"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran the Payson Park loop and extended down into the park which adds in the rollers, the pace was nice and easy I ran via Salem canal road out to the park. My legs were tired and I still have a knot in my right calf but I don't start noticing it until 4 miles or so, my average pace was 8:54 with my total time at 1:03:54. I am running the SG Half Marathon in January as one of my races for the runners series so I am going to start preparing for it now. I have re-dedicated myself over the last couple of days and I will be getting up and running in the mornings! "The Cupcake Stroll is over"! My plan is to do just base mileage for the rest of this month and then start incorporating some speed in around the middle or first of next Month, my goal this year is to get stronger on the hills to better prepare myself for SG. I have entered the Utah Valley Marathon but plan on using it as more of a training run than a Boston Qualify, Speed and hills on the same day makes for a great training run. I finished up today with my upper body weight training and then some push-ups, my goal is to stay healthy and have a full year with no injuries! Let the fun begin.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out to Mini GU Corner via canal road, out and back. It was a little chilly this morning, but after I got warmed up it was very nice. My legs took forever to warm up but on the way back I was able to get into a pretty good rhythm, my average pace for the run was 8:42 with my total time at 52:52. I feel like I have picked up a little bug or something, runny nose and slight ear ache. I slammed some Emergency-C so hopefully that will knock it out! To finish up I did my lower body workout and some push-ups.

My son Ethan and his soccer team play for the championship tonight, I sure hope they can do it! I'm so proud of them this year, and Ethan has been awesome and I think a lot of it has to do with his running. It has really given him confidence and a quicker step, as if he needed it!:)

See ya tomorrow.

I have got a massive head cold and it is really kicking my butt!!! No running today, I am taking Emergency-C and I am hoping that it well knock it out soon! Set Backs suck!

Feeling a little better today from the head cold, and I feel like I can run finally so I might do a short run later today or I might just wait until tomorrow, if I do later today then I will update then if I do.

Later.

I ran out to GU Corner and then back to the house, when I was close to home I decided to tack on a few more miles so I ran out to the old barn on canal road and then back to the house. The pace was upbeat at times and then slow at times, my last mile was sub 8 minutes so I will count that as MP.  My average pace was 8:39 with my total time at 1:27:05, for the most part I felt okay but when I would stop I would start hacking pretty good and since I finished I have been hacking like crazy! Dang cold! The knot in my right calf was still there but didn't really show up until 5 or 6 miles and then it just kind of stayed the same. I feel like I am recovering from the marathon fine, 3 weeks to the day and everything is feeling pretty dang good, other than the freaking cold that I have been dealing with the last week! I am hoping I can get a full week of running in next week so I can start building my base mileage up.

Its my Stepson Masons farwell tomorrow and then he enters the MTC on Wednesday, with that said I have a lot to do today so I guess I better get going!

See ya Monday