Relentless

MillCreek Trail- ran fairly slow up the trail, so I decided to negative split to make myself get going. Easily did it and it felt good to get up and going a bit quicker then the last few days. Ave. 7:07 and 1 1/2 miles at marathon pace.

W-157 (after breakfast)

RHR-40

Out on the Church Rock Trail, but took a wrong turn and ended up coming back before planned. I really like that trail, but there are so many little trails that go out it is easy to get lost. Pretty slow and easy again.

W-153

RHR-42

mile repeats - 2.4 mile warmup around Washington, then cemetary miles with 1/2 mile recovery, and then Washinton warmup backward as cooldown.

1-5:28 a bit disappointed as I wanted to really burn up these repeats since I was planning on only doing three. But as I thought about it, I realized it was the fastest first repeat I had done on this course and took into account that I hadn't done them for a few weeks, it was a bit colder in the evening, and my GPS ran it a bit long (I think)

2-5:21 decided I wanted to get the next two with one under :25 and one under :20, so I really pushed hard. Again the GPS ran this mile long, but the time was good.

3-5:12 really tried to make myself keep working throughout each section of the mile, even the tough uphill ending, and it paid off. The time was strong (quickest ever on this course). The GPS also hit about when it should have (maybe a couple seconds early). What I should do is just drive it and then not worry about if the Garmin is long or short (usually, however, it hasn't been that much of a problem)

Overall, happy about the workout. This course is (estimated) at least 10 seconds harder then running a metric on a track. So today's miles showed some good hard work. I need to keep pushing these times down to below 5:10's and then start adding more to be where I want to for mile repeats.

W-154

RHR-41

Green Springs/Powerline/Middleton Trail - could feel the fatigue of the harder miles yesterday. My pace at first, however, was okay for recovery. It was hitting right around 7:10 for the first three miles. Then on the trail I slowed considerably, but enjoyed being out. Right now I am having a tough time focusing on anything but the house which makes it tough with school and running. But once I get running, I am usually able to relax and push the stress of getting the remodel done on time to the back of my brain at least and try and enjoy some of the run.

W-152.5

RHR-40

Junction. Didn't want to run at all today. I have feeling a little blah about running the last few days, and it came out today. Had to convince myself to go. Actually ran pretty well until I ran into a freezing hard head wind up around coral canyon that basically stood me up and stopped me in my tracks. Then of course, the wind stopped on the way back.

W-151

RHR-42

Club run in the chilly morning. Ran out around Bloomington and up into Bloomington Hills and then back on the trail. Overall ave. was at 6:40 which felt very good. I was a bit tired at the end, but I hadn't got up and ran quick for awhile. It was also very nice to run with the club again. Although I am mostly a solitary runner, it is real nice to have a group now and then that you enjoy being around. It made a good ending to my week of running.

W-147 (taken after my run, but before breakfast)

RHR-42

Sunday:

W-152

RHR-49

spent the night throwing up with my daughter - felt sick most of the day.

Goals for next week: kick it back a little on mileage to let legs rest for the race. Run a FAST 1/2 - going for 1:12. I think I can do it, but I still have some nerves and issues. All I can do is try.