Emily's training blog

Running with audiobook. I'm going to try to fit in some classics on my runs. First four chapters of Peter Pan and Wendy. I have been reading Peter and the Starcatchers with Cole, so I thought I would listen to the original. 7:06 average.

I'm not loving the on and off knee pain. Every other day running isn't working too well, either. It's getting better, but not quickly enough. I did a harder effort today. 65 minute tempo, starting at 6:45 pace, and finishing at six. I can tell I have lost some fitness, but I think Ican snap back fairly quickly.

I think I will run the SL half more as a tempo run, next week. As of now, I think Grandma's is off. I just don't want to cram the training into ten wees, and then run a sub par marathon. I guess I could go and run it by effort, just for the experience. I don't know. As you can see, I'm not very mentally invested.

Anyone want to go to Chicago in October?

Back to back runs with no knee pain. Well, I actually felt it the first five minutes, but nothing after that. Yay! I think I'm officially mended. I can train for realsies again. I was feeling yesterday's tempo. But, I still managed to move pretty quickly. 6:56 average. Beautiful morning!

Garmin-less run with Jenny. No knee pain at all! I can't wait to see Jenny crush it in the marathon next week.

I ran up in Ogden with the Utahrunning.com team, of which I am a part this year. We ran on the trails above Weber State, which was a nice change. I forgot how incredibly hilly Ogden is! I'm excited to get to know all the people on the team this year. We had breakfast, and received our race gear. No knee problems, even bombing down the steep hills. I'm happy to be back in commission! I'm excited to race next week, even though it will be a little rough. Time to bust some rust!