after dinner, and had to take two of the four turns very wide as there were other obstacles on the track, high school kids sitting in lane 1, over-weight ladies walking in lane 1, 2, and 3, you know and the list goes on and on. Anyway did another 2.5 miles home. | 