"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

It was a beautiful morning for a run, nice and cool just right! I ran out to Payson via canal road, I tried to keep the pace up beat and everything felt pretty good for a Monday... My average pace was 8:38 with my HR average at 139, I had one marathon pace mile in the middle of the run (7:50), my total time was 1:01:56. I feel pretty good and I am going to slowly taper for SG, but I think it will be less than normal as I feel that with my injury keeping me out of the game for most of June that I need the mileage, I will taper my long runs though. My plan is to do 15 this Saturday and then 10 to 12 the following week and then taper the week of the marathon, but again that all depends on how I am feeling and if my body is recovering the way that I need it to. I finished up this morning with my upper body weight training and then some push-ups.

See ya tomorrow.

No running today.

I ran in the afternoon today and it was a beautiful day today, 75 degrees just right. I ran out to Mini GU Corner, out and back, the first mile was easy and then I just let me legs go and tried not to push the pace, just tried to run steady. So I had 4 miles that were sub 8:15 mile, 8:06, 8:10, 8:15, 8:12, with the last mile easy. I'm counting them as MP miles even though they were about 30 seconds slower than what I want but the pace was easy, or at least it felt really comfortable. My average pace for the run was 8:21 with my HR average at 150, which seems a little off as my breathing didn't seem that labored, I think its time for a new battery cuz its been acting up lately, total time was 51:01... After the run I did my upper body weight training and then some push-ups, the knee felt okay after I got going and it warmed up a bit, I wore the brace for the first half and then ran the last half with out it.

See ya in the morning.

I ran out to Mini GU corner again but I kept the pace a lot easier this morning, I know one thing I 'm a lot more lose in the afternoons than I am in the morning, I'm getting old! I had a guy pass me when I was in my warm up stage, after I got warmed up I slowly increased my speed until I was closing the gap and by the time he made his turn around  I was right on his tail, so it was a fun little game. On the way back I just took it easy and enjoyed the music and the beautiful morning, my average pace was 8:45 with my HR average at 142, total time was 1:01:49. After the run I did my lower body weight training and then some push-ups, I felt really good this morning considering the late harder workout yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised....

Se you tomorrow.

I ran in the heat of the day just to feel it so my body want be to freaked out if its hot during the SGM in a couple of weeks. I ran out to Payson via canal road just after 12:30, my legs were nice and loose but I kept the pace as easy as I could and I started to get a little over heated towards the end but not to bad. My average pace 8:40 with my total time at 52:30 average HR was 148, a little high for that pace but it had to do with the hotter temps and the fact that I had a coke about a half hour before I went out... After the run I did my upper body weight training and some push-ups and now it's off to Ice my knee for a bit, it felt good in fact the warm temps really loosened up my legs, I wish they were that loose in the mornings when I run. I hate getting old! Tomorrow I think I'll keep my long run 14 miles or less and then next week I will be cutting my daily runs in half to 3 to 3.5 miles just to keep my legs loose and then the same for the week of the marathon, although I don't think I will run pass Wednesday the week of the marathon...

See ya tomorrow.

My legs were dead from the get go this morning! It was like a death march for most of the run, but I got her done... My last three miles were the quickest so i did improve towards the end but those three miles were still way slow and I think my run yesterday early afternoon in the heat had something to do with that. I usually don't run on Fridays but I felt good so I went out just after lunch, I paid for it today though! My average pace was way slow at 9:27 and my total time was 1:55:06, my HR average was at 134. My average pace for most of my long run have been in the 8:30 range, so it was pretty brutal this morning but I'm glad I stuck with it, sometimes you just have to gut these kind of runs out! Off to Ethan Soccer game now so I've got to get going.

See ya Monday.