Little Buddha

An alright run tonight, the hardest step was the one out the door. It is always hard for me to get going after taking a few days off. I guess I could easily solve that by not taking so many days off. Anyway I ran from the house up through Toquerville to about mile post 5, then turned around and came back. Overall average was 7:25 for 12 miles. The pace was a little slower, but the run did have some good uphill and downhill running. (Nimbus 160)

Not a lot of time tonight 6 miles on the treadmill. (Nike 30/40)

I just signed up for the Striders 30K race this Saturday in Ogden. I'm not sure how much racing I will be doing, but just being in a race with other people should help the miles go by faster for me. I figured I would just do this race, since I'm going to be up in the Salt Lake/Provo area on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for BYU's graduation. I'm planning on doing a longer run this afternoon on the marathon course.

Well, I got out this afternoon in the 85 degree heat and did a nice 14 mile run from the Store at Dammeron Valley to the Running Store. My goal going in was to try to run around 7 min pace. However, once I got started I felt pretty good so I just tried to push along. I ended up running 1:32:50 for a 6:38 average which I was pretty happy with, especially considering the heat.

1-7:00, 2- 6:44, 3-6:34, 4-6:39, 5-6:22, 6-6:07, 7-6:50, 8-6:38, 9-7:11, 10-6:52, 11-6:26, 12-6:19, 13-6:37, 14-6:25

It was nice to run on the marathon route since I hadn't been out that way to run since the actual marathon. They are widening the shoulder of the road in a few spots, so that will help a little with traffic, however you still have to be aware of crazy old ladies on cell phones. (DS Trainer 222)

Sunny bought a pair of Glycerin today at the store and ran 1 mile tonight with Jordan. I think she is going to like the shoes, and hopefully get back into running a little.

I only managed two easy miles tonight.  The run yesterday took a lot more out of me than I thought it would.  My legs and abdominal muscles have been very sore today and I ate some chicken salad pasta stuff at lunch that hasn't agreed with my stomach.  I was going to drive to Provo tonight, but I'm feeling pretty wasted so I will just get up in the morning and head up. 

The Striders 30K Race didn't go as well as I had planned. I wasn't really looking to race, just wanting to get in a decent longer run, so that was pretty much my approach going into the race. It was nice to finally meet up with in person so many of the guys from the blog. (Paul, Cody, Dan, James, Sasha, Steve, Ted) The weather was nice and little cold for me at the start since I'm not used to being at 5000 ft at 8:00 in the morning. Anyway after a mile warm-up with the guys I figured I would just go out and try to run with some of the guys for awhile and see how I felt. I still was feeling some fatigue and sickness from my workout Wednesday and being sick Thursday and Friday.

1-6:10 took off with most of the guys, but slowed down a little and ran with Dan

2-6:19 another mile with Dan

3-6:10 I picked up the pace a little bit, trying to catch Cody, James, and Bob

4-6:13 I catch up with some of the Logan guys, which makes the next few miles go by

5-6:22

6-6:21

7-6:52 around this point I really begin to slow down. Cody, James, Bob, and Nate all take off, and I feel like I really just drift off to sleep, in fact the next 7 miles really just feel like I'm going through the motions. I didn't run with my I-pod which looking back now I wish I would have taken. I wasn't that impressed with the rolling hills and passing all the farm houses, I just felt like I kept running past the same things.

8-7:06

9-7:06 I stopped for a second to take a GU and drink some water, also do a little stretching

10-7:08 still feeling slow

11-6:36 decided to try to pick up the pace a little

12-6:37 around this time Dan has caught back up to me and running pretty strong he passed me in route to a good run.

13-6:50 my right foot starts bothering me, I can feel a blister developing on the inside of my foot.

14-6:57 These last 4.5 miles were just terrible, I was really not there mentally, like I said earlier just going through the motions one step in front of the other.

15-7:20-

16-7:56

17-7:48

18-7:53

.6-5:14

Finish 2:09:07 (6:55)

At the finish it was nice to see how well so many of the guys from the blog ran. After running this distance today, I really think I might change from running the full Ogden Marathon to running just the Half. I think it might be a better experience for me and a better way to begin my summer of hard training for the St. George Marathon.