Progression Daily

Woke up to a phone call of my dad wanting to go on a run. We left a car at the end of diagonal and drove up Turkey farm in another car. Parked at Black Gulch and headed out on Lange's Dugway. 6 miles on a trail, super nice conservative pace. Then we got down to highway 18 and the tempo began. I started out with some 7's then poured it on. I waited for my Dad to catch up at mile 6. It was a mistake! I lost some of my momentum. I didn't know I was ready for this run but it worked out decently. 15.08 miles

8.5 tempo on marathon course

1. 6:59

2. 7:11 14:10(Winchester) 

3. 7:00 21:10

4. 6:32 27:42

5. 6:36 34:18

6. 6:38 41:56(waited for dad)

7. 6:46 48:42

8. 6:48 55:30

.50. 2:55

58:22/6:51 pace

AM- Out to some desert. 8.35 miles 

PM- Chill 3 with Marieta. 3.12 miles 

A couple of years ago I told my Dad how I wanted to run from Oak Grove to St. George. He didn't like the idea and thought it would be too hard. Well today was the day we tried it out! We drove a couple miles up the Oak Grove road because we knew that time was working against us. We started right around 6. I was pretty optimistic for the first 7ish miles then the climbs kept coming. I didn't expect to have that much climbing. Miles 8-10.5 were the worst. By the time we started getting some rolling hills my legs were already hammered. I endured and made it to the pavement on the turkey farm road. I think if we had more daylight I would have tacked on more mileage. So maybe not the full distance I once envisioned but still a really good workout. 19.25 miles 

AM- Shake out run! Bloomington Loop with Manzanita addition. Almost had some people traffic jams on the loop. I understand why people are out and about. Just different seeing people in places I used to run alone. 4.05 miles 

PM- Got out late and ran in the cool air. I threw up in my mouth a little bit when I started the run so that put a damper on a relaxed night run. 8.04 miles 

AM- From the house out to River Rd then through Bloomington Hills. Felt nauseous and tired but endured. 11.10 miles 

PM- Tacked on a couple of more in Vegas. 4 miles

Coasted to a new record of 81.58 miles! Beating my 2015 best of 80.15 miles. Since all my races and track kid's races got cancelled I had to create my own conquests. Now to keeping it consistent. 8.59 miles 

side note: I made a deal with myself that if I got a new mileage record then I would end my soda lent early. Baja Blast Baby!