Run Maynard, Run!

5.52 miles / 0:46:29 / 8:25 A.P. / Home

Quick run tonight--quick to appease my daughter.  I wanted at least 7 miles.

First run since the Buffalo Run--felt pretty good.

I need to work on my abdominal/core muscles--there's too much sloshing around going on with my guts.

6.2 miles / 0:50:02 / 8:05 A.P. / PRT

It was good to get out.

Oh yeah!  I ran the last half mile barefoot.

7.57 miles / 1:02:14 / 8:14 A.P. / Home

Something about the ASICS GT's that seem to rub my arch on my right foot--old pair and the new pair.  It's irritating.

Splits varied between 8:04 to 8:22.  An extremely flat run with a nice headwind when running west and north.  Any guesses as to where my slower miles were?

No donuts--just the promise of a nice cold glass of chocolate milk when I got back.  Mmmm.  Chocolate milk!

12.08 miles / 1:52:30 / 9:19 A.P. / Porter Rockwell Trail

Good run, good time, thanks to Smooth, Kathie, Tom Slick, RAD, plus...   First time on the Porter Rockwell Trail.  Nice trail--well maintained and it was quite popular this morning.  Don't know when the last time I saw that many folks out on the Provo River Trail.  Never maybe?

Thanks RAD for the chocolate milk, muffins, and oranges at the finish!  Good luck next week at the SLC Half!  When you work those ITB issues out, you're going to be F-A-S-T!

Smooth and Kathie: you two are going to kick some serious butt at Boston.  Those two left me in the dust at about mile 9 and then ran an extra mile after getting back to the trailhead.

Tom, as always, it was a pleasure to spend some time out on the road with you.  It's been too long!

8.03 miles / 1:05:38 / 8:11 A.P. / Upper Provo River Trail

What a welcome relief after a Monday at work.

Darn ASICS gave me another blister!  Maybe if I swapped out the insole...

5.51 miles / 0:44:36 / 8:05 A.P. / Home

Ran with the ASICS again, but put in a pair of insoles from another pair of shoes--felt better.

It was a really nice run.  I felt good the whole time with the minor exception of the last mile when I was running with the wind and I got a bit warm.

I'm wishing they'd hurry up and finish with the road work that's got a portion of my normal route closed off--even to die-hard foot traffic.  But then again, I should know that if it's road construction it's going to be a long while before it's done.  Oh well.

8.04 miles / 1:05:39 / 8:10 A.P. / Provo River Trail

I loved running today.

Mostly.

The first 3 miles sucked it up--I just didn't feel it.  But during the last mile before the turnaround (and my slowest mile of the day) things improved drastically.  The 4 miles back to the car were all sub 8!

On another note, I think I'm going to petition the county, or whoever is responsible for that trail, to ban idiots and long-boarders.  Mostly they are both the same, but today I had a guy walking two mini-dogs and he was letting them wander wherever the heck they wanted to go--which included right in front of me.  I mumbled some choice words under my breath as I hopped and skipped over his dogs and their leashes--idiot.  When I was heading back down he pretty much did the same thing as we passed again only this time we glared at each other.  And then there's the long boarders.  I can't count the number of times while I've been on a bike they've nearly caused me to crash because they don't understand where their lane is or why they should be there when being passed or passing--idiots!

I'll stop ranting now or I'll cross the civil and respectful line we've been asked not to.

8.62 miles / 1:13:20 / 8:30 A.P. / Jordan River Parkway

On a rare Sunday afternoon run, I went local--having lived within a few miles since the trail's been there, I figured I'd better utilize it.  Went to where the JRP begins (roughly) at Utah Lake and ran north.  8/10ths of a mile up the trail is closed for bridge construction.  Ran back to the car and then added another 2 miles going east.  3.4 miles. I then drove over to the 1500 N Lehi spot and ran south 2.5 miles, got lost and off the trail at Willow Park but found it again and then back to the car.  5.22 miles.

10.10 miles / 1:23:33 / 8:16 A.P. / Provo River Trail

It's getting warm out there.

11.58 miles / 1:38:02 / 8:28 A.P. / Provo River Trail

8.06 miles / 1:07:38 / 8:24 A.P. / Provo River Trail

Good run.  I really haven't been feeling it the last few runs and the start of today's was no different.  Just can't get into the groove.  That and I've got some tightness in my right ankle that's causing me concern--especially this close to Ogden.  But today, after 3 1/2 miles, things came together a lot better than they have been.  I started to feel better.  And at the end, I really felt pretty good.  Probably should have kept going for a mile or two more.  Oh well.

I need to eat something.

And a cold glass of chocolate milk would be good too!

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There's gonna come, in the not so distant future, when my ability to go directly from work to the PRT and run is going to become severely limited.  I'll miss it when it does.

I'll have to get up early in the A.M. and run. 

Or something. 

My treadmill won't be available for a while either--I don't think.

4.01 miles / 0:35:44 / 8:54 A.P. / Home

Talked to the boy just after he got out of school.  He said he wanted to come hang out with his Pa.  Had a rough day I guess.  I said we'd go for a short run to get rid of some of the stress.  He said yes.  I fell out of my chair and was useless for the rest of the day.

But he meant it and we went running.  Me and the boy, side by side, for 4 miles just talking about stuff.  Four 9-minute miles with the boy beat any number of sub-8's by myself.

My ankle (I think it's actually the lower portion of my calf) is still sore.  I think it's all the forefoot running I've been doing lately.  Maybe.  I hope.  I don't know.

6.21 miles / 0:52:28 / 8:27 A.P. / Provo River Trail

Snow and wind. 

Very few folks out on the trail--pansies! 

Nice run. 

Ankle/calf feels much better today. 

Head hurts. 

Going to bed. 

Good night all!