Speed only kills if you don't have it!

One of the all time worst weather runs this morning!  I got up and out the door about 7:00am.  I had most of the day off for end of quarter grading.  The plan was to get 14 miles in before practice with the kids.  I ran up around Butterfield Park, down 6400 W and on to Main.  Going west on Main was windy, but the weather was nice to this point and I took the gloves off and wondered if I was overdressed with my long sleeved shirt on.  At about 5 miles it started to hail on me, and I got pelted good for over a mile before I turned North.  As I turned on Bacchus the wind picked up and it started to rain like crazy!  I was soaked in a couple of minutes.  Not only was I frozen, but I needed to go potty and had no paper.  As I turned off of Bacchus onto 11800 S knew I would never make it down to the high school. Lucky for me I saw a Kennecott trailer with a honey bucket and went potty.   Thank goodness!  The wind and snow picked up this time and I thought the honey bucket was going to blow away with me in it, because it started to tip several times!  I got out and headed for my school.  The wind and snow were hitting me so fast and hard that everything was freezing.  I was getting a brain freeze, and was getting blown all over too.  I made it to the HS and called Haag to send him to cancel practice.  I was going to wait for a ride, but started to get really cold and I really wanted 15 miles not 11.  I went back out and fought the 40 mile an hour head wind and snow for over a mile to Main.  When I turned on Main the snow started to stop, but the wind kept up.  I fought the wind all the way home.  I was so frozen and soaked that I sat in the shower for over 20 minutes to get warm.  It was crazy!  Allison went looking for me, but could never find me I guess.  Not sure I would have quit at that point anyway, I mean I left the school in a flat out blizzard!  Proud of myself for finishing and doing it in 7:31 pace for the run.  I hope I never do it again though!

Ran this afternoon at a super easy pace with my varsity girls.  They were beat up from yesterday's hill workout.  We ran from the HS to Main and up Main to Triple D Ranch and back.  7:55 pace for the run.  Legs were fine, but I was tired all day, so the slow pace felt good.

Sent the varsity kids off on an easy run, while the JV is at Westlake for a meet.  I came home and ran on my own.  The legs are tight and tired from the last few runs.  I went out to Butterfield Park and back.  The run ended up being a progression run.  I went 8:05, 7:31, 7:00, and 5:33.  Then cooled down at 7:30 pace on Leila for a mile.  Felt tired and tight today, but I toughed out one good mile and took the others easy.  Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.  35:31 for the run.

Easy 5:30am run to Butterfield and back.  I had a hard time getting out of bed today!  Legs were better than yesterday.  We have our first ever Herriman Track Invite today, so I had to get my run in early.  

Sent the kids off on an easy run from Rosecrest.  I waited for Greg because he was running late.  We are both running the Riverton Half tomorrow.  This will be my first Half in 4 years.  Not sure how to approach it yet?   We did an easy run up the trail and around the Cove pond and back past Butterfield to come back.  We met up with Haag at the pond and finished with him.  Warm day.  Not feeling like a stellar time is in me for tomorrow.  I guess I will just have to see how I feel and have fun.

First Half Marathon since 2008.  It was warm and windy this morning and all day for that matter.  This was my all-time slowest half, but still ok for me at this point.  Greg and I warmed up for a mile or so and then found Walter and finished the warm up with him.

The course was not easy like a lot of half courses around here, but I am fine with that if I am in shape.:)  My splits were all over because of going down into the gully and back out several times and the head winds we hit.

Mile 1 - 6:16 Flat with a tail wind

Mile 2 - 6:24 Feel relaxed and settle into a comfortable pace

Mile 3 - 6:23 Caught Greg here

Mile 4 - 6:57 Big hill here coming out of the Jordan

Mile 5 - 6:48 Head wind picking up

Mile 6 - 6:26 Lose Greg going down into the Jordan again

Mile 7-  6:57 By myself and fighting the head wind on the trail

Mile 8 - 6:59 Wind is kicking my but and I am in slow mo

Mile 9- 7:05 Still in slow mo climbing out of the gully in Bluffdale.  I can see several people in front of me but can't get moving to catch them, including the first woman.

Mile 10- 6:42 Catch a guy in green finally and can see the first woman up ahead about 30 seconds.

Mile 11- 6:41 Still can't gain any ground on the first woman, but get lovers lane and the small nasty hill out of the way.

Mile 12 - 6:44 still can't gain and getting frustrated that my body won't respond because there are about 5 people within a minute of me and I feel fine, but can't move the legs faster.

Mile 13 -  6:01 I get mad because the body won't move.  I know if I can pull within anyone that I can out kick them in the last 300m.  I pull up on the first woman with a block to go.

Last .1 - 26 second sprint and blow by the first woman

1:26.55 for the run and I did not get chicked!  Felt a little tired, but strong afterward.  Waited for Greg to come in (he felt back to 1:32 something) and then found Chad and went to cool down for just over a mile. 

Nice to get this one under the belt, and nice to get a 50 mile week finally.  It took along time to get to this point for me.  Give me 6 more months and I should be fine.  I have come along ways since I started running at the beginning of the year including dropping 16 pounds of fat, I now weigh 176lbs.  I would have liked to run under 1:25.00 today, but considering the conditions and how others ran, I am okay with how I did.

Treated myself and the family to Tucano's  for lunch and totally ate until I was going to bust.  Good day!