On the road to BOSTON!

Started at Jody's work downtown and ran to River Road to the trails, Dixie Center to home. First mile warmup @ 8:24. Then ran a mile @ 6:50, walk for 30 seconds ran a mile @ 6:20 then break. Continued my run to home with 1/4 mile runs with 20 second walk the rest of the way home. Mile 3 @ 6:30 Mile 4 @ 6:19 Mile 5 @ 5:41 Mile 6 @ 6:39----- average pace for the run 6:44. 35 degrees

Afternoon run- On the trail out and back. Started out for first .30 mile @ 8:40 pace then started to up the pace. I saw someone on roller blades about 200 yards ahead and decided to try and stay with them. I actually caught them and passed by. That was fun! I noticed that I was running in the high 5's and low 6's at times and thought I was going much slower. Kept this run short- Average pace for the run 6:49

I am liking how my turn over is getting better and getting more relaxed, now I need to get the endurance with the turn over and I will feel real good....

Ran most of the Dogtown half course this morning- I cut out the Majestic Road portion. Overall I felt ok about the run. I started out the morning with stomach issues and spent most of the morning on the toilet before going over for the run. Now that I am back home, more of the same! Yuk!

8:07/ 7:01/ 7:01/ 6:54/ 6:55/ 7:41/ 7:47/ 7:20/ 8:39/ 8:40/ 7:11  7:26 average pace.

Nice afternoon run in 55 degree weather! went out very slow 8:40/ 8:20 for the first 2 miles then started working on making the pace a bit faster, ended up with an overall pace of 7:53. Last 2 miles were 7:11 and 7:03

Late morning run- ran the trail over to I-15 past Pilot then to Man of War to home. Nice easy start but feeling good today. After 2 miles started to drop the pace down ended with the last mile @ 6:23 pace overall pace @ 7:38 for the run.

Ran up through Bloomington to Desert Hills High then into Bloomington Hills to the park then back past the Pilot station to Man of War to home- nothing special other than the beautiful 60 degree weather. 7:54 average pace

Got up for an early morning run. I haven't been out for a dark run for a very long time. It actually felt great and a good change of pace for me. It was 37 degrees so it was perfect.I went out very slow, 9:30 for the first mile and just gradually dropped the pace down. The last 6 miles I kept a steady 7:31 to 7:28 pace. 8:06 average pace for the run

First run in a week- sick all week  7:34 pace

12 miles early this morning. Went through Bloomington over to River Road then left to Riverside on to the trail back to home. 8:10 average pace

AM: 10 1/2 miles in the dark cold morning- 26 degrees. 8:25 pace

PM: Early afternoon, 50 degrees and sunny! 10 1/2 Miles @ 7:50 pace

6 miles @ 7:15 pace

Evening: Ran tthe Dogtown 9k course with Wildbull and Bear- 8:01 pace

What a beautiful day for a race! This is not the easiest course but a good one to test you. I went out this morning with the hopes of being around 1:40. I went out with a good fast pace and then backed off a bit as I got into Hell's Canyon.The hills come at you after 6+ miles and they haunt you until around 2 or so miles to go. I felt really good today on those last couple of miles and was able to keep a good solid pace, fighting off the negative thoughts and tried to catch a few people in those miles....I was able to catch several and that felt great. My push to the finish for the last couple of blocks was at 5:15 pace, so I still had something left in me.

SPLITS: 6:37/ 6:50/ 7:39 taking in fluids at the first aid station/ 7:14/ 7:47/ 7:42/ 8:17 heading up Damn Road/ 7:00/ 8:06 getting tired/ 9:06 fighting to get over Majestic and Noble drives....lost of walking here/ 7:40/ 7:20 trying to bring the pace down and catch some runners/ 7:19 holding on for dear life...lol 7:35 average pace.

For a course that has several up hill portions I felt like I accomplished what I needed to, could I have run faster, of course, but I also wasn't trying to break any records. I wanted a solid effort and i feel I got that- I will wait until American Fork Half to go for the big PR!

nothing special- ran from Jody's office in St. George out  to River Road to the trail, Dixie Center to home- 7:54 pace