dedication, perseverance, self-discipline

Good day.  Kimia and I went to church and then to the Draper Temple dedication.

I felt pretty good today.  Normally I feel a little worse on Mondays, so I am happy that I seem to be recovering better after my 20 mile long runs than I used to.  There was a big group of us this morning, but by the end it was just the regulars.  Total time was 1:19:27 for 10 miles.

PM: I ran 4 miles in 30:51 and then ran to Kimia's work right after i finished to get in another .5 miles for a total time of 34:47 for 4.5 miles.

I woke up late this morning on accident, so I missed Josse and Carolyn, but the others waited for me.  We ran about 2.5 for a warm-up and then ran 1.25 in 6:42 pacing Mary Ann, I then attempted to run 4:40 pace until failure.  My problem was that I couldn't push myself hard enough to really fail.  I made it through 400 in 1:10, but could not go faster than 1:15 for the last 800 until I stopped.  It did not hurt that bad, but I just could not push myself to go any faster.  Afterwards we ran a cool-down to finish with 11.35 miles in 1:26:43.

PM:  4 miles in 30:38.  My stomach has been bothering me all day today.  Maybe I have a little bug of some sort.

I ran 10.1 miles this morning with Sasha, Mary Ann, and Matt.  We ran to the lake and back like always.  Total time was 1:18:12.

We ran our normal route this morning, and during the middle I threw in a couple 400s. I ran them in 66 and 65. I would have run more of them, but it was really windy and it was snowing some. The wind also slowed the repeats down, otherwise they would have been a little faster. With about 2 miles left in the run I took a vpb and then sped up some so that I could catch up to Sasha, and Mary Ann. Total time was 1:18:11 for 10.1 miles.

PM:  4 more miles in 30:34.  There was a lot of wind this afternoon, but fortunately for me I had it at my back at the beginning of my run when I typically go the slowest.

Last night was miserable.  I am sure that most people don't want to know the details, so don't read any more unless you want to read some gross stuff.  I have had a stomach bug for the last few days, and it started getting worse yesterday afternoon.  I had all kinds of gas coming out of both ends, and it stunk.  I think that the gas from my mouth was especially gross.  Anyhow, I woke up a number of times in the middle of the night with stomach cramps and bad diarrhea.  I ended up spending a good portion of the night on the toilet, and now my bum is sore.  On the plus side I do not feel physically sick, so my running should not be affected, at least in the way of total mileage.

So, due to the late night, I accidentally slept in this morning so I ended up just meeting Sasha and the others on the trail this morning.  We paced Carolyn through a tempo at just under 8:00 pace for 8 miles, followed by a rest mile in 9:12 before speeding up again.  Total time for 10.65 miles was 1:25:31.

Since I have had a stomach bug, I knew coming into my long run today that I was going to be starting the run low on fuel.  I decided to use it as a test of sorts to see how long I could run at 6:00 pace with no fuel.  I made it through the first 10.1 (9.1 at 6:00 pace) and I was struggling.  I was dizzy and just feeling downright lousy.  I could have gone farther at 6:00 pace, but I didn't want to mess myself up at all.  So, I got a drink to fuel up at Sasha's house and then I ran another 6 miles at 6:00 pace before slowing down.  We then picked it up again with about 1000m to go.  I finished with a total time of 1:50:14 for 18.1 miles.