Little Buddha

2 miles over to the bridge and back and then 3 miles with Sunny La Verkin 5k Loop.  Legs still feeling sore from the run on Saturday.

Cumulus-299

Average run, went from the house down Main Street, over past the gravel pit, then down a new trail in the Trails Subdivison, then came back through Confluence Park.  Legs sore and body feeling a little tired.  I'm getting a massage this Saturday so that will be nice.

Stratus-381

Pretty good workout tonight, especially considering the 96 degree + temperature while I was doing my mile repeats on the track.

Did 2.5 mile jog over to Hurricane High School, then did 3 x 1mile repeats with 400 meter recovery, plus a little longer rest.

1-5:34 Felt really good, but starting to overheat

2-5:41 Not feeling quite as good on this one

3-5:37 The effort was much harder than the first two, but the time was right there in the middle.

2.5 mile very easy home

This was a good workout and I'm feeling pretty good going into the marathon. I still don't really know what time to shoot for. Last year I ran 2:44:59 which was a PR by about 1:30 min. I really think I should be able to run faster than that this year, but how much I really don't know. I'll probably try to get in with a group running about 1:20-1:21 for the first half and see if I can hold on.

Speedstar-192

Rode bike to work this morning. 3 easy mile tonight with Sunny over to 600 North in Hurricane.

Nimbus-270

This was an ok race for me, I wanted to be a little cautious as we as are a week away from the marathon. Saw lots of fast guys at the start and figured I would have my work cut out just to be in the top 10.

Easy 2 mile warm-up

1-5:40- Found myself in 9th place behind. Logan, Aaron, Hayden, Dave Smith, Ryan, Mike, Jose, and some high school kid from Virgin Valley. I really didn't feel that great the first mile

2-5:44- Narrowed the gap between the Virgin Valley kid and Jose. I'm starting to feel a little better

3-5:46- With about a half mile to go, I passed both Jose and the Virgin Valley kid to move into 7th place. Now I'm finally feeling like I'm racing, but with this being only a 5k the race soon came to an end.

.1- .34

Overall, I was satisfied with my time 17:45 (5:42 average) and I was pretty pleased with my place considering the good competition. I still found it weird that I ran a faster time on the course they had last year, which was supposed to be a more difficult course.

Anyway, did 3 miles cool-down with Bill and cheered people on. Sunny ran and had a PR by over a 1 minute. Way to go Sunny!

Now it is off to get a massage with April, then back to packing this weekend. We close on our house on Wednesday, so we'll be moving a lot of stuff next week. I just need to be careful and not do too much especially this close to the marathon. Thankfully, lots of friends, family, and people in our ward will be helping us move and it is just across town, so we can make lots of short trips.