my makeup may be flaking

Long run, the weather pulled a Utah and I couldn't feel my hands when I got home.

Did one loop of Sugarhouse park in the morning (8.6). The I ran home 5miles in the evening.

Ahh, the coming of winter and we are barely into November. I wanted to do a fast run today and didn't want to get caught out in the cold so I hopped on the indoor track and pounded out 75 laps. Yes that's right I am a nutjob. It was a tough run, but I was able to keep pretty even splits.

1. 5:48

2. 11:30 (5:42)

3  17:12 (5:42)

4  23:01 (5:49)

5  28:45 (5:44)

6  34:27 (5:42)

8  45:58 (11:31 for two miles, 5:45 avg)

9  51:44 (5:46)

10 57:22 (5:38)

So all the miles were within 7 seconds of each other except for the last one which was just 4 seconds faster than the previous one. I could have made this run a little easier if I'd given myself a chance to warm up. Anyway, it's a good sign that I can hold this type of pace, it's a full two minutes faster than my fastest time last winter and faster than just about any 10-miler I've done at altitude. I'm also going to go ahead and claim this as my official 15K PR (53:26) compared to the 53:51 I ran earlier this year.

Ran to school in the snow. I need to invest in some sunglasses. Then I did 9.7 miles in the afternoon. It was a pretty relaxed run. It was tough to tell if I was feeling the affects of yeterday because I was wearing alot of clothes which slows me down anyway. I found out that I won on Saturday by 1:52 and in Madison I won by 1:31. Maybe the Seattle half will provide an appropriate level of competition. Anyway I now have the course record for the Run Like Health 5K a they changed the course due to construction. Presumably they will change it back next year so my course record will stand forever! Anyway Chad and I will just have to battle it out for the true couse record in 2009. Next year, I'll have to remember to plug that race as it is for a good cause (aren't they all?).

Anyway the course record business made my curious so I looked it up for the Seattle Half. It's 1:05... umm, not this year. But the 12Ks of Christmas which I plan to run two weeks later has a course record of 40:36 set by the super talented Matt Frerker of the Portland Pilots. In fact, my time from last year (when he crushed me) was the 5th fastest ever. Anyway, my second to last goal of 2008 will be to win 12Ks of Christmas in UNDER 40 minutes. That would be sub 5:20 pace for 7.5 miles on a hilly course and would definitely be my most impressive run if I could pull it off. Nothing like back to back wins and some ridiculous workouts to make you think you're superhuman.

Did two laps of Liberty Park in the evening. The snow was mostly melted and I felt pretty good. The I watched that really awesome football game.

Ran 10.6 in the morning. I felt a little sick but wrapped up warm and kept it slow. Ran home in the evening and felt pretty good although I felt some phlegm in my throat.

Ran to Sugarhouse Park and did two loops hard (did a little bit extra warmup). I wasn't really comfortable as I had phlegm in my throat that made it hard to breathe hard even though I didn't feel like I had any other symptoms. I ran 11:12,11:01 for the two loops which is 5:33 pace for 4 miles. I pushed the end of the last one hard and then I began to notice that I might be a little sick. My heart beat was a little irregular for a couple minutes after I stopped, which isn't unusual. So mentally, it wasn't a tough workout, but I'm not sure I could have handled much more.