Believe to Achieve

Worked all weekend. Sleep Friday night 4 hours.  Sat night 5.    Last night 6.5.   Almost bailed.  Left sciatica /piriformis acting up right as I left. Was going to just go meet Jane and  Kim at gym. But took road less travelled when got ti my stop sign. Left turn.   Same route as last Monday only added a mile to just before mile marker 5.  Stopped total 8 min 8 seconds. First stock brief 30 seconds water. Second stop turn around. 45 seconds. Third stop 1100 north. 2.5 min ice cold water felt so good.  Same spot again as first spot. Stretch included. About mile 14. 3 min just under.  Then past temple by field in nice neighborhood with tennis courts with temple to west back drop. Sweltering mile with head wind and sun beaming.   Most of run was overcast just right then none.  Also most was head wind. But a warm one. Talked myself into getting g going on last three.  Surprised next mile 8:41.  Then because of cotton in air cotton all over my mouth and tongue.  Tried to get pieces off roof of my mouth. Dried saliva lumps.  So added in water at Manila pond which added on 0.2 so run ended in front of Brooke Christensen's house.  Yay. Walk back to my hose from there.  10:20/9:37/9:04/9:06/9:10/8:57/8:50/8:49/8:44/8:45

8:32/8:33/8:22/8:29/8:31/8:18/8:51/8:41/8:29/8:08.   
8:49 avg.   

3 miles warm up at vasa 828 am.  26:56. Started 6.3 mph. Increased every quarter mile last mile increased every 0.1 mph a little faster at end time test 800 pace. Goal pace 3:30 marathon. So 8.5 (7:03) mph first 1 min 45 seconds. 8.6 mph (6:58) next 75 seconds. Last 30 seconds 8.7 mph (6:53) .  Total 3.5 min. Yassos 3:30 marathon.   Jog 6.3 mph (9:31) for 2.5 min. Repeat x 8. No stops.  47 min for 6 miles   7:50 pace avg.   zinger in left butt cheek but went away the longer I ran and squeezed it with my hand (piriformis muscle /sciatic nerve ).   Felt strong entire time.   I didn't push it bc of 20 miler yesterday. Goal this fall to get yassos at 3:15. (6:30 pace).  Going to start them in august after deseret news marathon.  Start with 2.  Then 4.  Then 6.  Then 8.  

Three falls.   But pain zap first few miles then able to forget about it.  - 12:59/12:09/12:10/11:56/12:36/11:57/11:06.  Very slow first mile but wicked up. Made it to top 19:31.  1.5 miles.   One min rest ar top.  One min at turn around.  One min at waterfall on way back.  One minute on top again. Exactly 4 min of stops. 12:07 avg pace. Beautiful beyond description. Purple wood flowers. Yellows light and dark.  Sunglowers too.  Two min faster from 2.5 mile marker and back then to 2.5 mile marker. 17:30.  

1 mile warm up before 15 k at memory grove.  It was a painful warn up.  My left butt/back difficult walking yesterday and this am similar to when I broke my sacrum.  So I didn't know what I had in me.  Felt a little down. Just worried about a painful run. Got there 7:42 am.  Bathroom.    Warm up usual loop.  Five min to start.  Ran steady up hill 4.69 miles.  Got to half in 42 min.  Just under.   8:57 avg.  stop watch.  Christine told me it was 9.38 miles.  Makes sense since last 0.32 supposed to was going fast and that pace woood have been 7:48.   No way.  So did math for 2 min 28 seconds and 0.38 miles and 6:33 pace !  Mile before that was 6:37 so definitely 9 mile marker at end to finish 0.38 miles. 
 miles  with stop watch and bad tangents. 8:48 /8:48/8:52/9:05/turn at 4.69...then 8:40.  Wow that's bad.  0.31 of it going back down so really has slowed that part up.   It was rather steep. 7:12/7:03/6:57/6:37!! And 2.28 for last 0.38.  6:29 pace.   No cool down.  2 nd master. 30 dollars.  First grand master in series since Jessica s didn't come today.  74 min 35 seconds.  Goal was under 75 for how I felt.   Came home cleaned sink and vacuumed for an hour.