Terry's Running Blog

Morning run, Temp 25'

It snowed 12-14" on Sunday but this morning the roads were plowed decent but there were still plenty of slick spots.  My legs were not recovered from the Friday and Saturday runs so I took it easy today.

Time 58:00,  Mile avg. - 8:17

I tried to enter the SL Running club 10K this morning but online registration was closed.  I then called the race director and he said I could sign up the morning of the race (Feb 9th).  I'll plan on doing that unless it snows.

Morning run, Temp 14'

It always helps to remember some of my -35' runs in Rexburg, ID and then 14' doesn't seem so bad.  I did a 2 mile tempo run ( 5:58 down and 6:26 up for an avg. of 6:12) which is one second faster than last weeks avg.  I really wimped out the second mile.  No metal toughness.  Hopefully, I'll find it before Saturday so Tom doesn't whip me to bad.

Time 48:00, mile avg. - 6:52

Morning run, Temp 23'

This is busy week at work and I'm working 12-14 hr days so this will have to be my low mileage week.  All AM runs.  Yuck.

Time 55:40,  Mile avg. - 7:57

Bummer, Zero miles, to much work.  Hopefully tomorrow.

Morning run, Temp 23'

It snowed about a half inch last night just enough to make the roads slick.

Time 51:00, Mile avg. - 8:30

10AM 10K race time, Temp. 35-40'

It was a near perfect day for a winter run.  The only way to make it better would have been to have some sun.  I was a little nervous before the race that my good buddy Tom that has become a great runner would keep up with me and outduel me at the end.  After we got a mile under our belts or racing bibs my confidence in beating Tom started to rise.  I felt good and could tell I was ready to race.  I'm sure that Januarys training where I ran more miles in a month than I ever have helped.  At the half way point Tom was just a few seconds behind me and I was feeling good so I decided to pick up the pace and put some distance between me and him which happened to be my masters competition. See times below.

Mile 1, 6:18   Mile 2, 6:07   Mile 3, 6:21,   1st 5k (19:25)

Mile 4, 5:45   Mile 5, 5:59,   Mile 6, 5:55    2nd 5k (18:20)

Last 0.2, 1:20 (6:07 avg.)

Mile avg. - 6:04

The last mile was difficult so I know that I raced hard. 

After Tom & I ran a couple of miles to cool down.  I took overall masters and Tom took 2nd.