Relentless

AM - 3.75 Twix.  Short walk and run with Twix.  Maybe we need to wake up like 2 minutes earlier to get that 4 miles in.  Abs after.  (Levitate 219.5)

afternoon - 9.5 Fields.  65min run out into the Fields from school.  Looped around Sullivan with a few pickups.  A bit more sore than I should be.  (Peg purple 388.5)

AM - 4 Twix.  Got a run in the rain after a short walk with Twix.  Even more sore today.  Abs and then weights.  (Levitate 223.5)

AM - Getting sick, so no bueno (that combined with the hard effort Saturday would be a pretty good combo for the legs feeling so tight and dead the last couple days).  Did do abs and took the dog on a pretty long walk.  Passed on HIIT since I'm not feeling well.

afternoon - 5.5 City Creek.  Nice trail after some rain.  Ran with a few different crews.  (Ravenna 412.5)

AM - Long walk with Twix and catching a little extra sleep to beat this cold.  Extra abs and stretching instead of lifting.  

afternoon - 4.25 AC.  30min run out to Starbucks.  The root beer mile was after and we were blessed with a record breaking amount of puking.  (Peg NOP 210.75)

AM - still no morning runs for me.  Long walk with Twix and then abs and yoga.

afternoon - 6 Old Man. Ran around a bit as the team did some Hill Circuits. Felt a little better today. (Peg purple 394.5)

morning - short walk with dog. 

St. George Half Marathon     1:18:21

Warmed for two miles to get the kinks worked out of the achilles. It was weird racing for the first time in 3’ish years. Didn’t recognize anyone at the start line. No plans for place, but hoped for anywhere from a 1:18 (best case) to 1:20 (reasonable goal after last week’s workout). Have been sick throughout the week, so I wanted to be cautious. Got into a 6:00 pace and held that pretty well throughout (at least until the end). Found myself moving up in place throughout the race, but trying to not go too quick even though I felt pretty good. Eventually moved into 2nd and about 30 secs back with 4 miles to go and wanted to go after him. But decided that wouldn’t be smart to push myself out of what I am in shape to do. Just about .25 mile later, I started to fell the heavy legs setting in.  Leader pulled away and I got caught by another guy. Tried to push to keep in my pace but was definitely slowing. Tried to push to hold onto 3rd.  Dig deep, but it wasn’t to be and another guy got me as we entered the finishing shoot. Was happy about meeting my goal though. It was tough to race, but I think I’ll try and improve on that time in a couple weeks at the DogTown. Cooled for a mile and a half.  Achilles held up decently. (Peg blue 143.5)