"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

4 miles avg 7:25 pace in the rain.  I found out I got into the St. George Marathon this year!  Yea! I'm so excited.  It's been a long time since I did that one.  Last year I was registered then injured my knee a week before the race when I tripped over a rock in the dark and fell.  This year I'm determined to make it to the starting line healthy.  But St. George is a ways off, I've got the Utah Valley Marathon and Bryce Canyon 1/2 Marathon, and probably a few other things before then.

12 miles average 7:03 pace.  I got up at 5:30 a.m. to run because I had a girls camp meeting during my daughters preschool.  12 miles in Provo Canyon and I only saw 1 biker and 2 runners.  I guess the storms yesterday scared everyone away from setting their alarms when they went to bed,  but they missed out.  It was wet and cloudy, but not too cold or rainy, perfect running weather.

10 miles up/down Provo Canyon avg 6:52 pace.  My body felt good, like I was well rested.  I also ate a good breakfast two hours before.  I was sure breathing hard though.  By the end my legs were pretty tired too.  My quad started to bother me a little the last two miles.  I better rub it out.  I was well rested two hours ago, but now I feel like I need a nap.

4 miles avg 7:22 pace. My right quad hurts a little.  Last week it was my left.  This one started hurting me yesterday right on top and I rubbed it out really good, now it hurts more in the inside.  I guess I should be glad it's not the same place.

20 miles up/down Provo Canyon with my husband, Brent.  I was worried about the run when we started because my quad hurt me so much yesterday.  I only had minimal pain off and on going up.  Coming 3 miles down South Fork after we turned around it felt disproportionately tired to the rest of my body, like the quad was on mile 20-23 when the rest of me was only on 10-13 miles. 

I took it easy coming down South Fork, which felt really good.  I told my husband, "Sometimes I feel like I'm going for a ride in my body when I'm running."

Fortuneately the tiredness in my quad didn't get any worse and the pain even lessened further down the path.  By the last two miles the rest of my body seemed about as tired as my quad.  My avg up 7:31 pace, down 6:49, total avgt 7:10 pace.