"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

Well, my leg and hip felt okay, so that is a great sign! I had some zip to my legs today, at least more than Saturday anyway but as the run progressed that started to fade... I had a pretty good mile in there at a 8:36 pace and it was working me pretty good too! I know that it is pretty silly but that use to be my recovery pace but today I will make it a Marathon pace mile HEHE! My average pace was 9:03 with my average heart rate at 150, this is way to high for this pace I am hoping that this will come down in the up coming days and weeks a head... I got chicked twice this morning, once by the G-ber girl who I don't mind chicking me but then the other girl who chicked me I usual pass with out much trouble I did push it up the little hill that takes me into Payson and I almost caught her, so Brent would be proud of me!I went out a little fast this morning so on my way back I took it pretty easy as to not over do it. I am scheduled to run the Riverwoods Half Marathon this Saturday and if all goes well this week I will probably give it a try, I will use it as a nice easy long run and just try to have fun and enjoy the company of my fellow bloggers, but I will see how I feel this week and then go from there...

I also did my standard weight training on my upper body, 2 sets of each exercise...

Asic 2130 (50)

I just lost my whole entry so I'm re-typing again, I hate that! Hip and leg are pretty sore, I was able to get in the run and that is about it. Average pace was real slow 9:56 total time was 50:01 average heart rate was 134. I did some core training and then did the weight training on my legs, I am hoping that I can recover enough to run tomorrow, but we shall see... I ran the mini Gu corner route but stopped about a half mile short as not to over do it. I ran into Pat Loss and chatted for a minute and then I headed for home, very, very, very slowly.

Asic Nimbus 10 (5)

Well I felt a little better this morning as far as my hip and leg are concerned, I don't know if it was the strength training that I did yesterday or what but it was tolerable today:-) I ran up Loafer to the stop sign and then turned west for about a quarter of a mile and then turned and headed back for home. I took it pretty easy on the downhill , but what was weird was when I was running up loafer it almost made my injury feel better, it seemed to really stretch it out so that was a good sign. My pace going up was okay (9:40) and my heart rate was in the 160 range, so not to bad my average pace for the run was 9:38 and my heart rate average was 145, total time was 38:37... I had to cut my run short this morning because I had to be the dentist at 8:00am and I woke up a little late, but with the hill work that I did this morning I think I will cut myself some slack,  I might run a little with my son later this evening but I will have to see if he is up to it.

So all in all it was an okay run and I hope that it feels even better tomorrow so I can start getting in a good grove.

Asic 2130 (54)

I ran out towards mini GU corner but again stopped about a half mile short as my legs were getting tired, injury was a little sore after the first couple of miles so it seems that every other day its sore and then I have a marginal day the next, so tolerable...  My average pace was 9:09 with my heart rate average at 139 (better) and my total time was 46:00. I still don't know about Saturday and the Riverwoods Half, that course is alot down hill and I am afraid that it might do more harm than good so I will have to see how I feel tomorrow and then make a decision. In my heart I want to run it but my body is telling me a different story, soooo I don't know what to do! I did have two miles today under the nine minute mark which was kind of better, but I don't know if I could even last for 13 miles I seem to have a hard time getting through 5 at the moment, I don't know...

I also did my standard weight training on the lower body and then some core training to go along with that.

Asic Nimbus 10 (10)

I had a real nice even paced run this morning, ran out towards Payson and then headed back to my house all via canal road. My leg and hip felt pretty good going out but then with about a mile to go it started to get a little sore, which seems to be the case most days, but I feel like it is on the mend. I still don't know what to do about tomorrow, I would like to go and give the race a try and just take it easy and see what happens, but I just don't know... I will probably go over later today and get my number and then see how things go tomorrow morning and see how my leg recovers and how it feels. I feel like I could probably complete it and finish all right but I just don't want to have a set back. Average pace was 9:31 with my heart rate average at, 136(better) total time was 48:49...

I also did my standard weight training on the upper body, 2 sets of each exercise with 12 reps in each set.

See ya tomorrow.

Asic 2130 (59)

I decided not to run the Riverwoods Half this morning, my heart was saying yes but my body was saying NO! I think I made the right decision, I just dont think I would have benefited from so i didn't run it... Instead I ran out towards pretty little hill, I did that twice and it is alot hillier than what I remember, I did it both ways so I had some hills in there today along with some flatter area's. My average pace was 9:30 with my heart rate at 134(Best yet for that pace) total time was 1:16:38 I had a negative split on the way back and I think that was toughest of the two section's that I ran so that was a good sign still not very fast though. But that's okay at least I was able to run 6 days this week so I will not complain!

See ya Monday!

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