Speed only kills if you don't have it!

AM-  Met the kids at the pool for an easy run.  Some of the kids are going to camp so they only ran 4 miles.  I made Aubree go the full 7 with me though.  We ran with Parker and Will most of the run.  Nice morning and good to stretch the legs.  56:00 for the run, 8:00 ave.  

Now I am off to Logan and Tremonton for the next couple of days to help put on the Top of Utah Cross Country camp.  This year USU is sponsoring us so Gensel and some his athletes will be helping us out.  Should be fun!

PM-  I took the kids out from the Logan pool down to the end of the planet walk and back before our BBQ and swinmming.  The kids had already run between 5 and 7 miles in the heat with some good uphill, so this was a recovery for them.  4 miles at 7:50 pace

AM-  I got up and ran 3.5 miles on my own to scout out the afternoon run and the mid-morning relay for the kids.  

USU brought their coaches and athletes to do some clinics with the kids and be the guest speakers for that evening.  Steve Reader, Greg Gensel, Joel Johnson, Steve Strickland, and Kristen Guymon were their staff.

I took the kids out for another easy run before the speakers and dinner.  4 miles.

I was timing the morning mile race so I didn't get to run this year.  But my guys did well.  Chris won with a 4:36, Dillon was 3rd 4:44, Alex 4th 4:47, Stockton 5th 4:51, and Bryce 7th 4:56.  We pretty much dominated that race and that isn't even my top 5 guys for sure.   Aubree was 5:24 as well.

When camp was done we ran out and Dillon and Alex came with me.  We started way behind the other 70 kids and pushed the run hard in the last three miles.  Dillon and I finally caught the two boys in the lead with about a block to go, they knew we were coming after them!  We ran 6:21, 5:52, 5:21, and kicked the last .5 in 2:21 in the last 3.5 miles to be the first ones back.  It felt good to run that fast again, and Dillon was very impressive after already running a 4:44 mile this morning.   

After camp we hit Peach City in Brigham City on the way home for a huge shake.

Camp seemed to be a success and it was a lot of fun, but I am camped out for a while.  I need a nap!

I ran the same run as last Thursday only I took my Garmin to know the distance.  I am way sore in my calves and quads from that run out of camp yesterday, ouch!   I figured I would be because the last 1.5 miles was like a race for me on already hammered legs.   I took it really easy but still ran a bunch of hills  I averaged 7:45 pace for the run.  Hopefully I can recover quickly and feel less sore tomorrow.  

Easy run with my kids that showed up.  Today we only had about 20 kids, probably the least since I have been around.  We did a canal loop to the south at about 7:30 pace.  I am not so sore today, but am still super tired.  The pace felt good.  Shane Kirtright came today for the first time ever.  He was the only one not trashed from camp.  We did 5 x100 meter barefoot striders in the grass after.  It was cooler today and the air was bad because of all of the fires around here yesterday.  7:28 ave.

I woke up at 4:00am to go help out with the Provo half marathon.  Because I wasn't going to race today I saved my comp for another race and ran it as a training run.  The bus duty went a lot better today than in recent years.  I talked Aubree into running her first half and ran most of it with her.  I wanted to get her between 1:26:00 and 1:30:00.  I know she could have run way faster but I was trying for more of a workout than a race that could cripple my little college freshman to be.   Aubree did awesome!  I know she was way beat up from camp like me, but still toughed out a great first half marathon.  I was way proud of her.  Her time was 1:28:57.

Derrek also ran very well we got him down to a 1:22:20ish.  And I did get a chance to run into several buddies, and teammates like Dustin, Sasha, and Jeff Mc. Sasha clip those toenails!

When I got home Allison had been to the Herriman farmers market and found a little German Shepherd puppy that she talked me into.  We named her Jetta.  Don't worry she'll be a running buddy and a Rottweiler destroyer.  Maybe I'll let Jon borrow her someday!:)