"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran with the Boys, Spanish Fork Crew, and we ran up Loafer canyon to the gate. I felt really good on the uphill which I was worried about after last week and the way my legs were feeling, hopefully I am past that and they are back to feeling normal. I had a couple of MP miles on the way down at 8:00, 7:54, we didn't push the pace down which was a good thing and we took it pretty easy on the way up but my legs felt strong so I'm happy with that. My average pace was 9:18, this is a very steep canyon uphill, with a total time of 1:16:15. It was fun to run with the boys again and I look forward for more of this these last weeks of preparing for St. George.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out to Mini Gu Corner and then back to the house via canal road. I felt pretty good but my legs were a little tired toward the end but I think that was the hill work from yesterday. Average pace 8:39 with a total time of 52:31, it was a beautiful morning again.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran after work today as I slept in and had to get going but I ran out towards Payson Park but stopped short. On the way back I did 6 speed pickups and they were all in the 7 minute range and I just picked out a power pole or a street sign to run to and then had about the same distance in a recover time. I had to reset my watch because I forgot to start it on the way back and it was all screwed up but the miles that I had after the reset went like this: 7:50, 7:27, 7:54 Average pace on the last two were 7:45 and then the previous 4 miles were 8:30. It was a good workout and I'm glad I got a little speed in.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out to Mini Gu corner and then back to the house via canal road, legs were extremely tired this morning, they kind of hit the wall again... I know a lot of it was because of the late run yesterday afternoon and then I did speed work to boot and then they just get tired I guess, but I got her done and that's all that matters. My average pace was nice and easy at 9:18 with a total time of 56:25, I did some push-ups to finish up.

I will take tomorrow off as I have a big long run on Saturday.

See you Saturday.

I ran with the Spanish Fork boys and girls From the Black hawk Camp Ground which is at the top of Payson canyon and then I ran back to my house. I was really nervous about this run, not from the stand point of the mileage just the extensive downhill along with the mileage, was my main concern but my legs handled it really well. This tells me that I'm on the right track and I just need to stay consistent these last 4 or 5 weeks, I want to get in a few more downhill runs and a few more uphill runs as well. I had  7 MP miles on mostly the downhill but i didn't push the downhill at all I just let the hill do the work  and I did that just because I didn't want to over do it. Those miles went like this: 7:58, 7:59, 7:53, 8:00, 7:46, 7:47, 7:53, my average pace for the run was 8:19 with a total time of 2:52:34. This was a big confidence boast and I am glad that I was able to do it, it gave a nice evaluation of where I am at.

See y Monday