Kerry's Running Blog

Ran with Lloyd this morning.We kind of took it easy as he'd run 16 on Saturday. He kept apologizing for being slow, but I was just glad for the company. 

Ran the Highland Glen loop and the North Cottonwood hill. Average pace 8:33. I felt really good this morning despite the fact that we got to bed a little later than usual (had to take my niece home after the Cedar Hills fireworks show). Saw a lot of other runners -- most looked like they were doing some serious training.

Golf course loop with Laureen at noon.

Kohler's Loop on a perfect summer morning. It was dark, quiet and not too hot. My legs, knees, ankles, feet, all felt great. No aches or pains or soreness. I may be a little slower than I was this time last year, but I think my pace will improve as get in some races and bump my mileage up a little bit more (I'm shooting for around 55 this week). 

Slept in a bit this morning as I was really tired last night for some reason. Started off at a fairly easy base until I was in my second mile and saw a woman on the other side of the road that started running just about when I was ready to pass her. For a couple of hundred yards I stayed about the same distance behind her, but she then started to pull away a bit which made me speed up. I was a little surprised that she was able to keep up that pace until she suddenly stopped and started walking again. I guess she was doing repeats, but I was in a little faster running mode. I wanted to take it a little easier today before tomorrow's long run. I saw an unusual number of people out running and walking this morning, I guess because I got out a little later.

Long run with Lloyd this morning. We left right at 5:00 a.m. I was more than a little tired as our youngest daughter came into our room just after I'd fallen asleep to alert us to a dangerous situation that had developed involving a large moth. I pretended like I was still asleep for a few minutes, but that didn't buy me anything so I got up to investigate. I couldn't find anything, but our daughter insisted that she wasn't going to sleep in there knowing that this insect could attack at any time. So, I somewhat reluctantly agreed to sleep in her bed, but I was awake by that time and just tossed and turned for about an hour until I went downstairs to sleep on the couch. The dog, of course, wasn't too happy about being roused from his peaceful slumber, but there wasn't any reason that he shouldn't be suffering as well. In all, I probably managed three and a half or four hours of sleep.

I was hoping for a nice easy start to the run, but Lloyd was feeling like we needed to run much faster than on Monday and so we took at a pretty good clip. After about a mile and half he began to slow a bit and for the next few miles we ran at a comfortable pace. After looping around the Highland Glen pond we headed to the golf course trail and to the mouth of American Fork canyon. We then ran four miles up the canyon and back and then continued on our normal ten mile loop. I pushed a pretty hard pace coming down the canyon, but the rest of the run was at a very comfortable pace. It was nice to finish this long run without being sore or overly tired.