It ain't Chinese algebra!

Great run today. Something about spring-like weather that makes me want to fly. It felt great to run in shorts and light gloves, rather than long-sleeves, beenie, and heavy gloves. Anyway, I started out wanting to just 6:00/mile pace, but I felt really good, so after a couple miles, I dropped the pace and turned it into a tempo run. I ran past the Coke plant, back roads to the hospital, past CVHS, then north on the main street to the northern freeway exit. That last 1.5 miles is all up-hill, but I seemed to maintain pace no problem. Good stuff. Anyway, back the same way, plus a little more. Such a fun run. The tempo distance ended up @ 10.2 miles, so I ran a bit more to make it an even 11.

Tempo Distance: 10.20

Total Time: 56:50

Pace: 5:34

Rotterdam (88)

Pool running.  I think I'm getting used to these workouts.  I need to figure out a way to make them harder.

• 10 laps in 14:55
• 10 laps in 13:10, hard every other one
• 10 laps in 17:12, no arms every other one
• 8 laps in 8 minutes? Mix of run (2), breast stroke (4) and freestyle (2)

So this is starting to get old. 3 miles into my run, I had a serious urge to use the bathroom. I found one, did my thing, and then was fine. Maybe I'm eating too much the night before these runs. This was the 3rd time I've had this happen in the past 6(?) runs. Just annoying, really. Oh well. After that, did another 8 miles. Route today was zig-zagging through every street in town, or so it seemed. Too many turns, but I didn't feel like running out into the farmlands. I also included the middle school hill, north of Del Taco.

Total Time: 1:10:12

Pace: 6:22

Red(169)

Pool this morning, and I actually swam most of it.

• 10 laps in 14:59, running each lap
• 10 laps in 13:14, freestyle 1 lap, running 1 lap, etc.
• 10 laps in 12:57, same as above
• 10 laps, freestyle and breaststroke

3 miles, very easy

Sinister (90)

I was going to run with the club in St. George this morning, but didn't have a car to get me there. Oh well--some other time. I ran around Hurricane and LaVerkin for a very solid run. After 6 miles in Hurricane, I went to the north side of LaVerkin and ran 1 mile up the S-Curve on the Hurricane Half Marathon course. I was pleased that my pace didn't drop slower than 6:45/mile on my way up. I came back through LaVerkin, past the Hurricane Middle School and south to the Hurricane Intermediate School, then back through my parents neighborhood to round it out to 20. I felt great the entire run, with zero knee or hip issues. Gatorade stops at 6 and 12. No cramps.

The pace was interesting today. The first 4 miles, I seemed to struggle to hit 6:45 pace, but from that point on, I struggled to go slower than 6:00/mile pace. I wanted to hit 6:15's or so, but I'd look down and see 5:45 or 5:50 with what seemed the same effort. It felt great to run so effortlessly.

Total Time: 2:01:57 (4 minute negative split from mile 10)

Pace: 6:05

Red(189)