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Albion Basin trail running - easy

This will be updated once I know the correct placing when they have it on the web. This was only my 3rd 10K in last year - a long distance for me. I did OK and was pleased with the results. Last year I was 1:00.43 barely missing breaking an hour. I was 1,012 of 1,821 last year. This year, I greatly improved and was 53:01.1. My place was 764 of 2,034 runners. I was 34th of 83 in my age group. I think improving 7 minutes in one year is a great accomplishment for me being a year older and not young and only in my second year of running. I know it isnt a great time compared to all the great runners on this blog, but its good for me, a PR even though I havent run it much

Got up at 4:30, got to race start early, probably didnt warm up enough but will know better next time, I liked the cooler and cloudier weather. Started in the middle of the crowd. Felt good at start. Did well on the downhill but Im sure it took a pounding on me somewhat. At the top of the small hill to South Temple, I started to loose my energy. I was passing more people than they were passing me at that point. After that my legs got very tired and I had to keep fighting the negative thoughts. My legs get very sore in the joint where they connect by my waist, they get so sore that I just dont want to push for more frequent steps. I still have physical and mental energy but I dont want to push through that pain. I was around 25 minutes at the 5K. After that my main goal was just to finish, I couldnt push myself faster, more people seemed to pass me than I passed them. Once in awhile I would speed up to get around someone who minorly irriated me so it wasnt like I was completely dead, but then Id slip back into my upper leg pain which seemed to control me. I dont care for the long straight stretch down 200 east? to 900 south, seeing the long straight distance ahead and all the other runners was abit demoralizing. Overall I dont mind the running crowds though as it makes it a more interesting race. A couple of Alexanders running friends Lukas Erikson and Dakota Cobler passed me in the last 1/4, I caught Dakota and passed him back but he later sped up  to beat me half way down 900 south. I was both happy with my time because it was good for me and a great improvement  and disappointed in it too because I couldnt push myself to get past my leg pain and the fact I did it again being so close to the next lower time minute, surely I could have run one second faster to have gotten in the 52 minutes. Actually this is a good time since last weekend  at Draper 5K I was 26:13, so I pretty much kept my 5K pace doing it the same speed twice for this 10K

My son Alexander 10 years old continues to do well, winning his age group in his second 10K at a good time of 43 minutes +. He won a nice medal. I thought they should have at least given the age group winners some kind of prize too for their efforts besides just a medal since it is such a big race. Seems a little cheap in my opinion, as other races of lesser magnitude give them. But what do I know I guess

I didnt feel super tired at the end of the race, which tells me I do have more energy and ability. Its just that where my legs connect to my hips/waist area get very sore and painful there and I just dont want to speed up my steps. Do any of you other runners have any idea on that, why it happens, what I can do - Thanks. I was also sore in my left hamstring probably because I did not warm up and stretch enough.

Watched and was happy to see Sasha and Bill get 3rd and 5th, both good guys whose efforts paid off, I now understand why they work so hard and run so many miles. Then I watched the kids like Zak, Lucas, Dakota and Alex do the hula hoops with the band music. I know I had energy left as I ran a little back to car and played basketball for an hour in the afternoon

Ran at Dimple Dell Rec center on inside track while son had basketball, not the county park I often run. Was still very sore from my 10K, but I felt better about half way.

I guess I need to get 100 miles a week in so I can place in the next marathon like Sasha and Bill - not really, I havent even got 100 miles in a month like those amazing runners, but I keep trying to do better

2 miles at Germania Pass/Sugarloaf

5.5 miles indoor at Dimple Dell Rec Center

Felt better today, could run faster, less pain in hamstring

Upper Mill Creek trail in morning 5 miles, did ok on flats but tired on uphill

4 miles inside Dimple Dell Rec Center - each lap is 1/10 of a mile. Miles were 9:36, 9:13, 9:12, and 9:20

This was alot of miles for me. Felt Ok. Hamstring on left and achilles on right still hurt but tolerable. I am determined to keep running and improve right now.

Have been disappointed that no one commented on my Deseret 10K, but wasnt surprized, as few know me, elite runners mainly comment on other elite runners, Im certainly far from being a elite runner and its probably abit crazy that a runner who runs a 10K in 35 minutes or less would be interested in someone's blog who runs 53 minutes, people are busy and have limited time. But looking at things, I realize that elite runners wouldnt be elite if it wasnt for having all the slower runners like me. Some will remain elite, others will change later during their life and others will eventually be caught by the upcoming elite like my son - go Alexander go! Maybe I should make up a 5K or 10K call it the Fantasy 10K or Amazing 5K and list times of 32 minutes for the 10K and 16 minutes for a 5K, I bet that would attract attention and runners would be interested in who this competition is. (No - I wont do that, it wouldnt be ethical or honest) Conclusion is its just a blog, Im doing this for myself anyway, maybe it will make me work even harder to catch up a little. I know I can improve, Ill probably never be close in speed to those who have run most of their life and run hard on such a frequent basis. Maybe Ill just read the blogs to get ideas, record my miles and record brief text to get my thoughts out for myself. Thanks to Sasha and a couple others who have encouraged me and answered some of this fairly new rookies questions as reality it has only been less than 2 years of races and less than 1/2 year that has included any training. Watch out, maybe it will be next race or next year when I catch you

Ran Dimple Dell rec center park again while son had basketball

Tried to run 2 of the miles fast for me - they were 8:22 and *:14