Catch me if you can

I picked up Cheris and we drove to Michelle M.'s house.  Cheris discovered that it was exactly 2 miles from Michelle's house to the start of the Riverton 10k route.   About a 1/4 mile before 14400 where we turn around, we came upon some some cows in the road.  One looked like an angry bull.  We decided it wasn't worth trying to get passed them.  We turned around and added some milage on at the park.  It was a nice run.  My legs were a little tired.   Average pace 9:04.

P.M.  I ran 3 miles with my daughter who is running XC.   She has improved so much.  She used to say she was a sprinter and would never run long distance.  I think she is really starting to like it.  It makes me happy.  My 10 year also joined us on his rip stick. 

Met the BBK's at the Riverfront parking lot.  We warmed up for 3 miles.  Then we headed over to the hill.  We ran up and down at a fast pace.  I took my first bathroom break.  Then we went to the trail.  We went 10 minutes kind of hard then 5 minutes really hard.  We turned around and did it again.  On the way back my stomach was really hurting.  I couldn't keep up with the others.  I made one more bathroom stop, then cooled down until I hit 10 miles.  My splits were 10:05, 9:11, 9:37, 8:29, 8:07, 7:49, 7:51, 7:33, 8:08, and 9:14.  Average pace 8:37.   

I drove Taylor's car to the school and dropped it off for her.  From there I ran an easy 8 miles ending at home.  I'm ready for this week to be over so I can start tapering.  Average pace 9:20.

Since we will be running lots of hills Saturday, a few of us decided it would be a good idea to run a flatter course today.   We met at 5:00 at Cheris' house.  We ran 1.8 miles and came back and picked up Michelle N.  We ran a comfortable pace til about mile 7, then we ran a few tempo miles.  My fastest mile was 7:18.  Average pace overall 8:30. 

I met Michelle N., Angela, Jody, Cheris, Michelle M., Melanie and her sister Annette at Dimple Dell at 5:00 a.m.  We ran on 10th east over to 12300 S. and then made our way up to Wasatch Blvd.  We went out just under 11 miles and came back the same way.  I got some extra milage running to the bathroom at mile 17 by the church.  It was a nice run.  The weather was perfect.   This was a great simulator run for St. George.  The last 2 miles were slighty uphill and they were tough.  We were able to keep the pace  just over 8mm for the last 5 miles.  I was exhausted for the rest of the day.  I'm so ready to taper.  Average pace 8:44.