Dare to be great!

Today we went as a family to American Fork to run the free race put on by the 26.2 running company.  Thanks guys, it was a great time.  My wife and 7 year old ran the 5K, my 5 yr old ran the mile run with my sister, and I ran the 10K with Spencer (9).  It was a great race, I didn't know how he would do as the farthest we had ran together was 4 miles.  I knew it was pretty hilly the first couple miles so I made sure he went out easy and stayed relaxed 9:01, 8:57, 9:43, I let him go the last few miles and it was a blast for me.  He kept pushing the pace and passing people left and right, 8:24,8:02,7:27, last .2 6:06 pace.  Finish time 52:39  It was a great experience for me to run with him and do the race together.  I am a proud papa.   My legs are about ready to start training again after the marathon last week.

Went with the guys from work to run around Liberty Park during our lunch break. 1st lap 11:18/7:32 pace, 2nd lap 10:34/7:02 pace. Finished with .5 running in with the rest of the guys. My legs felt pretty good, I could tell my hamstring was tight when I was stretching but when I was running I could not feel it.  I woke up this morning to run but my allergies are in full effect.  I left the window open last night and I was all congested with a sore throat.  I took an allergy pill and it wore off soon as we were done with the run.  I was sneezing the whole way back to work.  It felt good to push the pace a little on the second lap, just stayed in the wood chips. 

Beautiful morning for a run in the mountains this morning. Started at the coyote hollow trailhead near the Draper Temple, headed up to Clarks, ran up and around to Ghost Falls then dropped back down and around. I wanted to get an hour of running in so ran on various different trails for the last 25 minutes or so. It was so much fun, I need to do this at least once a week. Didn't push the pace all that hard just kept cruising along and tried to not turn any ankles. Very refreshing for the soul.

Went out for a stroll at liberty park for lunch. 2 laps around the park in the wood chips.  Kept the pace easy 7:35 AP.  Good training for Ragnar coming up with the 2 a days with hills/trails in the morning.

Had to pick up my niece from BYU at 7:00, decided to get my run in up Provo Canyon before I picked her up as the rest of the day was going to be busy.

Beautiful morning for a run.  By the time I got to the canyon I only had an hour and a half to run. First 6 miles up the canyon with a headwind.  It felt pretty good, 8:05,7:50,8:11,8:12,8:13,7:52, made it a little bit up south fork then turned around.  Weeee down I go...7:17,7:07,6:56,7:03,7:06,6:58. 

Good run, got ragnar in a couple weeks so hill running is good.