Everything You Didn't Want to Know About My Runs

Easy recovery run at slow pace.  I'm still feeling the 16 I did Saturday--especially the ~4 up Wasatch.  I missed my stretching routine last night. That was a mistake.

5 x 10 sec hill sprints.  The first one was difficult.  Usually the 4 mile run loosens things up, but my right hip was still a bit stiff--probably because I kept it at an easy pace.  The first sprint loosened things up and I was able to go a bit harder on the rest.

Last week was a major step up in training intensity.  I'll run one more mile this week and back off a little next week.  I should be feeling a bit better after that.

Ran the standard eight mile loop.  I call it the boot, because it kind of looks like a boot on the map.  My leg really hurts.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do.  I'll tough it out this week and see if a lighter week next week helps.

 Just the facts.

Did the lower elevation four mile loop.  Then did hill sprints up Sterling.

 Just the facts

Ran to Draper.  We left my car down there overnight.  I was relieved to get there and find out it hadn't been towed.  Seventeen miles was hard.  Stacie and I got up early to do this today because we are going to Island Park and I didn't want to do 17 up there.

A couple of miles into the run, we had trouble.  There is an Italian company that sponsors a bicycle racing team called Liquigas.  They have a team in the Tour de France.  When I think of liquigas, I can't think of a bigger nightmare for a competitive cyclist--or a distance runner, for that manner.  A little over two miles into the run, I thought I was struck with liquigas.  I told Stacie I had to go home.  We ran home, which, fortunately was only about a mile away if we ran straight there.  It turned out to be a false alarm.  So, we went back out and I had to think of where we could cut a couple of miles out of the planned route because we still needed to get to my car to get home.

It worked out, but it was more difficult than the 16 I did last week.

Just the facts.

Eight mile out-and-back in Island Park.  My leg really hurts.  I think it needs some rest.

Just the facts.