Little Buddha

Nice run tonight, over to Hurricane down 400 South all the way out west then back on State road 9. Total mileage was 8.5 and I was able to average 7:32 pace, which I thought was decent. My legs are still feeling sore from the race Saturday. I noticed the most pain in my left calf muscle, and then of course my right hip which is always bugging me.

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Rode bike to school this morning, legs a little stiff and sore. I guess that is what happens when you are another year older. Yep, Birthday today big 33, but don't think I'm going to head out and run 33 miles (like some of my friends would). I enjoy running, but not to that extent. I might however, do a hill workout later tonight.

Not a very good evening of running. I did 3 miles alone after eating Cafe Rio, big mistake, but it tasted so good. Then I ran to the fire hydrant with Sunny and back, she was actually having to wait for me tonight.

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Played basketball for an hour this morning.  La Verkin 5K Loop with Sunny, then ran 2 miles over to Hurricane Elementary and Sunny picked me up.  Right leg felt sore along with the hip.

Easy 5 mile run down through Confluence Park, legs feeling tired, took an ice bath tonight (not very cold though, needed more ice) then did some stretching. Was thinking of doing hill repeats then had to big of dinner, plus still very hot out, so opted for the easy run. I think I might just forget about the hill repeats this week, take tomorrow easy and then try to hit some marathon pace miles on the long run Saturday.

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Easy 6.5 miles tonight

Happy Birthday Sunny!!!

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Good run for me this morning. I've been concerned about my endurance and today's run probably helped that a little bit. Earlier in the week I saw Marcie and she said they were planning a 23 mile run this morning on the course. In the past I've never done a training run longer than 20 miles, but I figured I would be a good sport and go along with the group if that was what they were really wanting to do. Anyway, last night I was thinking if I could run around 2:40-2:45 that would be a decent workout for 23 miles.

Got to the park and had lots of people catch a ride up with Mike. The Circle of Trust did a 16 mile workout, RUNNMAN got dropped off up a little further and did a 20 miler. Then Mike, Marcie, Marissa?, and Me started above Brookside.

We took the first 11.5 miles easy.

1-7:54

2-7:46

3-7:14

4-7:13

5-8:14 Veyo Hill

6-7:56

7-7:39

8-7:55

9-7:31

10-7:21

11-7:20

After 11.5 I stopped got some water, went the bathroom then started to pick up the pace. We were right at 7:40 average pace

12-6:46

13-6:00

14-6:04

15-6:11- Right Hamstring started to cramp up along with some intense hip pain

16-6:35 Winchester Hill

17-6:16

18-6:02

19-6:16

20-6:00

21-6:23

22-6:46

23-6:30

Tried to pick up the pace to the finish, but ended up coming in at 2:40:07, so 6:57 average for the entire run, which I feel pretty good about. If I could actually be close to this time 2:40 on race day, I would be pretty happy. Of course that is adding 3 miles than I ran today. Anyway, I'm glad I did this workout, and now it is time to relax for the rest of the day and watch some college football.

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