On this Halloween morning, I got out the door around 7:30 am and jogged 2.2 miles up to the Salt Lake Running Company on Highland Drive. Having heard through e-mail that they were continuing the store’s Saturday-morning group training runs after the Nike 10k Human Race concluded last weekend, I decided to checkout and participate in at least one of these morning runs. Also, the Salt Lake Running Company is hosting these group runs to help prepare for the Salt Lake Marathon in April. Since I just signed up to run this marathon again, I’m counting on these group runs to help me keep my training on schedule. Plus, I usually train alone; therefore, these group runs should be a nice change to my lonely training schedule.
Ten runners showed up for this kickoff-marathon-training run that was initially supposed to be a 10k. However, since one of the streets was marked by its east-coordinate instead of its name, we missed a turn and ended up running all the way up 2100 South to Foothill Boulevard before running back to the store. As a result, our total distance ended up being 7.7-miles; nevertheless, the entire group--even the beginning runners--survived the run. Overall, it was a great experience and an enjoyable workout that I plan on participating in again.
After picking up a pair of Adidas Sequence (i.e., for my upcoming marathon) and running back home (an even 2.0 miles at an easy pace), I decided to tack on a few extra miles before calling it a day. Consequently, I ran through Big Cottonwood Park, over to Murray Holladay road, up to Highland Drive, then just past the vacant lot that use to house the Cottonwood Mall before heading back. As a result, I was able to add on an easy-pace, 4.8-mile run to my daily millage.
In regards to my non-running workout, I completed 200 sit-ups and 30 push-ups.
Happy Halloween! | 