Training for Top of Utah 2011

Yesterday was my wife's bday and we had ribs, slaw, potato salad, and for dessert she had me whip up a mud pie. Unfortunately there were 2 extra pieces of the pie and somebody had to get rid of them before they melted. 

I earned every step of my run today. Weather was gorgeous!! Sunny, upper 40's and almost balmy. Problem was the stinking wind. It seemed like it was against me no matter which way I was running. Especially tough on the uphills.

HR avg. 151(Higher than I like)

Pace 8:45 (loved this)

Ended up doing a TM run with 4 800's at a very fast pace(for me). Tori has to be at Overlake hospital to finish up a job shadow for sports med class at 8 this morning.

Got up this morning at 6:45 and looked outside. Dark, foggy and very cold in the mid 20's so it turned into a TM morning unfortunately. Tempo run on my 5k training schedule.

Started very easy and warmed up for 20 minutes to HR of high 150's. Then 20 minutes gradually faster running with HR topping out at 171. Finished with 20 minute cooldown.

Felt very strong today and could have gone longer or faster but kept it in check. Long run on the agenda tomorrow; either trails or around the ridge.

Trail run at Cougar Mtn. with Bruce who has been sick and under the weather for a couple of weeks so it ended up being pretty slow. It took us an hour and 3 minutes. 11:3X pace.

Nice run and nice to be outside even though it was very cold. My ears and hands(even with gloves) were totally frozen the first 2 miles. This ends the 1st week of 8 in prep for the St. Patty's day 5K in Snoqualmie.