Every Race is an Adventure!

Due to the holiday weekend, I ended up running alone this morning. I ran the normal Monday morning course. Due to how slowly I ran, I classified the miles as easy miles, but they didn't feel all that easy. My legs aren't sore at all, but they still feel a little tired.

I ran 6 miles. The mile splits were 8:58, 8:24, 8:03, 8:21, 8:33, and 8:03. I ran pretty steady; the slower miles had some uphill and the faster miles some downhill. My overall average pace was 8:25/mi.

I plan to skip running tomorrow (4th of July) and play basketball again with my old bball buddies and my two sons Andrew and Adam.

Once again I ran alone this morning. It will be nice when everyone gets back to a regular schedule. I ran the normal Wednesday morning hill run.

I warmed up running to the hills. I ran the ascent pretty strong but did not push real hard. I took the descent easy watching my footing to avoid another ankle turn. I picked up the pace some when I reached the bottom and then more when I started the gradual downhill at 400 E. I still had to watch my footing as 1600 N is torn up for construction. Running near a 7:00/mi pace at the end felt good. I'm finally getting a little spring back in my legs after the WBR and the hard long run on Saturday.

I averaged 9:06/mi to the hills, 11:06/mi up the hills, 9:05/mi down the hills, 7:52/mi for the 1/2 mile from 800 E to 400 E, and 7:02/mi the last 0.6 miles home.

At lunch time I ran the Lake View run with Tom. Cory joined us for the return trip. It was about 80 degrees. We went out at a little over an 8 minute pace per mile and came back at a sub-8 minute pace per mile.

It was nice to not run alone this morning. I ran the normal Thursday morning run with Kurt, Kent, and Larry. It was overcast and a little humid.

I averaged about 8:33/mi for the entire run. I pushed the big hill on 2000 N enough (about 9:38/mi) to close a little on Kurt but I couldn't catch him. I averaged 7:34/mi for the first mile back down then pushed to 6:52/mi for the last 1/3 of a mile.

Kurt, Kevin, and I ran from home up Provo Canyon and back. We ran most of it between 8:30/mi and 8:45/mi. We pushed one section on the way down the canyon for about 2.2 miles at an average pace of 7:02/mi. Running from the mouth to home last week I labored to run around a 9:00/mi pace. I vowed to do better this week. I ran the last three 1/2 mile sections at 6:55/mi, 7:13/mi, and 7:22/mi. I felt much better than the previous week.

It took me a little over a week to get my legs back after the WBR, but less than two weeks. This is encouraging as my current plans are to run Top of Utah in 3:20 or better and then run St. George two weeks later and try to stay with Kerry and Larry as they try to qualify with a 3:35 or better.