Speed only kills if you don't have it!

Val Barnes

Clyde Behunin

Good run at Boston.  I was very impressed with how everyone did in Boston today, especially in some pretty nasty conditions.

Ran this evening, nice weather.  I guess it is the calm before the storm.

First track workout of the year.  I started out running the Lundstrom Park 4 mile loop backwards and then running over to the USU track.  I ran a warm-up lap on the track, so I ended up with over 4.5 miles of warm-up total. 

For my workout I did 4x800 meters with 400 meter cool down (and a drink out of the drinking fountain).  I had no idea how I would feel, but in the back of my mind I wanted to run sub 2:40s for the workout. 

1. 2:37     I felt okay and tried not to take it out too fast.

2. 2:40     I was almost too conservative on this interval.

3. 2:38     I felt better than the second one, but the wind started to really pick up.

4. 2:31     I stayed conservative on the first lap and opened it up a bit on the second

My cool down laps were almost identical in time to my intervals.

Not too bad of a workout for my first one in a year.  I cooled down by running one lap around the track then heading up 1000 North around Hillcrest and looping around the university.  I ran almost a 3 mile cool down, and a total run of over 10.2 miles.  I got done just before the Thunder storm rolled in.

1:14:39

(Adrenaline-66 miles)

Easy morning run down to Melrin Olsen Park and back, via Boullevard.  I could feel the fatigue from my workout last night.  I had to cut the run short because it was in-btween classes.

I was planning on going out again later today but never got the chance because of school projects and deadlines.  The same thing happened to me on Monday.  It is going to be crazy for me the next couple of weeks, so whatever running I get in will be tough to come by.

30:05

(Hurricane- 121 miles )

 Easy morning run to 1st Dam and back, via canal trail.  I got snowed on the whole run.  I thought that I would feel better today, but my legs felt like I had 20lb. ankle weights on them.  I got snowed on pretty hard the whole run.  6 miles.  45:54

I ran again just before noon.  This time I went on my Milleville out and back run.  The snow was just stopping but the wind was blowing pretty good from the South, but at least I got a tail wind coming home.  I felt much better than I had 4 hours before, but still not that great.  I went out with the plan of doing some 2:30 and 3:30 fartleks, if my body could handle it.  I warmed up for 5k and started my first speed-change, uphill and into the wind.  I forgot that the timer on my watch was all meesed up and by the time the 3:30 beaped I had gone 9/10s of a mile.  I cooled for 3:30 real minutes and went again, this time by my crono.  On the way back I decided that my original plan wasn't working very well so I did two mile speed changes with the TOU markings.  My first one was mile 13 of the Half marathon, all downhill in Providence.  I did that in 5:32.  My second mile was mile 24 of the marathon, and it was 5:39.  I cooled down the last 2.2 miles home.  I was surprised I ran as well as I did in me speed-play ,because I felt so heavy the whole run, and the last two days.

1:13:27

(Adrenaline-76 miles )

Easy morning run down to the Temple and back via Boullevard.  I got hammered from yesterday's runs and I am feeling pretty sluggish today.  I did start to loosen up a bit toward the end. 

 24:22

I taught Ultimate Frisbee to my Physical Education class today and played with them for about 30 minutes.  That loosened me up a bit more.

PM run with Paul.  We met at Paul's office and ran through the Island  and upto Logan Canyon.  We got on a trail that Paul called the "pipeline trail" (for obvious reasons).  I had no idea that there was a trail right there.  We climbed up the hill and went though an old mining tunnel, where we had to duck for about 100 yards.  We then ran on top of the pipe for another 100 yards, it was fun and I felt like I was in a movie running across the top of a train.  The trail met up with the canyon road just below 2nd dam.  We took the trail and canal trail back.  Fun run.  I like to go on new runs and I enjoyed the visiting.  I was pretty tight at first but loosed up as the run went on.  Hopefully I feel decent tomorrow for our long run.

9.5 miles or more.  1:14:24

(Hurricane-130 miles)

Slept in until 8:00am, it felt good and I needed it!   Long run with Paul and Cody.  We drove up Blacksmith Fork about 4 miles and stashed some drinks, then went back down and started our run just off of Hollow Road.  We ran up the canyon at about 7:15 pace.  I was hoping that I would loosen up as we went, but I never really did.  We turned around 9 miles up and came back down, by then the wind had switched to a head wind going down.  Paul took off doing some 5:30 pace stuff and we would see him every mile or two when he was cooling down.  Cody talked me into running what he thinks his marathon pace will be (6:30 or a bit faster) down the canyon.  I was being a wuss about doing it, but was glad I did in the end.  My legs were just too hammered from sqeezing in mileage the last couple of days and anything faster than walking didn't sound very apealing.

We ran four miles down and Cody said he was feeling hammered, so I talked him into an easy mile before we hit our drinks.  We got our drinks and went the rest of the way down just under 6:30 pace, I think.  We met back up with Paul and he came down the last three miles with us.  I did the last mile just over 6:00 minute pace, and then Cody and I added enough to make it a 19 miler.  It was a good run, but I was glad to be done, especially when I didn't feel like running at all in the first place.  Thanks to Paul and Cody for getting my tired bones out the door.   2:12:08

(Adrenaline-95 miles)

I was glad that I was able to salvage a decent week after a rough start.  I am even more glad for the weekend to rest.  48 miles in the last 50 hours was a bit much for me.