I wanted to get some good down hill and about 12 miles so I had Allison drop me off at the top of Sardine and I ran home. I got a later start than I wanted, but was glad it wasn't any later because of the nasty weather. I left my Garmin at the school, so I did my run normal (with a watch), and was glad I did. I wanted to hit some faster miles and knew I would on the downhill portions. Six of the those 12 miles are really good downhill! It was cold at the top and the wind was a head wind most of the run, I should taken gloves. When I got down to Mantua it started to snow, and with a strong headwind I was getting pelted in the face pretty hard and had a hard time seeing. I thought I was going to have another pre-Ogden run like I had with Cody and Paul (see May 5, 2007 entry). Luckly, the snow only lasted about two miles and it cleared up as I came into Brigham City. I came out of the canyon onto HWY 89 averaging under 6 minute pace, with a headwind, and two uphill miles. That was a lot faster than what i thought I was going. The last 4 miles to home I settled into a comfortable pace. With a mile to go the wind switched and I got a nice tail wind for the first time in 11 miles. The wind pushed me home right infront of the storm. I averaged 6:30 pace (with slight uphill the whole way) for the last 4 miles, and ended up with a 6:09 average pace for the whole run. I was moving a lot faster than it felt, so that was good. I was super happy with that run, it was the best one I have had in the last 8 weeks. I need some confidence boosters right now. I know I am in great shape, other than my recovering lung tissue, but I am weak mentally. I think I can run good next week, and I am hoping for a breakthrough run, but you never know! I am as ready as I will be and now, I just need to work on my race mentallity. 1:13:49
(Omni- 192 miles) | 