Speed only kills if you don't have it!

We did a loop up the trail to Butterfield and down 6400 W. and 13400 S.  The last mile and a half was tempo.  I hit 5:40 pace for the last 1.5 and lost every one of my guys.  i was pretty disappointed that no one stayed with me.  I won't let that happen again.  I am still injured, over-weight, and out of shape and should not be running away from anyone right now.  7:15 ave for the run.

We had about 20 guys and 0 girls show up today.  We ran up a new canyon in the playground.  We did some exploring and ended up coming back the same way.  Fun run with the boys.

We ran out to the Cove today in the wind.  The workout was 10 one minute

fartleks with on minute recoveries.  We kept the group with us this

time and had about 10 guys in the pack.  It felt good to do that again

for me, I haven't been able to run that fast in a long time.  We

averaged a 7:37 for the run.

Met in Sandy today and ran dimple dell.  That run is always a fun and tough run.  I ran it in 48:49 today, which isn't bad on that course.  Hit 6 minute pace the last 1.5 miles.  We only lost about 7 kids today, one of them was out there for about two hours and should have been just behind me, but came in right as his mom showed up to get him.  I love to take kids on a new run, they don't listen to instructions, get lost and scared, and 95% of the time learn their lesson.  I think some lessons were learned today!:)

Well, 5 days straight of running, this is a huge step in my recovery.  I am pretty excited I was able to run this much this week.  I am beat up but seem to be functional.   I feel better today after I spent an hour on the foam roller last night.

The run today was short and easy, just in case anyone was planning on racing this weekend.  I ran with Jesse, Bennie and Connor today at about a 7:35 pace around Rosecrest.  The pace felt great.  We had a big team breakfast after the run.

If I can keep running a few times a week and continue to heal up I should be running strong again in a few months and back to racing for next year, I hope!