El Burro Blanco

6 miles in the morning.

6 miles in the afternoon.

I had a fever all day yesterday and was asleep in bed.  I couldn't keep much food down but drank plenty of fluids.  Suprisingly, I felt pretty good this morning.  I kept the pace real easy.  I need to keep drinking lots of fluids.

I felt really good at practice.  I don't know where that spell of sickness came from.  I did 3 miles with the track team with a couple 400s at their mile race pace.  I then went and did another 6 miles right after practice.  It was a nice day for running.

I did an interval breakdown on the track right after practice today.  I did a 2000, 1600, 1200, 800, and 400.  I was supposed to drop a second per lap on each interval.  My times went as follows: 6:14, 4:58, 3:44, 2:27, and 1:08.  It felt good to get the legs moving but I ended up getting rid of some of my sickness after the 1600.  I felt better after this occurred though.  I then went up to Eden and ran with a buddy for 10 easy miles on part of the marathon course.  He is only doing the half so it was good for him to get some miles in.  I am planning on doing my 4 mile tempo run on Thursday on this same part of the course.  It will be good to get me mentally ready for next week.

6 miles in the morning.

6 miles in the evening.

An easy 6 with of little bit of it in the rain.  It felt really nice.

I got home late from the region track meet and did another easy 6 miles around town.  I was able to avoid the rain which was nice.

6 miles in the morning.

8 miles in the evening.

I love the smell of fresh rain once it hits the ground. I was in rainy heaven this morning. Should be good weather for my tempo run later this evening.

I got home late from the track meet but hurried up to run on part of the marathon course.  I knew the section I would run on (mile 13.5 - 17.5) is not the easiest section of the course but I wanted to do it anyways.  I did a 2.5 mile warmup and then went for it.  Here are the splits as follows: 5:22, 5:26, 5:30, and 5:33.  I was happy with the first mile going up the hill right after the halfway mark but the wind really picked up for the next 3 miles.  I had a headwind for the rest of the tempo run.  I did a 1.5 mile cooldown to give me 8 for the evening.  I realized that I need to be patient through this section of the course and really let it loose at about mile 18.  It seems like it is mostly downhill but their is a fair amount of gradual uphill.

6 miles in the morning.

6 miles in the early evening. 

I avoided the rain this morning and the run was actually pretty warm.  I was happy with that.  I am getting really excited for the Pasta Party!

I did an easy 6 miles after we ran the junior high meet.  It was a little cool even with the sun beating down on me.  Nothing that exciting to report.

I did the last half of the Ogden Marathon  really early this morning with a couple guys who are also training with Paul Pilkington.  It was really good to run the last half to see where I can push it and also where I need to be more patient.  The canyon is absolutely beautiful!  The temperature was a little cold but it was perfect running conditions.  I hope we luck out next week and have great conditions.  I cannot believe the marathon is next week.  It is crazy to sit back and say that it is in only one week.  I feel like I have trained the smartest and hardest for this marathon more so than my 10+ previous marathons combined.  I know I am ready and prepared to go out and run a good race.  I need to just go out and do it.