Speed only kills if you don't have it!

I did an easy 3.5 miles with my son in our bike trailor/stroller. It isn't the best jogging stroller because the front wheel is a little one that you just hook on to the bike hitch. The ride wasn't too bad, but the front wheel did move alot with rocks and bumps. I was planning on 5 miles today, but 3.5 was enough pushing my son. No watch, but I think I was running just over 8 minute pace. The achilles isn't sore anymore but it is still somewhat stiff. I am looking forward to Des News 10k tomorrow, I have never done it before and am hoping for a good time.

(Hurricane-369 miles)

Paul and I went down to Salt Lake and stayed with Chad (a great host!).   Sasha stayed the night too, but got up way before we did, so we only saw him for a bit last night.  We got to the start and found Cody and we all warmed up for a couple of miles.  It seemed hot and muggy for being 6:00 am.  I didn't feel too bad before, during, or after the race.  In fact looking back I was probably too conservative.  My Dad always used to say "run fast where you can run fast"  and I didn't do that today.  I got off to a bad start behind a few hundred runners and spent the rest of the time catching up.  I don't know all of my splits but I was at 5:12 for the first mile and 21:28 at mile 4, so I ran a steady pace.  No killer instinct today!  I just gradually got into a pace and stuck with it, while everyone else seemed to take off like crazy and die half way through.  In hind site I wish I would have really burried those first couple of miles and tried to hang on.  I think I like to run too comfortably and didn't run the race that I could have and should have.   None the less, I did run in at 33:51 and got a PR by 10 seconds.  And it is like I always say, anytime that you PR it is a good day.  It was my first PR this year, well second if you count my 15k.  My goal was sub 33:00 and I still feel like I could have done that if I would have really been there to race, and pushed myself harder.  The other guys all ran better than I did (Paul, Cody , and Chad), and we all came away with PRs. 

It was very muggy after the race while we were in the shute, but when Cody, Paul, Chad, and Adam cooled down back to the cars it felt nice.  In fact I think it was cooler a couple hours after the race than it was during, which I am sure made it nice for the marathoners.  We went back to Chad's house for breakfast and a good visit before heading back to Logan.   

(Fastwitch -45 miles)

AM-  Easy morning run pushing Jaren in the stoller.  We went downt Merlin Olsen Park and back (4 miles) plus and couple blocks.  It is the run with the least amount of hills, and pushing that stroller up those hills is bad enough.  No watch, but around 8:30 pace.

PM-  Jaren was at the baby-sitters so I took advantage of the time I had and put in another 5 miles.  I went down to the end of canal trail and back.  It was a beautiful evening, the nicest temperature in a long time.  It poored rain pretty good earlier and the air was fresh and clean, with that new rain smell.  I got a bit carried away with my pace on the way home, and was doing 6:20 pace.  I will likely pay for it later this week, if not tomorrow.  I wasn't sore at all from the race other than my nagging left achilles.  Either the soreness will come super delayed, or I really didn't push myself hard enough yesterday.   33:49

(Hurricane-378 miles)

I went out this afternoon after work.  I did the Center Street/River Height loop with the Old Main stairs at the end.  I haven't done that run in a while and it sounded fun.  It was only about 85 degrees, but very muggy.  I had a good run and enjoyed myself.  I felt good other than my nagging achilles that just seems to bug more than anything.  I don't mind the humidity other than I come home drenched in sweat after every run, and I am not a real big sweater.  I treated this run like an easy run and ran my fastest time on it ever.  Funny how it was a tough run before Del Sol and now I call it an easy run. 47:54

 (Adrenaline-271 miles)

I met Cody at Merlin Olsen park and we did about a 5 mile loop together. We went up Center Street, around the east part of the Island, around the water lab, and back via canal trail and Boulevard. We only took one wrong turn (my bad), but didn't get to far off course. I haven't run in that area for a while and I usually go the opposite way. We ran the opposite directions to our homes when we got back to the park. Good run this morning, it was just what I needed. The achilles didn't seem to sore either. I was thinking about it and find it kind of odd, but this was the first time I have ever went on a run with just Cody, there has always been at least one other guy every time. 1:04:17

(Hurricane-387 miles)

I met Jon and Cody at Jon's house and we drove up Blacksmith Fork canyon. We started at the TOU starting line and ran down to Jon's house that is just past 21.5 on the course. The weather was nice and we had a good run. We planted some drinks along the way about every 7 miles. I thought it was a fun run, and I felt good and relaxed for not even doing close to that distance in a while. Toward the end I felt like going a little faster and asked the guys if they wanted to run the last mile in 5:40 to 5:50. They both said no, but started running faster at the same time, kind of funny! By the time we were getting to Jon's house Cody and Jon were racing each other, and seemed like they were having fun. I felt great at the end and pushed the pace for us, and I'm sure that we will all benefit from some good tempo at the end of of a long run. Jon and Cody were planning on playing Ultimate Frisbee after the run, I declined. I have a lot of stupid little projects to do today, and I didn't want to over do it with my achilles finally starting to get better. 2:29:13

(Adrenaline-271 miles)