Running

AM 10.10 at just under 7:30 pace with Matt and Chad from Scott's house.  I'm tired and probably need to back off for a few days.

AM 8 at just under 8 min pace with Mark from his house.  

AM 4.05 slow miles from my house.

AM 10 at 8 min pace with Mark from his place up to Ivory Ridge and back.  Tired and worn down a bit.

AM 8.55 at just over 8 min pace from my house down to the farm road and past 2100 North and back. 

160.7 

AM 16 in 2:02:21 (7:39).  Ran from my house up to the trail at State St. and 300 West and met Mark there.  We ran about 5 together and then split.  Good run on little sleep.

AM 11 in 1:29:00 around Bozeman.

Nothing today.  Up early to catch a flight back home and then got home from work at 8:30 tonight.

AM 9.05 at just under 8 minute pace.  Down to the farm road and up over the Jordan River and back home.

Nothing.  Work is killing me, but only one more day left.

AM 8 in just under 8 min pace down to the farm road and across 2100 N. and back.

2014 Splits:   6:09, 6:17, 6:42, 6:30, 6:08, 6:01, 6:10, 6:11, 6:10, 6:06, 6:16, 6:09, 6:21, 0:54

2013 Splits:  6:04, 6:18, 6:30, 6:16, 6:12, 6:11, 6:08, 6:08, 6:08, 6:15, 6:21, 6:12, 6:20, 0:59

An okay race, I guess.  Finished about 9 seconds faster than last year, which is a bit disappointing.  There was a pretty good headwind for a good portion of all our miles in the canyon and I think it affected us quite a bit (see splits for miles 3 and 4).  Started the race off and settled into running with another guy (kid) for about the first 7 miles or so.  We would get others that would catch up and then they would eventually trail off.  Up ahead us were about 5-6 people, which included Allie, another girl and about 3 other guys, so at least I had some people to try and catch all throughout the canyon.  The gap between Allie and those in front of her was pretty big.  Seems like I was able to get into a solid rythem during the last few miles of the canyon and the first 2-3 miles coming out of the canyon.  I evenutally caught and passed all those who were in sight that were ahead of me except for Allie.  I had closed the gap with her to about 10-15 seconds up until about mile 11, and then she started pulling away, and then about 11.5 there was one guy who went flying by me.  The last few miles were tough.  I was glad to be done.

Overall, I guess things went okay for me.  I forget how hard and tireing these half marathons are, but this is a good way to get things going and hopefully this race will spark the fire to really get going over the next couple of months with my training.       

AM 3 very easy miles around the field by my house.

Early PM 5.6 on the TM very easy.

The top of my left foot is giving me some trouble and my right leg is sore from the race on Saturday.  Felt better as I ran and loosened things up.

PM Lifted for about 35 min.  Pain on top of my left foot is as bad today as its been so I didn't run.  Not recovering well from the race last Saturday.

AM 8 at just under 7:30 pace with Matt, Scott, Chad, Reed and Kyle on the JRP.

AM 12 up and down Provo Canyon at about 7:55 pace.  Started at about 8:45 at the gas station and pretty much just went up to Vivian and back.  

AM 8.10 at about 8:15 pace down on the farm road and across 2100 North and back.

AM 16 at 7:40 pace starting at 5:45 on the Murdock trail. Essentially ran to lone peak high and back.

PM lifted and did 2 easy on the TM.

AM 10 in about 1:12:30 (7:15) from Scott's house with about 8 other guys.  Fun run and I felt pretty good this morning.

PM 3.15 at about 8:30 pace on the JRP.  Good, easy run.

AM 10.55 at about 7:30 pace.  Thanksgiving Point loop from Matt's house with Matt, Kyle and Jacob.

AM 10 at 7:15 pace on the JRP with Matt, Mike, Nate and Chad.

AM 6 miles at 8:20 pace from my house down on the farm road and back.

AM 10 from Matt's house on the Murdock trail at about 7:25 pace with Matt, Matt's cousin and Kyle.

AM 19 in 2:13:32 (7:02) up and down Provo canyon. Stuck with Matt, Mike and Nate until I turned around at 9.5 (they went to 10). Those guys are incredible as they were having a full on conversation while we were running up South Fork at a pretty good clip. Started to tempo down but after 2 I pulled it back.  Really, really good run for me today and a great week overall as far as my running went. 

AM 8 at 7:45 pace from Scott's house. I did 5 with the group and then cut it short to get to work a little earlier.

PM 3.25 easy on the TM.