Road back from FAT!!!!!

easy 6 with Riley in Shadow Valley. 6:55 pace

So the day before Kayla and I stayed at one of her old roommate's places in Spanish Fork. Got up way too early to catch the bus. Met Riley and Denver and the four of us rode the bus up together. Once up there, hit the bathroom a couple times and sat near the fire until the sun came up and we started our warm up. It was fun because Kayla was warming up with us and these two guys who looked fit-ish started scoping us out and she made the comment, "This is the first time I ever watched guys ignore me runner and check out two guys intently." At the start, I realized that I was going to get second if I pushed myself. The gun went off and Dave Taylor shot off to the front. Riley moved slightly ahead of me. Then Mike Nelson and Scott Keate joined Riley at the front. Another guy I didn't know joined me for about half a mile before slowing down. I passed Dave Taylor just before the second mile. I still had Scott and Mike to chase but that ended about 5 miles into the race. After that I focused on my tangents on the pathway. I focused on just running my pace. I wasn't feeling the best the whole day. I was surprisingly tired. I have felt flat since the wedding. The lack of sleep hit me really hard and the mental stress of getting all the pieces to move as one to get the wedding to happen. Once on University Ave, I just tried to focus on pushing myself and keeping the pace honest. About half way through mile 11, my legs just got heavy. I really tried to push mile 12 after having a mental lapse. Mile 13 was a mental struggle. I knew I had a huge lead on third and Riley was just finished. I was battling the thought, "You can run an 8 minute mile and still get 2nd, C'mon buddy just slow down." I did slow some, but I tried to get at it. Definitely need to work on pushing those last few miles through the pain and mental fatigue. Still rather happy with second place running in a total no man's land the whole way. 4 minutes behind Riley and 4 minutes ahead of 3rd.  My splits are below:
5:19, 5:11, 5:37, 5:22, 5:15, 5:24, 5:27, 5:23, 5:27, 5:38, 5:46, 5:37, 5:46, (5:17 pace for the last .1)
1:11:33 (5:29 pace)
Cool down with Riley eating an orange creamie2nd overall. Didn't feel the best but I pushed it. More to come later. Nap time now.

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3 1/2 easy miles around the neighborhood to loosen up the legs so I can roll out. 7:31 pace

Monday Funday 7:31 pace. Feel like poo but a touch better.

PM: Easy 4 with Max between rain storms. 6:55 pace. Feeling batter than this morning.

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11 miles on the parkway 7:13. Feel much better. My calf is slightly sore and tight still. More rolling out and icing tonight. Upper body lifting with Riley after the run

PM: Decided against doubling so I could work out the knot in my calf from the race. ​

So I thought I felt ready to push it after the race last Saturday. Well I wasn't even close. I think my fitness has improved to the point that @ like 7:00 pace I am burning more fat than glycogen so I has a false sense of recovery. We planned on a 18 mile run with a progression. I slowly worked down to 610 by mile 9. But when I thries to go faster I hit a block. I held 6:10-615 until I was stopped by the train. After that I couldn't get going again and just called the workout and just headed back. 6:47 average pace.

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11miles around East and Central Ogden with Riley and Ben for the whole run and Demver Tim and Matt for about 3 miles. 7:16 average pace.

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9 and a half. Planned to run over to the bank then realized when I got there banks have stupid hours. Randomly met up with Kayla (my wife) and Max the dog on their run and ran the last 1.5 with them. The last .25 mile Max and I raced home. 7:20 average.

​8 miles around the Springs after the rainstorm. 2 miles at race pace. 7:08 average pace

9 miles after driving 9 hours with one mile at race pace. 7:09 pace

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8 miles on the parkway. 2 @ race pace with Jon. 6:48 average pace

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Easy 6 in South Ogden. Taper Taper Taper

Tapering for the Marathon with Riley.

Shake out w/ 3 stride outs. Getting ready to race tomorrow.

OGDEN MARATHON RACE REPORT

So this race was never on my plan for the year but Riley got a few free entries for free through a friend so about 3 weeks ago we committed. As the race got closer, I was getting nervous because the longest run I had done since I have been training again is a 21 miler and the weather was looking ugly. 

P.S. The weather was terrible.

So before the race Nate Blouin (who stayed in my guest room) and I met Riley to ride up on the bus. Riley had a pretty sweet set up. Tarp on the ground and the three of us were under a mylar (sp) blanket. about 20 minutes before the start it started to snow. No big deal. Snow doesn't get you soaked. I am very happy the rain waited until after the race started at least. 

The gun went off and a group of about 8 formed as the lead pack. John Heslop and I settled into our pace. The goal was to run smooth and easy down the canyon through mile 8. Just a touch under 6. It started to rain a touch about mile 3 and by mile 8 it was coming down pretty hard.

Splits miles 1-8

6:00 6:00 5:57 5:46 5:45 5:46 5:53 5:52

Miles 9-17

These are the rollers. I just wanted to put forth the same effort through here. John Heslop, the Master winner Tracy Fifield ran most of this section as a pack. Up the hills I would run what felt good and down the hills I would let gravity do it's work. I think I came through half way between 1:18:15-20(1:18:15 was the official time). My stomach started giving me fits about 10 miles in anf through 15 I thought I was going to have to stop but once the rain and wind picked up I was more focused on that and my stomach let up. John and I dropped Tracy up the hill. 

Miles 9-17 splits

5:59 6:06 6:04 5:59 6:04 6:03 6:10 (up the hill) 5:59 5:56

Miles 18-24

I was feeling solid still and decided to push the pace down the canyon. Right before the last aid station before the dam, I asked John how he was doing and he said his hammies were tight and told me to get after it. I just let it roll down the canyon. Hit my first half marathoner about 50 ft before the 19 mile mark and it just got thicker from there. Some were really curtious, were walking 6-8 wide blocking the whole road. At about 20, I realized I could see the guy in front of me and really focused on him. All of a sudden at mile 22 I realized someone puking over the guard rail was Riley. I shouted at him that he could finish as I went past. When I hit the bottom of the canyon, one of the volunteers told me I was in 5th. I was shocked because at the start there were a lot more guys in front of me than 5. The conditions cause a few guys to drop out. At that point I knew I was going to get 4th. I passed the guy in 4th, Jessse Dunn, right at the start of the 5k. He ran with me for about 100 meters than stayed fairly close through the next half mile.

18-24 Splits

5:27 (-130 feet) 5:49 5:47 5:42 5:35 5:41 6:00

Miles 25-26.2 (I had 26.38 on my watch)

So about a half mile into this mile I hit a thick group of Half Marathoners. I had to run a decent chunk on the grass. My legs started to really fatigue. I just tried to keep my rhythm going. with about a half mile to go an old grouchy guy pulled right in front of me on Grant with his truck and would have hit me if hadn't of come to a complete stop. My legs were protesting when I started to run again. In lieu of kicking after having to stop, I decided to high five all the spectators for coming out and supporting the race. 

Splits

6:11 6:28 2:25 for .38 (6:22 pace)

Big thanks to all the volunteers standing out in the rain and all the people who came out and cheered. It was awesome.

Met Ben and Riley in Riverdale fot an easy 10. 7:22 average pace. Felt ok. A few aches and pains but nothing too bad.. Back at it and on to the next.

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10 miles in Central Ogden with Ben, Riley,And Denver. 7:25 pace. 1 mile of expiration on a random new trail at 9 minute pace. Result. It goes no where.

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Easy 10 on the parkway with Ken and Riley.7:10 pace

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Still feeling sluggish but10 miles in with the guys. 7:28 pace

8mile Builder 5:39 pace

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Bacon run

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Hill Half. Puked half WA through and shut it down

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