Speed only kills if you don't have it!

I got pretty sore,something that I didn't want to do, after the run at Lava. I went on what was supposed to be an easy run with some tempo, but it ended up being more of a tempo run with some speed. I ran my favorite Five mile run, canal trail, 1st dam, Hillcrest loop in the fastest time yet. My last mile was 5:09, total run was 31:48. I felt good accept for the left over tightness.

I went out in the rain this evening because I needed this last run before Saturday. I just did the University-1500 E-Hillcrest loop. I wanted my last mile to be under 5:00, but ended up with a 5:04, because I had a head wind. I gues I am as ready as I am going to be for St. George, hopefully I can pull off a good run.

I felt like I was capable of a 2:39:OO but today wasn't the day. I ran with Steve King for the first 12 miles, and neither one of us felt that great. I lost him when I grabbed my first drink. I was 1:23:37 at the half and just couldn't ever get going. I ended up getting passed by five women in the last 10 miles, and my last 10k wasn't much under 40 min. I was tight after Veyo hill and never recovered. I ended up 11th in the age so I didn't get an award. It was a disappointing race! I was however, the first Cache Valley runner, so I got $100. Dad ran in 3:08:47 and was okay with that, even though he was 23rd in his age.

I ran up logan canyon where I met Jon, Paul and Cody at the Nature trail. We ran to the end of the single track and back,(48:39) then I ran home. I felt okay for it only being a week after St.George. I think I have recovered faster than I ever have before. 1:27:47

I ran down on the Island, and stopped at a park just off Crocket and did some skipping and strides. Then I ran down along Center and back home on boulevard.

35:25

Ran with Paul and Cody, from rec center we did Paul's River Heights loop. 30:16

It was freezing cold at the start and super froggy too.  Becki and Will came up to spend the weekend so they ran too. I was so sore at the start from doing hurdles in skills 2400 yesterday. I let everyone take off and then I slowly moved up. I caught everyone with 1 mile to go accept Cody. I was just going to make my move when I realized that he wasn't registered, so I let him win and just cruised in knowing that I was going to win overall anyway.  I knew that at anytime I could catch him, and their certainly wasn't anyone in that race who can kick with me.  I probably shouldn't have been so nice and let him win, because he went around telling everyone that he had kicked my butt, oh well!  He seems like a pretty cool guy and so does his buddy Dan, and everyone needs their moment of glory.  I even gave him my medal so that he got something.

I had a warm up and cool down.

I met Paul, Ben , David, and Cody after the race and we went up righthand fork. I was the only one who wore orange because of the deer hunt, so it was good that no one took a shot at us. We ran up willow creek on a nasty, muddy trail. if I would have known I would have worn some old shoes because my shoes will never be the same. It was a fun and tough run, I really enjoyed the trail and having some company. 51:20

I ran down to the rec center (16:53) and met Paul and Cody. We ran some of the last few miles of TOU and made a loop that was 5 miles for Paul (41:31)for 5 and 1/2 . I ran home at the end (17:16). I felt pretty good, eventhough I did hurdles again today. 1:15:42

I met Paul and David at the canal trail and we ran up past first dam and got on the Bonneville. We ran into some hunters who had just shot a deer at our turn around. We ran back the same way. We went late morning so it wasn't too cold.

58:43