"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

Afternoon run today and I am still feeling a little bit under the weather but I was able to get out and go for a nice easy run. I will try and increase my miles a little each day and see how I feel. I ran out towards Payson via canal road and just went nice and easy, I was hacking a long the way  but it seemed to settle down as the run went on. Average pace was 8:52 with my HR average at 145, I still seem to be fighting this darn cold, total time was 27:57. After the run I jumped on the elliptical for 20 minutes and the RPM was upbeat at 90 to 95, no resistance.  I plan on running in the morning tomorrow and for the rest of the week, but lets see how I feel;-)

See ya tomorrow.

Afternoon run again today, for some reason I slept through my alarm. I tried the whole run to take it easy but I could feel I was breathing harder than normal so I would look down at my watch and realized I was going way to fast, so then I would back down some more but then day dream and lose track again. My average pace was 8:26 and my HR average was 156, way to high and working way to hard for an easy run, total time was 42:57. I had one mile that was at an 8:00 pace, so I will call that a marathon pace even though it wasn't. After the run I jumped on the elliptical for 20 minutes at a moderate to hard pace, RPM above 95 for most of the workout no resistance. I might run some hill repeats tomorrow again if I'm feeling like it but  I will have to see;-) I feel pretty good about the workout today, I finally feel like I am on the other side of this cold, knock on wood... I've been struggling with some things lately and  feeling a little down and feeling sorry for myself I need to pull my head out I know! Does anyone want to join in on my pity party, anyone can join, its free;-)

See ya tomorrow.

I getting to be a broken record but here it goes... Another afternoon run today and I wish I would have run in the morning because it was a BJ Thomas day except it was snow drops falling on my head as apposed to rain drops;-) I ran out to Payson and extended up the hill and the old legs were a little tired today but thats okay it helped me slow down a bit but my average pace was still probably to fast for a recovery run but oh well. Average pace was 8:47 and the total time was 45:19, HR average was way high at 151. I think my HR monitor is acting up because that just seems way wrong, it might be time for a new battery... After the run I did the usual elliptical workout, 22 minutes with no resistance and I hope tomorrow to do the hill work that I had plan for today but it didn't work out.

Thats about it, see ya tomorrow.

I ran in the afternoon again and it was a shorts day so that was nice. I ran up loafer canyon road to the stop sign and then ran up the 100 meter hill and started to do my hill repeats. My goal was to do 4 to 5 repeats and they went like this 1- 7:21,  2-7:26,  3-7:20,  4-7:25, 5-7:15. I feel pretty good about those as it is an 8% grade, according to the sign at the top of the hill that is, I would rest the length of the hill going back down so about 100 meters. After that I headed back to the house at a comfortable pace, all mostly downhill, and one of those miles was at a 7:47 pace but it didn't seem like I was running that fast. Average pace for the run was 8:35 HR average at 152, total time was 48:08. After the run I jumped on the elliptical and did the Contenders Course with resistance up to 5 and I kept the pace at moderate to hard through out. I feel good about today its good to have it in the books.

See ya tomorrow.

I was finally able to get a good nights sleep for a change and the plan for today was to just take it easy and just run 3 miles and no more and do it at a nice easy pace. I ran out towards Payson via canal road and it felt so nice to be out in the morning for a change, my average pace was 8:50 with my HR average at 150 which really tells me that my HR monitor is not working right, I wasn't even working hard, total time was 29:13. After the run I ran the elliptical for 22 minutes and the pace was up beat between 90 and 95 on the RPM meter. I didn't want to over do it today as not to wear myself out for tomorrow, my goal is to run 12 miles, I finished up with some strength training on my upper body for 30 minutes and then some push-ups.

I feel really good right now I just hope that it continues, my main goal is to get my weekly daily miles up tp 8 miles a day and then do a long run on the weekends... Friday's will always be my easy day just to let my body recover, I feel like I'm on the right track.

See ya tomorrow.

I slept in this morning and didn't get out the door until after 7:30 and headed out towards GU corner, my legs were feeling alittle tired from the get go so I knew it would be a tougher run than what I have been use to. I ran into some wind about a 1.5 into the the run and it was pretty strong head wind, but I made it out to GU corner (osborns) and then headed back towards Salem, at about mile 7 my legs started to really get tired so 12 miles was really becoming a question at this point.  I took a little break and had some GU and then started back at it, once I got back to the house I headed out towards payson to tack on 4 miles to make it an even 12 and I just tried to stay with it and I did pretty good until the last mile and then my legs were just gone... I think running yesterday maybe did them in, I have been taking Friday's off but I felt so good I didn't want to waist a day but oh well I got er done! Even though I didn't feel like it I jumped on the elliptcial for 21 minutes but I kept the pace nice and easy, after that I did some stretching. Average pace was 8:43, total time was 1:45:05. HR average was at 146.

Time for some food.