Catch me if you can

I met Cheris, Michelle C. and Jameson at Riverton Park.  We warmed up for about 1.7 miles, then we did a 35 minutes tempo run mostly on the 1/2 course.  Then we cooled down until we hit 7 miles.  The tempo and cool down miles were 7:44, 7:41, 8:07 (this mile has lovers lane and the hill), 7:42, 8:26 and 8:35.    

We dropped my boy off at the airport this morning at 5:45.  It was the hardest thing I've ever done.  I'm going to miss him so much.  I hope the next two years go by fast.  I had thought about running after, but I was too emotionally drained.

I ran from work to the trail until I 2.5 miles then I ran back.  I wanted a 9:00 pace and came pretty close.  Average 8:50.

I woke to the sound of rain.  Taylor and I were volunteers and had to be to the park at 5:30.  It was a little chaotic before the race.  I didn't get a warm up, so I decided to just take the first mile nice and easy.  It was very humid this morning.  I didn't really have a time goal in mind.  I just ran.  I hate to admit that I even walked two or three times, but never for more than a few seconds.  I really need to start putting in more miles.  I can't believe the Big Cottonwood marathon is only 2 1/2 months away.  That makes me nervous.  Anyway, I feel like I finished strong.  It's hard to believe that I ran this race over three minutes faster a few years ago.  Oh well.  My miles were 7:52, 7:29, 7:48, 7:54, 8:21 (this is mile I walked a few times), 7:48 and 7:12 pace for the final .28.  I always measure this course a little long.  Average 7:51.  

I came home and cooled down with Taylor for a mile.  She took 2nd overall in the 5k.  Sadly, runnercard had her listed in the 1 mile fun run and they gave her plaque away to someone else before she could say anything. 

From work.  I planned on going more, but I was beat.

Jared drove us 12 miles up Big Cottonwood Canyon this morning and dropped me, Michelle and Kris off.  We then ran down the canyon.  It was a little scary a few times.  There was some kind of a bike race going on.  Luckily, they were are going uphill.  I never felt all that fantastic.  At the bottom, Kris left and Michelle and I ran another 6 miles back to the car at Cottonwood High School.  We wanted to get a feel of how hard the marathon will be once we come out of the canyon.  I was tired, but it didn't feel too bad and we still maintained a decent pace.  We finished in 2:26:03. Miles were 8:19, 8:04, 8:01, 8:18, 8:21, 8:04, 7:34, 7:47, 7:41, 7:49, 7:46, 7:58 (last canyon mile), 8:01 8:19, 8:21, 8:34, 8:32, 8:25.  Average 8:07.  I was very nervous about the cars and bikes which I know slowed me down quite a bit.