PV = nRT

first dam to spring hollow 

4 x 2000 meters track with 30 second recoveries. 7:41, 7:42, 7:43, 7:34

sumac drive to single track on river trail. maybe 8 minute pace. my pace keeps slowing down on these runs but not intentionally. oh well.

wanted a 7-8 mile tempo run. forgot the garmin so just ran on feel, 50:12, ... then mapped the run and it came in at 7.6 miles so my pace was about 6:35. 1 mile warmup and cooldown 

kicked 10 lengths. then water ran 30 minutes. in the pool.

20 miles. 7:44 pace. blah.

flaming gorge carmel campground up sheep creek geological loop. all up and then all down. 7'38" average

same as yesterday but five up and five down. 700 feet net up and down. 8:20 up 6:20 down

repeat monday but slower 8'00"

8 miles tempo 6:31 average

USU pool. licked 12 lengths then water ran about 30 minutes or so

really tough run today, maybe my worst ever. I ran out of gas at about 15 miles. After than I felt like I was in some kind of out of body experience, hallucinating, light headed. I intended to go 22 but made 21.1. felt like I was running about a 9 minute pace the last 5 or so so was pleased to see my garmin say 7:37 average when I finished. so the pace was OK I guess.
trying to figure out why I got so tired. I took four shot blocks and some cytomax so I had the sugar. it was my third week of 20 milers in  a row, coming off no more than 14-15 for the weeks before that. I am trying to get some of these long runs out of the way so I can still try for a decent time at the TOU half before doing TOU. I can't figure out why they put that three weeks before the marathon since it would be better as a tuneup 2 weeks out. I don't really want to run another 7-8 after the half. oh well. back to the couch. I am done for the day.

sumac river trail 7:25 average

planet walk to Logan high track, then 4 x 1 mile 6:00 each. planned on 5 but 4 is all I had. then off to lagoon for the day. 100 degrees. got there in time to get lots of rides in before the crowds showed up then it got real busy. that is my last lagoon trip EVER!!! I really hate that place.
I have decided I don't like these mizuno wave ronins I wore for mesquite. so trying to decide what to wear for TOU... my T4s are worn out. so I went on ebay and was lucky to find a new clearance pair of brooks T5s (old model) in my size for $46.00 with free shipping. cool. so I am planning to wear those. or maybe a new pair of nike frees... decisions, decisions.... I will wear the T5s for the half and see.

yeah

8.5 miles tempo very windy 6:41 pace.

front of my right lower shin started hurting, like a cramp or something, never experienced that before? can still feel it... hmm....

43 minutes in the pool, kicked 14 lengths then water ran about 30 minutes

this one really hurt. I have some sort of strained abdominal muscle I can't shake. Had my physical yesterday and doctor said I have the start of  a hernia but it hasn't broken through yet. i don't know if that is causing the pain or what. of course he didn't know. oh well, pain is good, right? maybe I should just duct tape that area.

21.65 miles at 7:37 pace. that's four weeks in a row of 20+ milers. Now I have to see if I can recover a bit for the half. I don't know, morale is low...

USU river trail 8:30 average

6 x 800 track 2:50-2:54

lower providence to planet walk 7:30 average

5 easy with nine strides

short run before moving my daughter back to Provo, all I had time for.

I came in seeing an opening to maybe take the men's masters with Steve Anderson not running, depending on who else showed up.  My goal was to run 1:20. This turned out to not be in the cards. I think my late start on marathon training, resulting in playing catch up with four consecutive weeks of 20+ milers, with 22 last week, just took too much out of me. Didn't help I spent all of Friday moving my daughter back to BYU and got little sleep.
I lined up with Carol, we were both looking at that 1:20. There was a guy right in front of us that looked older than me, I didn't recognize him (turns out he is 51 and from California) but I could see he was going to be the guy I had to keep up with. Things started out pretty well, but I was disappointed by the lack of a tailwind the first few miles. I tried to hang onto the 51 year old guy for the first few miles, but after mile three he just pulled away and left me in the dust. Canyon splits were 5:53, 6:03, 6:04, 6:05, 5:56, 6:00, 6:00. Then a 6:05 for mile 8. At this point I was right where I wanted to be. Then the legs just gave out. Carol pulled away so I lost my support. mile 9 was  6:17, mile 10 was 6:21, I caught MaryAnn right about here but she put on a nice surge and pulled away as I faltered. Mile 11, 6:37, then I really lost it on mile 12, 7:09.  Mile 13 was 6:16, then 6:14 for 0.1 miles.
Nothing to complain about really, I just didn't have any legs to finish the job. But I don't regret giving it a shot. it just wasn't in the cards. Ended up running six seconds slower than last year. At least I am consistent.
the good news- somebody decided to give 75 dollars to second place in the men's masters (??!!!??). I thought they only went one deep in master's, and couldn't hear at the awards, blogger good samaritan Kelli had to tell me to go up and get my prize or I would have forfeited it not even knowing I won the big cash (well, big for a second tier runner like me, I have never won that much). 75 dollars!! Kelli ROCKS- I owe her dinner or something. I gave her a hug after picking up my cash, not sure she appreciated that, but I do really appreciate people like Kelli helipng out with my hearing disability.
So I finally got to meet Kelli, got to host Steve Piccolo and his great family for the night, talked to blogger Jason a bit, talked to a few other bloggers, and was even entrusted with delivering Paul's worthy bib to Walter. I am pretty sure Walter won some free stuff off that bib number, maybe even the treadmill, but I'll leave that between the two of them...
Took off before the raffle, 75 dollars richer, picked up the wife and three boys, and drove back to Provo to remodel and do construction on the slum apartment room of my daughter so it is marginally liveable. I was at BYU 30 years ago, those apartments were dumps then, and they look even worse now. Slumlording in Provo must be the ultimate way to make easy money. Maybe I will invest my 75 dollars on a down payment on one of those complexes...

taught chemistry 1210 at 8:30 AM. in the engineering building a half mile away. because campus scheduling doesn't think chemistry classes should be taught in the chemistry classrooms. in fact, they don't really care what department or building you are in when they schedule classes.

10:30 AM, went to teach chemistry 5700 in my nornal classroom I have had for 10 years. found no one there. they switched my class to... the engineering building. a half mile away. So I traipsed back over, getting some VO2max miles I won't count. Fortunately I show up twenty minutes early to all my classes so was still able to start on time. Maybe I will move my office to engineering.

noon- finally got out and ran from work to the single track of river trail and back. the sun was out as I went out the door. then the clouds came in. with three miles to go back to campus the heavens unleashed hell and fury on me, perhaps the biggest downpour of rain and hail I have been in in Logan. I had no choice but to gut it out back to campus. torrents of rain, rivers, you name it. got back and had to take a 30 minute shower to recover.

great way to start another semester.

USU to spring hollow at a miserable 8:30 pace. I have no legs and am having dizziness/vertigo problems, related to my autoimmune problems, which kick in when I am overfatigued and overstressed. Obviously, I have pushed too hard. Nothing fancy this week. maybe more pool running or something.