"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran the Payson Park Loop and I wasn't going to extend down to the park but I had a lot on my mind and before I knew it I was all most to the park, I guess I kinda zoned out. I've been dealing with a lot lately and I find myself wondering why people who you thought were your friends but when it comes right down to it they really aren't. But I guess you have to be careful who you thing your real friends really are, Oh well... I didn't feel real great this morning, just didn't feel real strong but not to bad either, my average pace was 8:49 with a total time of 1:03:17.

See ya tomorrow.

I woke up yesterday morning and my back was all messed up, I don't know why but sometimes it just does that, I can sleep on it the wrong way and it will just get stiff and sore. I know it will get better but talk about bad timing with the 10K on Friday, I ran okay this morning but its hard to get my turn over going like I would like. Hopefully by Friday it will be more loose and I can get  the race that I want. My average pace was 8:33 with a total time of 52:06, and I ran the Mini Gu Corner route.

See ya tomorrow.

I just ran a nice easy 3 miler this morning as I have a 10K tomorrow so I just wanted to shake the old legs out, I'm not feeling as chipper as I would like but maybe with a little race day magic I will be able to have a good race. My average pace was 8:35 with a total time of 26:55, I haven't been taking my vitamins very good the last little bit so I'm thinking that might be contributing to the low energy and sluggishness, I need to get more regular again with them.

See ya tomorrow.

Speedy Spaniard 10K this morning,  It wasn't my best 10K but it wasn't my worst either. I felt okay through 3 miles or so and then I really started to fade and I just kinda hung in there, it was a new route this year and it was a good one. I felt pretty good leg wise but my breathing was way out of whack and I felt really labored for some reason. I have ran a sub 44 minutes in this race but I just didn't have it lung wise so I probably need to work on that a little more. My splits are below.

1. 7:13 a little uphill here and then down, pretty happy with this mile really.

2. 7:06 I felt really good here and I thought this was about where I should be pace wise.

3. 7:11 Still okay with the pace but stomach is bothering my a little here.

4. 7:23 Starting to fade bad here.

5. 7:30 still trying but fading some more.

6. 7:30 I tried to speed up here but I must not have as the pace was the same as the previous mile.

.20 6:42 I just tried to finish strong here and I think I did that.

The last half I just really seemed to fade, which surprises me as I thought I was in pretty decent 10K pace but I guess I'm not... I did finish 3rd in my age group, 50 to 54, so that was a welcome surprise i think I'm on the right track with everything I just have to stay with it, maybe try and get some more speed work when I can. But really not to bad, my average pace was 7:19.

See ya tomorrow.

I decided to take today off with the race that I ran yesterday, as I get older I find it more difficult to recover and even though I don't feel that bad I wanted to error on the side of caution, and where this is the deepest I've been able to go into a marathon training cycle without injury I thought it was a good idea. These next 60 days will be my most important so I want to be ready and fresh.

See ya Monday.