Speed only kills if you don't have it!

I ran another easy run with the guys today.  We were supposed to have a meet today at West Jordan but it was canceled because of the weather.  The meet is now tomorrow which messes up our schedule so we'll make due.  I ran most of the run today with Derrek, while the rest of the team lagged behind.  7:38 pace. We did 5x100m strides on the grass when we finished.

Our invite at Alta was canceled because it snowed all morning.  I went home and watched conference and got out on a run in between sessions.  It was still cold and very windy.  I did a loop the went east on 300 N in AF to canyon road in PG, north to the road that goes by the Temple, around the Temple, and home by way of 700 N and 200 E.  I felt okay, but when you run 15 miles a week and take all that time off, seven miles feels like a 20 miler!  The wind about stood me still every time I was going North.  7:14 ave for the run.

Ran an easy run with my kids out into Bluffdale and back.  We tried a new canal, which was pretty nice to run on.  The south wind was a beast and it was a little chilly, other than that good running weather.  1:00:00

I invited my kids to do an LA Freeway run with me over the Easter break and they chose today.  It just happened to be raining the whole night and morning.  But I had seven of my best guys (Chris, Alex, Dillon, Stockton, Derrek, Zak, and Nolan) and three of my best girls (Aubree, Jennica, and Ashlynn) show up even though it was raining, and they drove all of the way down to Provo too!  We toughed it out through the rain, that ended up not being too bad once we got going.  The trail isn't quite as beastly as it was back when I was younger but it is still a trip, and the weather added to it!  I was a little nervous because I knew that I had run yesterday, fairly long for me right now, and today would be my longest hardest run sin I did this run in November with Macy, Chris, and Derrek.  But I actually was fine, as fine as can be on that kind of a trip.  The trail was soft in places and there was a lot of puddles to dodge, but it wasn't too bad.  It was a beautiful run today, you could look off the mountain and see the entire Utah Valley, and look up and there was the snow and storm.  I had a great time and I think my kids did too, even though they were moaning a lot.  I got a kick out of every hill they would come to and the line of moans and gasps I would hear behind me.  We busted off the mountain pretty good today and my little group ran the last three miles around 6 minute pace or better, which is the fastest I have run since Foot Locker.  It was good downhill though.  The 9.75 miles took just over 1:17 and the total run with the cool down was 10 miles in 1:20:04

We all changed out of our soaking wet clothes into something dry and headed over to Magelby's Fresh for breakfast.  We got there just after 10:30 when they stop serving breakfast, but they were nice enough to still let us get French Toast.  Their French Toast might be the best I've had with that yummy caramel syrup, ummmmmhh!  The plates had about 10-12 half pieces on them, and I downed the whole plate.  Fun run today and good memories!   I was very impressed with the kids and their tough attitudes, even though there was a lot of whining.

I got more miles between yesterday and today than I normally get in a week.  I will take it easy tomorrow though.  Easing back into running is tough because I want to get going so bad, but I know I need to be very patient.  I am probably about 85 percent healthy right now, and I get way sore in my butt, hip, and groin areas after my runs.  Not much irretation during the runs most of the time, but I haven't ran fast or hard either.  Who knows, maybe I'll be crippled tomorrow, but I hope not.

Recovery run from the LA Freeway yesterday.  I am sore and tired, and felt sluggish.  Did a loop up around the hospital in the later morning.  7:25 pace for the run.  First 3 days back to back since October.

Met my kids this morning for a workout at the track.  I decided to do the workout with Aubree and the girls, since I haven't done any speed in 5 months.  It turned out good.  we warmed up for a bout 20 minutes and did 4x100 meter strides on the track to get ready.  The workout was 16x200m with 200 recoveries at 800m goal pace, harder than it sounds!  I ran 14 with Aubree and 2 with Stockton: :37, :36, :36, :36, :36, :36, :36, :36, :34, :35, :35, :36, :35, :36, :32, :32.  we cooled down for about two miles after the workout  through the neighborhoods N/E of the school.  Windy today, but nicer weather than what we have had to do intervals.  8 miles total running today.  It felt good for me to get the old legs moving a bit, I might pay for it later though! 

6 miles with my varsity kids after school.  We did a very slow and wet loop around east Riverton.  I was soaked by the end!

I did some hill repeats with my kids on the Hawkins and Tithing hills, we did 5 repeats of each.  It was cold but the rain had mostly stopped.  We definitely don't get enough hill work in.  I have now ran my second three day in a row workout!  8.5 miles total.

Very easy run with my kids after school.  We ran on the muddy canal and then on lawn to clean the shoes off.  My first 4 days of running back to back since October!

Easy run with the kids after school.  We ran over to the water treatment pond and back.  Hip is better today.

We met at Dimple Dell.  It was a very nice day outside and great for

running on a nice trail.  i can tell that I haven't been on the trails

much because the legs were very unstable on the rough trail.  I ran

most of the run on my own and finished in about 48 minutes.  After the

run I ran with Alex back up the trail to make sure everyone made it

okay.  Christensen and some of the younger kids got lost but eventually

made it back.  Fun run, and good to be back on a trail again.