Rollin' THUNDER

1.5 miles for class, 8:57

4 miles on treadmill, followed by some light weight lifting. I guess my fall/winter break is over and I need to get back to running.

4.5 miles on tm

3.1 miles on treadmill, I was wanting to go 4-5, but my stomach hurt. Maybe it was the ice cream I ate right before heading to the gym. Light weight lifting.

5 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

5 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. light weight lifting

5.3 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

5.6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline, followed by 30 minutes of light weights.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

7 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. I averaged 8.2 mph.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. Averaged 8.3 mph.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. Had to stop after 3 miles and visit the bathroom, then did 3 more miles. Afterwards I lifted weights for about 30 minutes.

7 miles on tm at 1.0 incline avg 8.1 mph.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

mile 1 8 mph

mile 2 8.1 mph

mile 3 8.2 mph

mile 4 8.3 mph

mile 5 8.4 mph

mile 6 8.5 mph

avg 8.25 mph.

For this run being at 10:30 at night and right after I ate about 10 chocolate cookies, it went well.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. Maintained 8.0 mph the entire time.

8 miles on tm at 1.0 incline, avg 8.1 mph.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline, avg 8.0 mph. Followed by light weight lifting.

8 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

started out at 8.0 mph and every 0.5 miles I increased speed by 0.1 mph. So by mile 5 I was at 9.0 mph, I held that for 1 mile, then came down .1 mph every 0.25 miles to end at 8.2 mph for the last quarter of a mile.

Total time was 56:21, avg of 7:03 miles.

This was the first run in a while that wasn't just an easy steady pace. It felt good to start working out again rather than just running.

6 miles on tm with 1.0 incline.

6 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. Averaged 7:14 miles.

7 miles at 1.0 incline on tm.

I warmed up for 2 miles. Then did 4 x1200 meters with 3 minute rests in between. I ran the first 800 meters at my goal marathon pace (9.0 mph), then ran the last 400 meters at my mile time (10.1 mph, which is actually low, but I am out of shape right now). I would then do a 3 minute recovery jog at 8.2 mph. I did that 4 times, then did the last .7 miles at 8.6 mph.

Total time was 48:30

avg pace of 6:56.

I felt really good during and after the run. I am excited about it. I think next time I do this I will do the 400 meters at my goal mile pace (according to a marathon time of 2:56ish). That is about a 5:10 mile, or 11.6 mph, so I will need to get in a lot better shape before this workout cycles through and shows up again.

8 miles on tm at 1.0 incline.

I started out at 8 mph, at .67 miles I went to 8.1 mph, at 1.33 I went to 8.2 mph, and at 2 I went to 8.3 mph, at 3 I went to 8.4 mph. At 4 I went to 9.0mph and held that pace for 2.5 miles. When I go to 6.5 miles I went down to 8.6 mph until I hit 7. I did the last mile at 8.5 mph.

I felt ok during this run, and felt like I could have gone longer at 9.0 mph.

8 miles in 56:26

avg mile 7:03

7 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. average 7:13 miles. I felt a little sluggish during this run, maybe 2 faster runs back to back isnt the best idea.

7 miles on tm at 1.0 incline in 51:04.

avg of 7:18.

9 miles on tm at 1.0 incline. I started at 8.0 mph and would increase by 0.1 mph every mile. At mile 6 instead of going to 8.6 mph I went to 9 mph and held that pace to finish the run. I had to keep motivating and lying to myself to help me keep the pace, but I got it done.

9 miles in 1:03:45

avg of 7:05.

7 miles on tm at 1.5% incline in 49:50, avg of about 7:07 miles.

8 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 53:50. I did a 2 mile warm up then did a little speed work out.

I did 1/4 mile at 11.3 mph, 1/2 mile at 10.1 mph, 1.5 mile at 8.7 mph, 1/2 mile at 1.1 mph, 1/4 mile at 11.3 mph. I then did .5 miles at 8.2 mph to recover followed by 1/8 mile at 11.3, 1/4 at 10.1, .75 at 8.7, 1/4 at 10.1, 1/8 at  11.3. I then did 1 mile at 8.7 mph to finish 8 miles in 53:50.

avg pace 6:44.

I felt good during this run. I was tired but able to keep going.

8 miles on tm at 1.0% inclne. I took this as an easy run. Total time 57:49, avg of 7:14.

8 miles at 1.0-2.0% incline. Finished in 57:52. The last 3 miles seemed like a death march.

7 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 47:37. I had originally panned on taking this run easy, maybe going as fast as 8.3 mph,. But as I was running, I just kept feeling better and better (even though I had costa vida trying to come back up form dinner), and I decided to go faster and faster. 

Avg pace 6:48

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:08:49, avg of 6:53.

8 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 56:12. I started at 8.2 mph and increased 0.1 mph very mile. I went a little faster the last half mile of the run. Felt good.

avg pace 7:02

9 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I wanted to do a speed workout, but I just didn't have it in me, so I just did this at a quicker pace than normal. I averaged about 8.9mph, I don't know my exact time.

I  had to take a test today, and the kid sitting next to me kept letting out the worst smelling farts. He would fart about every 5 minutes, for the entire 2 hours I was taking my test. I was getting really mad. Of course while I was running, I was the guy with smelly gas. I am sure the girls on either side of me were getting mad. Life is funny.

9 miles on tm at1.0% incline in 1:01:49. I felt very tired during this run, but had good motivation to hurry and get it over with. I feel a little sore 3 hour after the run, which is not normal. Hopefully I can recover for tomorrows run.

avg pace 6:52

9 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I felt burned out all day, and this run was no different. I had to stop 2 times and go to the bathroom. I guess sugary cereal, ice cream, and cheese aren't the most well rounded diet.

average speed was 8.2 mph.

7 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 51:06, avg pace of 7:18. I haven't been feeling motivated or energetic during the last few runs.

11 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:16:00. I felt horrible this week during my runs, and today was no different. I just haven't had any energy at all. Maybe I should start eating better. 

Avg pace of 6:55.

9 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:04:55, avg pace of 7:13. I took this run easy, I don't think I could have gone any harder because of how soon I went running after I ate dinner and lots of dessert.

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:11:46. avg pace of 7:11. I wanted to do a speed workout today, but in one of my classes the teacher had us go to the gym and lift weights, including lower body. My kegs didn't feel up to going super fast, so I took it easy today.

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:09:49, avg pace of 6:59. I did the last 3 miles at about 9.2-9.3 mph. I am sore from lifting yesterday, but didnt notice it once I started running.

9 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I dont know the time, but I averaged about a 7:08 pace.

8 miles on tm at 1.% incline in 54:28. Avg pace of 6:49. I felt really good during this run. Right when I started I felt like I was going to be able to go at a faster pace. I am a little disappointed that I only needed to run 8 miles, because I felt I could have held my final pace of 6:31 for several miles.

12 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1;21;35, avg pace of 6:48. I didn't feel so hot at the start of this run, but a few miles in I was able to convince myself to make this run count.

9 miles on tm in 1:02:07. Starting at mile 2.5 I would change the incline from 1.0% to 1.5% and keep it there for half a mile, then go at 1.0% incline for half a mile. I did that until about mile 8.

Avg pace of 6:54.

10 miles on tm with 1.0% incline. I started out a little quicker than normal because I wanted to start doing a speed workout about 30 minutes in. After 30 minutes I increased the speed to 9.3 mph (6:27) and held it for 6 minutes, then went to 10.7 mph (5:36) for 1 minute. I did 5 times with no recovery or breaks in between. I felt really good during and after. I was tired while doing it, but I felt like I could have kept of doing it.

This is the fastest I have done a 10 mile training run. I also beat my only 15k time during this run. I hope I am actually improving, and not just wearing myself out. I feel good and not like I am pushing it too hard too soon.

Avg pace 6:37

11 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in bout 1:20:00. I am tired. Not getting enough sleep, and running is adding up. My body was telling me to take it easy today, so I listened. Sometimes its easier to run at a faster pace than to run at a slower pace.

Hopefully I can catch up on some sleep in a while, but it certainly won't be tonight.

9 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 58:34. This made me tired, we will see how I feel tomorrow. Luckily tomorrow will just be an easy run.

avg pace 6:30.44

8 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. When I first started out I got some sharp shooting pains in my right ankle. They would be off and on about every 30 seconds. At one point I almost put my arms on the handles to take the weight off of my foot. It didn't feel like anything serious, so I pushed through. After about 10 minutes they went away.

I could feel that my form was not so good at the beginning of my run, but it felt like it got better towards the end.I feel like my right leg might be a little longer than my left leg, and it makes me run a little sideways. Maybe I could try an insert to try and even it out.

avg pace 7:19

13 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:27:39. I started out at 8.3 mph and increased the speed by 0.1 mph every mile.

I took a gu around mile 6 and a few ounces of watered down gatorade at 6.5. I then had a few more ounces of gatorade at mile 10. I probably didn't need the gu, but anytime I get a chance to have a peanut butter gu, I take it!

I felt good during this run. No pain in my right ankle, and my form felt way better than it did yesterday.

avg pace 6:45

10 miles on tm in 1:09:15. I felt really relaxed during this run, and I felt like my form was really good.I did the last mile in 5:45. I was surprised at how comfortable I felt after having run 9 miles and doing the last mile that fast (that is fast for me).

I figure this is my last week on the treadmills. I had better start running outside so I can start training with some wind resistance and elevation changes.

Avg pace 6:56 

11 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I wanted to do a speed workout today but I just wasn't feeling it. I tried for a little bit, but it didn't take long to realize that a speed workout would drain my energy really fast.

Even though I wasn't feeling it, I still finished in 1:16:05, an avg pace of 6:55. Hopefully I can keep this up when I get back out on the roads. next week. 

12 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I have felt absolutely beat the last 2 runs. I avg 6:58 today, but It felt like a death march from about mile 3 on. Perhaps I need to take a nap and do some easy runs the next few days and not push the pace at all.

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I took this nice and easy at about an 8.2-8.3 mph pace. Tomorrow will be an easy paced run as well, maybe slower than today's. I just feel crappy.

9 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I averaged about a 7:27 pace. I dont know if it is my lack of sleep, my poor diet, or if I have gotten sick of running on the treadmills, but my runs this week have been death marches from the start. Hopefully I can take my test early tomorrow and go running outside for the first time this year.

14 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:37:34, avg pace of 6:59. This was the only run all week that I didn't want to quit 3 or 4 miles in. I started out at 8.2 mph and increased my speed by 0.1 mph every 1.5 miles.

I was wanting to do this run outside after my test and before work. I got done with my test at 3:30 and start work at 6;00, just enough time to squeeze in a run, shower, and head to work. But my brother-in-law wanted to play Madden. It is hard to pass up Madden, so I didn't. We played 3 games, and I had to run to work to make it on time (dang overtime).

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I was going to start running outside today, but the lure of the miami boston game was too much. And I guess I am a wimp now, because 30 degrees just seemed too cold to go running. I hope I can get off the treadmill, but with march madness in our presence, it will be hard to do.

Total time 1:09:47

avg pace of 6:59

6 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I was going to do 11 today, but I wasn't feeling up to it, and I ate spicy enchiladas about 1 hour before I went running. i had to stop once to go to the bathroom, and I could feel another stoppage coming on. I didn't really want to run bloated and uncomfortably, so I finished out 6 and called it a day.

14 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. The easy short day yesterday did me a lot of good. I felt good during this run. It wasn't until about mile 9 that I started getting a little tired. I kept it nice and easy and didn't try to force the pace or effort.

Total time 1:39:02

avg pace 7:04

13 miles on tm at 1.0% incline while watching ncaa basketball. How could this run have been anything but great?

9 easy miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I averaged about 7:15's.

18 miles on tm at 1.0% incline while watching some basketball. I felt good during this run, and i know I could have gone for quite a bit longer.

Total time 2:04:23

avg pave 6:55

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:09:47. I seriously contemplated running outside today, but alas, the Miami heat game was too much to pass up. Perhaps tomorrow.

Avg pace 6:59

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in 1:12:24.I was supposed to do a speed workout today, but I had a really bad night sleep, and couldn't convince myself to do a workout at 5:30 in the morning. So I just kept it at an easy pace and tried not to fall asleep.

Avg pace 7:14

14 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I started at 8.3 mph and increased the speed by 0.1 mph every 1.5 miles. I finished at a pace of 9.2 mph. I did the last 6.5 miles at or faster than my goal marathon pace. I did feel really tired during most of this run though, so not very encouraging.

Avg pace 6:54

I stayed up until 1 am throwing up. I knew I didn't feel good during last nights run. I had downed about 60 ounces or water/gatorade/protein drink after my run, and my body thought it was too much.

On a brighter side, I was a few pounds lighter for todays run thanks to the sickness last night. I did 11 miles at an easy pace. I stayed at 8.4 mph the whole time and finished in 1:18:40. avg pace of 7:09.

8 miles on tm at 1.0% incline. I stayed at 8.2 mph the entire run, just wanted it to be an easy run.

20 miles on tm at 1.0% in 2:18:54. I felt fine during the run, but horrible afterwards. I felt like I was going to throw up at any minute.

Avg pace 6:57

10 miles on tm at 1.0% incline in about 1:12:30. I took this nice and easy. My legs are still a little sore from Saturdays long run, so I didn't want to do anything too stupid. my treadmill at the gym is out of order. It is the only one that is on the first row, right in line with a tv, and able to go over 1 hour without a restart. Looks like I will start running outside soon (but I have said that a few times already this year, and yet I still go to the gym everyday).

10 miles in 1:11:59.

This was my first run outside since maybe October.

A couple of things I realized I missed about running outside: Being able to pass gas and not have to dwell in the stench. Being able to pass gas without having to get weird looks from people next to me. Being able to spit or blow my nose.

A couple of things I missed about running on the treadmill: Watching basketball. No swarms of tiny flies to run through. I never remember breathing smoke or car exhaust in while running indoors.

Overall, I may not be glad I am back outside, but I definitely need to be outside to get some real training.

Yesterday I went to class at 7:45 am-10:00 am, studied for a chem test that I took from 4:00-6:00pm. Worked from 6;15-9:15pm. I was planning on running after work, but I had too much homework. I didn't get to bed last night until 3:00am.

Today for my health and fitness class we did yoga for 45 minutes. In the process, I managed to hurt the back of my left knee, and front of my right hip. My body was able to run 71 days straight (Mormon running days) and do 60+ miles a week no problem, but yoga hurt me. So I am going to take today off as well and hope my knee and hip feel better tomorrow.

Stupid yoga.

Rainy race. Started out good, the downhill at mile 18 really hurt me. I always think that I am just going to fly down the second canyon, but my quads prevent me from doing that.

8 miles on treadmill. I am really sore after this run. Perhaps my pace was too quick for my first run after the marathon. Maybe tomorrow I will take it a little slower.

8 miles at about 7:47 per mile. This felt better than yesterday. I need to remember to take it slow for the next while. No need to rush into speed and possibly an injury, especially when I have no race planned for the next 11 months or so.

8 miles at about 7:19 mpm. I took yesterday off, and my body really

enjoyed it. My legs felt 495% better today than they did on Tuesday.

First run in a while, and it showed. I thought I was going to die about half way through, then I thought for sure I was going to collapse when I finished my run and started a cool down jog. I don't know if this was due to it being my first run in a while, or the fact that I hadn't eaten anything and I finished my run at about 11:00 am.

avg pace 7:53

two months ago I changed my diet big time. I use to struggle with eating anything more than a banana before going running. Today I wanted to check if anything had improved. I ate a full bowl of my cereal and headed out the door about 20 minutes later. Normally I would have GI problems if I tried that before, but today there were no problems. I don't know if it is because of my diet changes or if it was just dumb luck. But I am glad I had no problems.

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6 miles. Avg pace of 7:08.

7 miles, avg 7:41.

6 miles, avg pace of 7:02.

7 miles, avg pace of 7:10

8 miles. I increased the effort on miles 4 and 7. avg pace was 7:05.

7 miles, avg pace 7:10

7 miles, avg pace 7:08

8 miles. I wasnt concerned about pace, I just wanted to get some time on my feet. Avg pace of 7:26.

7 miles, I used the first 4 as a warm up then gave a little more effort for the last 3. Avereage pace was 6:59

8 miles. I just wanted to run today without worrying about pace, so I tried not to look at my watch the entire run (except at mile 4 and 8 so I knew to turn around and to stop running). I felt like I was going pretty slow and wasnt going to be surprised if I had some miles slower than 8 minutes. I was surprised however that the average pace was 7:22, and my slowest mile was 7:33.

9 miles, avg pace 7:17

8 miles at 5:45 am. avg pace 7:25. Tomorrow I will be sure to take a headlamp. It wasn't impossible to run today without it, but I think I was stepping high because I couldnt see the road for a lot of the run.

I woke up at 5 to do some studying and then I was going o go running at 7. When I woke up there wasan amazing thunder storm. As I was studying the storm seemed to get worse. Finallyit came time for me to get ready to go running and the storm was really bad. Not a lot of rain, but the most lightning and thunder I have ever seen and heard. I didn't want to get hit by lightning so I thought about changing my run to around 1 pm. Then I thought "how often do I get to run in an amazing thnder/lightning storm?" SO I got ready and headed out. It was a good run. I don't know if I was running faster because I was scared of getting hit by ligthning, or if there was just more energy in the air, I didnt go a ton faster, but it was a noticably quicker pace than most of my training runs lately.

I am glad I decided to head out.

Splits: 7:14, 6:59, 7:00 (hill), 6:55, 6:50, 7:04 (hill), 6:40, 6:39

avg pace 6:55

9 miles

I woke up yesterday morning and felt a sharp pain in my right hip with every step or turn I made, so I took the day off from running.

Today I did 9 miles, avg pace 7:06

10 miles, avg pace 7:17. I got a side stich at mile 5, it went away around 5.5 but then came back around 6.5-7. It slowed me down a little, but not too bad.

9 miles, avg pace 6:57

This hasnt been a good week for running (ssecond week of a new semester). Hopefully I can get into a good schedule to get everything done that I need to do and everything I want to.

I was planning on going for an hour. I switched my diet back to what it used to be, and 20 minutes in my stomach was telling me to head for a toilet. So I listened.

avg pace 6:54

10 miles aroung noon.

average pace 7:14

10 miles. avg pace 7:20.

At the end of my run I saw a little fire under a truck in a parking lot. I ran over and was going to try and put it out with my shirt if I could. I got there and saw that the front of the truck was burning as well. A policeman arived seconds later and just watched, which surprised me because I am sure he had a fire extinguisher in his car, and at that point it looked like it could have been put out with a fire extinguisher. A few minutes later a fire truck arrived. I was also surprised by them taking their sweet time to get their hoses out and put out the fire. I know it wasn't an emergency, but still a little gitty-up would have been nice to see. Also a lady was hurrying to try and move her car away from the scene (she was about 20 feet from the truck and probably believes the HOLLYWOOD hype that cars just explode when they are on fire) she thought she was in drive but was in reverse and slammed her car into a truck parked behind her. She pulled forward a little then got out to check the damage, I just looked at her with a "You have got to be kidding me stare". She decided the damage wasnt bad and drove away.

This was a very exciting way to cool down after a run.

11 mies, avg pace 7:07.

11 miles, avg pace 7:18

6 easy miles, avg pace 7:36

I ran the Race for the Cure 5k in Idaho Falls today. This was the first 5k I have done in a couple years (I think). Going in I had high hopes of hitting around 18:00, but my training hasn't been going for too terribly long, so why should I expect a PR? I shouldn't but I had hopes.

The race started and me and one other kid jumped out in front. Technically he jumped out in front and he was about 30 feet ahead by the first 1/2 mile. I could hear someone close behind me, but I didn't want to look and force myself to try and run faster than I am able. At about the half way point I knew I wasn't going to catch the first place guy, and I didn't know how close third was. My goal at this point was to try and maintain the distance between first and me, and not look back for third.

The course was nice. We ran on a paved trail along a river, crossed the river, then ran back on the other side, crossed on another bridge, then went under the bridge back to where we started from. At one point a few geese were walking slowly across the trail, I was trying to run tangents and wasn't about to let a goose push me off my line. I stayed on my line and it got out of the way literally about 1/2-1seconds before I would have kicked it.

My chip time said 18:26, which would be a PR, but my watch said 19:02. I am trusting my watch.

Fun race, good cause.

20:00 on a treadmill. I am pretty sure I didnt go as far as the treadmill said because it said I was going 10 mph when I felt like I was going about 7:00 min/mile pace.

6.3 miles on treadmill.

Ran a race to support my brother-in-laws school program at weber state.

It was cold and windy at the start of the race. It was an out and back course, and the first half was straight into a really strong head wind coming out of the canyon (canyon that ogden marathon comes out of towards the end, 12th street) and the cours went uphill about 80 feet in the first half. It sucked going into the wind and up the hill, but it was really nice coming back. I won by about 2-3 minutes. At the half way point when I saw how far ahead I was I almost shut it down and jogged in, but I told myself I didn't drive 3 hours to do a jog, I drove 3 hours for a race. I pushed hard and finished in a decent time for me. The course was about .1 miles short, but what 5k isn't?

I have got to stop being lazy

7 miles on treadmill. I tried a hill workout program on the machine, and I was surprised. I think I might do that more often.

8.5 miles while watching FSU destroy Clemson.

9 miles on treadmill. I felt like I got a really good workout. I did a hill program for the first 6 miles, then the last 3 miles in 20 minutes.

4.25 miles on treadmill in 30 minutes, followed by a full body workout.