Running

6.25 on the TM. 

Added another 2.25 on the TM in the evening after lifting for about 30 minutes.

6.36 in 47:42. 7:30 average pace.

I didn't really look at the watch much today, but I was very happy with the overall pace I had.

1-8:02

2-7:36

3-7:23

4-7:13

5-7:39 Bathroom break, otherwise would have been low 7s.

6-7:08

0.36-2:38

Added 2.25 on the TM in the evening after lifting for about 25 min.

6.18 on the TM.  Hope the weather is better for the race tomorrow.

Race went good.  Not sure what place or how things went in comparison to others.  I'll check later.

I am pretty happy with how things went with this race.  Expectations were to try and finish between 1:30 and 1:35.  The wind was awful for the first 7 miles.  The snow didn't help.  I was with the same 4-5 people pretty much up until mile 8, then I was solo.  I got passed by 2 girls right before mile 12, and it turns out that they were the 3rd and 4th place finishers for the females.  About mile 9-10 I was struggling a bit, and I know I lost some speed after that.  Overall, I am pleased with how it went. 

8.36 in 1:03:21.  About 7:34 pace

Legs were still pretty sore and tired from the race on Saturday, but overall I was glad to get this many miles in this morning.

9.0 in 1:08:05. 7:34 pace.

I'm sore and tired.  This was probably too much.

7.26 on the TM in the evening.  A better run than I had anticipated.

5.07 in 37:09 outside.  About 7:19 pace in a slight rain.

First mile around 8:15.  Second around 7:15.  Third around 6:58.  Fourth around 7:15.  Fifth around 6:58.  Will try and add some more miles tonight.

6.23 at about 7:42 pace in the evening.  Dodged cars the whole time.

7.08 at 8:05 pace.  My body is tired.  Took things really easy.

20.36 in 2:48:59.  8:18 pace.

Started off good.  The wheels came off at about mile 16.  I ended up having to walk/run the rest of the way.  My legs were just done.  Lots of miles this week though.

7.11 at 7:30 pace.  I think I will back off a bit this week with the mileage.  My legs are pretty sore and I am leaning towards running the SLC marathon this week (but strictly to get the mileage, not necessarily to race).

5.48 at 7:45 pace.

5.25 on the TM.

2.50 on the TM in the evening after lifting.

4.44 in 7:35 pace.

I am going to run the marathon tomorrow with Mark.  Our plan is to go 8:30-9:00 minute miles for the first 20, and then see if we can't drop it down to 7:30 for the last 6 miles.  No need to kill ourselves in this one as we are wanting to focus more on the Ogden marathon next month. 

Goal was to go about 8:30-9:00 minute miles for the first 20 or so, and then drop the time down to 7:30s.  I was trying to make this a training run for the Ogden marathon and my brother is getting ready for the 50 miler that’s coming up, so we didn’t want to kill ourselves too much. 

Basically, things went as planned.  We were going quite a bit faster than planned for most the race, just because it was hard to slow ourselves down.  Things felt really easy for the first 8-9 miles.  Miles 9 through about 14 were the prettiest of the race.  Legs started to get stiff around mile 16.  We probably began to take a bit longer at the aid stations as well. 

I usually have problems with marathons around mile 20.  That is where the mental battle usually begins for me and that is why I wanted to try and bring my times down for miles 20-26.  I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it at the end.  About mile 21 we took off and it was great to start passing so many people.  Felt like we were really trucking along, and I think we both felt really good.  About mile 24.5 my brother broke away from me.  I couldn’t keep up with him.  I could definitely tell that he has done a lot more long runs than I have.  There was a killer hill at the end of State Street.  It was rough and I walked it for about 10 seconds.

I have some serious doubts about being able to qualify for Boston at the Ogden Marathon, but I think I’m going to go for it.  I might crash and burn in the last part of that race, but oh well.  Great race today though. 

5.0 really slow.  Around the 9:15 minute/mile pace.  Shouldn't have run today.

2.54 at about 8:05 pace.  Right achilles is giving me trouble. 

8.10 at 7:38 pace.  Felt pretty good.  Drove to Willow Park off Main St. in Lehi and ran north for about 4 miles.

1.50 miles.  Easy cooldown.

6.08 at 7:20 pace.

Mile 1 around 8:20

Mile 2 around 6:38

Mile 3 around 6:43

Mile 4 around 7:29

Mile 5 around 6:53

Mile 6 was slow

Morning: 16.09 in 2:09:37. Ave pace of 8:03

Started at about 7:00 at the base of the Provo Canyon and ran up 8 miles and back down.  Weather was ok, but it needs to get warmer.  I didn’t care how long it took me to get up the canyon as I was only focused on trying to hit MP on the way down (I was looking for the downhill to help me keep the pace up).  Hit the 8 mile mark at 1:11:17, and then turned around.  Splits for the next 8 were:

Felt good about things.  Obviously the downhill helped with the pace.  About mile 12 my legs got heavy.  I still think the marathon is affecting them.  More than anything, the faster miles helped me feel better about being able to sustain a 7:15 marathon pace.

Early afternoon: 4.13 on the TM after lifting for an hour.

Lifted weights this morning for about 50 minutes.  My right achilles has given me problems since my run on Saturday.  I've decided to not try and run again until Wednesday evening or Thursday.  Hopefully things will be back to normal by then and I can push it pretty hard for a week and a half and then do a short taper before the Odgen marathon.

6.0 in 45 min on the TM.

Decided to give the achilles a try today on the TM.  This is the first run since Saturday.  Felt pretty normal, but still a little something going on with the achilles.  The big test will be to see how it feels tomorrow.  The couple days off did help my body feel really good though.  Had lots of energy and felt like I could have kept up the pace for a while.

Mile 1 - 8:00

Mile 2 - 7:13

Mile 3 - 7:07

Mile 4 - 7:03

Mile 5 - 7:13

Mile 6 - Cooldown

7.02 in 50:30. 7:02 pace

Great run.  Started at Willow Park and ran north on the JRP into a very heavy wind for 3.5 miles with Mark.  Turned around and flew back to the car.

  1-7:47

2-7:33

3-7:36

4-7:41

5-6:55

6-6:42

7-6:06

I would have known I so close to sub 6 on the last mile maybe I would have been able to somehow push it to under 6.  Oh well.  Great run and my achilles is feeling pretty good.