On the road to BOSTON!

Ran towards Deseret Hills High 2 1/2 miles warm up. Jody picked me up and dropped me off at the mall. Ran back home. Kept the pace an easy but solid 7:52 for the run- The first 2 1/2 miles were at 8:20 pace.

Good start to the year-

I am at 165 pounds, yuck! I need to trim back down to 140 by Boston so after today I am on my plan to drop the weight and be more healthy! I did this last year so I know I can do it again....

DC and back  8:06 pace  51 degrees, sunny

Ran up to the Temple- spent some time helping take Christmas lights down- then back home. 10 miles total- I am dragging my behind this morning- no energy! (8:20 pace)

6.20 miles- 22 degrees and sunny 7:45 pace

Tempo Tuesday: 2 miles warm up @ 8:30- 4.50 miles Tempo @ 7:32 the 2.11 miles cool down @ 8:30 The temperature felt pretty good for a dark run (25 degrees) I am hoping that I can keep this Tempo Tuesday up this Spring. Good workout!

Completed my 2nd run for the morning- After running my tempo run earlier I went in to town with Jody and ran from her office to home. Averaged 7:39 pace for the 5 1/2 miles. (14.11 miles for the morning!)

Dixie Eye to Court House then to home by way of DC- 7:53 average pace. A bt run down from yesterday's run and a stressful day. The sun was shining!! 25 degrees

Early morning run: 13.50 miles @ 8:12 pace. Ran the St. George half marathon course- 24 degrees. Just a grind it out cool run. I am sure that the runners high will kick in as soon as I thaw out!

DC and back- Sluggish- I am in the middle of a fast so the energy levels are not so good  8:15 pace

15.10 miles in the bank: Started out with a 1 mile warmup to the start of the St. George Half Marathon course. I ran the course with a steady 8:15 average pace without any breaks or stopping, just grind it out miles. It felt good to just go run and not worry about pace. Ended with another mile to where my car was parked. 60 miles this week. It has been a long time since I have hit that mileage, I will probably bring the miles down a bit next week before moving up to 75 a week.

13.60 miles- ran part of the St. George Half Ironman course (8.10 miles @ 7:47 pace- with 3 miles at tempo of 7:05). Then finished out the run with my Monday morning 5.50 miles run @ 7:31 pace

Tempo Tuesday with the St. George Running Center . 1 1/2 mile warm up @ 8:30 pace the 3 mile tempo @ 7:12 pace then 3 mile cooldown @ 8:10.

10 1/2 morning miles- felt like Spring this morning- 7:32 average pace Mile 4 was 1/4 mile repeats- I was able to keep the pace at 89-92 seconds per 1/4 mile. If only I could do that for a 5k or more!

Nice 9.25 mile run from Washington City to home- easy consistent 7:53 pace run. Was planning on 8:30 for the pace but the body went @ 7:53.....

Not much time today  8:01 pace

20 miler in the books-Feels good to get the first of several long runs in. It was a bit cool out there in the dark but it feels good getting this done before 9am. (8:20 pace)

Fron Dixie Eye to the top of Diagonal then back and then to River Road. Turned into St. James and ran part of the St. george course to Bloomington Hills to Larkspur Park then onto the trail past the Pilot Station to home. (8:10 pace)

Tempo Tuesday: 1 1/2 mile warmup then 4 1/2 tempo @ approx. 7:00 pace...forgot my garmin. 2 mile coodown. Today's workout felt really good. I went out just hoping that I could tempo for 3 miles. At 3 Tom came running by me so I decided to try and stick with him as long as i could, then there is the hill at mile 4, head down power thru and held on to him. Then on to the end of the tempo felt more liek a race trying to push the pace a bit harder to finish strong.

This Tuesday morning run has helped me already. 2 weeks ago I ran the 4 1/2 mile tempo and was around 7:45 pace and it didn't feel so good.Today, although I didn't think I had it in me I was able to block out my doubts and have a good workout.  {23degrees}

Wednesday morning run  felt like garbage- ended up running 7:23 pace but felt crappy to whole time

13.90 miles in the bank this morning @ 7:56 pace- It's a beautiful day in sunny St. George!

Ran to DC then continued to River Road to St. James and did the SG Half lop to Bloomington Hills to larkspur Park for a pit stop then back to River Road to the trail to DC to home

8 1/2 chilly morning miles in the bank- (8:18 pace)

22 early morning miles in the bank- 8:18 average pace. It felt good to get another long run in....legs feeling strong. I went our very slow (8:55 average for the first 6 miles) then gradually picked up the pace to the end. Good solid run to end the week with 72 miles for the week-

RUN !: 11 miles in the bank- 3 mile warmup @ 8:45 then 2 mile tempo @7:15 then marathon pace 7:45 to the end- 7:58 average pace for the run- This was one of the best runs in many months for me

RUN2: I was feeling so good this morning that I went ahead and drove into town with Jody Jackson Hughes and ran my normal- Monday morning run of 5.50 miles. Started out sluggish and had a lack of nutrition- slugged it out for 2 1/2 miles then was able to get some water then finished strong- 7:27 average pace

TEMPO TUESDAY: met up with the Running Center @ 5:30am/ 1.50 miles warmup/ 5 mile tempo @ 7:10/ 1.50 cool-down- during cool-down I tripped on the sidewalk and buggered up the knee and tore my glove to pieces....dang!! after cool-down I decided to extend 4 more miles for a total of 12 miles-

10.25 miles in the bank- my account is starting to add up. nice and easy run this morning @ 8:14 pace

12 warm miles this morning- It was 36 degrees when I went out and 2 hours later it is still 36- Ran 8:20 pace going out and then returned with a 7:00 pace for a combined 7:40 average pace for the run- I went out on the bike path and did an out and back

13 very wet miles- First long rainy run of the year. It was hard to se all the puddles while out on the trails and got drenched- very slow 8:25 pace but it wasn't all bad. These were good miles to get in