Patrick's Blog

AM: Ran down to cottonwood complex and did the last mile of the regions course. Felt great.

PM: I figured I only had a mile and a half to finish out my mileage and I didn't want to do it tomorrow in DC so I just went out .75 and back. Off to Washington, DC!

This morning the time difference really didn't affect me. I got up at 6AM which is 4AM SLC time. I did 6 on the treadmill before we went out to look around Baltimore before we head over to Cumberland, Maryland. 

This morning in Cumberland, we are staying at my cousins house and she lives across the street from a High School. I went over to the high school and did a half mile warm up, mile of speed changes, then a half mile cooldown. Felt great. Love the sea level running. The humidity is way bad though. I was sweating like a pig.

Got up this morning and ran from my cousins house again and decided to look around Cumberland. I found a park and ran through the park. That park was huge! It had amusement park rides, a water park, a cemetery, and then normal park stuff in it. I turned at a mile and came home. Now off to Keyser, West Virginia, Amish country in Pennsylvania, and Wynchester in Virginia!

AM: Got up at 6 without an alarm because I am back in Utah and the time difference is amazing. I got up and went on my 3 mile loop. I felt great but the dry air and altitude definitely got me. I was breathing super hard.

PM: Met up with Danny at SHP and did an inside loop in the park. We saw Levi so we stopped and talked to him for a while, then we did another inside lap and went home. Now time to unpack.

This morning I am still on Maryland time because I got up at 6 and was wide awake. I did my usual 3 mile loop. Felt great. The altitude isnt bothering me as much now as the dry air is. 

This afternoon I met up with Danny and Levi for a run. We went from SHP and did half of an outside loop then ran across 15th east until we got to 13th east, stopped and stretched and ran back to SHP to finish out that outside loop we started. Today was HOT! I was absolutely exhausted when I finished. 

AM: Slept in... I went otside to run but it was too hot so I went to the elliptical and did 3 miles. At 3 miles I figured I might as well do that last half mile to even out the half mile I did yesterday so I would have even mileage. Felt sore. 

PM: Met up with Danny and Christian at SHP for a short run. Mile warm up around the park then we stretched. Ran around the park pacing Christian at a moderate pace, aiming for 10:30 and hit it right on the nose. Then did a half mile cooldown.

Met up with Suzette at the park and ride to drive up to Pipeline. Went out 2.5 and back. Felt absolutely great. It is nice to trail run again. Got breakfast after. It was so fun to run with Suzette again and catch up with her. 

This afternoon I went over to the Skyline HS track and ran in lane 5. 4 laps warm up, 4 laps speed changes, and 4 laps cooldown then I ran out and back 100 meters the get to 3.5

3.5 miles on the grass around my house. 

This morning at Weber state, I got up early and ran  on the treadmil... Back to the conference. 

Still at Weber... 2 on the treadmill. 

Went down to Cottonwood Complex to run an extended version of the Regions course. Half mile loop but I did the course overextending the turns I made to add distance. Great hot run. 

Weekly trail run with Suzette. This morning I met up with Suzette at Pipeline and we went 2 out and 2 back. Good run, but a slower pace than I would have liked. It is fun to run with her again. Felt great. 

Went down to the Olympus track and did mile warm up, mile speed changes, mile cooldown. By the end I was so exhausted and hot. The heat takes it out of you. 

This afternoon I met up with Danny and Christian. I did a half mile before they got there. Danny and I did a lap around the park. Then we went over to the big hill and did 3 hills and walked down the hill backwards. Then we went over to the back of the park to run a couple 400's. We did 1 going up the hill and I ran 82, then we turned and ran one going down the hill and I ran 75. good run. 

AM: Met up with Suzette this morning at JCC. We planned on going 5 but they are doing construction so we had to park at the JCC parking lot in a pay meter and we could only pay for 30 minutes so we ran 15 out and 15 back. We mad it 1.8 miles out then turned around and finished to once we got back. I forgot how hilly this run is! It felt great. I will run again this afternoon to get more mileage. 

Didn't get my second run in yesterday because I was caught up watching the DNC. Today I went over to Sunnyside park for a fartlek workout. I did a mile and a half warm up then stretched while I figured out how to turn on the alarm thing on my garmin. Once I figured that out, I did 8X1on/1off. I got 2.3 miles in. Then I cooled down around Sunnyside park until I got to 5 miles. I felt really good during this run. I forgot how much I really like fartlek workouts. I am finally feeling like a runner again. 

This afternoon I met up with Christian, Danny, and IDA! Ida is back from her mission! We did a lap around the park, stretched for a bit, a mile lap around the river, then a mile around the park, then Ida and I did a half mile to finish out at 4 for the day.

Weekly trail run with Suzette! We did pipeline but then we turned up Grandeur peak. That is a very very beautiful run but a VERY VERY steep run. We went up that for about a mile then turned around and headed back to pipeline. It was a great run! The trail was absolutely packed though, I wonder if something is going on?

6 slow miles on the treadmill. I felt great.