Believe to Achieve

10.4 recovery miles up and over around cedar hills.  8:18 AP.  first few miles 8:30 to 8:40.  tired in the head but not body.  need more sleep. 

PM.  1.55 miles with Courtney to her soccer practice with dad.  9:21 AP.   helped her do some pick ups...30 sec/on off x 5.  She was not happy with me but she did it. 1.61 miles back home alone  8:12 AP.  last half mile 7:30 ap.  felt good.  work next two days on mom/baby at AFH.

needed extra hour of sleep so no run.  long BUSY day at work.  non stop 12.5 hours. 

need extra hour of sleep but not wanting to skip two days in a row.  med pace run.  7:20 AP for 6 miles.  first mile 7:40.  EVEN busier day at work.  quite tired mentally.  i wonder how good of a runner i would be if i didn't have to work full time busy shifts that pretty much waste me.  seriously??  like moab was on little down time in 80 hours!!  so wish i could just vegetate some days.  hence....i can't keep this pace up longer than this year....something has to give...and its running.   ka ching.  oh well.  i will squeeze it in when i can after st george. 

Taunya, my coworker and old running buddy from four years ago asked me to join her and Jessica on their last 20 miler before Boston.  My first 20 miler since a year ago (not including the three marathons I ran).  I figured since they were planning to go about 8:15ap it would be good for me.  BUT HELLOOOOO wind!!!!  We left at 8:48am and still the wind was ferocious.  Comical at times.  And Highland had a few inches of snow dumped on them.  BRRRrrr!!!  We first ran a 9.25 mile very hilly loop and came back to Taunyas for a water stop.  No stopping entire 9 miles. AP 8:15 here.  Started watches again after 5 minutes in Taunya's house.  Starting again was tough.  Achy old bones.  Taunya is 45 and Jessica and I are 44 so we could all relate to aches and creaks.  We ran a second 11 mile loop into Alpine.  That nice hilly route.  Not nice to have such a brutal headwind then side wind and then "hey why the crosswind coming back???".  When your gone for that long the wind likes to "hunt" you down : D.  Surely 30 mph winds the entire run.  Stopped about 3 minutes at Eternal fountain (mile 15.25) and we were on our home stretch.  AP for entire 20.3 miles = 8:09.  Last mile 7:39 our only mile that quick.  All others between 7:50 and 8:32.    Last 0.3 miles 6:43 pace.  : D.  The only extent of a push in this run.  We were all just trying to have a nice attitude about the wind. 

creak....to the rec center.  brrr. outside.  plan easy miles on tm.  got a little bored.  so.....7.1, 7.2, 7.3,7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 mph (8:27 down to 7:47per mile), actually last 1/4 mile increased pace to 6:49 (8.8mph).  Kept incline at 1%  except LAST 1/4 mile of EACH mile I increased the incline to 4% because I am tough like that. Ha ha.  I am seriously just bored and I need things to focus on.  Got Off tm to reset it (shuts down at 60 minutes and I was at 56).  AP 8:00.  Quick drink of water.  Then two MP miles...6:49 x 1/2 mile, 6:44 x 1/2 mile, 6:40 x 1/2 mile, 6:35 x 1/4 mile and last 1/4 mile from 6:00 to 6:31 pace for a fast finish. 0.5 % cause I am wimpy about incline at times. Felt good.  A little tight from the 20 miler but really easy cardio wise.    I cooled down x 1/2 mile as husband not around to tell me to get off now : D.   7:53 pace for that 1/2 mile.  Total AP 7:43 I think. 

busy day in nsy....saving lives. nonstop for a seven hour moment. finally ate breakfast at 245pm. after work...ran at 645 pm with courtney for two miles outside. our loop. once. brrr.  but dressed warm enough. back to winter again.  then went right into anothed 3 two mile loops. reversed the direction the last one. ap 8:16 for six recovery miles. ap with courtney 10:00. she is always good the first mile but quits in effort tbe second. she will get there. like running with her.