Terry's Running Blog

Afternoon run, mostly sunny, temp. 70'

Dallas had a track practice from 5 to 6 PM so I went and ran on the track half the time and ran Bingham High cross country course.

Time 56:30,  Mile avg. - 7:29

Morning run, partly sunny, temp. 52'

I'm trying to introduce some speed to my legs without getting injured.  I ran 4 quarter strides in 1:22 avg. and then 1 fast down hill mile in 6:00.  I need to get in more speed work but my old man body doesn't like it so much.

Time 53:00,  Mile avg. - 7:10

Morning run, cloudy, temp 57'

I was going to run an easier run today maybe averaging 8:00-8:15 but I saw Cathy running up ahead and I wasn't catching her so I picked up the pace to about 7:30's and then I started catching her.  From then one I didn't feel like I needed to slow down and I even threw in a fast mile in 6:15.

Time 54:45,   Mile avg. - 7:24

I got to run 4 legs of the Ragnar WBR.  I was runner number 1 on team #432 - South Jordan Slackers.  Our team had a great time and I think most people want to do it again next year.  The weather was better for running compared to the last two years even thought it rained on us.  I'll take rain and 60' over sun and 90'.

#1 leg - 12:45PM - 5.1 miles, time 34:00,  Mile avg. - 6:40,  Mostly flat (Garmin didn't sink until half way through run.

#13 leg - 9:45PM - 8.50 miles, time 54:20,  Mile avg. - 6:23, One mile up and 7.5 miles down hill.

#25 leg - 8:30AM - 4.88 miles,  time 35:06,  Mile avg. - 7:11,  Slightly up hill.  I took it easy knowing I had to run another leg.

#35 leg - 3:30PM - 7.3 miles, Time 49:20,  Mile avg. - 6:45,  1.5 miles steep up and about 7 steep down.  I forgot my garmin when I swithed vans.  My quads were aching so I didn't push it due to fear of legs cramping up.  

I think my team got 168 out of about 670 teams which puts us at the 25% mark.  We had six women but were regestered as a male team.  We started out with 7 men but one got injured a couple weeks before the race. 

Our team had Taunia, Don, Andrea, Cheri, James, Julie, Chad, Matt, Abbi, John and Sue.