Progression Daily

Fossil to Dam Loop and Back. Pushed with the boys for 8 miles and felt really good. Just couldn’t keep up on the last couple of strides. Great confidence booster moving forward. 10.49 miles 

Ran City Creek and Parts of Owen's Loop.
 

Got some miles before running with the boys. Trailed Dusty for a little bit then moved up to top boys. Cranked my ankle at one point and fell behind around 8 miles on a steep hill. Had to go looking for lost people. Saved Avery’s life. 10.61 miles 

AM- Ran 20ish with the boys then no weights for me. 3.01 miles 

PM- Warm up with a variety of people. Mixed in minutes of on and steady. Spent some minutes with Dusty, Zack, and Vanessa. Played bait for Bender and Liam. Then ran 300ish meters with Bridger on his last rep. Spent majority of my steadys with the top crew. 7.25 miles 

AM- Wednesday morning run with the boys. 3.01 miles

PM- Run down on the river trail with the boys. Turned around before Liam could say what up to a muscle momma. Had to work on the hills on the way back. 5.28 miles

Karter or Cyle? Down to Zupas with the boys. Unfortunately no side quests. Coach laps dodging the Croatians and Spaniards. 7.89 miles

Reverse Kick It with the boys. Hitting some quicker miles this week in an attempt to run with the top boys more often. 5.73 miles 

AM1- Warm up because I showed up late. 1.24 miles 

AM2- From Confluence onto Sun River. Back roads to Bart Anderson Trail. Hit my 8 mile wall, fell off group. Stopped and gave  myself a mental pep talk before running the last 1.5. 11.21 miles/7:22 mile pace 

Wal-Mart to Mayor’s Loop. Joined Derek on a training run. Lasted about 10 miles before I needed to hit the bathroom. Great time catching up. 11.03 miles 

Middleton Desert. Picked out stickers in my shoes before we even began. Played catch up the whole time. Slow sandy miles. Did an extra small loop to see if anyone got lost. 4.99 miles 

AM- 20 with the boys then some weights. 2.99 miles

PM- Warm up with girls. Then coach laps with Dave and Nico. Hit some interval
minutes with Browny to help him for his last 2. 7.02 miles 

AM- Tough Guy Run. Cold morning with the boys. Nate and Jake out there flexing on everybody. 3 miles 

PM- Warm up following the boys then coach laps. 5.76 miles 

AM- 20 with the boys. No weights because I had other stuff going on. 3.03 miles

PM- Warm with girls then coach laps while kids ran an 800 workout. Main goal was to not slip in the in rain. 6.53 miles 

AM- Ran down Riverside and up trail to nowhere. Fell behind on the strides when my calves blew up. took a short cut to catch up with the boys. 5.67 miles 

PM- I think this was my fastest time ever. Had to really move to hold off Ian. Went and cheered some people on. 1.41 miles 

Ran one of my best long runs in a while. Started out at Sullivan out to Crimson, hit a lap, then by the temple. It was around this time my soul was crushed. The boys picked up the pace and I fell behind. My 6:40s weren’t good enough I guess. Really tried to keep the speed rolling until I got to 80 minutes. 11.62 miles 

Sledding and shoveling and playing all day 

Ran to go to the bathroom because PV water was shut off. Then bought some movie tickets. Ran coach laps and watched Bridger run a 4:21 in basketball shorts. 7.15 miles 

AM- Fun run with the boys in the morning. Made top 3 podium behind Brennan and Miles. 3 miles 

PM- Day 1. Washington-Sandbergs. Flipped with silvers into the wild. Then added my own Costco lap. 5.63 miles 

AM- Late. Warm with boys then coach laps. Thought about mixing in speed but was too cold or something. 4.93 miles 

PM- Ran with the boys and Nico. Taught Jake a lesson on time/pace management. Weights afterwards. 3 miles 

Pushed the first few miles to keep my average down then boys started to pass me on the tough hills. Did my best to keep the legs moving. Flipped thinking I’d have the top boys catch up to me but they went another route. Hit some fast miles and a wall at 8.5. Kept catching up with Emmalee at red lights. We almost got hit by a big truck. Endured the last 2.5+ miles. Calves felt really tight. 11.55 miles 

Warm Up. 2.06 miles 

My goal was to race with Jake but he wasn’t having it and even yelled: “No!”, when I asked him to wait for me. I really like this course. I did my best to push up the hills, knowing I’d cruise the downhills. Thought AJ was an old man Durst (or some guy) chasing me. 3.05 miles 

Cool Down. 1.82 miles 

PM- Mile post searching in the gorge .11

Another early morning Sunday with Derek. Hit the Newd loop then 2 Mayor Loops. Felt pretty smooth the whole time. My training has been the best I’ve had in years. Hopefully I can be smart and keep the momentum going into Spring and Summer training. 14.09 miles 

Warm with girls then coach laps. 5.08 miles 

AM- Tuesday 20 with the boys and weights. 3.25 miles 

PM- Just sluggishly jogged around and picked gum off the track. Watched some fast 800 kids. 3.81 miles 

AM- Back to 25 minutes with the boys. 3.38 miles 

PM- Fire Station and through Dogtown. AJ spawned in towards the end. Hit some strides. 5.11 miles 

AM- Thursday Morning. Reverse Porter Loop with Rimmasch^2, Jake, and Bridger. Light weights after. 3.27 miles 

PM- Warm with boys then coach laps. 6.26 miles 

Shake Out. A little short jog for me. Looped back early after starting off with the boys. 3.3 miles