Fly on the Wall

Provo River Trail from the canyon mouth to up past Vivian Park in the cool of the late morning.

2 mile warm up, 12 at marathon pace, 1 mile cool down.  At least that's what the plan called for.  I ran up and then down hill so....  The uphill was slow but so was the downhill!  Trying to run fast made my ankle and lower leg stiff and sore which made me slower.  I didn't expect this run to go very well but it fell short of my low expectations.  This report sounds gloomy but I don't feel gloomy.  I'm just reporting how it went down. I've got 6 weeks to get healed and find some speed, then 3 weeks to taper.  Hmmmm. I don't know.

UPHILL

7:59 156 bpm

8:00  164 bpm

7:35  163 bpm

7:26  166 bpm

8:23  163 bpm (steepest uphill then turn around)

DOWNHILL

7:25  161 bpm

6:49 161 bpm

7:04  165 bpm

7:10  163 bpm

7:28  161 bpm

7:03  164 bpm

6:54  170 bpm

JRP.  It was hot. I ran slow.  94 degrees.  9:06 ave pace.  stiff and sore ankle and lower leg.  

JRP.  EZ. 90F.  Not great.  Not bad.

11 EZ on JRP. 11 miles. 8:55 ave pace.  Forgot my HR strap.  >95 degrees.  Ran slow.  Ankle and leg feeling much better but got a blister on one toe of the other foot, go figure.  Overall a good run though.

One stop at the library to wet my singlet and cool off.  A few whispy clouds blocked the sun a few times which made it feel cooler.  This hot weather is about to leave us.

JRP 8.5ish miles (Garmin operator error) with 6x600 intervals @ 5k effort.

92 degrees.  Wind guest >30mph.

Interval pace ranged from 6:15 to 6:33 but it was hot and windy so the pace is probably meaningless.

Out of the frying pan and into the freezer...  It is time to dig out my running tights, beenie, gloves, and thermal top.  Tomorrow I'm going camping in the Uinta Mountains where there is a 60% chance of snow for Friday night/ Saturday morning!  Predicted lows near freezing and highs in the mid 50s.

15 ez up City Creek.  Just slow get it done miles.

As it was just me and my 5 year old son (with his pre-school), I didn't get in a run while camping this weekend.  We did a few short hikes.  Saturday at about lunch time we hiked around Mirror Lake.  It was overcast and windy, and about 44 degrees with a few snow fluries.  Otherwise the weather was fine.  We had a wonderful weekend!