Trying to keep up with you

Was suppose to do my long run today but...family matters took priority.  Rode my bike with my wife for about 70 minutes.  Easy and enjoyable ride = 4 easy miles.

Long run in the afternoon.  First mile was painful.  It seemed like my body wanted nothing to do with it.  However, after the first mile things got much easier.  Felt strong pretty  much throughout the whole run.  Last mile I managed to increase the speed to a 7:20 mile without digging too deep.

Time: 2:24:31

Average Pace: 7:49.8

Definetly a break through run.  Still feeling the rush...

Run from Planet Fitness (300 S State St) to Liberty Park, 3 laps around the park, and back.  Kept the pace easy to and from the park and picked up the pace for the three laps.  I felt suprisingly good considering my long run was yesterday.   

Low energy level today.  Struggled through 8 miles.  Treadmill miles (uuugh).

Thursday runs up City  Creek Canyon have become my rave runs.  Started today from the gym (Planet Fitness 300 S State SLC) and run through Memory Grove, up City Creek Canyon, to the top of the  Water Treatment Center and back managed a solid pace throughout the run.

Got my new shoes yesterday and my knees thanked me for it.  I could really let go on the down hill without my knees complaining.

1:19:00 - 7:21 pace

Easy run up City Creek Canyon.  Didn't have anything for breakfast or lunch prior to the run (too busy).  Really affected my energy level.  I'm not planning to run tomorrow so I should have fresh legs for my long run on Sunday.  Next week I plan to drop the mileage by about a third.  After 3 weeks of pushing myself in both speed and total miles I figure its time to do some recovering and absorb the gains attained.