Let's do this!

ran 6.5. incorporated tabata sprints into the last 2 miles. I am feeling so good. Still need to gain endurance. Tabata should help. 

I didn't run today. I am thinking about doing the every other day running thing. I don't hurt, but I did sprint hardcore yesterday and so I thought it best not to run today.

Strength trained for 1 hr. Then I did tabata training intervals on elliptical hell for 16x. Crazy sweaty when I was done.

Came home and walked for 30 minutes on the river trail. Saw a snake, the beaver, 2 prairie dogs. A guy in the water with the coveralls and rubber boots - he was fishing. 3 runners on the trail, 2 bikers.Lot's of active people out in Spanish Fork. My walk was stress relieving. No ipod, just listened to the river flow and birds. Nice.

Ran about 5.5 on the trail. Then I got to the sports park. on the grass there I did 9 tabata sprints. It kicked my butt. I got to 5:09 pace on most sprints. After the 6th sprint the pace dropped a bit closer to 6. There is only 10 seconds of recovery doing tabata, and you only sprint for 20 seconds, full force. Were talking over %100.  It's hard! My legs are very sore after, so I know it is doing something.  If you're curious about Tabata good, ole Wiki is a great source! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_interval_training

Ran 1 more mile home.  I may be under-guesstimating my mileage here, but I'm to lazy to walk downstairs right now to double check my watch.

Tomorrow I am trail running to the Spanish Fork Escalante cross. I am bring my phone and will take pictures. It isn't a far run, but there are several other connecting trails I will run as well.

I remembered last night my daughter had a dentist appointment early, so I would not have time for the escalante cross trail. I lifted weights and did 16 mintes of tabata on the elliptical. Sweaty beyond words. then walked for 40 minutes.

So glad it's friday. Going on a trip to lake powell this next week. It's so nice. We get a houseboat and take our own boat. Park the house boat on a beach. It's total forced relaxation. You can't leave to go run anywhere. This will be good for my body. And hey, I'm not complaining.

I ran 3.5 with Merri this morning. It was good to run again. Then I came home and took out my baking sweet potatoe I started at 5:20 lol. I left and ran to the Spanish Fork escalante cross. The trail is good. Lot's of red dirt. I saw a beautiful deer! Some spiders (eeewwww) and some black beetles. The trail is totally runnable both up and down. I gained about 400 ft of elevation. It was VERY windy up top. But it felt so good because I was hot! It was hot out today. Then I ran some connecting trails. The way down was a bit sliddy. I slid ALL OVER the place! My shoes took a beating. 

I have more pictures. But I am sooooo lazy to go get my phone and retrieve. I am lazy in the am.....yep 

And what went wrong in this pic? I peed my running shorts laughing. 

ran 2 whole miles. ha. 20 min elliptical