Training for a Belt Buckle

My son wanted to hike Mt. Timpanogos today, so we headed out around 8 a.m. and started hiking about 9 a.m.  My legs were feeling pretty good. My head and body were feeling like I was 'out of gas' and a little fuzzy.  My goals were to make the saddle before turning back, stay under 30 minutes per mile, and do a negative split.  It was pretty hot today, so made sure I drank some water every 10 minutes and alternated gu on the hour with gatorade endurance and a beef jerky stick on the half hour.

I made it to the saddle (6.28 miles) and was resting before my son came back from the top.  He was a little ticked that I had made it so far - he though sure he would outdo me by a lot more than he did.  I also called him out because two guys who came down from the top about 10 minutes before he did were so impressed that he had run the Park City Marathon the day before and then also was hiking Timp the next day.  I got a bit ticked and told them that "he stole my marathon!".  They were more impressed that an old lady like me did it than an 18 year old.  Kevin was pretty embarrassed that I called his bluff - he didn't think he would get found out.  (No one takes credit for Tarzan's runs).

Nice blister on my big toe, but I am resting and relaxing and getting ready to head off tomorrow to Michigan.  I think I will take tomorrow as a rest day and try and get one or two runs in while I am away on business.

Rest day today, but lots of walking around airports.

My legs felt surprisingly good today after all the punishment of the last two days.  I don't know if that is because I am on the right track with training or because I need to push myself more.

However, standing up after dinner tonight - I suddenly felt my quad muscles go 'ouch' and remember that they are in recovery mode.

No running again today.  I've had a hard time falling asleep most nights that last month or so and the same thing happened last night.  I had to get up early to eat breakfast with my boss and off for a day of meetings.  By the time we finished eating dinner, I decided to avoid working out and hoping I could fall asleep (not working so far - its 10:30 in Michigan).  I did find a running store near hear and it was 'track night' and they had a 20% discount on everything so I bought a Livestrong Running shirt, 2 pairs of socks and a running poster for my son and a Livestrong running shirt, running sunglasses and the Definitive Guide to Ultrarunning for me.

We are staying right near the freeway and the roads around here are really busy.  The sidewalks start and stop all over the place and there is no shoulder on any of the roads.  Tomorrow morning I will either hit the treadmill in the 'fitness center' or do laps around the hotel parking lot.  I've been breaking my feet in with my new Vibram Five Fingers shoes and want to try those out in a running situation.

I hit the treadmill in the fitness center this morning.  No oomph in my legs (probably because I need to remember I just finished a marathon).  I alternated running and walking. The problem with fitness centers is they are small rooms - so I was dripping with sweat.

Off to breakfast and then to business.  Have a good day all!

Spent most of the day at the hospital playing Guitar Hero on Nintendo DS against my sister and waiting for our dad to have double hernia surgeries.  This afternoon I took a break and mowed his lawn, then walked the 2.5 miles to UV Hospital and visited for a while and then came back.  The legs are still 'heavy' - I can feel the right knee some.  Tomorrow I will try running again.