Speed only kills if you don't have it!

Super tired from everything today.  My legs are still tired too.  I missed practice because of a meeting, which will probably happen again tomorrow.  I went out on an easy 7 miler out to the Cove pond and back.  Legs got better as I went, but still were tired, whole body is tired actually.  7:28 pace

I had a really bad day today with all of the hearings and meetings I went to.  I needed to burn off some stress.  I went with Haag and Shaw from the HS up around Butterfield, then talked them into adding on the pond loop.  I mostly ran with Shaw since Haag kept falling off the pace.  We ran back on 6400 W and Main.  I turned around and ran back to get Haag and added about 1.5 miles to the run in doing so, giving me 10 miles.  It was kind of hot and windy, but it felt good to get rid of a little stress. 1:12:23

Went out at 5:00am because I have Region Track today and knew I wouldn't get out later.  I ran out to the Cove Pond and back and did a 10 minute warm up, 17 x 1 minute fartleks with 1 minute recoveries.  Seemed kind of hard with my legs being tight, especially the right hammy, but I got it done.  49:00 for the 7 miles.

AM- Got up and ran early.  Went out to the Cove Pond again at a super easy pace.  8 min. pace out and 7 minute back.  Hamstring still tight.  7:30 pace.

Came home for lunch and ran 4 miles at 7:30 pace.  Very windy.  Region Track will finish up today and we have a good chance of winning  both boys and girls. 

We won both Region titles yesterday and I was at the school late.  This whole week I have been busy and tired.  Today we went to Logan just to get away for the weekend and relax.  I went out on a 4 mile run from our hotel over to River Heights to the elementary school and back.   7:28 pace.  It was nice to run by some of my old stomping grounds.  I forget Logan is such a pretty town.

Was in Logan for the weekend and need to start doing some speedwork and racing, so I went to this race.  No big expectations since I haven't been doing anything fast and I have been beat up and tired this week.  

Warmed up on the course for just over 2 miles.   Then did some striders and dynamic stretching before.   Hamstring was very tight this morning.  It was in the high 30s when I got there, thank goodness it warmed up by race time.  Ran into Scott and Drew at the start and saw a couple of other quick guys that I recognized, but no ringers.   Those that have done this course know it is not a quick one because of the uphill at the beginning.

Mile 1-  6:26  First mile wasn't too bad, but I was back behind several people, some were 5kers though. 

Mile 2- 6:49  Drew, Sean, and 2 others are up ahead by 20 seconds.  The hammy is super tight and I am altering my stride a bit, plus the hills got steeper.

Mile 3- 7:06  I was having a rough time keeping turnover here because of the hills and hammy.

Mile 4- 5:30  Finally got turned around and striding out.  Caught a guy here.

Mile 5- 5:46  Trying to catch Sean and Keith, Drew is coming back to us.

Mile 6- 5:29  I catch Keith and he is trying to stay on me and still going after Sean.  Feel strong at this point.

Last. 2- :53  Lose Keith on the steep down hill and kick to the finish.  Sean is right in front.  Drew finished less than 10 seconds in front of Sean, so there were 4 of us in about 15 seconds.  38:02, would have liked to get under 38 minutes.

Cooled down for 2.5 miles with Sean and Scott after the race.  Kind of fun and a good workout for me.  I definitely am not used to pushing fast paces and have a lot of work to do, but I felt plenty strong.   I this race 5 years ago in 35:46, so a lot slower, but that is because of no speed or racing.

Had a great time in Logan this weekend and it was good to get away and relax.