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Didn't start the new year off very good.  Still feeling injured.  Today I had to help move a bunch of furniture up to my in-laws cabin in Pine Valley, got home late this evening and moved the treadmill back inside the house instead of the garage, which I think might be warmer and more inviting, if running on a treadmill can be inviting? I was going to get in run, but it was late and Sunny was putting the boys to bed.  Hopefully, tomorrow I can get in some miles.

Decent run this afternoon, ran down through Confluence Park, then extended the run down to the new Zion Parkway and over behind the gravel pit. I'm pretty much feeling out of shape. I could not get into any kind of rhythm, well I guess I was in rhythm if you count slow and easy. Weather was pretty nice this afternoon, wore shorts and a long sleeve shirt, no gloves.

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Pretty good run tonight with the club. We went out on the bike trail and then down past Snow Canyon High School and back on Sunset. The first two miles I was around 7:20 pace mile 3 was 7:12. Then I ran 6:33 and 6:54, so that was good to pick it up a little. The last two miles were a little slower running up Sunset. Overall 7:24 pace. Still having hip pain and feeling out of shape and overweight.

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I didn't run yesterday or today.  The whole family has been sick with some type of stomach flu.  Not fun with everyone being sick.  Hopefully I can start feeling better next week.

No run today, still feeling some of the stomach sickness from the weekend.  I'll try to get in a few miles tomorrow night.

If only my running was going as good as my sleep time.

Made it out to basketball this morning, so that was good to at least get out of bed. I shouldn't be as busy after school today, so I'm planning on running between 4 to 6 miles.

Ran from the La Verkin Overlook, down the twist into La Verkin past the city park and then home 5.5 easy 7:25 avg.  I did this route because La Verkin City is wanting to host a road race Easter Weekend.  The plan they want is to do a 10K (out 3.1 miles and back) starting at the city park running up the "twist" state road heading toward Zion.  However, I think a 5K or a 4 mile race might be more appealing.  Especially if you dropped people off up at the top and just let them run downhill, that would have the potential of being a very fast 5K.  However, I actually like the idea of running a 4 mile race, which would actually have people starting at the very top of the La Verkin Overlook.  In my opinion it would be kind of a cool place to hang out and stretch before the race, being able to look over much of valley below.  Anyway, if anybody reading this blog has any ideas please let me know.

Also today was the last run in my orange Asics Nimbus, they now have over 400 miles and have been a lot better shoe than I thought they were going to be.  At first, I hated them (they seemed too heavy), but over time I actually found them to be pretty comfortable and a good training shoe.   

Pretty good run with the club. We had a large turnout tonight and some good conversations. Ran the first 5 miles at an average of 7:12, then the last two up Sunset a little slower. Still having quite a bit of hip pain, but tomorrow night is the night of pain with Steve Starley and my first deep tissue massage. If I don't survive it was nice knowing all of you! Even the Wildbull!

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Did an ok 10 miler after work. Ran out on 600 North trail, stopped at the #13 hole for water, then headed over to the state road back into Hurricane and home. I didn't feel real great during the run, but was glad to get in the miles.

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Well, I survived the deep tissue massage with Steve. It actually felt really good and I think he was able to get a lot of the tight spots out. My IT band was really tight, which has probably been causing the pain in the hips and groin. Anyway, I'm interested to see how I feel the next few days.

I don't think I will be at the club run tomorrow and I'm actually thinking of only doing the 5K race instead of the half next week for Painter's. I just don't feel ready or in shape to run a decent half right now. Maybe I can run the 5K and then pace some people the last few miles.

Ran 4 easy miles out to Hurricane Intermediate to watch Jordan's basketball game. The hips and legs seem to feel a little better now that I had a massage. I think one of the keys for me, will be to develop better stretching habits. I hit 30 miles this week, which was better than last week, but I still would like to build up to around 50 for a few weeks and then 60's and 70's in preparation for the Ogden Marathon. We'll just have to see how things go.

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Good start to the week, even though I had to head out for the run at 6:30 pm. I was just going to do an easy 5 miles over to Movie Gallery to return a DVD and then back home, but since Movie Gallery is close to Hurricane High School I decided to continue on over to the track and do a few 800s at Marathon Pace.

1-3:07 not too bad, easy 400m recovery

2-3:04 not trying to push it, still need to ease into any speedwork, and build more of a base

3-3:03 hip and legs feeling pretty good

4-2:56 decided to push it a little more, not bad considering I'm pretty out of shape

Easy 2.5 miles back home. I'm still feeling it would be better to run the 5K race this Saturday instead of the half marathon.

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Big zero today.  Worked too many hours today, then had church stuff the rest of the evening.

3 miles on the dreadmill, then to my surprise the thing just shut off. I think it may have overheated. Anyway, I was ready to be done. Actually I was going to do 5 but stopped at 3, now it is off to set up for a funeral tomorrow. Things never slow down.

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Good run with the club, even though I didn't feel that great tonight. I did two miles before I left with the group. Half way through the run I stopped and stretched a bit, and then I ran one mile in 6:22, the rest of the way wasn't too fast. I'm a little nervous for the 5K race on Saturday, I still don't feel like I'm any kind of shape to be racing, but I guess we have to start somewhere. Overall average 7:42

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Went and played basketball this morning, good workout. The runs this week have felt ok as far as my hip pain, a little tight and painful when I woke up this morning. I would really like to get over these little nagging injuries. Looking forward to the dinner party tonight.

6 Easy miles tonight, however the cold wind made the run seem pretty hard. Went from house over to the Chevron in Hurricane then out to 400 South and back home.

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Nothing to get too excited about. I ran the 5K race this morning, which turned out to be a pretty good experience, considering I'm about 10-15 pounds overweight and out of shape. My goal going in was to be satisfied with anything in the 18:00's and not too disappointed with anything slower since I feel like I'm just starting up again. Anyway, I did a 2 mile warm-up to be sure my legs and body were awake. Then I watched the half start and took off my warm-ups and became to really enjoy the nice crisp temperatures.

1- 5:55 Didn't get out too fast, I think I figured I was in 10th place the after the first mile

2-6:18 Not a great mile, but did pass a high school kid.

3-6:05 Passed another high school kid and closed the gap on another high schooler that had been ahead of me since the second mile.

.01-:28- No real kick or speed today, just took it easy to the finish

18:48 average 6:03

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I took 8th overall and 3rd in my age division. I was actually surprised I didn't think the 5K would have quite the competition that it had. Overall, I'm glad I at least attempted to do a race and now I have a starting point and we will just continue to move forward the next few months. The hips and legs felt pretty good, no real pain which is a good sign. After the race Bill, Lindsey, and I jogged out about 2 miles and watched the leaders for the half come in.

That was fun cheering people on. Reminds me of a good quote.

"We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." - Will Rogers

Anyway, Logan and Nick had a good battle going on and Sasha come along looking pretty strong. I sang a little of the Bingo song to get him going and then Dave showed up not far behind Sasha which was a good sign. Encouraged Dave to go after him, which he did. Nice race Dave! Bill and I watched many other bloggers come by which was lots of fun. Mike and Steve looked pretty good when they came by and we were going to run back with them, but then we decided to wait for Marcie to come along. We ran the last 1.5 miles with her and she did an awesome job finishing up.

After I got my award I came home and did another 1.5 mile to make it 10 for the day, not great but this week was better than last, and last week was better than the week before so hopefully things will continue to get better.

10 mile out and back run this afternoon. I went out just past Toquerville, then back home. Going out was 39:50 7:58 average. Coming back I decided to push the first 3 miles at what would probably be close to my tinman tempo pace with the shape I'm in right now. 1st mile 6:49, second mile 6:50, 3rd mile 6:36 quite a bit of good downhill. Finished with a time of 37:40 so 2:10 faster than going out. Anyway, a good workout and start to the week. Hip was tight during and after the run.

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Just entering my night sleep time right now. Not a very good night of sleeping Jarren was up much of the night. I plan on doing a few easy miles tonight between driver's ed and scouts.

Not a lot of time tonight, but 5.5 miles pretty easy up to 600 North trail and then up a short dirt trail to a water storage pond, then back home.

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Played basketball this morning, had a difficult time getting out of bed and moving around. Hip issues again, not fun. Would like to do an easy 6 miles after work, we'll see how much time I have.

Did a 7 mile run which was a new route to me. Went over to Hurricane then up the state road heading toward Page, then I got on and ran down the Hurricane Canal for about a 1.5, went back inside some rocks exploring, then came out on 1000 South. The pace was very slow, I'm still struggling with the hip but able to manage running if the pace is not too fast. I do feel like I'm getting in a little better shape and the weight I gained the last few months is slowly starting to come off.

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Two good runs tonight. First was a 4 mile warm-up before going with the running club. I went from the store down Diagonal then up Main street good short hill climb there! Then back to the store and extended just a little to get in 4 miles.

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Did the standard club loop. We had another good turnout, and good conversation. The pace felt pretty good, I was surprised I was able to keep up a little better this week than in the past. I did slow down some once we hit Sunset, but some of that was due to my feet hurting a bit. I was breaking in a new pair of Asics Nimbus and could feel some blisters coming on, nothing to serious as I made it back to the store before they got too bad. I think I'm really going to like these Nimbus once I get them broke in. Right now I have 242 miles on the DS Trainers and around 330 miles on the Cumulus. I haven't really like these DS Trainers as much as the previous model, so I probably won't buy another pair of them for awhile. The Cumulus have been a good shoe, so I might get another pair of those. Anyway, at this point I would say I'm pretty much converted from Nikes to Asics (thanks Steve!)

Ok enough shoe talk, back to the running. I feel like tonight was a good workout and I'm starting to feel a little stronger. (7 miles at 7:45 pace) Hope to finish off the week with a few more good runs and be around 50 miles for the week. I think if I can at least do this for a few weeks then I should be ready to bump it up again. Was happy when I got home and weighed in at 149, but still much work to do.

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Easy 5 miles tonight. Ran over to Hurricane High and watched the Boys JV basketball game against SCHS. I had some former students playing for SCHS so that was fun to watch. The run felt pretty good and I only have to run 8 mile tomorrow to hit my goal of 50 for the week.

Don't know if anybody saw on the news about the Monte Carlo Casino/Hotel fire today. Pretty funny I just booked a room there two days ago for an upcoming trip in a few weeks. I'm going to call them tomorrow and for sure book a non-smoking room.

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Ran with Bill this afternoon in really nice weather.  Went from the Brentwood Bowling Alley up to Sky Mountain Golf Course then back, easy pace but I was struggling still with hip pain and Bill's back was hurting.  Two cripples on the road.

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Ran over to Hurricane High School 2.5 miles, then did a CV workout. I was going to do 5x1000, then after the first repeat I wasn't feeling too good, so I thought maybe only 4, well after the second repeat, I decided hey if I can at least do one more then I'm done. So I ended up only doing 3x1000m with 200m rest/recovery.

1-3:36- feeling ok

2-3:37- feeling bad

3-3:40-feeling terrible

Anyway, not a very good workout. However, I have been a little sick the last few days, and with the colder weather this afternoon, I was glad I got out and attempted a workout. I do think with a little more training I will be able to do these workouts and see some positive results.

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4 miles on the treadmill,wasn't too bad, just put on some Dave Matthews Band and ventured off into my own little world. Still feeling like I have a chest cold, so didn't go for too long tonight. 4 is better than nothing, which is what I thought it was going to be until I forced myself onto the treadmill. So far this month has been my best/most consistent month of training since September.

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Basketball this morning, lots of running very few baskets made, one of those off mornings, but still glad I got up and did something. Hope to get in a few miles tonight. I've got staff meeting after school, then Driver's Ed for a few hours, and a Scout Court of Honor at 7. Not much time tonight. Last night I raced the 8:00 minute guy on the treadmill and came in tied right at 32 minutes for 4 miles.  Tonight, I picked it up a little and finished my 4 miles on the treadmill in 30 minutes, so I beat the 8:00 minute guy by a good two minutes.

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Really good run with the club tonight. I finally felt in good enough shape to extend the run with Dave, Steve, and Mike to make it 10 miles, instead of the 7 mile route I've been running the last few weeks. The first 5 miles felt pretty good, but once we hit the golf course I was struggling and wasn't looking too forward to the next 4 miles uphill, to make matters worse I was feeling some hot spots like blisters coming on and Steve was already increasing the pace. Anyway, I tried to block it all out and just decided to push it for 3 miles and things actually starting feeling pretty good. The last few miles were the fastest of the whole run and they were all uphill, so I was happy about that. I just need more quality runs like this. 10 miles average 7:19

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Basketball this morning. Planning on doing six miles tonight and an easy 10-12 mile run tomorrow. Went to bed too late last night and up too early this morning, now I'm dragging a bit.

Ran 8 miles tonight, down past Pah Tempe, then back up into La Verkin over 100 East, then out to the Gravel Pit, through Trails Subdivision, and back home through Confluence Park. The run felt pretty good, until I hit a good stretch of mud and added some extra weight to the shoes.

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Busy day, but I knew I needed to get in at least 8 miles so that I could hit my goal of 50 miles for the week. After spending much of the day helping my father in-law with a tiling job and listening to President Hinckley's funeral I finally got my run in late this afternoon, and it turned out to be a really good run. Sunny drove me up past Toquerville and I did a two mile warm-up followed by a 4 mile tempo, then 2 mile cool-down.

Splits-

Warm-up: 7:45 average

Tempo

1-6:15 feeling easy, nice downhill

2-6:24 running through Toquerville rolling

3-6:16- I was most pleased with this mile, the first part has some uphill leaving Toquerville, but I really worked the last half of this mile and into the last mile

4-5:53 zoomin' downhill and trying not to get hit by cars, this is a real narrow section of road.

Time: 24:50 so a 6:13 average

Cool down: easy two miles up the hill into La Verkin and back home.

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Now it is off to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Jordan's birthday and a nice way to finish off the week.

Not feeling too good this morning, hope to run a few miles this evening, but don't know we'll see how I'm feeling.

No run today.  In fact I was sick enough I decided to stay home from work, which doesn't happen very often.  I hope I get over this cold/flu very soon.

Another sick day with no running, but I am starting to feel a little better. I'm just a little upset, because the last two weeks had been really good for me.  I'm also going out of town this weekend, so it will be interesting to see how much running I get done.

First run of the week due to being sick the earlier part of the week. I did the 7 mile route with the club. The first five felt ok, but the last two miles up Sunset was just killer. Coughing the whole way.

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Still sick

In Las Vegas with family, but still feeling sick

I ran over to Hurricane High and was going to do some 1000m repeats, did one and about coughed up a lung, so I figured better not push it any more. I've been feeling better the last two days but still have a little sickness. I ended up doing one mile on the track then came home, so a total of 6 miles pretty easy. I think I might have to ease into this week. It will be nice on Thursday I only have school for 4 hours, so maybe I can get in a couple of decent workouts.

On my way over to Hurricane there were lots of emergency vehicles near the bridge. Apparently, a five year old boy fell off the cliff somewhere in the area while he was chasing his dog. I stopped and tried to listen in on the story. Anyway, it really upset me the rest of the run. I have a five year old boy along with a 12 year old and an 18 month old and I just couldn't imagine my life without any of them.

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Very busy day, between parent teacher conferences, driver's education, and then scouts, but did manage to get out at 8:30 this evening. I did 3 miles easy 7:45 avg. Then Sunny wanted to go for a few miles, which was awesome. She has been doing about 30 minutes everyday on the treadmill usually doing a walk, jog routine fastest pace being 12:00 minutes. Anyway we did a two mile run over to the bridge and back. The first mile was in 11:48 which included a short walk across the bridge and we were running uphill. Coming back I challenged her to run at least a minute faster. On the way back we did have to stop for just a bit, but she was able to run the second mile in 10:38, so a 1:10 faster. All in all a good two mile run to finish off the day for her.

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Basketball this morning. Got home pretty late from Parent Teacher conferences and didn't get a run in.

Ran with the club tonight. Before I left with the group I did a 3 mile warm-up 1.5 miles up state road 18 on the bike path and then 1.5 back down. 7:50 average.

Then did 3 easy miles warm-up and I knew Steve was going to do about 6 miles of tempo pace, and I had been planning on doing about 4 since I haven't done any faster stuff so far this week. I was pretty pleased with the miles I ran at tempo pace. A little disappointed the last few miles as I stopped to get a drink then ran the last bit uphill alone. My legs started to cramp up a bit, but overall a decent run, except for my Hunan's Chinese Buffet from lunch that gave me stomach problems on and off the entire run. Overall average was 7:22 so pretty good.

Tempo miles

1-6:07- feeling pretty relaxed

2-6:14- feeling fine

3-6:28- had to slow down a bit trying to get onto the far way at the golf course

4-6:48- some tough hills to climb here, but the effort felt more like 6:15 or faster.

I think the 13 miles tonight, is the longest run I've done since November, so that is a positive, still I need to be doing more. I really felt like I had two good weeks, then I got sick last week and took a step back. Anyway hoping to hit 50 miles this week and then maybe bump it up a little the following week. By March I would like to be running at least 60 miles a week, and then 70 miles a week in April. I really think if I can be more consistent this spring it will help me have a better base and routine going into the summer, when I can try to run a little higher mileage maybe.

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Struggled getting up this morning. I was going to go play basketball but my legs and hips felt pretty sore from the run last night. I'm going to try to do around 8 miles this afternoon.

Got out this afternoon, after taking a nice hour long nap. Anyway, the wind was just terrible. I ran from the house over 600 North Trail to Sky Mountain Golf Course and down to Brentwood Bowling Alley. Felt pretty tight during the run legs and hips very sore. Averge time 8:14 slow, but quite a bit of wind and taking it easy.

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Sasha sometimes shares some of his crazy running dreams, and last night I had a pretty weired one. I was back in Colorado going on a run with my old assistant high school coach, (we coached three years together and got along pretty good) Anyway it was in the middle of winter and we were driving out to this place to run down by the river, and for some strange reason the road just seemed to end and we ended up going into the river. Of course I was pretty scared but was able to kick open the door and swim to the bank. However, since it was winter time I was very cold. When we got out of the water, we both took off running as fast as we could to this nearby warehouse. For some strange reason I had a lighter in my pocket and we were able to start a fire and we just started throwing anything we could find into the fire. The next thing I remember in my dream, was the fact the entire building was now on fire and we were still inside. I wasn't even worried about getting out I was just trying to get warm. Anyway, I do remember once we got out all of these high school kids from our team came running, and told us we had taken the wrong turn and they were ready for us to finish the run with them. I just remember saying hey I need to call my dad first and tell him what just happened. I then asked for a cell phone and this was the funny thing, every high school kid had a cell phone on them, some even had two or three. Anyway, it was a pretty crazy dream.

Ok, sorry about rambling now back to my real run today. Club run met and Mike's and drove out on Utah Hill. I haven't done too many long runs and the start of this past week I was still struggling some with sickness, so I figured if I could do at least 12 that would be great, then I will go for 2 more this evening to finish the week at 50. After Thursday's run I was really sore and tight. Yesterday's 8 miles was a struggle, but I spent quite a bit of time stretching last night and even used the stick and this morning I felt pretty good. I ran the first 9 miles in a 7:07 average, with a few miles down in the 6:40's. The last three miles I ran through Santa Clara and slowed down a bit. Overall, a good run, and glad I made the effort to get out and come over, even though I didn't run with anybody (you guys all animals and can run further than me! but someday soon I should be able to hang with the group)

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After spending most of the morning drilling holes in the sidewalk with a hammer drill so the scouts could put flags out, I was ready for a run and something that didn't require as much labor. I did an easy 2.5 mile warm-up over to Hurricane High School then 3x1 mile @ LT Pace with 400 m recovery which I figured right now would be around 6:00 pace.

1-5:55 This felt pretty easy

2-5:56-This felt a little bit harder, in fact I thought when I got done with this one that is was probably good enough and could be done with my workout, however I knew I had planned to do three, so I should probably attempt at least one more.

3-5:50- Glad I did this one, once I got into it, I started to feel real good, so I picked it up a little.

Did 2.5 mile recovery home. I kind of struggled on the way home, not feeling too good.

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Pretty good run this evening. Ran on 100 East then up past the green water tank on the dirt trail, up to the top where the La Verkin Overlook turn-off is. The first mile was good, but the next two miles of steady climbing uphill on the trail were more difficult. I came back down on the highway and hit a few miles under 7:00. Finished with an overall average of 7:47. I was planning on just doing 6 miles today, but I still might go out tonight for another easy 2 miles after scouts if Sunny feels like going.

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Good morning of basketball, played quite a few games and did lots of running.  Plan to do a few easy miles tonight.  I won't be at the club run tomorrow we have a big faculty dinner, sorry Bill you're not my significant other, just kidding brother!

Missed the club run, I have a luau tonight at school, so I did 9 miles this afternoon. I first did a two mile warm-up, then 3 miles at tinman tempo pace.

1-6:23 good flat mile

2-6:33 some uphill

3-6:16 a little downhill.

I was glad I was able to do 3 miles, because I really wasn't feeling that good when I got home from work. Anyway, the last 4 miles were pretty slow and easy. I found a new trail or way to get up on the 600 North trail so I guess that was the exciting part of the run.

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Another morning of basketball only nine showed, so a little more running which was nice.

Good 8 mile run this evening, however I'm a little upset at myself that I didn't make it over to run with some of the guys this morning. Anyway, I ran from Steve's house out through the fields then over to River Road and back to his house. I felt ok, not great lots of stomach issues from eating Bajio's for lunch, not too wise on my part. Overall the average was 7:20.

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I didn't meet my goal of 50 miles for the week, but I was pleased with a few of the workouts I did this week. I feel like I'm progressing a little.

I had a terrible headache much of the day, and didn't know if I would get any miles in today. After two hours of driver's ed, I decided I would attempt a workout. My schedule called for 5x Pah Tempe hill repeats (.32m). These would be the first hill repeats of the new year and also turned out to be my first puke session of the new year.

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2:09	2:14	2:12
2:10	2:13	2:13
2:08	2:13	2:17
2:14	2:08	2:15
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 After a two mile warm-up and stretching I started the first one.

1-2:12 pretty good for the first one. in fact probably faster than I wanted the first one to be.

2-2:13 Interested to see if this would be much slower than the first. Turned out to be about the same time. After this one, is when the sickness really hit. On the recovery had to stop and leave my lunch on the side of the road.

3-2:17 Stomach feeling a little better, but overall I was weak on this repeat. Thought about stopping here, but instead just turned around and started my recovery job back down the hill and by the time I got to the bottom, I was ready to go again.

4-2:15 Better focus, but once again had to stop and puke on the recovery.

5-2:17 Weak, but trying hard just to finish.

Not the best workout, but glad I hung with it and did 5 repeats. Today was more a mental victory, I had a number of things going wrong and plenty of reasons I could have stopped, but I accomplished what I wanted to today. The cool-down was cut short just a bit 1.5 miles.

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Here are my times from a few of these similar workouts last year.

Feb 21, 2007,

Did 4xPah Tempe Hill repeats

1-2:09-felt good

2-2:10-not bad

3-2:08-tied all time PR

4-2:14-pretty tired

August 27, 2007

1.5 easy warm-up

1-2:14 felt easy

2-2:13

3-2:13

4-2:08-way too fast I thought, pretty sure I'll die now on 5 and 6

5-2:09-pretty dark now

6-2:06* New all time PR

Pretty busy day today. Did 2 hours of driver's ed after school, got home and felt a little sick and tired, same headache problems as yesterday. Anyway went to Young Men's from 7:00 to 8:30, then decided to head out the door at 8:45 pm for some easy miles. I did 3 miles, then came back to the house to see if Sunny was ready to go for her 2 miles, she still didn't have Jarren to sleep, so I did another 2 miles easy, then came back and this time she was ready, we did our route over and past the bridge. Last time she did the mile going over in 11:48, tonight she did the mile over in 10:33 (much faster!) however, I think she over did it on the first mile, and the second mile back home which is downhill and should be easier, was actually the slower mile for her tonight (11:57) Oh well, it was still nice to go for a little run together and it helped me to get in two more easy miles. Tomorrow won't be as busy so maybe I will do a longer run.

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Basketball this morning.

Decent run this evening. Did the La Verkin Overlook Loop, including the first two miles up the mountain trail which I was dreading, but did anyway.

1-10:50- trying my best to run/jog/walk whatever it took to get up the trail.

2-10:47- more of the same run/walk/jog/wipe off sweat/repeat

Had to stop for a bit at the top and of course take in the view, best part of the run you really have a great view of La Verkin, Toquerville, Hurricane.

Now the fun downhill miles, just wanting to take them easy.

3-7:20

4-7:25

5-6:30

6-7:00

7-7:55 ran into a fellow teacher and stopped to talk for a minute, forgot to stop my watch so this mile was actually closer to 7:00 minute pace or under.

Anyway, beautiful afternoon in Southern Utah. I might do a few more miles tonight with Sunny if she feels up to it. I'm planning on running with the club tomorrow if people are going to be there.

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8 miles lost out in the desert reserve with Bill, Hayden, and Aaron. Nice afternoon, had some hip issues, which I think was due to running over the rocks.

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An hour and 20 minutes of basketball this morning. Legs feeling tired from the run yesterday.

2 miles in La Verkin before going over to run with Mike, Bill, and Bruce. Met up with those guys at the Dixie Center and did a nice 7 mile loop out through Bloomington. Nice afternoon and pace was decent average 7:20 overall. Bill and I did one more mile while I was waiting for Sunny to come back and pick me up.

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Managed to hit 50 miles again this week, and plan to increase mileage next week toward 60 miles a week and try to maintain that through March.

Played a few games of basketball this morning. Planning on a track workout this evening after driver's ed.

Really good workout tonight. I've tried a few times to do some 1000m repeats but have not been able to do much of a workout, due to either feeling sick or dealing with bad weather. This afternoon, I felt really good and decided before hand that I wanted to do 6 repeats no matter how slow I had to run them.

It was kind of nice, I decided not to do driver's ed tonight, so I got home a little earlier and then did a 2.5 mile warm-up over to Hurricane High School. The high school track team was still practicing, but Coach Prince said it wasn't a problem at all if I wanted to do my workout, so that was nice, except for having to dodge kids standing and visiting in lane 1, plus had to watch out for high school kids learning how to throw the javelin.

Anyway got started and the first three repeats felt great, 4th one not too bad, but the 5th was kind of a struggle. I was ready to stop after 5, but I just decided to give myself a little more recovery and then really tried to push it on the last one. I was really pleased with the consistency of the repeats and I was right in time zone I was shooting for 3:33-3:38. I did 100 m recovery between each which was about 1:30.

1-3:34

2-3:33

3-3:33

4-3:33

5-3:34

6-3:30

Did two more lap to finish to make it 5 miles on the track, then a very easy 2.5 miles home. Good start to the week and one big workout in the bag.

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An hour hiking with the scouts, not much of a workout.  Rest of the evening was very busy. The rest of the week should be better for running.

Another morning at the gym. Planning on running 10-12 tonight after work. Tough run tonight, I drove up to some trails between La Verkin and Virgin and did a 9 mile loop out through the desert. For part of the run I made it over to Sheep Bridge Road then followed that out to the Quary Trail then ran on that for a bit, then came back. I got back to the highway and picked up the pace a little the last two miles. Overall, nice to see some different country and do a new run, but my legs are feeling a little tired now from the ups and downs of trail running. As the guys in the club know I'm usually not a real big fan of trail running.

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Run with the club, up over the trail above the golf course.  We came out on Main the extended down past the temple and over to the college, then back on Tabernacle and Diagonal.  I felt pretty good throughout the run, and even managed to stay with the group for the most part on the trails.

Stratus- 9 First day wearing the shoes and they felt pretty good. 

An hour and 30 minutes of basketball really good workout this morning.

I wanted to watch the mile race this morning at the Hurricane Track meet, so I didn't go over and run with the club. Anyway, I did an 8 mile loop over the 600 North trail, to Sky Mountain Golf Course, then back on the highway to the high school, watched the meet, then did a 1.5 loop cool-down with Hayden, Karl, and a few of the Timpview kids. Then 2.5 miles home. I'm wanting to go out again this afternoon and get a few more miles in to make it 60 for the week.

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I went out and did 4 more miles this afternoon, pretty windy as I headed up the La Verkin Twist, but was nice coming back down. I hit my goal for the week and should be able to get in a good week this coming week with Spring Break and a little more time.

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I was going to do a track workout today, but ran over to Hurricane High School and found Cross Creek working out on the track, so I decided to put my track workout off until tomorrow, which might be fine.  I'll run hard tomorrow, then get ready for the 10K race on Saturday.  Anyway, after 3 miles over to the high school I was able to flag down my father in-law and had him drive me out to the Brentwood Bowling Alley and I ran 8 miles back into Hurricane over the 600 North Trail.  The last two miles I decided to do a tempo, actually a little faster than tempo pace from the substation to my house.

1-5:58 Good mile with some downhill

2-5:51 I thought this mile would be quite a bit slower than the first, since it didn't have as much downhill.  Anyway, it turned out to be faster and I felt really good.  I was especially happy, since I had already ran 9 miles and I was feeling a little tired.

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An easy 6 mile run up past Pah Tempe, did 3 miles out and 3 miles back. I've been curious to do this run before, but always got scared off by the No Trespassing Sign, anyway today I just decided to go for it and take the risk of getting shot by some angry landowner. It was a nice trail run right along the river. For some reason legs were a little sore today.

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1.5 hours of basketball this morning, feeling a little tired now. Did a 6 mile run tonight, Sunny dropped me off at the Chevron and I ran out to my school 2 miles easy, copied a bunch of papers for next week when classes start back up then I did 4 miles pretty easy home 7:30 average.

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Had a guy come give us an estimate for a swimming pool today. We are now thinking of not selling our house and not building, maybe just stay put. Build a pool, do some remodeling inside, and put in a nice basketball court with a breakaway rim. I used to spend hours shooting baskets when I was younger, but never really had that nice of a court. I guess now since I'm the parent I might build the court I always wanted as a kid. Actually, I don't want that to sound like I'm complaining, my parents were awesome and I have great memories of growing up.

Good club run, we did a preview of the Spectrum 10K course. Mike was kind enough to drive us up, then we ran down through Snow Canyon State Park. I'm excited for the race, but I'm not convinced it will be any faster than last year's course, so I guess we'll have to wait and see. We ended up finishing at Mike's house which made the run 10 miles, a little farther than I was planning on going and the pace was a little faster 7:20 average, but it is all good.

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An hour and twenty minutes of basketball this morning. Legs and hips hurting from the run last night, anyway feeling some fatigue this morning, but hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow. I'll just do a few easy miles this afternoon.

Did two easy miles with Sunny, up to her parent's house and back, then I did 2 more miles to the fire hydrant and back.  Legs still feeling a little heavy. 

Decent race for me today. I was a little worried going into the race, I didn't feel that great this morning and my legs were still tired from the last few days. Anyway, did 1 mile warm-up up by the starting line, then shed the warm-ups and got ready to race. Quite a few fast guys so I knew it would be a fast race. My goal was to try to run under 36:00 and place in my age division. I was 3rd overall last year, but knew I wouldn't place that high this year with Nick, Clyde and Dave all in the race.

1-5:06 Good first mile and in decent position top 12

2-5:50 Catch up to Ryan and run with him for awhile. We traded off between miles 2 and 3. I passed Lindsey here which made me feel better, he smoked me at Painter's 5K.

3-5:38 Another good mile, however at the beginning of this mile I was ready to just bag the race, I really wasn't feeling too good or having that much fun. Steve Hooper caught up to me and we worked the downhill section together which helped me mentally

4-6:00 Felt pretty good going through the neighborhood. A guy from Vegas that also smoked me at Painter's caught up to me on this mile and then him and I started battling. Steve dropped off just a bit.

5-6:07 Still battling the Vegas guy at this point I figure I'm at least in the top 10. I took the lead for awhile, but couldn't seem to drop him

6-6:10 On this mile, the Vegas guy actually put some distance on me and I really thought I wouldn't be able to reel him in, but I did. It was a nice challenge to the finish, I would pass him and then he would pass me. With about .30 he passed me and I figured it was over, however I just kept pushing it and was able to out kick him at the finish.

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Overall, pleased with the race, I feel like I'm in quite a bit better shape than a few months ago at Painter's. I ran the first three miles today in 16:35 compared to 18 something a few months ago, granted much of the first three miles is downhill. I ran 35:52 (5:48 average) so I met my first goal of breaking 36 and ended up placing 2nd in 30-34 age group, so I was happy about that. Actually going back and looking at last year's time I was 3 seconds faster, so even with the change of course I think it was similar to last year.

Anyway, the Fast Running Bloggers did quite well. 5 out of the top 10 places.

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Ran 2 easy miles tonight with Sunny up to the fire hydrant and back. Going up we hit 10:37 and on the way back we were flying 10:02. Actually, my wife is getting in better shape and I think she is targeting the local La Verkin 5K on the 4th of July as her first race in a long time. Even though I think she could run a 5K right now and be able to finish without any problems.

The two miles tonight, put me over 60 miles for the week, so I hit my weekly goal again. The next two weeks are going to be a struggle as I am teaching a driver's education course the next 10 days, I guess I might just have to get up early like Dave, Logan and so many others and try to get in some miles in the mornings.

Not much time today. I got home from work at 7:45 pm, had some dinner, played with the kids for 30 minutes. Then did a quick 6 miles over to Hurricane and back. Ran to Wendy's in 24:40 then home in just over 22:00. Sunny and I were going to go and do two more miles, but decided not to. She did 2.5 miles without stopping this morning on the treadmill. Hope to have a little more time tomorrow, but the next two weeks are going to be very busy.

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Another busy day, but did manage to have a good workout tonight even though my legs felt tired and sore, I decided to push through a hill workout and figured I would try to make my body learn to work a little harder especially when I'm tired. I know that is probably not the best thing to do and a good way to get injured, but I felt pretty safe in what I was doing tonight.

Anyway I started with 2 miles easy warm-up then did 6xPah Tempe hill repeats. Three weeks ago I did 5 repeats and managed decent times. Comparing today, with last week I would say this was a better workout because.

1. I did one more repeat

2. I was still tired from the 10K race on Saturday

3. I was under a little more stress this week compared to a few weeks ago

4. Had to deal with a headwind (imagine that in Hurricane, UT), which slowed me down some.

1-2:17 not too pleased with this first repeat, a little slower than I thought it would be.

2-2:13 picked it up

3-2:14 not feeling very good, but tried to make myself feel better by telling myself I was half way done.

4-2:12 This one felt the best out of all the repeats and I was tempted to stop after this, which would have left me feeling satisfied and happy at the moment, but probably guilty later on

5-2:15 I didn't look at my watch much on this repeat, but I figured I would be right at 2:15 and I was.

Gave myself a little extra rest and started coughing a lot, but didn't throw-up, almost but no good stories to share

6- 2:12 Good solid repeat to finish with and now very happy to be done.

Did an easy two mile jog home. A half mile into my cool down I ran into my wife, so that was nice she came out to jog home with me. She ran two miles this morning and another 1.5 tonight.

I'm almost tempted to just set up a blog for her. She has been running quite a bit more lately which is good.

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Basketball this morning.

Big zero today. Things were a bit too busy, and by the time I finally got home and really had no desire to run. I know that is not the right kind of attitude, but I plan to hit it hard tomorrow and Saturday. I probably won't hit 60 miles for the week now, but hopefully I'll be around 55.

Good morning of basketball, lots of running. Planning on doing a tempo run this afternoon. Hopefully a total of 10-12 miles. Didn't do the tempo run, instead did a 10.5 mile loop up along 600 North Trail to the golf course, then back on the Highway to Hurricane, past the park then home. Time 1:23:35 Average pace was 7:57, legs were sore, especially calves. Might do a couple more miles tonight with Sunny.

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Not a very good run for me. I was feeling pretty sore and tired from the beginning, struggled the first 5.7 miles on the warm-up and jogged .3 over to the start of the trail then attempted a tempo run on the second lap. I felt my legs cramping up and backed off the pace a little 2 miles into the tempo. I ended the 5 miles with a 6:30 average, so quite a bit slower than I would have liked. I was hoping to be closer to 6:15, but oh well. Sometimes you have to listen to the body. I think I've been under too much stress this week and I'm feeling a little run down. Did another 3.7 miles easy, and I mean very easy and pretty slow.

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Basketball this morning. Body still feeling sore and tired from Friday and Saturday for some reason.

Good workout tonight. I was just going to do an easy 2 miles up and 2 miles back down the La Verkin Twist. But then decided to push it a little and do 3 miles up to the Gun Club and 3 miles back down the Twist. Basically had four goals

1. Don't get hit by a car- I need to get a light or reflective vest, especially for this stretch of road.

2. Don't lose my dinner (I ate a chicken fajita, waited 15 minutes then started my workout) I didn't have time to sit around, still on the tight schedule with teaching the Dr. Ed class.

2. Run the first three uphill under 24:00 anything in the 7 minute average range would be good

3. On the way back try as hard as I can to run under 18:00

Anyway, I'm glad to say I accomplished all 4 goals. Especially glad number one worked out.

1-7:26 Not to hilly running up 300 West

2-7:55 Had to step off the road a few times, dodging cars.

3-8:02 Good effort up the steepest part of the run.

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1-5:42 Nice downhill, feeling pretty good

2-5:49 Starting to worry a little about my dinner right now

3-5:45 This mile was pretty flat so I was happy with the time, but still very concerned about losing my dinner.

17:17- 5:45 average

Got home and talked Sunny in doing a few easy cool down miles. We were going to only do 2, but we ran into some ladies from our ward so we extended our run with them and ended up running 3.

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Very busy night. I didn't think I was going to get a run in. I wasn't able to leave the house until 9 pm, but managed to get in 4 easy miles. Sunny and I tied each other today on the number of miles ran. The rest of the week won't be quite as busy.

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Difficult morning.  I was playing basketball this morning and I was going up for a rebound and felt a pop and immediate pain in my left calf muscle.  I'm worried I tore a muscle or did some damage, it was very painful trying to walk to my car and I've been in slow gear all morning now.  I know the comments that will be coming, because I've already got them from my wife.  "You shouldn't be playing basketball."  Anyway, hopefully this is nothing to major.  Bill I know you had some calf issues, what were the symptoms and remedies?

Calf muscle feels quite a bit better today.  I was pretty worried yesterday, but spent most of the day icing and just resting.  I put on quite a bit of wintercrest last night and I can at least walk around a little better today.  However, I still think it will be a while before I resume any running.

Leg feeling a little better today.  It is still going to be awhile before any running.

Still resting the calf muscle. Went over to the running store this afternoon. Sunny bought some shorts and we ordered a baby jogger. I'm thinking more and more about doing the Deseret News Marathon now instead of Ogden. Sounds like Steve, Clyde and Bill are thinking of doing this marathon, so it might be fun to train for this together. My training has been decent recently, and I think after I get over this minor calf strain I will be ready to increase my mileage some in April, May and June and could really focus on a fast marathon in July. I will be out in Wisconsin for one week in June, and a second week I will be in Salt Lake all week, but should have plenty of time to train. The only week that really looks in question would be July 7-12 when I have scout camp, but I guess that would be a like two weeks before the marathon, so I would maybe be doing a mini taper anyway. Anybody have experience running Deseret News as compared to other marathons?

Just went out and tried to run 2 miles easy. I managed to walk/jog the first mile, but pretty much resorted to walking the second mile home. I wanted to test the calf and how much pain I felt and could stand. I was still favoring it quite a bit and it was throwing off my stride so I still need to take it real easy.

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Didn't run today, still resting the calf.

Tested the calf on an easy two mile run over to the Bridge and back. First mile over 8:50 second mile back 8:30. Nice and easy, still some soreness.

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Did a loop which I will call the La Verkin 5K loop. This is a route I do quite often and well it pretty much loops around the perimeter of our little town. I ran over past Beecher's, up to 100 East, then past Farmer's and back on 300 West. Again today I ran real easy, as my calf is still tender, but I was able to run further and a bit faster than last night. Total time 24:13 for a 7:49 average

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Club run 6.8 mile loop out on Snow Canyon Parkway to the ball fields, then over to Lava Flow and back on Sunset. Took it easy the first two miles warming up the calf, then worked to hang with Hooper, Olsen, and Rich. Once on Sunset I slowed down a bit. But overall, a pretty good run considering my calf injury. It happened just over a week ago, and seems to be getting better, but still tender and so I'm trying to be cautious. Average was 7:33 pace.

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I've had a headache all day and I really struggled even running 4 miles this afternoon.  My calf seemed to be hurting more than yesterday, so I took it real easy.  I ran up to the ball field and back.

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Didn't run again today, still a lot of soreness in my calf, did massage it pretty good tonight.  We bought a used jogging stroller tonight over in St. George, so hopefully it will work for Sunny and she can get in some miles outside, rather than on the dreadmill.

Did my La Verkin 5K route in 22:09 which was a 7:09 average. Last week I ran it in 24:13 for a 7:49 average. Calf muscle is still tender and limiting my training. Did 1 mile cool down easy.

Nimbus-108 these shoes are still giving me blisters occasionally

Busy day and evening. I was able to do a nice 6 mile loop over to Hurricane, past the Chevron then south to 400 South and back home. Average pace was 7:29 not bad considering the calf still hurting and the very strong headwind for 3 miles, plus the hill going into Hurricane and then the hill coming back. I really felt like I was leaning forward to battle the wind, almost felt like I was Jose.

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Shortest mileage I've ever recorded. I jogged a half mile over to watch Jansen's soccer game at La Verkin Elementary.  The entire way over my calf was really hurting, so when the game was over I scrapped the rest of my run and just came home plopped down on the couch and watched the Jazz game.  Sunny tried to workout some of the knots in my calf, but I think it might be time to call April.

I went over and watched the run for kids race this morning. I jogged down to the 2 mile marker and cheered people on there, then ran over to the highway and finished the last two miles uphill with the wildbull. 5.6 miles of running, calf still felt tight but I managed. Sunny is wanting to go out this afternoon and do the La Verkin 5K loop, so I'll probably go with her and try pushing Jarren in the stroller.

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Terrible run today. Hot, windy, and stomach issues. I ran 3 miles out to the Toquerville Cemetery and then 3 miles back home. Going out I felt ok, but coming back it turned more into a walk session between the calf problems and the stomach issues I was wondering what I was even doing out there

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I did have the shirt off, so I guess I worked on the tan if nothing else

Much better run today. Funny I ran 6 miles again today but was 20 minutes faster than yesterday. I ran up past the substation out on 600 North trail then turned off and did .5 mile in the reserve. Going out was battling the wind, but coming back was nice. Overall average was 7:30 with the last two miles being 6:47 and 6:45

Nimbus- 114 I still really dislike these shoes.

Should have ran tonight, but didn't instead watched the Jazz game.

Rode my bike to work this morning. Planning on doing some miles after work. Ran 6 miles out to Toquerville. Average 7:49 mostly uphill and into the wind. I met up with my parents who were coming into town from Colorado so I hitched a ride home.

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Did my La Verkin 5K loop with Sunny this morning. She did a good job, for feeling sick. When we finished I jogged over to the elementary school.

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Just some cross training in Vegas, not much time.

Finally a half way decent day of running. I spent much of the weekend on the road traveling. I got back this afternoon from a conference in Salt Lake and went out and did a 7 mile run over to Hurricane and back 54:00 for a 7:42 average. I've been feeling a little sick with allergies or something. Anyway stuffed up nose still bothering on the run, the calf is starting to feel a little better probably 80%, so hopefully I can get back to some more serious training. I've gained a few extra pounds and feel a little out of shape. I got home from the first run and watched the first half of the Jazz game, then went and did 2 easy miles with Sunny and Jarren in the stroller during half time up to the fire hydrant and back.

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Good run this afternoon, even though it was pretty warm when I started at 3:30. I think it was close to 80.

Anyway Sunny drove me out to Anderson Junction and I did a two mile warm-up (average 7:26) then I decided I would try a 4 mile tempo run, just to see how much fitness I've lost since being slowed down with this calf injury the last month.

The last time I did this workout was on Feb 2, and my splits went

1-6:15

2-6:24

3-6:16

4-5:53

24:50 overall with a 6:13 average

Today I was pretty happy with my splits considering the heat, coming off an injury, and dealing with a headwind

1-5:53

2-6:10 was ready to stop here, but figured I could go one more mile

3- 6:23 actually felt better right at the end so decided to finish and do one more mile

4-5:55

24:22 overall 6:06 average

Two miles easy home.

Overall good workout and nice to see where I'm at. I still have a long way to go. I wish I could have avoided the calf injury and been in better shape and preparing for the Ogden Marathon, however I think I will just have to focus on the Deseret News Marathon.

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Hooray I woke up this morning and actually got up and did a morning run. Actually I was still sleeping through the first two miles. I woke up when I got close to the stake center when I realized I needed to make a pit stop. I find it ironic that I felt tempted to not enter the stake center. You see this is the time and place where people would be playing basketball, which I'm supposed to be avoiding. Anyway, after I finished up in the bathroom I poked my head in the gym and of course they had just finished a game and were playing 4 on 5, so I had to stay and play one game. Played to 22 and I scored 7 pts, not bad considering the 4 week layoff. Anyway after one game, a guy had to leave so I thought it would be a good time for me to take off also. Ran one more easy mile home.

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Tonight I paced Sunny on our La Verkin 5K loop, she improved her time and ran 29:00 flat exact, but she can give you the details. I just ran along side pushing Jarren in the stroller. Both last night and tonight he has fallen asleep while in the stroller, so apparently he doesn't mind going for the run. After we got home, I went by myself and ran another 2 miles up past the bridge and back.

Nimbus- 129.5- Not as much blister problems tonight.

2 miles with Steve before running club.  Then real easy 7 miles with the running club.  Bill and Aaron took off, but Steve and I hang back with a new guy Dale, who was running a slower pace.  After 3 miles Steve started a tempo run and I continued on with Dale.  Overall the pace was slower than I wanted to go, but it was still nice meeting someone new and running with them.

Cumulus- 9 I got a new pair of Cumulus, so I guess I can retire my old red ones.  I've really liked this shoe, the last pair I got 415 miles and could probably go a little more if needed.

Did a good job watching my diet today

Breakfast: Oatmeal

Lunch- Burrito, Gatorade

Snack- Banana, Bottle of Water

Dinner- Chicken and Rice

Snack- Nachos during the Jazz game.
 

Went and played basketball this morning, took it pretty easy.

Longest run I've done since before the St. George Marathon last fall. Steve, Bill, Ken and Sasha did a loop out on Snow Canyon Parkway, through Ivins and Kayenta, then back on the highway through Santa Clara. I was a little concerned in the beginning as Bill kept pushing the pace. I was really hoping for a slower, easier pace but I managed to stay with the group for most of the run. I did the first 16 1:54:13 for a 7:08 average. The last two miles I took it really easy, as I was beginning to cramp up a little bit. I think my body was wondering what was going on, since I hadn't run that far in quite some time.

1-7:45

2-7:00

3-6:57

4-7:11

5-6:58

6-6:48

7-7:23- Had a little hill climb here and part of mile 8 as I remember

8-7:30

9-7:06

10-6:45

11-6:36

12-6:59

13-6:51

14-6:40

15-7:37 Hard to get going again after stopping for water

16-7:57

Last two miles up Sunset very slow and easy.

Overall pretty pleased I made myself come over and run with the club and I forced myself to go as far as I did.

I only need 2 more miles today for me to meet my goal of 60 for the week. Which I'm feeling good about considering where my training has been the last few weeks with the calf injury.

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Went out and did another easy 2 miles (bridge and back), legs and hips pretty sore from the run this morning.

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Basketball this morning. 6 mile easy run tonight, calf felt a little tight and hips are back to bothering me. I think it might be the extra weight I'm carrying in all the wrong places. Anyway the run tonight was decent, just wanted to take it easy and race the 8 minute guy. I ended up beating him by 11 seconds for a 7:49 average. Ran over to Hurricane and back.

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Short run in the wind this afternoon. Ran up the La Verkin Twist two miles, then back down and back home on Main Street.

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Easy 4.5 this morning

Another fight with the mattress but I did win and got out of bed and did the standard La Verkin 5K loop, I ran it in reverse. My body felt terrible the entire time, but at least I got up and did a run. This week has been very busy, but hoping to make it to the club run tonight. Yesterday was especially busy and Jarren was sick, I felt bad Sunny wasn't able to get her run in. I know she really wanted to, but she was busy most of the day. She has been doing really good and I'm excited for her 5K race this weekend.

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Ran with a group from the Running Store down to Worthen park and back. I did a total of 7 miles, two by myself, then 5 with the group. 7:40 average

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Went and played basketball this morning for over an hour. 7 miles run tonight went over to Hurricane, then up onto the 600 North trail and back home. Feeling pretty good, ran one mile in 6:17. Interested to see how I feel tomorrow in the race. Hoping to run as fast as last year.

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Hurricane Half not a great day for me, but before I go into details about my race. Just want to say Congrats first to my wife. She did a great job on her first 5K since high school. Her time was about 4 minutes faster than she was hoping for, so she did awesome. Also it was great to see Steve Hooper have a good race, along with Ryan, Bill and Marcie.

My race didn't go as I had hoped, but I think most of that could be attributed to my lack of training the last few weeks. Before my calf injury I felt like I was getting into decent shape and then that injury set my training back about a month. Anyway, last week was a good week with 60 miles, but it was evident today I still have a long way to go with my training.

However, I don't want to be too hard on myself. I felt great on my run last night, maybe even pushed it too hard. Got home watched the Jazz win, which was great then tried to get to bed. Anyway, we had a pretty short night. Both Jarren and Jansen have been a little sick this week and last night was really difficult with Jarren. Sunny and I both took turns being up with him. Things got worse when I set my alarm to go off at 4:50 pm, instead of am. I still don't know how I woke up at 5:25 and managed to catch the bus. My biggest mistake this morning was grabbing a slimfast shake to drink. Not a good idea for a pre-race breakfast I guess. Anyway, got up to the start late and didn't have much time to warm-up.

The race started off ok, but I probably went out too fast which might have lead me to feeling so terrible later on.

1-6:01

2-5:47

3-5:59

4-6:23

5-6:23-Really start feeling tight and some cramping

6-6:42- Pretty much lost all focus on these next three miles and figured I would just try to enjoy the scenery

7-7:08-walked through the aid station and did some stretching

8-6:42

9-5:44 tried to push it on the downhill, but really not feeling that great

10-6:22

11-7:07-really struggled running through La Verkin

12-7:56- Got chicked here by Erica Schramm, but didn't even care.

13-7:04- Just nice and easy

Overall time was 1:25:35 (6:34 average) which was 5:40 slower than last year.

Even though I didn't run as well as I wanted to or should have I was still happy to be at the finish and listen to other people talk about their races. I've been pretty fortunate the last few years to usually have decent races, but today just wasn't one of those days. So I guess we just move on and continue training and get ready for the next event.

When we got home I tried to take a nap, but ended up spending more time in the bathroom vomiting, so maybe now I'm coming down with the same thing my boys had.

This afternoon has been one of mostly laying around and dealing with stomach issues. I did manage to roto till the garden area an hour ago, but that took about all the strength I had.

Side note my weight has been going down, which is good. I've been right around 145 (I was 155 at Christmas) but would like to get it closer to 135-137 this summer.

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Another rough night as Jarren was up again not feeling good. Got out and did 3 easy miles this morning. Still upset I didn't race very good this past weekend.

Great run for me this evening. I got done with driver's ed and I knew I had a birthday party to be at out in Santa Clara, so I decided to run from Millcreek High School basically out to Snow Canyon High School. I figured the route would be around 9 to 10 miles long and I was right it was exactly 10 miles when I got to Sunny's cousin's house. The first four miles were great running along the river trail. The next 6 were more of a challenge as it was a gradual uphill around Dixie Drive and up through Stonebrook to Santa Clara. Overall average was 7:09 with a few miles here and there under 7 min. Anyway, I felt pretty good on the run and ready to start the week. The weather tonight was pretty nice not too hot, not too cool, cloud cover and just a little headwind to deal with.

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Good run tonight. I was worried how I was going to fit things in with driver's ed and scouts. However, the scouts are working on cycling merit badge and they had a 10 mile ride planned tonight, so I talked them into letting me just run instead of bike, which I was actually more happy about doing. We went out past Hurricane Intermediate then back to La Verkin. The 4 miles out I did in 29 minutes for a 7:15 average, coming back I ran 28 minutes for a 7:00 average, then did one easy mile around the neighborhood.

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Played basketball this morning, I was pretty tired. Planning some more miles after work, then we are having a birthday party for Jansen, (he is turning six) then I have to get ready for game two of the Lakers/Jazz series.

Not the best run this afternoon. I did 3 miles out and 3 miles back on the 600 North trail. Left calf muscle hurting, and both hips a little sore.

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Ran with Clyde and Aaron, we did the 7 mile loop from the store backwards, I think it was actually easier, expect for the fact I was trying to run with Clyde and Aaron and it was plenty hot out. Barely lost to the 7 minute guy. Decent run, especially considering I wasn't feeling too good. Today was one of the first times, I've actually gotten some car sickness while doing Driver's Education.

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Good morning of basketball. Planning on some miles this afternoon, before going camping with my boys in Apple Valley this evening.

5 miles down through Confluence Park, then 2 miles to the bridge and back. Warm afternoon, easy run.

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Got home from camping in time to head over and take my turn running laps around the track for the relay for life. I ran real easy and even walked a few with some other friends. I ended up only doing 6 miles, so I'll try to get out again this evening.

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I needed 3 miles to hit 60 for the week. Original goal was going to be 70, but somethings came up and I didn't feel to good on a couple of my runs this week, so I cut a few short. Anyway, I just went and did the La Verkin 5K loop 21:30. I ran the first mile way too slow 7:44, so then I challenged myself to try to catch the 7 minute guy, without feeling like I was pushing myself too hard. Second mile was 6:45 and the last mile was 6:23. Ended up with a 6:56 average.

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Basketball this morning, stiff and sore to start off the week.

1 mile with Jarren in the stroller over to watch Jansen's t-ball practice, got there right when it was getting over.

4 miles tonight on the treadmill while watching the Cavs/Celtics game.

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Easy 4 miles up to the elementary school in Hurricane and then back home. Didn't really feel like getting up but was glad once I got going, however the pace was really slow and easy.

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Hour of basketball this morning, planning on doing around 9 miles this afternoon, since I don't have driver's education.

I didn't get in 9 miles, only 6 body feeling stiff and sore. Some pain in the lower left shin, kind of weird. I did explore a new place to run over by the Trails subdivision. I ran up this killer hill, up to a water tank. Between the wind and climbing a hill, I was pretty much wiped out.

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Frustrating hip pain has returned! Just when I start increasing my miles and feeling like I'm ready to really train, I get these little annoying aches and pains. I guess I shouldn't complain too much many people have it much worse than me in life. In fact stopping and thinking about it I have a great life and it will be even better next week when school is out. The three best things about teaching June, July, and August. Even though it seems our district here keeps starting school earlier and earlier each year.

Anyway, enough rambling ran with Steve, Bill, and Mike tonight. I got done with Driver's Ed early so I did 4 miles around the running store and Sunset Corner, then Steve, Bill, Mike and I took off on the standard loop. Mike ran back to his house, so we extended the loop just a bit to drop him off, it was good seeing him out there again. We then headed down to the golf course. I really wanted to turn back at Sunset, but was encouraged to continue on. I had to stop for a drink and some stretching down at the golf course and again at one of the parks along the bike path. It is really starting to warm up and still very windy. The run wasn't the best, but glad I got in the miles. average pace for the first 4 miles was 7:41, then average for the last 10 miles was 8:12

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3 painfully slow miles in the heat.

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Didn't make it over to run with Steve and Bill this morning. I guess Steve had to cancel also. Anyway around noon I had to take the explorer over to get new tires put on, so I just decided to get some miles in while waiting. I ended up doing 10 miles from Discount Tires then down to the river trail and back up River Road. The first six miles were good around 7:15 pace. The last 4 were slower around 8:00 pace. It was already getting pretty warm around 90 when I started. Sounds like everybody had a good time running the Ogden Marathon.

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It is really helping me now that Sunny is getting into running. It makes it that much easier to get out and do some easy miles, when you have somebody to go with and talk to. I was able to get 6 more easy miles in tonight, which helped me reach my weekly goal of at least 60 miles per week. I have set this as my bare minimum for weekly mileage throughout the summer (unless my body or an injury tells me otherwise, I will shoot to run at least 60 miles a week through the summer. The main goal will be to work up to 80-90 miles a week. I've never in my life done more than that, so I'm not sure how the body would respond.

The run tonight was down through the Overlook Subdivision, then up to 100 East. After 3.25 miles I dropped Sunny and Jarren off. He feel asleep again in the stroller while I was pushing him. Then I took off and did another 2.75 over toward Hurricane and back. I about got ran off the road, by our great La Verkin City Police Officer, who was driving about 90 mph to investigate something, of course he didn't have his lights on nor siren, which is really what upset me.

Anyway, glad the week is over. After the run Thursday night and then all day yesterday, my legs were really sore. I did some stretching last night and iced a little bit and seemed to feel a bit better today. However, I still ready for a day of rest.

Nimbus- 155 these shoes are starting to get broke in finally!

Didn't set the alarm, so didn't have time for a very long run. I was only going to do 2 miles, but just took off and did the La Verkin 5K loop, basically still sleeping.

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Debated about running on the treadmill or outside in the heat. I went ahead had dinner (BBQ sandwich, which we'll talk about later) then waited around for an hour. Decided to head out around 8 and ran over the 600 North trail to the Sky Mountain Golf Course. I wasn't feel too great to start out with and I was a little worried about my dinner. Anyway, by mile 3 I had to stop and lose half of my sandwich. I felt better after I threw-up so I continued on. Half a mile later I had to stop again, this time I lost the rest of the sandwich. Luckily I was close to the golf course, so I got cleaned up, drank some water then started a 3 mile tempo

Sky Mountain Tempo- 18:01 (average 6:00)

1-6:15 running through the neighborhood, a little uphill

2-5:56 starting to feel pretty good, some decent downhill

3- 5:50 some good downhill at the start, then it evens out the last half.

I was pretty pleased with this effort. However, I think I can get this time down to 17:30 or lower with a little work.

My main goal was just to run between 6:15-6:25 pace, so I was quite a bit faster than that.

Did one mile cool-down, then Sunny picked me up at Brentwood Bowling Alley

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