Kerry's Running Blog

I was still half asleep when I started out this morning and it took a half mile or so before some soreness in my left knee and hip flexors went away, but I felt great after that. A slight breeze out of the north was cool enough that I pushed a little harder to warm up. Ran regular Highland Glen loop a little faster than usual. I'm going to try to build my mileage by five miles or so this week, work in a good tempo run and a longer run on Saturday. It doesn't look like the weather will be a factor, but there seems to be a lot of activities going on this week.

Highland Glen loop. Took it easy this morning as I'm planning to do a tempo run tomorrow morning. Pleasantly cool this morning with clear skies. There is now good visibility when I head out around 5:40 or so.

Tempo run on Highland Glen loop. Two miles of warm-up then pushed the heart rate up into threshold zone 4 (of 5). Average heart rate 166. Average pace 7:45 (6:30 to 7:00 on flat to downhill sections). For the most part felt very strong. No aches or pains to speak of.

Highland Glen loop. Fairly even pace for first four miles and then picked it up a bit towards the end. This run is starting to feel fairly easy, so starting next week I'll start throwing some seven milers into the weekday mix and still do 11 to 13 on the weekends. The mileage goal for this week is 37 to 38 (up from 32 last week). Next week I'd like to do 42 or 43. No aches or pains to speak of.

Highland Glen loop. I was a little surprised that there were so few people out this morning. I hardly passed a soul (and only saw a single bunny by the pond). Warmest morning so far (upper 50's, lower 60's).

Great run up with Provo Canyon with Paul (who had to get back for his neighborhood race), Nathan and Cory. Beautiful, warm morning with temperatures around 60 at the start. With turning back to meet up with Cory, Nathan and I had 7 miles by the turnaround at Vivian Park. Average pace up was 8:30. Fairly relaxed pace on the way back down until we were about 2.7 miles from the end and Nathan put the hammer down. Cory and I tried to keep up, but he soon had a good lead on us. The pace on mile 11 was 7:16,  mile 12 was 7:14 and the last 0.72 mile Cory and I average 6:56. Average pace for the whole run was 8:12 and average heart rate was 148.

When I got back home I went for a run with my youngest daughter Amelia (10). She was inspired by all the hoopla at Boston and wants to run the neighborhood mile race in July (in preparation for her long term goal of running Boston when she turns 18). As she's just getting started we alternated running and walking.