Speed only kills if you don't have it!

I ran with my guys along the river trail to our old interval, that have been torn up by construction.  We went from there all the way up 11400 S to 10000 E and over to Alta HS, ran around their track while the football team was out practicing, and headed home a slightly different way.  Fun run.  Legs were a little tired but nothing horrible.  Good start to the week.

I did an easy 5 miler over to Butterfield park and back in the later morning.  The legs were tired today with not a lot of spring in the step.  I might call it good for today and do some bigger runs later in the week like a 20 miler and maybe the LA freeway.

I met some of my varsity kids down in Provo for a trip on the LA Freeway.  I had taken several of them before and they all wanted to go again.  It is a fun and tough run!  It was a nice morning and fun running with the kids.  Alex and I lost everyone in the last 3 miles when we started hitting 6 minute pace.  Our final time was 1:17:00.  I can't believe sometimes that Damon and I used to run it under 1:10:00!

We went to Magleby's Fresh for some all you can eat french toast after the run, then headed to Seven Peaks for the rest of the day.  

I did an easy 10 miler today.  I went later because I didn't have to go to practice.  I ran down from home and Aubree met me at the park across from Smiths and we did 6 miles together.  I ran home on my own.  Legs are tired and so is the rest of me, but I have to work on the yard so I know I won't get a nap.

I had the kids do a 1.5 mile tempo in the middle of a 5.5 mile run.  I didn't do the tempo because I needed an easy day so I can go 20 miles tomorrow.  I held Aubree back to run with me and some of the slower runners.  We ran the same run as everyone else just minus the fast part.  

Well, it has been a long time since I had a real long run.  I have been tired the last week and last night we had a BBQ with some of the XC kids, mostly because Aubree is heading off to UVU.  I ate way too much and wasn't sure how it would effect me, but it didn't seem to at all.  

It was already raining good when I got up this morning but I still knew I needed to get this run under my belt.   I didn't have any plans as to where to go I just knew I wanted 20 miles.   I ran down into Riverton with the storm just nipping at my butt the whole way.  As I was going passed the big Church farm I saw 8 big buck deer all hanging out about 50 yards off the road.  I figured they were gay, until I saw the two doe hanging out with them.  Several were pretty big and the one was at least a 6 point.

I met Aubree at her house 5 miles into my run, it had just started raining hard.  Went to a church nearby to up up with the others kids, they all dogged because of the rain.  We went over toward Day Break to the lake.  We got rained on the whole run, and had to stop and take shelter under a tree one time and by a bathroom another time.  We finally made it back to her house and said good bye, or see ya later.  She is off to UVU cross country camp and college next week and I  am going to miss her.  She is one of my best little running buddies and one of my favorite girls I have coached.  I am excited for her too excell in college.  She has done so much in the short year I have coached her, going from never running to being on a college team.  She will do so good in the next couple of years and I wish her the best.

The last 4.5 miles or so of my run I got even more wet.  It was tough running uphill and into the wind and rain without my running partner, but I finally made it home as it started to clear up.  20.5 miles at a 7:55 average.  Several times I had bad memories of St. George last year pop into my head, but I got the run done today and was happy to be done. I got some food and got in a hot shower for about 20  minutes when I got home and I don't feel too bad, just tired.  It was a long run, but it would have been a lot longer all by myself.