Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

Ran with Paula.  My legs were still very fatigued the first mile (10:36) and I thought it was going to be a long, long run, but we picked up the pace as the miles went on and ended up feeling really good.   Trying to focus and mentally prepare myself for tomorrow's work out so that I do not wimp out.

Ave Pace 9:13

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Not a good day.   I do not know what I was thinking but I thought I could meet at 5:15 and still get all my miles in - NOPE!   We warmed up and my legs are still very fatigued and I am getting frustrated.   We did a 2 mile tempo and then went to do Yasso 800's.   I did the first in 3:45 - to slow and the second in 3:43 - still to slow.  I had some tugging in my right knee so I left the track and went and ran 2 more miles on my own.

I am taking tomorrow off because I am traveling and going to sleep in until 5 am.   I am hoping that a day of rest will be what my legs need and I can get it back together for Thursday.  At this point I am not even sure what to expect for SGM.  I am not training the way I should and my legs are not recovering at all so I am trying to have a good attitude but if this continues it could be ugly.  I am not sure if I continue to push through and hope the taper is enough or do I try to rest this week and push the next two..........

Ave Pace 8:58

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Today was one of my favorite workouts  - 5K repeats.  We met at 5:00 am and  I had a plan for the workout already.  1st 5K easy; 2nd 5K moderate hard pace; 3rd 5K push hard.   I was tired from yesterday's travel but got up and felt good during the warm up and 2nd 5K.  with about 1.25 miles left during the second, Dean and Nancy came along and said they were going to run with me but it was more like dragging me along.  I really appreciate them pushing me even though it didn't go right with my plan.  Sometimes I just need a nudge.   Third 5K - my legs were very tired starting but felt better than I thought and I caught Nancy, and she and I stayed together the rest of the way.  Cooled down with Mike and Peggy.   I felt so much better than I have which is great but I am still far from where I was prior to my India trip and that is frustrating.   

1st 5K - 27:41

2nd 5K - 23:36, ave pace 7:53

3rd 5K - 22:32, ave pace 7:33

Work Out Ave Pace: 8:26

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Met Paula to run and the legs were very trashed from yesterday.   We got about 2 miles out and she wasn't feeling well and we took a couple of walk breaks and then she decided that she was done.  I ran her back home and then added 3 more on my own.   Tried to remember that it was a recovery day and to not pick up the pace.  My auto lap was turned off so I didn't get to see the first two miles which were probably close to 11 min miles but the last few were probably around 8:50 - 9:00 min miles.  

Ave Pace:  9:32

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Garrett and Marcie are in town and staying down at our family's cabin in Provo Canyon so we invited ourselves along.  Jay is working at UVU today and Marcie and I wanted to run together.   We decided to run down the canyon from Vivian and then continue on and have Jay come and pick us up.  We started out with a warm up mile and then Marcie took it easy and I did some MP miles.   Once we hit 6.5 I realized I was unsure of where to go so we decided to head back up.   We turned around and there was a really good head wind.  Marcie pulled away early on and then I stopped at about 8.5 to GU and get a drink and told her to go on ahead and I would see her at Vivian.   Mile 10 was incredibly rough but I managed to push through, something I have not been able to do the last few weeks.  My left hip had a strange popping in the first couple of miles and then was a little painful and then nothing really the remaining miles but it is very, very painful tonight.  Not quite sure what is going on but will stretch good.   Lots of runners out today, saw Jeff L and Scott and Kelli.

Splits:  9:23 (warm up), 8:09, 7:55, 7:54, 7:56, 7:52, 8:11, 8:42 (bathroom stop), 8:17, 8:32, 8:36, 8:16, 8:28.

Ave Pace 8:19

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