7.22 in 56:35. Probably the coldest morning yet this year, but one of my better morning runs since the marathon. Had a good mind set for the run and just took it easy and tried to enjoy things. Scared the crap out of somebody right at the beginning. It was pitch black and I could tell I was coming up on sombebody and was going to pass them (we were going in the same direction). I went to the opposite side of the road so that I wouldn't come right up behind them, but right as I was about to pass them they started coming to the same side of the road that I was on. I quickly made some noise so they would notice me and they stopped dead in their tracks. I think they were terrified and they had no idea I was there. Felt bad for them, but I laughed for a bit. Saw several other runners out early today.
6.50 on the TM. Started slow and just gradually picked the speed up. Felt pretty good overall. Went to bed earlier the last two nights and I have felt better on my runs the last few days. If not for the wind, I would have been able to run outside. With the snow coming today, I'm sure I'll be stuck on the treadmill for the next few days.
6.75 on the TM. Did a 1 mile warmup and then got serious. Just gradually built my pace up for the next 4.50 miles to where I eventually was hitting 6:30s for a bit. Felt good after a while and got to the point where just under 7:00 felt pretty easy. Not a bad run for me overall this morning.
6.0 on the TM. Everything was pretty slow except for mile 5, which was probably around 7:25ish. A bit sore and tired. I'm going to sign up for the 1/2 marathon this Saturday down Provo Canyon. Hope it's not too cold.
Nothing. Decided to sleep instead of wake up. Justified it by saying that the treadmills and ellipticals would probably all be full since the L.C. track is closed for some Halloween party they are getting ready for. I probably could have run outside though. Whatever.
Pretty frustrating race for me.I’ll keep this simple.First 4.5 miles were great.I was sailing right along and loved the steep
downhill.Passing lots of people and was
pretty close to the front I believe.Big
gap between me and the people ahead.The
coolest thing of this whole race was the fog when we were coming out of the
first canyon where Sundance is.It was
awesome.Everything after this was
tough.My legs just died.Mentally I wasn’t into it.Getting passed by everyone I had just
passed.Melanie from the blog came along
and I was going to try and stick with her, but I just didn’t have it in my
legs.From about mile 7 on I tried to
just take it easy, but I was so frustrated.Finally at mile 10 Josse caught up to me and I was so glad to finally
have somebody to run with to the end.Glad this race is over.I want to
be done with racing for a while.My legs
just don’t have anything in them.I want
to try and just put in some miles and enjoy some overall fitness.
BTW – I had an awful “honey bucket” experience before the
race.I’ll spare the details for now,
but it was disgusting and just pissed me off.Still makes me sick to think about.On the bright side, the fog was awesome, my first 4.5 miles were
awesome, I got to talk with Bec before the race and Josse and some others after
the race, and I got some exercise today.
