Running For Trevor

7.1 easy recovery miles.  I am not sore at all from pacing Timp yesterday which makes me very happy! 7:38 pace

I think I am signing up for TOU marathon today............

10 miles typical 2 mile warmup + Santaquin orchard loop.  I stayed up way too late last night watching the olympics and was tired the first few miles but other than that a good run. 7:45 pace.

PM:  Ran from my house to my appointment and back home.  1.8 mi.  It was way to windy to even muster up the energy to round the run off to 2 mi. ha!

10.1 miles.  Out and back from my house to the mouth of Payson canyon and back to my house.  First mile was 8:45 and last mile was 6:39.  It was another way late night last night.  My best friend is moving to Minnesota today so we stayed up way late last night talking at my parents house.  So so sad to see her go. :(  Anyway the first 5 miles were really sluggish and then I started to pick it up a bit but still kept the effort easy.  Ran the last mile fast for no apparent reason at all.

It is time to get some focus back to my training as I build for TOU.  Mainly I need to get more sleep and get off my diet of sugar!  I would never consider cutting sugar out completely but I have really been over doing it lately with all of the family parties, bbq's, vacations, ect, ect, ect.....excuses!  The bottom line is I feel like crap when I eat crap and don't get enough sleep so it is time to quit playing and start focusing. :D

PM: 2 miles barely..... I think I set a new PR for most times contemplating quiting a run in 1 mile. So incredibly windy out!  I spent more time brushing my hair after the run than I did running. :)

There was no way I was missing the gymnastics finals last night so it was yet another late night.  Totally worth it!!  I was obsessed with the mag 7 in 1996.  Bought the books, the t-shirts, got front row seats to the tour, made my Mom buy me a leotard and built my own balance beam in the house. ha!   I am totally feeling just like my 10 year old self again watching the Fab 5.  I love it!!  I will now spend the rest of the day searching for pictures of me in my unitard...

Anyway I did a tempo run this morning aiming for a controlled marathon pace.  1 mile warmup 6:57, 6:49, 6:47, 6:45, 6:40, 6:39, 6:27.  It turned into more of a progression tempo.  The first 6 felt good and controlled, the last mile felt hard.  2 mile cooldown. 

PM:  5 miles easy.  Started with the pup, she lasted a whole 3 minutes so the rest was alone.  8:10 pace.

8.5 miles easy.  I wish I could keep the morning weather right now around all year long.  Love it!  Planks/pushups afterwards.

Does anyone in UT county want to run long with me tomorrow morning  14-16 miles easy pace?

I am running some very low key charity 5k's the next two weekends so I'll be moving my LR's to Friday.  I am not planning to taper or go for PR's at either of these races.  My focus is far from the 5k right now so I will just use them both as workouts and shoot for 10k-hm pace.

Question of the day.  In your opinion which course is faster TOU or UVM?  TOU has less overall elevation gain but my thoughts are that UVM is faster because it has more overall loss and the last 6 miles are gradually aided.  hmmm

PM:  3.1 miles

15.1 mi from my house to Payson Canyon park and then back with an added circle around Payson.  I just wanted around 2 hours on my feet this morning and did not care so much about distance or pace.  Some company or maybe even an ipod would have been nice but I did not have either so I was just stuck with my thoughts.  Not a bad run but I'd be lying if I didn't admit I was pretty much toast by the end.  7:48 pace

Feet started to bother me in the last mile so I slowed way down.  I've got to get this figured out if I want to race a marathon in 6 weeks.  hmmm

About a month ago I was asked to speak at this race about my running story and how running has helped me cope with the death of my brother.  This race is in honor of a little boy that passed away from my home town of Nephi.  

 I got to the race early and ran the course as a warmup.  I was quickly reminded of the awful canyon headwinds in Nephi and the constant uphill gradient.  I have ran one race in Nephi before in 2010 and this course was basically the same except the uphill climb through the cemetery to run past baby Cade's grave.  

After I gave my brief speech which I feel went really well I was able to relax and just run.  Running was the easy part today.  I was not wearing racing flats and put no pressure on myself at all.  Just a good hard effort is all I wanted.  About 6 guys went out in front of me which was just fine I did not feel like going out fast at all.  6:26, 6:26, 6:19, 6:03.  I ended up catching all of the guys on the hills and finished in 1st place with the police escort.  The course was a little long which is to be expected in these small town 5ks.  I finished with an overall pace of 6:20 which seemed perfect and it was definitely a great workout.

Ran back and found my sister who is 31 weeks pregnant.  I ran in with her and then later did an additional 3 mile cool down.  It was a great day and I must say that 5ks are a great way to get in a good workout. 

 How about that men's 10k!!!!!!!  So cool to see Rupp perform so well. 

PM:  2 miles EASY shakeout jog with Izzy.