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AM

8 on the parkway with James at a 7:32 pace. His watch was all like buggin.

I feel good right now. Ready to get in a nice comeback week. I may even attempt a workout and see where my fitness is.

Lunch

Felt like doing another run. Turned out to be 5 miles of emigration out and back in trail shoes. 6:53 average. More of a moderate pace run with temperatures in the high 80s but it was short.

Two runs today after two in the last eight days. I guess running by feel meant no running for a bit longer (I am not running if I don't want to).

Met Fritz at HHS for a track workout. 6x800 with 400 jogs in between in anticipation of the TOU half on Saturday. This workout shows where I am right now. Splits were 2:31, 2:39, 2:41, 2:45, 2:47, 2:55. Perfect regression to marathon pace (which is really old marathon pace). Still happy to get a workout in.  6:37 pace for the run (slower accounting for the track adjustment).

When I first tried a marathon pace tempo for the marathon build up back on July 10, I really struggled to get under 6 and I wasn't able to go long at that pace. I was surprised at the loss of fitness since Boston and since then I've pretty much been afraid of long tempos. Today, Strava says I ran 3-5 in 5:47, 5:59, 5:48 (with the typical track qualifier that it measures pace too fast). I definitely have no mental edge where I want to push my body to the limit and I kind of just slow down. I'm just not going to worry about it much. 

This is the best time of year to train and I don't want to miss out on it. After the fall racing season ending with the other half in October, I am going to reevaluate everything. Fritz had some helpful input this morning. My personality is all or nothing so it's hard to find balance with running but that is the ultimate hope.

Lunch

No AM run so I did the aves loop at lunch from work. I did one quick mile to feel out 5:30 pace going from 11th to the mouth of memory grove. About 95 ft down I think with a small hill near the end. Felt ok. 7:22 average for the run. It was cooler in the low 70s with storms lately. It has been a reasonably cool summer.

Lunch

8 easy with Nate. Nice to catch up with him a bit. Wasatch out and back in 7:58 avg.

AM

6 with James on the parkway. Mid 60s and humidish which felt great. I am now in my late 30s. I don't think the math works any other way.

Started out working too hard for the desired splits and quikly had trouble staying under 6. I felt like my left leg wasn't firing and it generally felt weak and tight. With a trip to Logan and perfect weather, I was pretty frustrated to have the day wasted on injury.

This has been coming since the May 2013 injury at Ogden. I always said if I can still race I will keep going. Today I couldn't race. This will be a retraining of the hips and glutes and I think it will take some time.