running for my mind

AM - Hot tub and stretching.

PM - 4 easy to stay loose. Felt good. Usually feel the Saturday run more on Monday morning so we will see how tomorrow feels. 

8.25 on the parkway

As predicted, I felt a little more tired and heavy-legged this morning. Trying to plan this week. Want to have a track session and a tempo. Excited to see how they go. 

8.5 progression 8 down to 7. 

Writing this in my car stopped on Highway 89 (arguably illegal). I have gone about a mile in the last 30 minutes. Worst driving conditions of the winter on March 3rd. 

11 - 7:09 - 515 ft.

Met Fritz, Noah, and Nate at Highland for a track workout. Warmed up with a lap of Sugar House. The track was covered in snow so we improvised and headed to do laps of the inside of Sugar House. We did 8 x 1/2 mile on and 1/4 mile off. It was an exercise in blowing apart and hanging on for me. I am pleased with the effort considering the hills. The 6th repeat was really rough though. My left leg got upset and I almost pulled the plug. I was able to collect myself though during the rest and felt a lot better on 7 and 8. Cooled down for a few with Fritz.

I will either run a tempo on Friday or on Saturday mixed into a long run. There is a chance I might head to the Wedge Overlook on Saturday and run easy on a trail. If I head down there, I hope to work the tempo on Friday. Decisions. Decisions.

10 easy 

Felt ok considering yesterday's workout, but I can definitely feel it in my quads. Glad  my calf doesn't hurt though. That is important to me. My left side near my hip and glute is a little sore. I am contributing that to the 4:45 pace we did down the steep hill at Sugar House on repeats 1 and 3 yesterday. Should be fine, but I will watch it closely.

6.25 

I was contemplating a tempo today or tomorrow. Decided to toss it into the middle of my long run tomorrow and recover a little more today. Legs are still feeling Wednesday's blowup workout.

18 - 6:58 - 906ft

Didn't feel good from the moment I laced up. Met Jen and Emily at Liberty and ran up to the U and then ran the Salt Lake half course. 

I had planned on 18-20 with a tempo of 6 in the middle. Jen wanted to finish strong but not do the middle tempo. I simply felt off. It was not that I was running particularly slow, I just didn't feel good. We were already giving a solid effort by the time we hit 11th avenue. Here, I contemplated bagging the tempo and just slog to the end in my funk. Instead I decided to try and shake the funk with 2 miles at half marathon effort. When I finished those, still feeling like junk, I decided to keep running. I ended up with 4 at a 6:06 average.

Once again I was spent and it was time to hang on till the end of the long run. I circled back and met Jen and Emily and finished strong back to Liberty still feeling pretty miserable. I lost them on the Liberty loop and called it good at 18. It was another good test of running the legs down and then having to muster the strength to continue. We had a couple at marathon pace after my tempo so all in all I am happy with the run and the speed I got in with the miles.