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

10 miles avg 7:04 pace with Melanie.  My legs, and especially my quads were too sore to run yesterday.  They were still sore today, but I tried it anyway.  Fortunately I made it through the run without feeling like I injured myself. 

10 miles with Melanie avg 7:14 pace.  2 miles warm-up to Orem High track, 8 x 800 meter intervals with 400 meter recovery, 2 miles cool-down home.  800 meter times: 2:58, 2:59, 3:00, 2:56, 2:58, 2:58, 3:00, 3:01.  My quads were feeling better, but my butt muscle was really bothering me.  I almost quit after 6 because it felt so tight.  I was really tired that last mile running home.  More tired than I've been in a workout in a long time. 

21 miles with Melanie, Kim and Jane.  We met at AF High School and ran an out/back route up AF Canyon, first 5.5 miles in the city and next 5 in the canyon.  I have never run up AF Canyon before and it was a killer, so uphill for so long.  I could tell I might struggle on this run from the very start.  I haven't slept near enough this week.  Going up the canyon I couldn't keep up with Melanie, Kim and Jane.  I ran about 10 sec/mile slower than them for about the last 3.5 miles going up.  Average pace at top 7:41.  Coming back down was better, but I was still exhausted!  At mile 17 I wanted to be done and at mile 20 I felt like I was at the end of a marathon.  My legs were seriously more tired than they were at the end of both my other marathons this year. Average pace down 6:33.  My average for the whole run was 7:07.  We stopped a lot, about 40 minutes worth.  It felt like 2 mile marathon pace repeats with standing stops to drink, pee and talk about how bad we felt.  We all had something to complain about on this run.  When I got home I showered and went straight back to bed with wet hair.  Took a 2 hour nap.  I need more sleep.  I should be able to get that next week at Young Women's Camp right?