Garek B Running

Ran out along Wasatch until Parleys then back on Foothill. Turned down 13th south until 1700 East. Along 1700 east until 9th south and then up 9th to my house. Added to 10!

Morning run was at Sugarhouse. Ran up to Tanner Park by the freeway. Went down the trail to the dog park and did 5 hill strides that were a little under 200 meters. Then went an jogged for about a mile to a mile and a half and did 3 hill strides that were around 300 meters. Jogged through the dog park and up to the Freeway Bridges. Crossed over to Foothill and then ran down Parley's way to 21st and then down 21st to Sugarhouse. 12 miles total.

Evening run was easy 5 miles on Shoreline trail.

Only got 9 in today. Met with the team at the Park and Ride and jogged three miles warmup on Wasatch. Then changed shoes and did a 3 mile tempo. My spilts were 4:54, 5:18, and 5:30. The 5:30 was only because it had an uphill finish. Cooled down 3 miles. 

AM: 13.5 miles! Started at Liberty and ran to Granite High's track. Did 3 sets of 4x400 with 2 minutes of standing recovery between repeats and 2 laps jog between sets. Times were as follows. 1st set 66, 65, 66, 66. 2nd set 65, 65, 66, 65. 3rd set 65, 65, 64 and the last one Coach said I could go 60 if I was feeling good and I ended going 57. Really excited for this season because of this workout. Ran back to Liberty.

PM: Easy 5.5 miles on Shoreline trail. 

Ran 10 easy miles on Pipeline trail. Just went out to the overlook and then turned around. When I got back to the cars I told Coach that I was just going to run down the canyon for a few more miles and he told me to average at least 6 minute miles. I started out pretty fast and I was feeling really good and it was downhill so I ended up run right around a 4:40 average. I got super excited when I saw that I had 200 meters to go and I was at 13:30. Ended up 14:04 for 3 miles!!

Easy 5 miles on Shoreline Trail.

AM: Easy 10 miles starting at Sunnyside park and then running up to the Zoo and down Wasatch to Thunderbird. Ran back on Foothill until 1300 south. Took 1300 south down to 1900 east and along 1900 east to Sunnyside park. Added 2 miles to get to 10.

PM: Five miles on Shoreline Trail.

Wasn't planning on running super early in the morning but I woke up around 6 and laid in bed until 6:10. Then realized that since I was up I might as well go get my miles so that I could be done for the day. Nice 12 miler starting at my house and going out along Wasatch, across the freeway, through the dog park, and back along 1500. Average pace was 6:49, so I wasn't going crazy but didn't want to take it do slow. Felt great getting it done early!! Great end to an amazing week of training!