Speed only kills if you don't have it!

No run.  I have been sick for the last couple of days.  Nothing to killer but enough to make me feel like crapola.  I did have a great Holiday weekend though, even feeling crappy.

No run again.  I want to make sure I kick this thing before it gets worse.  Tomorrow should be my first day with my track kids, so that will be fun.  Today I just gave them a workout and sent them on their way.  I hate to be that kind of coach but I am still feeling the after affects from this flu thing.

No run again.

I did 6.5 miles in the halls of Riverton High with my kids.

 
(Kahana- 146 miles) 

I ran with my kids today and had them do a tempo run at what we call MP. Since the kids don't have a true marathon pace I made one up for them. They aren't used to my philosophies, but seem hungry to learn and get better, so it will be a good group to work with. I took it easy and ran with the middle pack since their tempo pace was my easy pace, it worked out nicely.

I still feel crappy and haven't run much this week, so I might bag the race tomorrow? However, I hate bagging races so I might show up and just run for fun. I will have to see how good I feel in the morning. My flu bug hasn't ever turned into full-blown anything yet, but I have felt really hammered and tired for a week now, like my body is still battling it. I need to kick this thing this weekend so I can make a good contribution to our soon to be dominating team at Del Sol!

I was feeling a fever coming on last night, but got a lot of sleep and felt much better today. I bummed a ride with Josse to the race. We met up with Sasha, Steve, Adam, and Adam's friend and warmed up for three miles. It was probably longer than everyone wanted but no one was paying attention until we were out a mile and a half.

I was not in racing form today, in any way, so I ran with Josse during the race. She took off pretty good, maybe too good because we faded as time went on. I tried to just encourage her and not bug her too much. She was tired but hung in there pretty good. Toward the end I could see Brent coming up on us and I could also see Sasha and Steve coming back to run with people. I told Josse that she couldn't let Brent catch her or Sasha would run her in. That seemed to motivate her enough to hang in there.:) We got in just under 1:06:00.

We cooled down for a couple of miles, some with Brent. Everyone seemed to have a good race for the most part. Josse scrapped my achilles after, ouch! It seemed to help a lot though and feels pretty good now. Bummed a ride home with Sasha after the race. I was glad I went and ran with Josse, otherwise I probably wouldn't have run today.