Relentless

AM - 7.25 Twix/Sunrise.  My mornings are truly slow now-a-days.  I am not sure why.  (Peg 585)

afternoon - 7.75 Fields.  Took water out to the team again this week.  Only 108 today, and it felt significantly cooler than last week.  There was a little breeze, so it kept the air moving and attitudes were generally better.  Had a few pickups in the middle of the run which helped keep the legs moving as well.  Grabbed a final mile with the girls when I caught them as I drove back to school.  (Riders 423)

AM - Fields Tempo.  Up a touch earlier to get a little more with Twix and to get another mile in with the tempo.  Not a bad one.  Saw a great shooting star - always a positive sign.  Went 5:55, :47, :43, :41, :47, :51, :51, 6:10.  Extended down around Riverside to get the extra mile (plus a small extension around a church parking lot when I could tell that it wasn't going to be quite right).  Held in there better and did pretty decent.  Actually pushed the last mile pretty solid, but the time just wasn't there.  James and I have said the last few weeks that with as hard as the last mile, the first mile's time should be awesome.  But it never is.  Still a lot of work to do.  But I've got a few weeks.  (Pace 58.25)

afternoon - 4 Pine View MS.  Pretty much just swagged it for awhile on the tired legs and then we moved up to normal easy pace.  (Kinvara silver 515.5)

AM - 8 Twix/Sunrise.  Decent recovery run this morning.  My running heart rate has been sky high in the mornings.  As I think about my heinously slow paces (although today was a little better), that obviously has some corollation.  (Kinvara blue 269)

afternoon - 3 BHNP.  Ran around a bit setting up, taking down and measuring the course.  Team ran so well today.  (Lyte33 225.75)

AM - 8 Twix/Sunrise.  Basic morning stuff.  Life is not too shabby right now.  (Peg 593)

afternoon - 5.25 Prospector.  Fun run out on the trails with the team.  Both achilles are starting to give me a little more grief again.  (Riders 428.25)

AM - 8.25 Twix/Sunrise.  Such an amazing moon set this morning.  Glad that I was up just a couple minutes earlier to catch it.  A huge full moon glowing orange sat right on top of the Beaver Dam Mtns.  Twix and I just stopped running and watched it set.  As I watched, I thought about how awesome it is that I was literally watching the Earth move.  Just a cool way to start my b-day.  Funny thing about it... I thought I was already 38, so when Ally told the girls I was turning 38 today it was like I gained a year!  (Kinvara grey 119.75)

AM - 26.25 SGM. Nothing can replicate the pure suckiness of the end of a marathon like the end of a marathon! Up and down to the half mark. The moon set was another beauty over Snow Canyon. Run up was solid. Ave was 7:27 just like last week with 2 more miles (including the hardest - out of SC). Then down I tried to hold a decent pace. Plan was a 5-4-3 at around MP with .5 recovery. First 5 was pretty solid. Got tired in the middle of the 4 and cut it to 3. Kind of got on my own case and decided to push the last bit back to 4. Got close; by the last 1/3 of a mile I was spent and just jogged it in. Up in 1:37, back in 1:16; for a 2:53 mary. Last year's practice mary with The Circle was on the trails around town and the Fields and I got high 2:40's. So not too shabby. Had some good time to think on the run and I really enjoyed that. Figure I am probably going to run around 2:35 at SGM. Hopefully I feel decent and can take that down a little bit. (Pace 84.5)

Just spent 6 hours washing hundreds of cars, yelling at high school kids and cleaning up. Very tiring day. Week was good.

Goals for next week: I see myself chilling for most of the week. Probably won't tempo until later in the week. Busy again; this time with the run-a-thon.