El Burro Blanco

12.15 miles in the morning.

10.20 miles in the evening.

I started out the week with 6 miles at 7:24/mile pace.  I pushed the pace up to 6:39/mile pace for 3 miles and then finished the last 3 or so miles at 6:15/mile pace.  It was a a nice run to start the week off.  I need to get most of my miles in at the first of the week because I will be in Dallas over the weekend and don't know how much I will be running there.  After work I did another 10 miles.  I did 3 miles at 7:24/mile pace to warm-up and then went to 6:39/mile pace for 2 miles and then finished the last bit of the run at marathon pace (6:00/mile).  I was pleased to get these runs to start the week off.  My legs are not feeling to bad after today's runs.  That makes me happy.

13.71 miles in the morning.

6.29 miles in the evening.

I woke up early and went to Acceleration.  They pushed pretty hard today.  I did 6 sets for a minute each at a pretty steep incline.  I was a marathon pace (6:00/mile) for the first 6 sets.  The trainers pushed the speed up to a 4:30/mile and then eventually a 4:00/mile pace with a slight incline.  I did short bursts of speed for :15.  I did some core excercises and then lifted some weights.  This was a total of 2 miles.  I wasn't feeling to bad after this and then went over too Logan High and met up with Cody, James, and Paul to do some speed work.  It was nice to finally meet Paul and talk with him for a bit.  I had never done 1000m runs before so it was something new for me.  We did 7 x 1000m sprints with 1 min. - 200m recovery jogs.  I stuck with Paul for all of them until I hit the last one at a touch slower pace.  My splits were at about 3:12 until the last one which was a little slower.  This calculates to just under a 5:10/mile pace.  I cooled down with James and Paul by running up to Pineview Apartments and then back down to Logan High with Paul.  I was pleased to hang with Paul today while doing speed work.  He really pushed me.  It was nice to gauge where I am at right now in my training.  I enjoyed running with the Logan guys this morning.  I will have to do it more often.  I did 6.29 miles this evening at a slow 7:30/mile pace to put me at 20 miles for the day.

11.20 miles in the morning.

9 miles in the afternoon.

I was a little sore this morning so I did a slow recovery jog at 7:24/mile pace.  I moved up the pace just a little this afternoon to 7:18/mile.  Today was a nice recovery day.  Happy to get in another 20 mile day.  Not to much to report.

10.55 miles in the morning.

10 miles in the evening.

I got 2 miles in at Acceleration.  I was walking backward on the treadmill and then running forward on it with an incline.  I did some core exercises and felt good after all of it was done.  I met up with James and ran along the canal trail, Bonneville Shoreline trail, up to Green Canyon, back down by Lundstrom Park, and then ended at Pineview Apartments where James lives.  It was not a fast pace but it was nice to talk with him about school and the upcoming St. George Marathon.  It was nice and cool and was a fun run with someone to talk to.  We ended up doing 8.55 miles together.  I wanted to push the pace on my evening run because I don't know how much running I will be getting in Dallas.  I did 8 miles at 6:00/mile pace and then cooled down with 2 miles at 7:18/mile pace.  It felt fine keeping the pace at 6:00/mile but I had to stop twice to use the restroom.  My stomach bothered me a bit.  I survived though.

7 miles in Dallas.

I am really glad that I got most of my mileage in during the first part of the week.  Katey and I left very early this morning to get on the flight to go too Dallas.  We came to Dallas because my wife served her mission here and wanted to see some of the people she served around.  One of the young girls that went on exchanges with her got baptized and is going on her mission soon.  Katey really wanted to see her.  We stepped off the plane and the humidity nearly killed me!  I immediately started sweating.  I went out this afternoon and managed to get a 7 mile run in.  I had no idea where to go but I just went out and tried to survive.  It was 95 degrees outside and 41% humidity.  It felt really muggy.  I haven't sweat that bad in a long time.  I ran from our hotel to a place much like the BDO in Ogden.  I turned right on a road and ended up getting on a major highway.  It was fun to go out and explore the area a bit.  I got back to the hotel and could not stop dripping due to all of the sweat.  I am grateful to live in Utah where the humidity is not bad at all.  Hopefully I can run tomorrow.  My wife has some activities planned and this is her vacation so we shall see.

I was still in Dallas today.  With all of the activities Katey had planned I was not able to go out for a run.  We met up with her brother and sister-in-law for a soccer game.  I wasn't feeling very well today so I don't feel too bad not going out on a run.