On the road to BOSTON!

Training runs since Boston 2013= 1699.27

Started out early at 37 degrees- Went out over past Deseret Hills High then left onto River Road and weaved my way out past Staheli Farm to Sullivan park onto the trail. Then headed home by way of the Dixie Center. Nice run this morning especially for being a high mileage week for me. All week I ran singles and ended up with just under 85 miles. My run today was at 8:01 pace- I started out very slow at 9:05 pace after the first 3 miles of warmup. I had to focus the remaining few miles to bring the pace down-

I have been dealing with neuromas in my right for since I began running- I tried running today with a meditarsal pad behing the ball of my foot today on both feet. It was a bit un comfortable but I kept it in the whole run. I started feeling the same nagging pain after 10 miles, the same mileage I usually feel it. I stopped and runbbed the feet down and felt relief like usual. After putting up with the same pain for about 3 more miles I started to have the pain ease up and the last 4 miles was great. hopfully I can get things worked out to ease the pain so that I can concentrate on the running and not my feet.....

12.75 miles in the bank on Monday morning- After a big week last week of 84.20 miles I am going to ease off a little this week and hold things to 70sh and let the legs rest a bit. Boston training is going great so far, I just wish it was sooner....

Went our very slow this morning and didn't want to push anythin, just get the mileage in. I started the first 3 miles @ 9:05 pace, very slow, then just got into a groove around 8;20 and then hit it a bit harder to the end with a couple of miles @ 7:10 pace to have a 8:20 average for the run.

10.90 miles: 1.50 warm up @ 7:49 pace then 5 mile tempo @ 7:05 pace then 4.40 mile cooldown @ 7:49 pace Overall it was just ok....the tempo run I had to make 2 pit stops, gut not doing great after pizza and cake last night....

No energy today----7 miles but it felt like 20.  8:08 pace

10 miles this morning- felt much better than yesterday's run! Decided to do a progression run. 8:13 warmup/7:46/ 7:31/ 7:26/ 7:09/ 7:11/ 6:38/ 6:33/ then cooled it down.  average 7:18 pace

13 1/2 muggy miles in the bank @ 7:47 pace tried a new insole to relieve pressure on the ball of my foot----bad idea on a longer run. Did't help at all, would have felt better with out it.

20.50 early morning miles- cool, muggy.....Ran 6.50 miles up to the start of the Dogtown half marathon course then ran 12 of the miles then to the car.....8:30 average going up and 7:52 average for the last 14. (75 mile week)

Easy run- temps were nice with a light rain at times. 7:55 average pace nothing special just logged soem miles...recovery from the weekend run.

Tempo Tuesday: 1.50 warmup @ 7:50  5 mile tempo @ 6:48 then cool down. Things didn't go great on the tempo- some minor stomach issues had me stopping a couple of times during the run.....but when I was running I was feeling a bit better with the pace.

A few weeks of lower mileage and some R&R will do me some good right now. I have kindof lost the desire to hit things hard, need this break to get back on focus for Boston. I will be doing a double peak training season. I don't know if this is good or not but I am doing it. I ramped up very quickly from '0' miles for almost 3 weeks to 85 miles in a week. Last week to 75 this week to maybe 50 with my traveling to Hawaii. A couple of 50's with the vacation in there then ramp things up for March to 80 or so a week then a couple of weeks bringing it down a bit prior to Boston.

8.50 mile run from downtown St. George to home- in the middle I ran 1/2 mile repeats and carried an average pace of 6:43- the complete run average pace was 6:57

hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii

Dogtown half after flying home from Hawaii and then driving from Las Vegas. Home @ 4am-----

More to come..... 2nd place in age

5 1/2 miles of recovery- It was hard to get out running after being in 82 degree weather all of last week- Finally did after thinking about it for 1 1/2 hours.... 8:01 average pace

Tempo Tuesday: 1.5 mile warmup/ 5 mile tempo @ 7:11 pace/ 1.75 mile cooldown. Legs were a bit sore and really felt it on the 5th mile when Jessica Barnum Brazzeal pushed the pace......It felt good to finish strong after slugging out the first 4.

Sore back and left hip-  Time to get massage and chiro work to get me in shape for the final stages of Boston training

6 miles in the bank- nice 50 degree morning with a slight rain.... 7:49 pace

7.50 miles in the bank this morning- overcast 38-43 degrees during the run...felt great! back is feeling much better, left hip is still sore but better than yesterday. 7:39 average pace for the run.