Dare to be great!

My work partner was picking me up for work at 6:25 this morning and my sleep loving body  only let me get up early enough to get in 6 miles this morning.  I will try to get some more miles in after work.  It is going to be a 14 hr. day.  I bundled up extra this morning.  Kind of nice checking out the stars while running this morning.  Got some solitude and a good run in.  I tried to keep a pretty even comfortable pace, I tried to push a little up the hills.  AP for the run 8:02. 

Uggh, haven't been feeling well since Monday night. Got home from work yesterday and went to sleep around 6:30. Still not feeling too hot today. I hate to miss out on training but my energy is gone. Off to bed I guess. Hopefully I can get some miles in tomorrow morning if my stomach lets me.

Finally made it out running this morning.  I haven't been feeling too hot the last two days so I decided to hit the treadmill at the gym this morning so I could run to the potty if needed.  I missed my workouts on Tue. and Wed. due to sickness.  Tue. called for 4 x1k at 5k pace, and today was 4.5 at 10k pace, with Wed. a recovery run.

I decided to mix it all together for todays run.  1.5 mile warm up then 2x1k at 6:22 pace with a lap and a half recovery in between.  Then 2.25 miles at 6:39 pace, with a 1.5 mile cool down at 8:49 pace. 

I only had to stop once about a mile into it and head to the potty.  After that I was able to get into a pretty good rythem.  It was not the easiest run today but I finished and proved to my body it can still perform even though I was not feeling the best.  Hopefully I can keep building and not be set back at all.  I was a sweaty mess when it was all said and done, feels pretty good.

Went with Laurel for today's run.  Very easy pace towards the ranches and back.  Really nice day.  Since I have the day off I will try to get to the mountains for a hike.

Looks like Chet, my training partner, is moving out this week.  If anyone is interested in getting together for Saturday long runs in northern Utah County hit me up.

Went out with Chet for his birthday run this morning.  We ran the course for the Shamrock Half marathon next weekend in Saratoga Springs.  We finished up the miles around the half mile track in the back of the middle school.  I made the mistake of eating all you can eat pasta last night.  My tummy was rumbling the first 6 miles and I had to take a pitstop then.  Chet kept running and I didn't catch back up to him until around mile 13.

I wanted to keep it pretty relaxed this morning.  I felt like I didn't have enough fuel in me for most of the run. AP for the run was 8:06.  I only pushed harder on 2 miles, mile 8 was 7:18 trying to catch back up to Chet, where did he go?  And the last mile was 7:34, I was almost feeling better at the end of the run, almost got in a groove.  I'm sure if I ate my goo I would have been fine for the run.  Anyways longest run of the year so far and my legs feel fine afterwards.  Last year I would have been sore for a while for sure about this time.  Good luck to all those racing this weekend.