"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran out to Payson Park and back via canal road, It was tough going on the way out as I had a head wind but then I did a little better on the inward half and had a negitive split. My average pace was 8:30 with a total time of 1:00:51, I had 2 MP miles in the middle 8:00, 7:52... I felt okay but not great, when I have ahead wind it just zaps me mentally I guess that is something that I need to work on.

See ya tomorrow.

No time today.

See ya tomorrow.

I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night so I ran in the afternoon, I was pretty much in a fog the whole way but I still felt pretty good. My average pace was 8:29 with a total  time of 43:25, I will run 5 miles tomorrow and then probably 3 on Friday before I head down to St George.

See ya tomorrow.

Nothing today. To much work and no time.

Later,

I'm  pretty okay with my time. Went out way to fast and then just hung on. I'll do a race report later.

Average pace was 7:10.

Details.

Mile 1. 6:33 this mile was way to fast but I was just trying to get the legs moving and I didn't feel like I was over doing it much.

Mile 2 7:18 after the first mile I decided to pull this one back a bit but over compensated and I felt like it was to slow, there are a couple of small hills here but not that big of deal.

Mile 3 6:53 tried to push some on this mile because of mile 2, I still felt pretty good but knew at this point that I had gone out to fast.

Mile 4 7:15 I felt okay with this mile as it has some uphill in it, stayed with it pretty good.

Mile 5 7:27 I lost it on this one a little bit, mentally kind of zoned out, which cost me.

Mile 6 7:36  I'm still struggling here but trying to get the legs to move but its not happening.

.17   6:39 I still felt like I had a chance to get under 44 minutes so I picked it up here, but I missed figured the math and I should have picked up sooner, DANG!

I'm okay with this to some degree as I have improved over the last year where I thought I was getting slower, if I would have gone out a little more even then I would have probably had a better time... I think if I stay consistent and don't over train, which I have a tendency to do, then I have some good races ahead of me. I just have to get the mileage in and be a little more attentive when I am racing of my pace and have a little better strategy. It was a fun and I love doing this race every year.

See ya Monday.