El Burro Blanco

Needed to sleep in this morning. Long night.

8.25 miles this afternoon with the boys. We did a 2 mile warm up, 5x1000m @ I pace with a 200m put in between and then a 2 mile cool down. Ran with the sophomore boys today and then pushed the last one with the seniors. 3:13, 3:12, 3:11, 3:12, 3:05. Decent splits for me. Actually felt okay.

Plyombata afterwards.

Tempo Tuesday with The Circle and James. James is rocking it out lately. It has been great to see. 

Legs were still a little sore from yesterday but I told myself I wanted to just run off of feel today and see how it went. I knew on the warm up that I was wearing too much clothing. It got warm pretty quick. Eased into the 8 mile tempo section and only checked the watch once or twice. Ended up averaging 5:40/mile. That is about what I am shooting for in Phoenix. Not a bad morning workout with all things considered. I should probably not push a hard workout with the team the day before and see what happens. I think mentally it helps to push on tired legs though. 

6 more miles this afternoon running with the girls on a trail on the Arizona Strip. It goes towards the back side of Little Black Mtn. Good run!

Really needed to get some sleep last night. Didn't get over to run with Clyde. 3 miles with the team this morning.

7.25 miles this afternoon. Ran the first part of the tempo run with Courtney and then finished off with the boys. The route the team does is not easy but is honest. Very impressed with how the team is doing right now. Excited to see what will happen this year. Core and stretching after wards. Perfect weather this afternoon.

6 miles this morning from the house into Santa Clara.

Kenyan Run plus a little extension after wards for a total of 6 more miles. A little bit of rain made it nice.

6 miles in the afternoon. Some with the team and some on my own. Big workout planned for tomorrow.

Big boy run with Dave and Clyde this morning out on Utah Hill. Glad I put on my big boy pants and got a good night's rest. We ended up driving down a little farther than planned but the idea was to run up 12 miles and then push it back down to the car. It was a long drag to the top and to our surprise we ended up at 12.5 miles. Measuring distance in the car doesn't work. Took a Gu at the start and then again up at the top. Legs felt a little flat but I knew they would feel better once I got going.

Splits: 5:28, 5:22, 5:25, 5:21, 5:15, 5:09, 5:06, 5:06, 5:08, 5:06, 5:10, and 5:17 for a 5:14/mile average on the 12 mile section. I actually felt very relaxed throughout the tempo section and didn't feel like I was straining too much. I wish I could have finished a touch stronger on that last mile but the road leveled off and my legs were pretty trashed. Glad to get this workout out a few weeks out from Phoenix. 25 miles total for the day.

Might go out later for a walk or a short run to keep the legs loose. #Kroger#WesternFamily#EpicClyde

Solid week of running once again.