Training for a Belt Buckle

Rest day today (and maybe for the next few days).  I will probably keep my mileage under 25 this week and not run at all until Wednesday or later.

Took a muscle relaxant last night to let me sleep.  I can't fall asleep after marathon and longer runs without any help.  I think my mind and body stay hyped even when exhausted.

I woke up this morning and as I got out of bed I realized my entire torso is super sore.  Tomorrow is going to be a real joy.  I think it was the weight of the Camelback on my back all day and that has really stiffened it up.  The legs were only bad the first trip downstairs - but they react like after a marathon.

Went and visited my old ward in Layton today and mentioned to a couple of people that I ran down to Provo yesterday and they responded like, "....and what did you do there?" I laughed and said, "No - I really ran to Provo yesterday."

I'm feeling pretty good today, except for some stiffness if I sit too long or a little bit of soreness in the left knee when I go down stairs.

Just walked/jogged 1.75 miles with Twilight on a new route for her to sniff out.

After dinner I am going to run 2 more miles on the treadmill and then do an upper body workout.

2.5 miles running with Twilight.  Now I brought her back to work with me for a couple of hours since the office is closed.

After work I jogged 1 mile with Twilight. 

Leslie was running late, so I ran down to the Trax trail (aka Queen Penguins Trail) to meet her for a run. 2 miles there. I was wearing a 12 pound weight vest and that slowed me down.

Leslie and Odee showed up and I left the vest in her car. The first mile or so with Odee was like trying to hold back the tide - he wanted to run and I wanted to keep my face intact.  We ran 5.5 miles together.  I tried to outsprint Les at the finish - but she had instructed Odee to refuse to go above a job - so she won the sprint.

OK - so the donut I ate an hour before the run was probably not the best fuel.

7.5 miles in 1:25.  I picked a very hilly course - I would think less than a mile was actually flat and it was net uphills ( I still don't know how there can be more uphills than down on a round about course).

Pushed the first five miles. Somewhere between marathon and tempo pace.  I took a 3 minute break at Gold's  Gym at 4.1 miles and was still struggling to get my breathing under control when I started up.  Knees started hurting around mile 6.  Took some walk breaks the last mile.

By mile 6 my ab area was really tired from the pushing section

Avg 11:22   Max 7:15

Miles 1-6: 12:19/11:00/11:04/9:31/9:33/11:49

Had a touch of the flu yesterday and slept for four hours to help my body heal.

Couldn't fall asleep as a result during the night.

This afternoon I ran 12.5 wonderful miles.  Stopped at 8 to talk with another marathon runner. I ran .5 more with Twilight as a cool down. It sure has been nice to run in shorts this week.