Dare to be great!

I didn't have much time to run after the race on Sat.  My legs were a little sore but not very bad.  I wish I would have had more time to go for a run afterwards.  I probably only got a mile to jog afterwards.  I woke up this morning at 4:45 to go run and looked outside and saw snow on the roads and fell back asleep for an hour.  It was a long day at work and we all brought in mexican food to eat so, when I got home I ran around my block (.75 miles round trip) until I hit 6 miles.  I didn't dare go any further with the mexican food rumbling around my belly.  I am so glad I went as it felt good to get my legs running again and with all the eating and not running this morning I would have lost a lot by not running.  8:13 AP for the run.  Finished with 2 sets of high knees and 2 sets bounding.

Woke up this morning again at 4:45 to go run, looked outside and saw the ice and snow, and again went back to sleep. As luck would have it, it turned out to be a really nice day and I was able to make my way over to Liberty Park during lunch. 4 laps around the park on the wood chips. 1 lap warm up then did 3 pick-ups @ 4 minutes at 5k pace/effort, then 3 min. recovery in- between. Finished with a 2 mile cool down. Pretty good run, the soreness is leaving my legs and getting a little spring back in them. Can't wait for spring.

Went to Liberty Park again for a run around the park in the wood chips.  I just needed a nice recovery, break from work, run.  It turned out to be a really nice day outside.  3 laps around the park.  AP for the run 8:19.  It felt really good, didn't push myself at all and just enjoyed the day and the people watching. 

Ran from the office over to Liberty Park for some tempo miles.  1.5 mile warm up then 3.5 miles at 10k pace.  My garmin was all over the place at Liberty park with the trees, so I tried to keep the effort consistant.  The garmins shows my splits anywhere from 6:56 per mile to 6:32.  I was attempting to hit 6:39 per mile and I imagine I was pretty close according to how it felt.  It would jump around from low 5 pace to mid 8.  Finished up with a 1.5 mile cool down back to the office.

Another gorgeous spring day in Utah.  I am attempting to run a 10K time trial this weekend to see where I am at.  Now I got to decide on a course to run it on.

Went with Chet this morning for our annual 10K time trial.  It went better than expected for me this morning.  Definetly a PR, I got to find my time from last year, but felt really good and strong.  Started in Eagle Mountain and finished by Westlake High School.  I was hoping for at least a 6:39 pace, but finished with an AP of 6:26.  I almost beat 40 minutes, two seconds off.  I was running by myself so I bet with some competition I would have been able to be under 40 minutes.  Miles were as follows:  6:24, 6:40, 6:20, 6:19, 6:35, 6:33, last .20 6:00 I saw I was close to beating 40 min. and tried to push the last bit pretty hard.

I base the pace of my training runs off of my latest race times so I will have to look at my plan and see where I am now.  I am optimistic for this year and look forward to some great races/runs coming up.