"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

My legs did not want to run today and I had planed on 10 miles but decided to just do 6 miles instead. My watch wasn't charged so I have no time or splits. I think I should have tapered more this week and I probably should have stayed away from the leg exercises, but I didn't so I will take it really easy this week with just light running Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and then I'll take off Thursday and Friday and just get carbed up! I think I need to use this race as a training run and not get to carried away, my main goal is to Rock the SGM so I will push some of the miles on Saturday but for the most part just keep each mile steady. I hope my legs get to feeling better and get their mojo back by Saturday or it could be a tough one.

See ya Monday.

Just a nice little run out past the old barn this morning, I wanted to simulate starting the race on Saturday and just try the pace that I want to start out with so my first mile was 8:15 and then the second mile was 7:55. They both felt really sustainable and comfortable and I think my legs are starting to come around, I think with a little more of a taper this week and I should be good to go! I think tomorrow I'll run about the same mileage as today but the pace will be real real easy, I might even walk a little. My average pace this morning was 8:13 and my total time was 25:17, after the run I did my upper body weight training, real light and then finished with some push-ups.

See ya tomorrow

Rest. I felt like I needed an extra day to get ready for saturday. Easy 3 miler tomorrow.

Later.

I kinda did the same run as Monday except I ran out past the stake center, first mile was 8:23 and then I had a sub 8 minute mile on the second mile, 7:56 and then I slowed down after that. The pace felt comfortable and I am curious about Saturday and what I am ready to do, I guess time will tell. My average pace for the run was 8:15 with a total time of 28:32, after the run I did some stretching and then a lite upper body weight training. I did go and drive the course yesterday, and there are some up hill sections but nothing to bad so I will need to take advantage of the downhill but I need to make sure I don't over do it to soon in the race, patience.

See ya tomorrow.

Let the rest and carbing begin!

Big day tomorrow! UVM! Just some final thoughts before the big day. I really don't know what to expect for tomorrow I just hope that I can give a good performance and do my best! I guess time will tell on that. It looks like the weather should be tolerable so that is a good sign so with that said, see ya tomorrow.

later.

I was really kinda disappointed with this race. I felt like I was in better shape than this, like 3:40ish type shape! But the wind was pretty brutal today and it took its toll on me. I also lost reception on my watch going through the tunnel so it was really frustrating after that! The first 9 miles I felt really good and I tried to keep the pace around 8:00 minute miles as planned but then I hit the wind and it was just frustrating! I stayed with it through the half way point but then I starting to really lose it after that, the wind just beat me to high heaven today. So I am not giving any splits as its to embarrassing, and stupid, so I will count this as a nice long run and call it good. I'll be taking a few days off to recover and then get ready for the training for the SGM in October and I am hoping for a better time there, hopefully!

Later.

Recovering nicley after the marathon and the legs are coming around. Still some tightness in my calfes and the quads are coming around as well. I might try a run tomorrow but I'll see how everything is progressing and then go from there. I want to get back into it but I don't want to do to much to soon, the main goal is to stay healthy again for the whole training cycle and then bring on SG!

Later.

First run after the Marathon, my legs were tolerable for the most part, no major aches and pains just the ones expected. They are still pretty tired and heavy but they are on the mend, the pace was nice and slow and I just tried to enjoy the morning. My average pace was 9:11 with my total time at 37:12, after the run I did some lite upper body weight training and then finished up with some push-ups. I will probably run tomorrow barring some weird ache or pain but it will be pretty lite for the most part.

See ya tomorrow.

So I got up at 5:30 this morning already to head out the door and while I was getting on my gear I was feeling light headed and dizzy, almost like I had no balance, need less to say about 10 minutes later I was throwing my guts up! I have spent most of the day in bed, kinda disappointing and frustrating! I have had that sensation before, feeling dizzy and off balance, right before the marathon a week or so ago so I hope its nothing to serious. I was just finally able to get some food down me and have it stay down so I am hoping that this is a good sign for tomorrow and I can actually get out the door, I guess time will tell on that.

See ya tomorrow.

I felt a little better this morning so I headed out past Mini Gu via canal road, I kept the pace pretty easy for the most part but on the way back I could feel my legs pretty good I still must be recovering from the marathon. My average pace for the run was 8:35 with my total time at 1:01:02, after the run I did some real lite lower body weight training and then I called it a day.

See ya tomorrow

I ran the payson park loop this morning, my legs were pretty much trashed from the get go! The last mile or so was a freaking death march! But I was able to get her done and call it a day. My average pace was way slow at 8:57 with my total time of 1:03:58 after the run I did my upper body weight training and then finished up with some push-ups. I hope my legs get to feeling better soon, I hate it when it feels like a death march every run!

See ya tomorrow

Legs are trashed pretty good still from the Marathon so I am taking today off.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out to Mini Gu and then back to the house the old legs felt a lot better this morning and the pace was a little more up beat. My average pace was at 8:15 with one of the miles MP(7:52) and my total time was at 50:39. I felt pretty good and I am hoping that I can get a full week of training in next week and start getting ready for SG. After the run I did my upper body weight training and then some push-ups, the plan for tomorrow is to go 10 plus miles and see how I do, hopefully good. I have a 3 day golf tournament starting today and I am not prepared at all for it, I just haven't played at all this year but I have played in this same event for 20 plus years so I am just going to go and have some fun and just enjoy the day's. I hope I can keep the score respectable, but if not then that's okay too.

See ya tomorrow

I ran out past Gu Corner and then down into the river bottoms, I was not feeling real great, the legs are still feeling pretty heavy but I just tried to stay with it and to my best. I was planning on 13 to 14 but it just wasn't going to happen today so I did what my body would let me and then called it a day. My average pace was 8:35 and my total time was 1:26:35, my legs felt a little better towards the end so that was a good sign but I just haven't felt good since Monday and I'm  hoping with a nice day off tomorrow that I will be able to put in a nice week of training next week.

 Later.

I ran out past Mini Gu corner via canal road this morning and my legs were feeling pretty good this morning so I just went with it and did some up beat miles in there. On the way back I ran into Pat loss and he ran in with me for about 2 miles and he helped keep the pace honest and up tempo. My average pace was 8:15 with a total time of 59:18, I had 3 miles that were sub 8 minute miles 7:58, 7:55, 7:45. When I was with Pat we were doing a sub 7:30 pace and it felt pretty good we would kind of speed up for a bit and then back down and then speed up again so it was a fun workout and I'm real glad that he ran with me. It really helps to have someone push and pull you along. After the run I did some one legged squats and then I did a lite upper body workout, hills tomorrow.

Later.

I ran out to mini Gu again this morning and it was pretty much a death march, I really didn't enjoy it at all. But I was able to get it done and so I guess that is some what of a victory. I thought we were doing hills today but I guess the boy's moved it to tomorrow so I will see what tomorrow brings and hopefully we can get her done. I ran into the girls and they were drinking out of someones hose, I sure hope that wasn't irrigation water:)

See ya tomorrow.

Ran the Payson canyon this morning, Started at beer can and then ran 8 miles down the canyon, very steep and a nice workout. I ran with Chad and Dan and his wife Carolyn and we had some good conversation and it was a good run. The plan is to do this run once a week and I think we increase it a little each week so it should give me a good dose of downhill training. My quads are really burning right now! Average pace was 7:54 but I had some 7:40 miles in the middle so I hope to increase my turn over each week and hopefully these miles will get quicker each week, total time was 1:01:31. I also added in some one legged squats after I stretched, I might run tomorrow but it depends on how I feel after today's run if I do run it will be short and slow.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out to Mini Gu and about two miles into my run my calf got a real narley charlie horse! I stopped at mini Gu and tried to stretch it out but it was not having it. I kept running and it stayed about the same so when I got back to the house I drank some gatorade and then headed out to the old barn. It seemed to stay the same until on the way back and it really went crazy and I had to run walk the last mile just to get home. I have been icing and putting heat on it but it is really sore and I can barley walk so who knows if it will get better or not! Oh well at least I made it this year almost to July with out an injury I guess I'll see how it is tomorrow and then on Monday see if it is improving! Dang!!!

Later.