Running For Trevor

Nice easy recovery miles in Gilbert Arizona this morning.  I ran at 6:30am and the sun was rising.  It was absolutely gorgeous and seriously made me want to make me move to Arizona.  What a fun little trip.  I came home with a great tan. :)

25 minutes weights.  planks, pushups, worked biceps.

8 miserable miles on the treadmill.  My gym is jam packed right now and I literally had to stand and wait for a treadmill for 5-10 minutes.  If you don't stand behind one and mark your ground it gets snatched.  Seriously so annoying.  By the time I got going on the shaky treadmill I was annoyed and missing Arizona. ha!  finished in 64 minutes because I was in a hurry to get to work on time.  I should have ran slower I felt fatigued.....but I wanted 8 miles.  I am stubborn!

PM:  3 miles easy with the pup.  8:38 pace

30 minutes weights

9 miles on the treadmill.  never went below a 2% incline and threw in 5x1 min efforts at about 5k pace.  I felt great today.  Thank goodness because after yesterdays run I though I was going to have to make an early retirement from the running scene. :-)

PM:  2 miles with the pup.  9ish pace.  

Planks & pushups

8x800's with 400 rest in between.

1.4 mile warmup at 8:34 pace

800's were very controlled effort and around 6:58-7:05 pace.

2 miles cooldown at 8 minute pace.

I felt great and by doing the 800's slower I was able to speed up for the last 2.  I was worried that 400 meters in between wasn't enough to recover but with the controlled effort it was perfect.

Easy run.  Kept the incline on the treadmill at 2% with the last .25 of the first 6 miles at 4-5%.  I started at 7mph and gradually increased until I finished at 7.6.  Overall pace for the run was 8:17.

Where is everyone running long this weekend?  I woke up to 6 inches of snow in Payson and it looks like its suppose to continue snowing throughout the day.  They literally do not plow the roads at all and I'm trying to figure out what to do for my LR.  Kind of weird that we got more snow on March 1st than we got all winter.

30 minutes weights.  pushups/planks & worked shoulders/back.  I really love lifting somedays and I think I will focus on it more after Boston.  We shall see.

9 miles on the treadmill.  Pretty uneventful run.  Played with the incline a bit but kept it mostly at 1.5-2%.  I didn't feel as great as I did yesterday bit still an okay run. 

Me and JulieC are meeting at the Movie Theatres in Orem tomorrow morning at 7:30am and plan to run 18-20 miles.  Anyone is welcome to join.  Pace will be 8:00-8:30 with the last 4-5 miles faster if it isn't too slick out.

Tough 20 for me this morning.  Met up with JulieC and Cam in Provo and the plan was 16 at a moderate/easy pace with the last 4 at marathon tempo pace.  I'm not sure if it was the cold weather, the peak mileage week (76 miles), or lack of fueling.  I forgot to eat breakfast which is pretty normal for me.  I never eat breakfast before I run but I do always try to eat something before a LR and just plum forgot this morning.  I think it may have been a combination of all 3 elements that made this not such a great run for me.

Anyway the first 16 miles flew by and I felt okay.  We averaged around 8:10-8:15 pace.  I could tell I was running low on energy and that running any faster was going to be questionable but I still wanted to give it a whirl.  Tempo miles were 7:29, 7:30, 7:32 and then Cam and I both just crashed.  I just knew I didn't have it in me and that pushing myself at this point was pointless.  I basically hit a wall like in a marathon and my calves tightened up too.  It was weird.  It probably didn't help that we were running up University Avenue.  It is not that uphill (maybe .5-1% grade?) but it was enough for me at that point. ha!  Anyway I jogged the last mile and called it a day.

Overall AP for the run was 8:07.  I was pretty frustrated initially but 20 miles is 20 miles and it is miles on my feet that count. 

Thanks for organizing the run Julie and completely crushing your 4 fast miles.  you rock!