El Burro Blanco

Katey and I got home from a long day of driving back from Logan but I knew I needed to go out and get a run in.  I ran from our house and went over too the Barrel Roll trail.  I ran about 9 miles on the trail and then went over to my parent's house for dinner.  I felt really good on this run and it was nice to get out for a run after the long day of driving.

Good start to the week!

6.75 miles with the cross country team.

8 miles on the trails with Kamm.

We did a nice 30 minute warmup and then ran more 800s on the track.  The kids are really pushing hard and it is good to see so many of them improving.  I need to remind myself to be patient with them.  They are working really hard.

I then went and ran some trails around the high school again with Kamm.  We decided my new nickname is "El Burro Blanco."  I guess it sounds okay.  We had a good run but it got dark quick so we both nearly tripped a couple of times.  We both survived though.

14.25 miles in the morning.

5.25 miles in the afternoon.

I met up with Clyde, Paul H., and Steve this morning for a nice "easy" run.  My legs were a little sore from everything yesterday and it was nice and casual at first but the boys decided to really hammer it.  I stayed back and watched them go and have fun with each other.  I caught back up with them and managed to hang on.  Clyde was feeling frisky and wanted to run a mile all out.  I stayed with him for .12345th of a mile and then my calf started to tighten up so I decided to just relax.  I still don't want to overdo anything.  It was really fun running with these guys though.

I ran just over 5 miles easy with some of the girls on the cross country team.  It was a recovery day and the weather was slightly overcast so it didn't burn me out to much.

Not a bad day of running!  It is nice to have days like this.

7.5 miles in the afternoon.

I am going to relax a little today and tomorrow so I can have okay feeling legs for Saturday plus I don't want to do to much mileage just yet.

We did a good warmup and then I did the 800 workout with one of the kids who missed it on Tuesday.  We did pretty good together.  Nice to not have to run a ton of miles today.

I went for a 9 mile run on Barrel Roll with Kamm today after work.  It was stinking hot for some reason.  It was nice talking with him and the trail was once again quite eventful.

I ran an easy 3 miles this evening with one of my cross country kids during our Run-a-thon.  It was his 3 mile PR.

Really fun run this morning.  I met up with a huge group and we drove up 23 miles and ran back down to the finish line.  I was really tired this morning but I felt okay once I started running.  I am planning on pacing (Clyde might help too:) )a 3:00 group for the marathon and so I practiced that today with Wildbull who is in that group.  Everyone kept the pace nice and relaxed for 10+ miles and then we all started to pick it up.  I made Bill stay right behind so I could pace him and then hand water to him when he needed it.  Paul H. also ran with us and then took off and did a great job finishing the run ahead of us.

I wore my racing flats for the first time in a long time so it felt good to have those on.  My calves tightened up a little bit but I felt good after the run.  Bill did a great job this morning.

I am just trying to get in the miles so my body can handle some other workouts later on.  It is nice though just doing mileage instead of any major speed workouts. 

It should be fun pacing everyone who wants to break 3 hours at the marathon.  I am contemplating wearing Bill's blow up doll so everyone can find Clyde and me but I want to make sure it is family appropriate!

This was another great week of running.