Little Buddha

I didn't get a run in today.  Feeling pretty run down.  I don't think I'm going to be doing the 10 mile race this Saturday, I have another committment, but I am planning on the Dam to Dam in a few weeks.

Easy 7 miles from Middle School up to the running store, then came back on Sunset back to the High School, then back to Middle School

This afternoon I did a few hill loops up Castle Rock hill. The loop is between .8 and .9 miles long and has a really steep incline the first 70 seconds or so, when really pushing the hill. Anyway after a mile warm-up I did 3 loops.

1- 4:43 felt pretty good, the hill was hard

2-4:42 felt better than the first

3- 4:43 I struggled on the hill again, but made up some ground on the other part of the loop.

Between each loop I did some easy recovery jogging.

After the workout I did 1 mile cool down.

I was going to do some more miles tonight, but got home late. Still I'm glad I got the workout in this afternoon, I did it during my planning period before leaving to teach driver's education. I was busy tonight with my son Jordan he had his big crossover from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts he also got his Arrow of Light which was cool.

Ran 2.5 miles this morning with the basketball team. Actually got the girls out on the road at 6:00 am in the dark and did a few miles. I had a great workout this evening!  To start things Steve got in the Asics Gel-Ohana Racers that everyone in the club is going to be racing in.  So I decided I would take them for a spin and do some 800m repeats.  I did 2.5 miles warmup over to Hurricane High School from my house. I felt fast the minute I put the shoes on first mile over was in 7:05 with some uphill out of La Verkin, second mile was 6:58, then another half mile easy. I decided to run 6 x 800m to see where I was at the goal was to be around at least 2:45, and then take 3:00 minute recovery between each 800.

1- 2:42 felt good, Cross Creek Private School had a few kids working out on the track, so I had to keep dodging people in the first lane and kids hanging out at the finish line. (Jammin' to AC/DC on the ipod)

2- 2:43- a bit slower, focusing more on working my Garmin than on running.

3-2:41- Just put the watch back to something simple I could understand.

4-2:40- Feeling good

5-2:36- Decided to push a little harder to see how it felt.

6-2:35- Didn't think it would happpen, but I brought it on the last one. Must have been listening to a particular song that really got me pumped up.

After the workout I went in to the high school and watched the freshman boys basketball game for about an hour.  After the game I still had to run home, by now the sun had gone done and it was a little colder so I picked up the pace so I could get home faster. First mile 7:34 slight uphill, second mile 6:37 some downhill.

Overall, very pleased with the 800s and where I'm at with those this early in the season.  The goal now will be to try to run an entire workout in the 2:35-2:40 range.

Ran with Steve, Clyde, and Dave up through the desert reserve then back down Snow Canyon Parkway.  I was pretty much lagging behind the group the entire run.  I struggle especially with trail runs, but I figured maybe I would speed up when we hit the pavement, however by then I was already wiped out, the group took off which I really didn't have a problem with.  I ran pretty hard yesterday, and my body was telling me not hard and fast again today.  Steve slowed down a bit and helped drag my sorry self back to the store.  All in all ok run with decent effort, however I still have a long ways to go, just need to start building more of a base and increase my endurance