Relentless

AM - 12 Middleton. Nice morning out. Everything just seems so clear and clean on a nice winter morning. (Landreth blue 1037.9)

AM - 14 Tempo. Summer tempo loop with The Circle. We started at the corner of Staheli farm this time, so about .6 later than usual, but all of us seemed to like it better. So the miles will be a little off of before, but probably the same from here on out. 1-5:37, as Logan eased into it! 2-:36, Clyde took off like a monster, 3-:26, felt good down Mosquito, 4-:41, always a little slower at the top of Mosquito, but a little better than often, 5-:26, strong down onto the trail again, 6-:32, started to tie up a little bit, 7-:33, thought about taking it up to the usual end (Clyde had take a pit stop and Log wasn't feeling well, so I was leading now), but the last half mile I needed a pit stop of my own, so I called it at the mile mark. After we gathered back up, we planned that next time we'll just finish the 8th mile by going down the trail and bringing it back to the bridge/Clyde's for the cool. Good solid tempo, pleased with it. Yesterday, I hoped it would be good; with the lower miles this week I still want very solid workouts. (Ronin 232)

0 - really enjoyed the holiday, didn't enjoy the driving.

mid-morning - 16 Wasatch/Dimple Dell. Just a mid distance easy run. Used to stretch legs out dorm the drive and day off. Extended Wasatch into Draper and then took it up Dimple Dell which is super pretty. Started thinking about making it 20, but then remembered what the goals are for the week - not mileage, but recover and strong workouts. So brought it back and hopefully I can find a good place for tomorrow's repeats. Finished up with 20+ minutes of yoga. I have been trying to incorporate this routine I found on the internet for injury prevention at least once a week if not more. (Kinvara lime 382.5)

mid-morning - 15 5xMile. Warmed up for 5 down to the trail by the Tracks tracks which I figured might be the clearest and safest place do to repeats, with 1.5 at Tinman. Most of the Tinman was on the mile route which was just over a half on the trail, but then it crossed the road, so I turned up a block and into a good neighborhood which looped back toward the trail to finish. Actually is a pretty good place for repeats and I'll use it again if I ever have a workout like this again while I'm up here. Goal was to keep the first few more relaxed and the try and push the last bit more. 1-5:20, felt very good and relaxed, actually kind of chilled into it. 2-:17, relaxed more at the start and made it a bit more consistent throughout. 3-:14, felt really goo here too. 4-:08, decided to switch directions as I thought it would be faster starting inthe neighborhood and finishing on the trail, but I decided I actually didn't like the flow of it that much and if I do them again I'll just go the other direction the whole time. Felt great for the first half, but tightened up at the end. I may have kind of freaked myself out because I was sub 5:00 pace for over 2/3 and I thought that I was going to pay for it on the last one, which is maybe true, but I should have just kept it flowing. 5-:06, started off slower than the last one, but really pushed hard the last section and ended it solid. Pretty solid workout and I was pleased with it. I had started to think that the solid sets of miles I had last month were just a fluke, but this brings back my confidence in them. Cool was a bit of a bummer climbing back up the benches. Finished up with some yoga again. (Mana 569)

AM - 13 Willowcreek. Ran up Creek and Danish Roads and around our old neighborhood then back via Willowcreek; only getting lost a few times. Put the mileage right on though. I was pretty tired this morning and it was a pretty slow run. Ran in my new Kinvara 4's - I really don't like shoes until about 50 miles in, and then they are prime until about 400 miles, so they felt kind of hard today. (Kinvara White 13)

Week was a very good recovery week. Had solid runs for 5 days of running. Was able to get some yoga time in. And hit two positive workouts.

Goals for next week: get back into some higher mileage and again a couple solid workouts - mile repeats and a wave tempo (and if super antsy something else...hills?)