AM- I did a shorter run this mornig because I wanted the extra sleep. I decided to do some marathon pace miles as tempo. My workouts have been lacking as of late and it is time that I stepped it up. I ran through the Island and into River Heights and back. I warmed up for just over two miles and started into some tempo. The first mile was 5:56, the second was 5:49, and the last 1.2 was 7:01(all up hill). My goal was to run a little faster each mile even though they progressively got harder, and stay under 6 minute pace. I cooled down with a mile home. Not too bad of a run for a Monday morning after a tough week of training. 42:30
(Adrenaline-246 miles)
PM- I met John and Cody at 1st Dam after work and we drove up Logan canyon to the Jardine Juniper trail. I was tired and had been out in the sun alot but I didn't feel too bad on the run. It was hot at first but as the run went on we even got some cool breezes in parts, and it wasn't bad at all. I really liked the trail alot. I can see why Jon likes it so much, it is gorgeous and a good workout. It is pretty technical in parts and you have to watch your footing, but you can still move pretty good on most parts of the trail. We were about a mile or two into our run when we came up on Mrs. Bullwinkle and her calf, she wasn't too excited to see us, but luckly she went the other way. We thought we might run into her again on the switch-backs, but never did. We were being pretty cautious for a while though. We made it upto to the famous 3,200 year old tree in 54:30 on my watch. We signed the book and enjoyed the awesome view for a couple of minutes before heading back down the trail. The views were splendid the whole run, and the red sun added to evening picture. We made it back down pretty fast, 36:19 on my watch. We did run into a couple of guys on horses and a couple of guys on bikes on the way down, but other than that we didn't see a soul. We averaged 11 minute miles on the way up and 7 minute miles coming down. I think that we were close to climbing around 2,000 feet and dropping the same amount. Fun run! I don't think that I have ever run before with the combination of guys that I did tonight (Jon and Cody). I am had some good quality runs today and am pretty tired as a result. Cody's Garmin had the run at just over 10 miles, although every map that I have ever seen said about 11.5. 10 miles on a trail like that is probably equal to a 15 miler in quality, if not more. 10 miles in 1:30 50
(Hardrock- 45 miles) | 