"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran my Payson Park loop and my legs were totally dead, must have been from the 5K on Saturday they just would not move! I had some stomach issues about halfway through again luckily there was a porta potty close by! My average pace was very, very, slow at 9:03 average HR was 138, total time was 1:03:22 my legs were so dead by the end of this run it felt like I hit the wall again... I hope to have a solid week of training this week and I hope I am over the injury bug for good, but we shall see, and I hope my legs have a little more zip in them tomorrow I hate having dead leg syndrome, it's no fun at all!

See ya tomorrow

I went fishing today up at Scofield with my son Ethan and we paddled around in our pontoon boats for most of the day, out to the island and back,  so I am counting that as some cross training miles, my legs are extremely tired! We caught 8 fish but they were really small so we tossed them back into the lake, it was a fun time though.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran my mailbox route this morning and my legs were really tired from yesterday, pace was slow going up and coming down but when I hit canal road again I picked up the pace to MP and did 1.5 at a 7:20 pace average, I then cooled down for about a quarter of a mile. My average pace was 8:57 Total time was 1:04:41and HR average was at 144. My left knee was a little bothersome but I was able to get through the run, it seemed to get better the faster I ran, so go figure! I finished up with some strength training on the Bowflex, upper body only, and thats about it for today.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran the mini GU corner route this morning, very tired legs, I could not get them to go so the pace was really slow. I finished up with 10 minutes on the elliptical and some push-ups, the knee wasn't to bad but I could feel it so I rolled once I got home and stretched real good. Serious dead legs this morning, not good, I didn't feel like I accomplished alot today but I got her done! Average HR was 134 and total time was 55:57, average pace was 9:18 like I said really slow;-(

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out towards payson this morning, and the old legs were a little tired at the beginning but then they seem to feel better in the middle of the run and then towards the end their dead again. Left knee had some pain but not anymore than there has been, iced and stretched after the run, so I guess as long as it doesn't get any worse I will keep on working at it... Average pace was slow at 8:54 total time was 54:15, HR average was at 140 I did have a couple sub 8:30 miles in the middle of the run, but I could only hold the pace for about 2.5miles and then my legs started to feel it. I wish I could feel strong again in the legs, I haven't had that for a while, it seems like I'm always fighting them;-( Oh well, all I can do is my best and thats about it so with that said I'll see you tomorrow, I'm hoping for a good long run;-)

I wasn't sure how my left knee was going to hold up for this long run but I just decided to take it a mile at a time and see how it goes. I headed out towards mini GU corner and then I ran into Pat and Kent and the boys and I ran with Kent up to the top of Harry's, he was taking it easy thank goodness, and then I ran from there down to the stake center and then out to GU corner. The pace was up beat and I had some MP miles in there, well they were about 30 seconds slower than my actual MP but close enough,  I could feel my knee on the downhill but once I got back on the flat it really didn't bother me much so that was pretty cool. On my way back home I ran into Michelle and we spoke for a minute and she seemed to be doing really well, it's good to see her back at it and she gets to start running next week which is cool;-) My average pace was 8:38 with my HR average at 144, total time was 2:05:33. I came home and made me some Bacon and Eggs and boy was it delicious, yummy! I feel pretty good about today, I felt like I could have ran more so that is encouraging, I plan to slowly build each Saturday and hopefully get to a 20 miler 3 weeks before the Marathon, then I will have a better idea of where I am at.

See ya Monday.