Speed only kills if you don't have it!

 Easy 5 mile run out along the Garland Highway and back.  I took it really easy and averaged 7:16 miles.  36:22 for the run.  Chilly day but very nice, great for running.

(Hurricane-561 miles)

Easy run with Dan Line at lunch. We did 7 minute miles and 6x200 meter strides. I will run again later after school. 3.5 miles

 (Adrenaline-389 miles)

I decided to wear some orange and hit some hills in the mountains after school this evening.  I went on a trail that takes you up on an old gas line road and it is a nasty climb.  When I hit the top I went past Hogs back and ran into a big dog that came charging after me.  A little old man started to yell at the dog to stop.  The dog kept coming so the old man came down from where he was to get his dog.  The dog ended up just being obnoxious and the old man was super friendly.  He was excited that I was running up there and asked if I did it often, I told him that I had been up that way two other times.  He is a retired guy that had volunteered to create the section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail though Perry and Willard.  He was finishing his summer long project when I ran into him.  He created a nice section of single track trail that goes for about 6 miles, quite a project for a guy that had to be over 70 years old.  He was pretty proud of the trail and wanted me to run on it.  I visited with him for a few minutes while he showed me his work.  He has a quarter mile to go before he hits a spring where he is putting in a place for people to fill up water bottles.  When he hits the spring he will be done with his work and turn it over to someone else to do the next section. He told me that the last two times that he has been by the spring he has ran into cougars, that is why he had the dog with him.  I wasn't very excited to hear about the cougars, but the rest of it sounded great. 

I finished my run on his single track trail.  It was one of the coolest stretches of single track that I have been on, especially on a beautiful fall late afternoon like today.  When I came off the mountain and hit the canal trail I pushed a mile down in the low 6:00s.  Overall it was a great run and it really trashed me too.  Those hills are killer!  6.5 miles in 53:00

Easy run at lunch around Tremonton.  I looped down past Malt O Meal, the fair grounds, the City park and back to the school.  I got beat up from my evening run yesterday so I took it slow.  37:21 for the run

(Hurricane-566 miles)

I went to bed last night feeling a bit of a sore throat and it was still around this morning but seems to be getting better as the day goes on.  I wanted to do a small workout today and I don't really feel super good, but I did one anyways.  I can tell that I have had zero speed in a while, and I haven't done a track workout since the first part of August.  I warmed up for two miles and hit the high school track.  I should have switched watches because my Garmin isn't my favorite speed work watch.  I decided to run the track backwards and I did 3x800 with 400 meter recovery and 2x400 with a 200 meter recovery.  My times were 2:37, 2:37, 2:32, 1:14, and 1:10.  It was weird to run faster than marathon pace and felt kind of difficult , which means I would get smoked in a 5k or 10k right now.  I cooled down for a mile and called it good for today.  I don't want to over work myself right now.  6 miles total.

 (Adrenaline-395 miles)

It had been a long day at school and a long week overall.  I am looking forward to getting a couple of days off.  I didn't feel like running today but knew i needed to get out the door for a couple of miles at least.  I headed out on the canal trail above Willard and went south for 2 miles and came back the same way.  My left achilles was really tender and sore today and really bothered me for the first mile or so, so I took it super easy.  Started at 8 minute pace and ended at 7 minute pace.  It was beautiful today and I enjoyed being out on the trail and was glad I went.  30:00 for the 4 miles.

(Hardrock- 142 miles)

I drove over to Ogden to run with Logan about 11:00 am.  We did the same run as last weekend, but no Paul today.  The weather was awesome, perfect fall running weather.  That course the we have been running is a good course with a lot of rolling hills.  I have enjoyed running it with the fast guys because it hammers me but I feel tough.  We started off a lot slower than last week because we both need a good warm up. Logan was nice to me today and stuck with me eventhough I could tell he was iching to go several times.  I told him in the last couple of miles that he could take off if he wanted to but he stayed with me anyways.  I ended up running about a minute faster than last week so a bit of an improvement, probably from having someone to run with for the last three miles.  It was a good run and workout for me, but I was glad to be done.  My achilles was bothering me a lot today and I had to stop and stretch a time or two.  It usually warms up after a mile or so and doesn't bug me but today I could feel it the whole run.  It is time to go get an adjustment and a massage next week.  1:37:57 for the run, and a 6:33 average per mile.

(Omni- 207 miles)