dedication, perseverance, self-discipline

I ran with Sasha, Mary Ann, and Daniel this morning.  It was cold.  I hate cold weather.  We finished in 1:20:20 for 10.1 miles.  We threw in some surges for a few seconds at a time in the middle of the run.

Darn it.  I did it again.  I posted Mondays workout on Sunday.  Oh well, it doesn't really matter, this can count for Sunday instead.

I ran with Sasha today, and I think that this was the slowest run I have ever done. We ran out to the lake and back, and the snow was terrible. At one point we got up to 8:00 pace, and we really had to work just to get going that fast. We had a number of miles in the 10:30 range. We ended up finishing the run in 1:35:32.

I ran alone today.  It was a lot warmer since I ran in the afternoon, and the snow had been melting so I decided to try and make up for how slow yesterdays run was.  I ended up finishing 10 miles in 1:10:25 (36:20 first half, 34:05 second half).  On the way home I had a couple of miles I timed in the 6:30 range.

I ran with Sasha, Mary Ann, and Daniel today.  Daniel turned around after 3 miles, and the rest of us went out to the lake and back.  The trail wasn't too snowy, but there were parts that were still bad enough to slow us down quite a bit.  There were also areas where we sped up into the low to mid 7:00 range because the trail was clear.  We finished in 1:20:06.

I ran with Sasha, Mary Ann, and Daniel today.  Daniel turned around after 3 miles.  The rest of us went to the lake and back.  We finished the first 10.1 in 1:23:00 and some change.  After that I ran with Sasha and Benjamin for 1 mile as Benjamin ran his run for the day, and then continued on so that I could get home.  Kimia needed the car this morning so I had to run home.  From Sasha's house to mine is a little over 3 miles by my estimation, but I will just count 3.  Total time of 1:48:47 for 13.1 miles.

I ran with Sasha, and Daniel this morning. Our workout was rather odd because we ran out a little ways and then spent the next hour or so shoveling out one of the underpasses on the provo river trail so that people would not fall during the race in the afternoon. We also set up mile markers and other signs for the races. Sasha and I finished 7.2 miles, after which I went out for 3 more miles before heading home. I had just enough time to get home, eat some breakfast, and change into race clothes before I needed to leave and get back to where the race was.

There were only 3 people in the 5k. Most of the rest were in the 10k. We all started together, and Nick McCombs, Sasha and I took off. We went through the mile in 5:06, which was probably more like a 4:56 effort due to the snow and ice. At this point Sasha dropped back, and Nick and I stayed together until my turn-around at 2.5k (8:06 first half). Nick continued on as he was running the 10k. At this point I slowed down, and took it a little easier so that I wouldn't have to worry as much about slipping and falling on the ice. I made it through 2 miles in 10:42 and finished in 16:36, closing with a 2:35 last half mile.

After finishing I turned around and went back until I met up with Nick again. I ran hard with him as he finished the 10k. A little while later I ran a few more miles to finish up for the day.

Anyhow, I like the fact that Mary Ann is starting up a race series here in Provo.  I think that it will be good for those of us who are local as well as those who are from a little farther away.  So, run one of her races if you get a chance to help get this thing off the ground.