Dare to be great!

Went out bright and early this morning warmed up with 2.5 miles, then did 6x1000 repeats along the canal trail with a 90 second jog in between.  I wanted to keep my pace around 6:18ish.  It was dark out and I could not see the garmin at all so I tried to run by feel.

Pace for the 1000's: 6:29 way too slow, 6:26 trying to get the turn over going, 6:18,6:18,6:20,6:13 ended up finishing fairly strong, I had to turn around 90 degrees in half of them.

Finished off with 4 more miles in the hood around 8:25 pace.  Overall I am pleased with the run this morning. 

Out and back run on the JRT this morning.  Started at the inlet park and went North.  Pretty good run  on fairly tired legs to start.  If it all goes according to plan this should be my highest mileage week ever.  Only 2.5 weeks of hard training then the taper for St. George begins.  8:07 AP

AM: Couple easy recovery miles (6) around the hilly neighborhood. I have to give my stomach a 2 out of 10 this training cycle... blah.   It was a nice morning to run.

PM: Went with the guys from work to Liberty Park to run during our lunch hour. Just kept it easy still and did a few laps in the wood chips. 4 total miles.

Went out bright and early by myself this morning for an out and back run from the house. Hit the canal trail to the highschool road up into the ranches until I hit 6 then cruised back home. It was a fun run this morning. I was able to push the pace just about right for the  run this morning.  I ran the hills well and floated the downhills.  For all the miles I have been doing this week my legs have been feeling pretty good. 7:53 AP

I have a 17 miler planed for Sat. with 14 at marathon pace.  I want to save my legs for that.  I am opitimtic if I can complete that on a flat course with tired legs there just might be a chance I will hit my goal to qualify for Boston in St. George.  I need a 3:09:59

Had to squeeze this one in when I had time.  I was planning on running with the guys at work but my kid called me sick from school and my wife is off playing with her girlfriends this weekend so I had to head home.  Got in a recovery 5 miles around the hood before his doctor's appt.  Glad to have this one in the bank.

With all the sounds of lightning, thunder, and rain last night I was nervous.  Got up at 5 to get ready to go run and the lightning was still hitting pretty hard.  I was discouraged and thought about trying to get in the run later, but that never happens so I had to do the unthinkable and head to the gym to run on the treadmill.

I was planning on a 14 mile tempo run.  Warmed up 1 mile in 8:33, then straight into the marathon tempo run.  Placed the treadmill on 7:13 pace and cruized along.  Tried to stay positive the whole run.  Had some discouraging thoughts at mile 9 in the run so I upped the pace to 7:08.  Take that brain.

After that mile I backed it back to 7:13 until the last 2 miles when I dropped it back down to 7:08 pace and raised the incline.  Cooled down 2 miles at 8:27 pace.

Overall I am very pleased with this morning's run.  I was able to finish strong and complete the tempo on my highest mileage week ever without any goo's or anything.  With tapered legs and downhill and fuel hopefully I can make it happen at St. George.  Legs feel pretty good now.