Speed only kills if you don't have it!

Am-  Got up at 5:30am to run a 4 mile run easy out to Butterfild Park and back.  I had to use the bathroom fromthe start but held it the whole run, so it wasn't a very comfortable run!  I saw about 40 women running on the way home.  Maybe they had some kind of weird Relief Society run at 6:00am this morning or something?!  7:55 ave

PM-  My first interval workout of the whole year.  It was nice and hot for it too.  I split the Varsity and JV up and left the JV at the track with Garlick.  We warmed up over to Oquirrh and did 10x400 meters on the lawn.  The deal was that if they didn't hit the pace I gave them that interval didn' count.  I wanted the guys to hit 1:14s with a 5 second window (i.e. we could run anywhere from 1:12-1:16 and be fine).  If we were under or over pace it didn't count.  I pushed the first one at1:04 just to throw them off at the start, but they did well.  We onnly had one that was off and so we ended up with 12x400 total and hit our average right on for 9 of them.  It felt good to run fast again and do a workout with my guys.  We got 7.5 miles total.

I ran an easy Bluffdale loop with my guys this afternoon.  It was way hot out.  We did 4 x 100 Meter strides on the grass after.  6.5 miles at 7:40 pace.

I finally got to hook up with Walter for a run after two months of living in the area.  Walter came out to my house around 6:30pm and we headed out around Herriman.  We did a big loop down Rose Crest, up 13400, over toward the Cove, back by Butterfield Park, and up to the Res, then home.  10.5 miles.  It was so good to have someone to run with that is my own level, not to mention we had some real adult conversation!  I have nothing against my HS kids, but it was nice to not talk High School for a change.  Although Walter and I do talk a little High School, if you know how we are!:)  We ran easy but it was still good because it was hot and we ran all over the hills.  Hopefully we can hook up once in a while now.  Thanks for the good run and company Walter!  1:20:20 (7:39 ave) for the run.

Ran with my Varsity kids today around Herriman.  We did a nice big loop similar to the one Walter and I did last night but a little different.  It was a good run.  All of our legs are tired and were before so the hills were tough, but I liked it and we had a good time.  7:28 ave for 10 miles.

Walter met me at my house at 5:30am and we headed up Butterfield Canyon for a 20 miler.  I had planted a couple of Gatoraid up there last night because there is no water.  We averaged 8 minute pace for the 1,300 foot climb, and came back at 6:30 ave pace.  Our last mile was sub 6:00.  It was nice to have company on a long run because it helped it go by fast.  We ran 2:25:25 for the run.