El Burro Blanco

8.10 miles in the morning.

12.05 miles in the afternoon.

My legs were a little sore this morning but it was nice to shake the legs out for 8 + miles.  I felt good after I was done.

I ran 4.5 miles with the guys on the track team and then put them through an interval workout.  I planned on going to do my speed workout with Paul Pilkington but decided it wouldn't be good to jump right into it again.  I will take it easy for the next couple days and might do a little speed workout on Thursday to get me ready for Moab this weekend.  I finished out the day with another 7.5 miles at an easy pace.

8 miles in the morning.

12 miles in the afternoon.

The quads feel much better today.  I am really happy about that.  Really looking forward to seeing lots of people down in Moab.  It should be a lot of fun.

It was pretty cold this afternoon (32 degrees).  I did an easy 5.5 miles with the track team which included 1 mile tempo at 5:30 pace.  I then finished off the day by doing another 6.5 miles.  The legs are almost all the way back to normal.  I am not sure how I will do in Moab.  I am thinking at least sub-1:09.

8 miles in the morning.

12.5 miles in the afternoon.

It was chilly once again this morning.  I am glad that I survived this morning's run.

I ran with the girls today to see how they are doing.  They are pushing each other very well.  We did 4.5 miles today.  I then did another 8 miles to finish out the day.  I am still keeping the pace slower to help the legs recover from last weekend.  I talked with Paul Pilkington tonight and talked about Moab.  He wants me to do a speed workout tomorrow and then treat the race on Saturday as a training run.  I think that will be best.  I will see what I end up doing here very soon.

8 miles in the morning.

8 wonderful miles in the morning.  The legs aren't feeling too bad now.  Yeah!

I ran an easy 2 miles with the track team and then put them through a nice speed workout on the track.  I ran another 7 easy miles after practice and then did my track workout.  It was a little chilly but I wanted to get it done.  I did 12 x 400m on Fremont High's track.  I did them all between 68-70 seconds.  I did 90 second recovery jogs between each one.  My legs felt good afterwards which made me real happy.  Today was a good running day.

8 miles in the morning.

I ran another easy 8 miles this morning.  I have to confess something.  On the way to work I saw a thermometer showing 17 degrees!  I yelled in the car, "WARM-UP!"  It could happen.  We will have to wait and see.

I talked with Paul Pilkington and decided to do a training run today during the half marathon instead of racing it. I ran 5 miles before the race for a nice little warmup. I ran over to pick up my packet and just get the legs loosened up. My legs are still recovering from last week so I decided to do the first 9 miles at 5:40-5:50 pace and then throw in some tempo miles for the last 4. I started out with Cody and did a mile or so with him and then eventually caught up to Walter and ran with him until mile 9. I then kicked it in and ran the last 4 miles in: 5:09, 5:13, 5:20, and 5:11. I ended up doing the whole race in 5:33/mile overall. I felt fine after the race and was glad that I didn't race it. I saw the winning time and knew I could have hit that today. I ended up passing 6 guys in the last 4.10 miles so I got a little bit of "racing" in for the day. I am really shooting for my PR at the Strider's Half on April 5th. I did a 2.4 mile cooldown after the race while going back and running in with Nick Froerer from the blog. He had a good race today. The course today had a lot of uphill and it didn't bother my legs to much. I am very happy about that. It was good seeing some of the Fast Running Bloggers down here as well. Katey and I met up with Paul, Stacy, David Nelson, Cody, Bethany, Ben, and Anna to indulge on some brugers. I had some chicken and only got the leftovers of Paul's bruger but it was worth it. It was yummy! Nothing like eating a hamburger with a bratwurst at the same time.