In search of old age PRs

I was still drained from the weekend camping trip with the kids, but still managed to crawl out of bed for an early run up to the Avenues, through the U of U, above the Zoo and back into Sugar House.  It was a slow run until the last 5K which is a step downhill drop.

I was going to meet Jason at Highland, but he canceled this morning so I ran up to East High.  The Salt Lake Track club was also meeting there.  I believe they were doing ladders from 400s up to 800s.  The track was pretty full with over 20 people running.  I did a warm up and cool down with 3 x 1600 at 5K pace before running back home.

Nice interval work-out this morning at East High's track.  There were two large mule deer trapped inside for most of my run until the school's maitenance crew came and opened a gate.  This is not the first time I've seen deer trapped inside.  Hunters: I'm not sure how they get in, but they come from the cemetery next door.

I ran 8 x 800 (Yassos) with a warm up and cool down.  I ran them all very fast and this has been one of my strongest weeks of running since last year.  I have the Provo and Logan half-marathons coming up in August, but my full marathon will be St. George in October, so I'm a little worried about "peaking" too soon-if this is even possible for a marathon runner.

Morning trail run with Jason in Millcreek.  Short and slow mileage (steep climbs), but scenic running on the trails.

Easy run from house to Sugar House park and back.  Sam was up most of the night, so a very tiring morning run.  I hope to do a long trail run up City Creek Saturday morning.

Run with Jason up City Creek canyon.  We started at the gate and ran up to the dry lakes.  It was a challenging run with 3000 feet of climbing going up.  The trail was in a little better shape, but it disappeared at the lakes.  It was hot coming back down, but we were able to push the pace and recorded some 7 splits.