Maybe I'll Blog, Maybe I Won't

Stayed up WAAAYYY too late tonight.

10 easy today.  Legs were kind of sore and hurting from Ephraims Grave, but after I got warmed up is wasn't too terrible.  Just cruised out through Providence and also part of the TOU 5k course and some stuff and came back via Main and 4th North.  Actually felt kinda good and pushed a little after about 6 miles.  Still not too hard...was planning on more today but just didn't feel it.

 Guide Orange:  313.2

about 8 and a half moderate pace today.  Legs still kind of stiff.  This last couple of days has been a test to see how I was recovering and I'm obviously not there yet so I'm gonna take most of the rest of the week pretty easy and have a long run on Saturday.  Felt reasonably good though considering.  It was a little chilly and breezy out today.  Fall is definitely in the air.  The trees are all pretty though.  

Guide Orange:  321.8

Went and watched Karl and Hayden at State XC today...that was a nice break from the monotony of school.  ;)  They both did really well with the cards they were dealt even though neither got what they were hoping for...but they are champions in my book and I think everyone knows it.  Anyway, so I spent half an hour total sprinting from one part of the course to another and hollering at the top of my lungs.  Probably a total of 2 miles really fast.  Nothing hurt either so that's a good sign.  Jogged a little when I got back but I had tons of studying to do so didn't get much mileage in for the day.  That's okay, I wanted today to be easy.  

Guide Gold:   503.0

Went on a hard tempo run today a little over 4 miles.  Felt pretty good and legs felt strong.  Got in lots of hills and pushed them hard.  It was nice weather today.  Good for running.  

Guide Orange: 326.1

6 miles easy to moderate today.  Legs were a little tired from yesterday's hard run, but the good news is they didn't have that dull, achy, I-just-ran-a-marathon feeling so I think I am starting to recover nicely.  I felt really good though other than that today.  Felt smooth and relaxed and the pace felt fast but effortless.  Not plodding anymore either.  I actually have some lower leg strength again!  haha.  OH! and I hit a milestone today...1000 miles (actually 1003.1) in just under 6 months since I joined the blog on April 27th of this year.  Woo Hoo!  that only works out to roughly 6.5 mi/day over 155 running days (counting sick days and days I didn't run, but not Sundays), but you gotta realize I spent a good deal of that time trying to get in shape after 2 years of not running at all, so I figure that's pretty dang good!  Yeah!  Maybe I'll go get some Aggie Ice Cream as a reward...okay maybe not, but I'm happy about this.  Lets see if I can do like 2300+ for the year (ending in April). 

Guide Orange:  332.1

Today I went on another beastly trail run up a mountain with Jon and Cody. We also had another newcomer to our little group named Lisa.  Anyway, we drove partway up Blacksmith Fork Canyon and ran a trail called Leatham Hollow  up to the top of Millville Canyon then took a road for a couple more miles past a couple of deer hunters and one very stuck Land Rover.  Good run with lots of climbing:  3400 feet total elevation gain over 6 miles.  12 miles total.  Coming back down was a bit rougher than last week but only because of the last couple of miles which was in a dry creekbed full of ankle breaking rocks, one of which I had the good fortune of kicking into my shin which felt great.  Feet, ankles, and knees felt a lot better than last week though.  Ground was a bit softer.  Got down to the bottom and iced my feet in a freezing cold little river.  Felt wonderful.  

Guide Orange: 344.1