Little Buddha

3 easy miles this morning. I just posted a table on my Hurricane Half Race Report with my splits for the Hurricane Half over the last four years. It seems this race always has the mile markers off.

Easy 3.5 miles tonight, legs still a little sore from the race Saturday.

Starting to think more about the Ogden Marathon.  My 18 week build up has been about the same as my 18 weeks last year leading up to St. George.  Overall mileage has been similar, I think some of my workouts have been a little better this spring, but the longer runs have not been as good.  Ogden will be my 6th marathon, so I've still got lots to learn about racing a marathon and training for one.  The main reason I wanted to do Ogden was to try a different marathon and one in the spring, which would help me build a good base of miles heading into the summer.  I am going to have a very busy summer, but I would really like to train harder for St. George this fall.

Looking back here are my different marathons

1st- St. George 2004- 3:07:30  Didn't really train for this marathon, longest training run was 13 miles, and I basically just ran for the experience.  Ran with the clif bar pacers the first 22 miles.

2nd- Boston 2006- 3:06:45  4 months of training and coming off ankle surgery.  This was more about having a good time and experience.  This is when I was just getting into running again and had joined the St. George Running Club

3rd- St. George 2006- 2:46:11 Big Breakthrough Race, this was after a good summer of training.

4th- St. George 2007- 2:44:59 A good race and my PR, but struggled with hip pain for much of the race.

5th- St. George 2008- 3:07:27 This is the one nobody wants to remember, cold, wind, rain, cramping, walking, and a big BUMMER race.

So I guess looking back on these marathons, I would expect to be anywhere between 2:40 to 3:10 come next Saturday.  Hopefully, closer to 2:40 than 3:10.

Easy 4.5 miles, it is back to being busy.  I just got called to be in the young men's again.  This time I'll be working with the 16 and 17 year olds.

Last Sunday, I got called to be over the Venturing Program, so now I'll be working with the Priest Quorum on Tuesday Nights. This should be a fun calling, but will keep me busy, just like when I was scoutmaster. Sunny got called to be the 2nd counselor in the Primary, so she'll be pretty busy also. Just hope to be able to fit it all in this summer.

1. 1 Utah Geography class a full week up in Salt Lake

2. 5 Computer Classes

3. Week long trip to Maui!

4. Week long trip to Colorado!

5. 4 day trip to California!

6. Driver's Education- got to pay for all the vacations rigth?

7. Train for a sub 2:40 marathon at St. George.

Easy 5 miles tonight, did 2 with Jarren in the stroller then 3 easy miles on the La Verkin 5K loop.  Right hip was bothering me again, not good.

It is my son Jansen's birthday today, so I got up early to do my workout, probably will not be at running club tonight. Anyway I did 3 easy miles up to the substation in Hurricane, then did a 2 mile tempo run, then 2 miles easy cool-down.

Tempo Overall  11:39 (5:49 average)

1-5:50 a little headwind

2-5:47 big time crosswind, running over the bridge

A few weeks ago I ran 5:34, 5:30 but was pushing the pace a lot harder and with no wind.  This morning I just felt pretty comfortable, which I guess is a good sign.  Another good sign is the weight is continuing to drop.  I think once summer rolls around and I increase the miles, the Little Buddha should drop down below 140.

Felt pretty good tonight, only a little hip pain did 8 miles easy over to Hurricane and around then back home average was 7:45 pace.

9 easy miles this morning with Mike, Bill, Clyde, and James.  We met at Brentwood and ran out to Sand Hollow, Clyde extended around the lake, but the rest of us cut over the dam and then came back on the road.  The place was very busy with the tri going on.  The run felt pretty good and little hip pain at the end.