Training for Top of Utah 2011

OK these Glycerin shoes are the opposite of the radius. I really don't like them but will run them to 500 and then happily get rid of them. 

There is a brooks truckload sale this weekend so I may go pick up some new shoes/whatever else they might have on sale.

Was planning on going 3.5 today but miscalculated the distance before running it.

2.4 of these miles were on the trail between carmichael and the parkway which was very nice to have a soft surface. The miles are still not quite what I would call easy yet but that will come with time. Will try to run 4 times this week. M,W,TH,SA. with 3.5 - 4 being the goal each time. Gradually working my way back up.

Overall pace ended up at 9:15 due to the running on the trails slowing me down a bit.

Rained overnight and left everything nice and cooled off. Mid 50's for my run. Wore my HR moniter and was very surprised with what it read off to me.

As I ran the first mile I noticed that HR was sitting at 145...usually below 130 in that area. Then as I hit the trail for miles 2 and 3, HR was at tempo HR of 165ish and as I hit the hills it went up to 5K race HR for me in the low 170's. I am WAY OUT OF SHAPE!!

My body wants to run at that pace but my heart is not too happy about it so I am going to do more work with my buddy Tred Milosevic so that I can make sure my HR stays at a more reasonable level. I'm going to do 1 outside run next week and 3 or 4 Garage runs and maybe even some elliptical so I can get back into shape.

Overall HR for run was 158

Pace was 9:30 - out of shape and slow! Dang!!

A run in the garage with Tred Milosevic. I'm doing this to regulate my HR until it gets back to a more normal level.

Walk for 3 minutes then run for 30 minutes and then a walk for 3 minutes.

HR got to a high of 151 briefly but I kept it at mid 140's for most of the run.

At least I got  a decent sweat going.

Will run again with Tred tomorrow before or after BYU beats FSU in football :-)