dedication, perseverance, self-discipline

I figure that I should keep better track of the miles I put on my shoes since I will be getting another pair to use soon, which will make it more difficult to remember how many miles are on each pair. I figure that I will update it once a week and post it on Sundays. So, here goes:

Pearl Izumi Surge - 62.7

Aasics Gel Ohana Racer - 185 (at least that is my best guess)

Aasics Speedstar - I don't have them yet, but once I get them I will put it here too.

I felt somewhat sore today due to the hilly nature of the race I ran on Saturday, but it wasn't too bad.  Sasha wanted to measure how long our legs are and the circumfrence of our legs just above the knee.  He was about an inch longer on the different leg measurements and about 2 inches bigger above the knee.  Because of this, we got out a little late so we had to run a little faster than normal.  We ran our first mile in just under 8 minutes and then quickly got under 7 minute pace.  Eventually we sped up to about 6:15 pace for 1 mile and we did one quarter in 1:31.  We finished at Sasha's house in 1:09:07.

I ran with Sasha and Josse this morning. After about a 2.5 mile warmup, Sasha and I ran 1 mile in 4:54 (73, 71, 74, 76). I lost concentration near the end which partially explains the slowdown. I also think that I haven't eaten enough the last couple of days and I was feeling kind of drained. I also have not been sleeping well for various reasons. Last night for example, I could not fall asleep for a while and then I woke up a number of times during the night, which is uncharacteristic of me. Anyhow, we ran to the end of the trail, and on the way back we ran 2x100 with Josse to see how fast she could go running both in the mid 16s. Matt ran with us for a bit before turning back to his house on our way back. After finishing 10.1 at Sasha's house, he and I went out and did another 4.25 in 33:34 for a total of 14.35 miles.

I had trouble falling asleep last night because Kimia was watching a movie while I was trying to fall asleep, so I had trouble relaxing for a while.  I was in bed for about an hour before falling asleep.  At least I was resting, so it isn't all for naught.  Anyhow, I ran with Sasha and Daniel this morning.  We ran our normal out and back to finish up 10.1 in 1:20:11.  We ran our last 3 or 4 miles at about 7:30 pace.  We dropped Daniel off  at this point and then Sasha and I went out and did 4 more miles finishing 14.1 miles with a total time of 1:50:53.  I plan on running a little less tomorrow in preparation for the Wasatch Back.  I want my legs to be a little fresher for this one.

I had a final this morning so I ran a later in the afternoon.  My wife Kimia rode the bike while I ran.  My run today was short because I want to be ready to kick BYU's butt tomorrow, so I figured a decrease in mileage for the day was in order.  I will run another 3 miles tomorrow morning just to get my legs moving and ready for the day.

We started slow for an afternoon run and went through the first mile in about 8:00.  We then sped up a little but not much, making it through 3 miles in 23:33 and 4 miles in 31:22.   After this we sped up a little more, going through 5 miles in 38:53 (7:31).  At this point I decided to run a quarter at a hard but comfortable pace and I ran it in 1:23 (42, 41).  The only reason I was slower the first 200 was because it took me a bit to get up to speed.  It felt like a good marathon pace, and when I account for speeding up at the beginning it was a 5:28 average pace.  I then slowed down so that Kimia could catch up and then we went home to finish 6 miles in 46:18.

Crap, I just lost what I wrote.  So, this will be a little shorter than the first one

AM: 3 miles in just over 23 minutes

PM: leg 1 - I started with Kyle Perry and Mike Vick running a leg of 5.14 miles.  Perry took off right from the start and I stayed with Vick through just over 2 miles and hung less than 10 seconds behind him through 3 miles.  I hit a decent uphill after mile 3, and Perry and Vick both gapped me by a good amount.  I am still having issues with running uphill and I am not sure why.  I am not too concerned with it, but I am thinking about doing some strength training to get my leg strength up.  Total time for the leg 28:28.

 mile 1 - 5:06

2 - 5:18

3 - 5:28 I was hurting a bit this mile because I started out too fast, but it was manageable.

4 - 5:51 going uphill now.  Legs felt weak, but breathing was relaxed.

5 - 5:51 still uphill.

leg 2 - 8.5 miles.  We were about 16 minutes behind BYU at this point in a solid 2nd place.  I took the handoff from Clyde and took off at a decent pace, but not too hard because I didn't want to kill myself before the downhill started.  The hill crested and started down right at the mile mark.  It then headed down for about .75 and then had a slight uphill for .25 on both the 2nd and 3rd miles.  4th mile had a little more uphill followed by a rolling 5th mile.  The 6th mile was similar to the 4th, and the 7th was a moderate downhill all the way.  The 8th mile was starting to flatten out a bit more, followed by a half mile to the finish.  Total time for the leg 44:05

mile 1 - 6:33

2 - 4:52

3 - 4:50

4 - 5:04

5 - 5:21 rolling mile

6 - 5:03 had trouble getting the legs going after the roller

7 - 4:48

8 - 5:07 the GPS battery got low and I wasn't getting quarter splits so I lost concentration

This was the last leg of the relay.  There was a headwind which slowed me down the first few miles, and then after the third mile I hit a big uphill section for about 1.25 followed by a light uphill for the next .75.  The leg then went downhill for the last .6.  On both the second and third legs I was only about 30 seconds behind Kyle Perry which was good because he gapped me by 1:56 on the first leg.

mile 1 - 5:33

2 - 5:48

3 - 5:49

4 - 6:28

5 - 6:27 first quarter 1:49... ouch

I was done with this leg around 5:50am and got to relax for the next while before our team finished just before 11am.  Our team finished with a total time of 17:54:16.  34:42 behind BYU and almost an hour in front of the blue team, which finished in 3rd place.