Believe to Achieve

Tm by Kim and Jane doing 20 min on offs.  I was just doing 8 today.   Ran 8:30 first mile.  Potty.  Then 7 @ 7:39 avg.   8/7:53/7:47/7:41/7:35/7:30 last mile 8.1-7:24 x 2   8.2-7:18 x .2  8.4-7:08 x  .2    8.6-6:58 x 0.1   8.9 -6:44 x 0.1  9.2-6:31 x 0.1   9.5 -6:18 x 0.1    Last mile  about 7 avg   Felt strong   Very sweaty    Upper body and abs after  good medium run  don't want to be stuck fast or slow   Gotta have in between  

Easy outside. Last two picked it up.  Ran to past AF hs via new neighborhood below Kim. Then onto trail.  Up to art dye and up hill.  Over to silo road.  Down and home. Construction area slowed me mile 7. Muddy and workers to maneuver around. 9:45/8:58/8:57/8:56/8:50/8:28/7:50/7:03/and 7:30 for last 0.5 miles. 8:32 avg.   at mile five was 9 avg.  

Work.   Legs steroid achy.  Hard to stand up long at a delivery.   Throbbing.  Like withdrawal from steroid. /strength.  From shot in finger for gout right pinky. 

So tired slept a lot. Legs jumpy.  Steroid and tongue lips buzzy.  Some anxiety feeling but I know it will go away so not affecting me like in the past.  Hard to start.  So jump started right into 8:34 pace took me more than a mile to adjust  straight through to 4.5 miles   7 x 1  then up every 0.5 miles by 0.1 mph  until 3.75 miles then did four pick ups x 0.1 miles at 6:44 x 2  6:39 x 2.   Then 2 miles at 6:43.75   Really one set at 8.9   One at 9.0   6:44/6:39 but tm takes a bit to get up to speed.  2.5 -3 min rest.  One more mile 6:34. (9/9.1/9.2-9.4 mph )  0.33 at each sled up last bit.  0.5 cool down 8 avg. Avg for 5 - 8:06 avg   

8.29.  Last night fender bender.  Not really any damage. But woman very upset. Troy said she stopped suddenly.   Anyway I was looking at my phone. It was a whiplash hit.  Felt strong. Thought entire car was damaged.  But not much noticed at the scene. Except whiplash. All on right side.  Brooke larsons reception. Was tonight. Then we went to byu soccer game. And it was on way home. Merging on a roll way stop turning right on to canyon. 
so slept in.  Missed the 20 miler.   Drove to the church and ran toward canyon and o was about to mile 1 when they were heading out so that was perfect as they had a little over  7 miles left.    Ran to alpine highway. Turned right then onto trail over to janes then to Becca's.  At that point I had 2.7 more. They had 3.  We ran out and back 1.5 miles.  Last mile 6:58.  First mile 9:00.  Mostly up for 0.9 of it.   Avg for the 8. -7:38.  Avg for the 7 -7:26 

Camping at site 13 Granite Flats campground past tibble fork reservoir.  NO cell service but we came twice (three times troy -once to pick me up after this run).   Ran from the site up a half mile and down a half to reservoir first bathroom (second this direction) is 1.67 miles.  Ran to fork, then to caves, ran back up to second bathroom passing the first.  No water so kept going. Ran to fork then caves then church.  Those are the brief stops.  Total stopping time 10:40 seconds.  

9:05, 8:01, 7:46, 7:48, 7:31, 7:16, back up at 6.63 miles, 8:39, 9:22, 8:42, 8:49, 9:10, back down at 11.3 ish miles, 7:41, 7:21, 7:25, 7:08, 6:58, 7:04, 6:56, 6:45, 7:27 (almost to the light and turned up back to church to get the 20.  Avg pace 7:51 for 20.  iced in river at mouth. Troy picked me up with puppies.  NO shower ha ha.  

Drove back down for byu soccer game, puppies back to house.  A few scattered thunder showers so game delayed so left 15 min early. Met Amber and Alec up at the camp site.  Church the next day. Them ysa ward, us -with Bailey's mom Deborah and family.  Headed back up after fast forwarding through England Vs Spain final.  Spain better team so they won. 1-0.   Alec and Amber met us up there about 430.  Went on two long hikes with pups. One at 3 ish.  One at 1015 pm.  Amber had to work at 7 am.  So they left at 605 am up at 555am.  Good to have them over. We played skull king.  Ate spaghetti , hot dogs etc.  Roasted marshmallows.  (Sunday night)