Little Buddha

Beautiful evening for a workout in Southern Utah, temperature 82 degrees, which is a big relief from the 100+ we've had most of the summer. I knew I wanted to do some type of speed workout, but I wasn't certain exactly what, but I just headed out the door and knew I would have 2.5 miles to warm-up running over to Hurricane High School. Anyway, I decided that I wanted to do some Yasso 800s, so I figured 6 would give me a pretty good workout, with the goal of each one being as close to 2:40 as possible, with a 400m recovery between each.

1-2:39 (1:17, 1:21) felt great, but a little worried this might have been too fast, especially if I was wanting to do 6

2-2:36 (1:16, 1:19) another really good repeat

3-2:35 (1:15, 1:19) Put on the song "Kick Start My Heart" lately I've been listening to some older heavy metal on my hard workouts. After this repeat I'm thinking maybe I should just be done with this workout, since I'm feeling pretty good.

4-2:37 (1:18, 1:18) Ran this one even pace, however the effort didn't feel even, felt like I started too slow, and had to really work to get this one under 2:40

5-2:36 (1:16, 1:19) Had to put the ipod on "Dr. Feel Good", which pumped me up some.

6-2:34 (1:16, 1:18) Once again I put on "Kick Start My Heart" and I'm able to run a fast repeat and finish for me what was a very good workout.

This workout was exactly what I needed to boost my confidence a little with the marathon soon approaching. These times were a lot better and more consistent than anything I did at this time last year, so that is good.

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For a Monday I felt pretty light in relation to my weight.

I did this same workout exactly a year ago to the day and went 2:43, 2:42, 2:44, 2:43, 2:46, 2:47. So I'm pretty pleased with the improved times this year.

Fairly easy 8.5 mile run out to Hurricane Intermediate School and back.  I got my new Asics Speedstars today, so I gave them a try, I think they are going to work well for the marathon.  I will wear them in Saturday's 5K and on the training run after the race.

Speedstars-8.5 

Not a very good run today. I ran over by the middle school and around the high school cross country course. My whole body seemed to be feeling pretty sore, so I didn't run as long as I was going to I did 6 and decided to take the rest of the night off.

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Still feeling some soreness in my hip, so I did another easy run tonight, just 5.5 miles down through Confluence park, then out through the new part of Zion View Estates. Nice pace and nice evening for a run, just wish I could get over this nagging hip pain.

Cumulus-218

Well, this morning was the Swiss Days 5k, I was looking forward to this, to see where my 5K speed or lack of is at. Last year I ran 17:29, so I was hoping for anything close to that, of course faster would be better. I did a two mile warm-up, and was already sweating pretty good, it was muggy this morning and has been raining ever since the race.

1-5:50 I forget how fast 5k races start and I was left behind most of the younger high school kids. Logan, Dave, Steve all got out pretty good. Mike and I were a little slow at the start, but Mike soon pulled away and caught Steve and ran with him for maybe a mile. I really felt pretty good once I hit the trail and was into the race about 4 minutes. I came through the mile about where I was hoping to and decided to push it a little. I had already caught some of the high school kids that were ahead of me at the start.

2-5:37 I was able to pass some more high school kids on this mile, then caught Steve and Mike. I really felt like this was the best part of my race. I tried to keep pushing the pace, even though I was having some stomach issues. I had a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast and I could really feel it around mile 2. Mike and I helped push each other through this mile.

3-5:33 I was really pleased with my last mile and being able to run this pace and I felt I finished pretty hard. I knew Mike was on my tail, so I just kept pushing.

Overall, I was pretty happy with my race 6 seconds faster than last year, which was good.

Logan, Dave and Steve went and did some more miles on the course, but I decided I will wait until this afternoon and maybe avoid the rain, or maybe not. I haven't been feeling the best the last few days and I didn't want to risk getting sick running out in the rain.

Speedstar-13

I got out tonight and did another 10 miles pretty easy up to Toquerville City Office and back through La Verkin. My body felt pretty good, still need to work out the hip issue, but maybe the next two weeks of tapering will help.

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