Speed only kills if you don't have it!

Met with Greg. Connor, Chuk, McKay, and Jesse for a run this morning at Rosecrest Park.  It just started to storm and it was freezing when we started.  We did the same loop that we had done on Saturday, but added on Main Street.  The wind was brutal and cold and my legs were tired, so it seemed like I was laboring harder than I should have been.  I hung in there and was glad to hear all of them were laboring today.  7:20 mile ave for the 6.1 miles.

Went to Dr. Day's and got a badly needed adjustment with my wife this afternoon.  I have been off and have been really tight on my left side, probably due to my psoas injury.

Ran from Monarch up to the Res, around, and back.  It was very cold and the wind was freezing and brisk running up, which sucked because it is bad enough running up that hill especially when you are out of shape.  The way down is good downhill and we pushed pretty good.  I ran up with Greg and down with Jesse, Chuk, and Connor, until Chuk and Connor decided to throw down in the last .75 mile.  Tough run for me!  We cooled down around the park afterward.  About 7:15 pace for the run.

Ran from the HS to Main Street, around the park and back.  3 miles at 7:09 pace.

Lifted upper and lower body afterward tonight.

Ran with Greg today on a 5.1 mile loop from Rosecrest to Emeline to Monarch and back.  My legs are pretty sore from yesterday, so I never felt good, but I wasn't as sore as last time.  7:30 pace for the run

Easy run with my boys this morning.  We ran from Rosecrest Park down Prospero and Leila to Murdock, then back on Rosecrest.  Did 5 x 20striders in the last mile, if that is what you call what I was attempting.  Legs felt better, but still sore and tight from the leg workout on Wednesday.

Lifted upper body after the run.

Ran the "Frigid 5k" today down in Provo at Utah Lake.  I am reluctant to call this a race, but in reality it was my bets today.  The race put on by 26.2 and was not organized well.  At 8:30am they just started doing registration.  The race was supposed to start at 9:00am, but at 9:15am the pins finally came for bibs.  It wasn't frigid other than it started raining and never stopped.  I warmed up in a hail storm and then stripped down best I could.  The course was not difficult, but because of the rain, and the puddles, and the fact that everyone was soaked in the first half mile, I think it was slow. They should have called it the "Soggy 5k".

I have been sore half the week, so the legs were dead, not to mention I haven't run much or run fast in a long time, and I wasn't sure what to expect.  Surprisingly, I got into race mode, mentally, pretty quick, the problem was my body isn't even close to there yet.  I just couldn't get going!  I passed a couple of guys along the way, and started working on 4th and 3rd place.  I pulled onto them, but as much as I tried I could not get my body to move to catch them.  4th place was a second ahead and 3rd was 4 seconds ahead.  Oh well, I still won my age group, being fat and out of shape.  After the awards they did a polar bear challenge where people were jumping into a hole in the ice.  Not me!  I was so wet already and had spent most of the time after the race at the hand dryers in the bathroom trying to dry off.

I learned I have a very long way to go to be competitive again, and I think I gained a little more motivation to get there.  I guess that made it worth it.