Ethan Cannon

Felt really good today actually. I wasn’t going very fast, but when you feel like junk, it doesn’t matter how fast you are going. I’ll shoot for eight hours of sleep again tonight, that might be part of it. 

AM: 10.5 miles.

PM: 4.5 hot miles. Felt good today though. 

Easy Run with five strides. 

Where to begin. My fiancee thought it was a little weird that I knew almost exactly what time I would run and I knew that I was going to get second place. Yesterday at packet pickup I asked a guy to organize the list of entrants by seed pace. There was one guy from Palermo who wrote 4:30, but he was in his 40s so I'm guessing he thought it was for kilometers, not miles. The other guy I noticed was this Jaydn Asay fellow who had run 15:20 in the 5K at UVU several years ago. No problem thought I. I did a little more research and realized this dude had run a 2:22 last year at St. George (I have since seen that he ran 1:07 at the Provo city half marathon to win that). That was when I knew I wasn’t going to get first. It was a bit of a gamble, but I decided not to wear the $80 singlet I had bought, since you can’t return it after wearing it. I did wear the expensive shoes and shorts I had gotten, hoping for second place.

Last night I had a really bad sleep. I wrote a note on the thermostat for my roommmates to not turn off the AC so I could sleep well, which is ironic because after doing that, idk if any of my roommates were even here last night and I woke up starving twice anyway. When I got up at 6, I was starving and stuffed myself more than I should have. That made me nervous as I warmed up, which only serves to slow down your digestion even further. I really believe one reason I did so well last year is because I was SO relaxed. Thankfully, when the race started, I felt fine.

Asay and his teammate got out in front. There was some high school kid that went with them. I was waiting for him to realize how foolish he had been, but by the time we were at 2.5 miles, they had about 25 meters on me and I was already going faster than I wanted to. I first checked my pace at 3 miles, which was a net downhill but still cooking for my current fitness level at 15:02. At this point though, high schooler has fallen off the Runner’s Corner bros and I pass him up. Within another mile, I had passed the other guy, too. After that it was a slog to the finish line. I was able to keep just enough in range of Asay that I got to follow in his wake and not get caught by a million 5K runners running 11 minute mile pace. Actually, said 5Kers were the real MVPs. A lot of them really cheered us on, and several inspired me a lot by yelling at me that I could catch Asay. I think we entertained them which is nice. But I had kind of given up on beating him so I’m glad they encouraged me to keep pushing and at least try to get him.

Long cool down.  

AM: 11 miles with josh. Felt pretty beat up and sore for some reason. 

PM: had to run to work so I only got in 4.5. 

Long run up the canyon. We were both cool with running chill after our tough weeks, so we ended up running 6:41 pace after starting 7:10ish for the first five or six. 

AM: 11 miles. 5 strides. Tbh I was going to forget to do core until I saw Adam doing it. He was doing his long run and was right behind me. 

PM: This was actually a four mile run but I’ll count the 10 mile hike we did as one mile of running. I got home at 10 but being so far north during the summer, it wasn’t dark yet.

11 miles outside of Glacier national park and strides. 

AM: 54321 Fartlek. Felt pretty good. The hills added some nice variety and took the pressure off from trying to run 4:30 pace on the first segment. I went 11.5 miles since it went by so quickly. Seriously, you can do a lot of mileage doing fartleks without thinking about it. 

PM: 4.5 miles. 

11 miles after rafting and horseback riding. I could have been a lot more sore. Four strides into the wind. 

AM: 9 miles. 

PM: 6 mile run near Yellowstone. It was so pretty. Gorgeous sunset and purple clouds. I ran with Adam for the first time which was tons of fun. 

Longest Run ever to end my longest week yet! Ended up going 5:59 pace. Oops, I tried to slow it down after halfway. 

10 miles and strides. My left knee hurt a bit. On the bright side, I ran in like 95 degree weather and didn’t alright. 

10 miles, no strides because it still hurt. 

Did a new version of the lake loop tempo for a power run with Josh. Obviously we had to extend because it is under 5 miles. We also started at a different spot. Mixed feelings. Pros: I ran 5:13 pace for 7 miles. That’s pretty good depending on how you look at it. Last year I was way fit when I was injured and didn’t improve a huge amount during the season. However, senior year and college freshman year for both I was really slow during the summer and got way faster during the season. If that happens to me, I have the potential to be really good. Cons: My tibial tuberosity (I think) hurt. I hope it’s my Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease. I’m not even sure I have it, I self diagnosed and I shouldn’t have it at my age. But it has happened before and went away. Throughout the day it has felt less and less tender. Hopefully it continues to heal as I run easy tomorrow! 

Uh oh. Limped my way through 6 miles. I might have gone less if Josh didn't convince me to try Kiwanis. Upon doing more research I think it really is Osgood Schlatter though, so hopefully me resting it will take care of it!!!

Ran a mile. Then Sarah convinced me to give it a rest. That was hard but it might be a good idea, 

Coach Cummings turned out to be right. I felt much better today. Still felt the knee, but no limp. I even took a break after 30 minutes or so and when I started again, it felt fine. Pain never really went away nor became worse. 

Ran with Josh and Aiden. Didn't feel amazing in the knee, hope it gets better. It was better than Saturday for sure.

Grass loops. Trying to Be patient but I know I can can  more. Today I iced and did some strengthening exercises.

Felt pretty junky at first but it got better. I wasn't limping at all. I even did strides at the end. I think the ice and quad stuff is helping.

I was able to work out today! I ran from the nice country club down University. Should I be grateful for how it went? Yes, I should be grateful. At least I did it! And afterwards I felt just fine (as opposed to last week post workout). The reason I wasn't quite as happy was that I only went 5:05 pace. I was actually quite a bit faster on the way back. There was a headwind which may have been caused by the traffic on the way out. 

Not bad the day after a workout. Feel like I’m on the upswing. 

16 miles with Josh and Aiden. We were all of the accord that we should go slow and averaged 6:50s. It's weird how you will feel tired no matter how fast you go on long runs. I guess that is part of the reason why I am so tempted to tempo them. I know this is probably a lot more helpful for me knee and body though. Hoping my knee finishes healing. 

AM: 11 slow miles with Josh. No strides. 

PM: Felt good enough to double! Yay. It felt so good to double. 

Good day for me, not Josh or Aidan. Aidan had to turn around early since he wasn't feeling it. Josh's leg was hurting so he biked to pace me. That stinks and I can totally relate but it was nice having him be there. 60 min progression run, started at about 6:10 pace and worked it down. Never doing Carterville again for this, too many stops. Having said that, I worked my way down to 5 flat pace the last 10 minutes and it looks like I did 5:14s the last 10K overall. 

Easy grass miles with Josh. Then again, Kiwanis is never easy no matter how slow you go.