On the road to BOSTON!

72 degrees..yeah!  75% humidity...BOO! Ran on the trail past DC to River Road and then on the other side of the River. I ran until I saw Bill, Justin and Richard running the other way and turned with them. Slow run today but the body feels very goos after the hard week of traning last week.

Out on the trail to River Road onto the loop to home- wind going out. Started raining when I het the 5 mile mark- felt refreshing but soaked me to the bone, then cleared up

PM  5.50 muggy warm slow miles

Dixie Center ext4ended- 70 degrees and 78% humidity   7:54 pace

Same run as yesterday- still very humid. The effort I am putting in is consistent but much slower than a month ago. The humidity must have some affect on that. I will be glad to get out of this humid spell we have had. This morning it was around 50% and 72 degrees. Altough my pace was a bit slower than yesterday, I felt much better and was more consistent. I had to taek several breaks yesterday, today only for water-

Ran the final 18 of the marathon course this morning- decided to go for consistency not speed. End result was 7:34 overall pace with the first 6 miles @ 8:05 and the final miles @ 7:19- Felt strong at the end, unlke the last week Friday and Saturday run-

Did a little cool down once I was home to make it 18.50

Easy steady pace to DC and back- Legs feel good after the 18 on Saturday. Hoping the body is ready for a PR marathon on Saturday....... 8:10 average pace

Doubled down this afternoon. Looked like rain was cming so I went out in the wind. On th last mile it began to rain---felt great

Went out for an early morning run down the course with Justin Robins. First 1 1/2 mile was around 8:00 pace then up Winchester I started tofocus a little more and picked up the pace a bit faster. I didn't look at the garmin the whole run.....went with an easy steady pace, letting the body choose the pace. I felt great the whole run. Light misty rain felt wonderful. Average pace for the run was 7:09 with the last 7.65 miles @ 7:00 pace. I felt like I was going to be around 7:30 so I was suprised to see that number.

Massage in an hour then keep the body injury free and rested til Saturday!

Ran the Big CottonWood Marthon this morning- Went in to this without a lot of confidence....but had what I feel a good game plan for me. Let the body decided the pace, not the garmin. We started 30 minutes late, so that was not good. Temps were really nice for all the bad weather there has been in Salt Lake.

Splits: 6:46/ 6:52/ 6:47/ 6:47/ 7:01/ 6:56/ 6:56/ 6:52/ 7:22/ 7:01/ 7:12/ 6:53/ 6:44/ 6:24/ 7:03/ 6:23/ 6:49/ 6:50/ 7:41/ 8:01/ 8:50/ 10:11/ 8:53/ 8:39/ 9:52/ 9:51/ 9:04/ final .26 @ 7:21

Went out just taking it easy and letting the downslope guide the pace. I hung with the 3:15 pace group for around 8 miles if I remember right. Then I started to pull away and decidied to keep them behind me as long as possible, without pushing hard. The pacer passed me around 24, without anyone running with him. The top 18 miles were the sweetest miles I have ever run in a race! The last 6 miles were a beast! Just tried to survive......Race of my lifetime and I am now registered for Boston 2014 and waiting for a confirmation. 10:19 better than my qualify time

Ran the last 10 miles of the Marathon course. Temps feeling a bit better. Went out to see how my body is feeling after the marathon. Went totally by feel, not by trying to keep a particular pace. Ran steady from the begining and was able to maintain a 7:25 average pace. The pace didn't vary more then 5 seconds up or down except for 2 miles that were at 6:50.

I am surised how fresh the legs felt this morning-

DC out and back- slow 8:40 pace. Recovering from yesterday's course run. 62 degrees...yeahhhh

loop to DC and over Tonaquint. Not completely healed yet but feeling ok. Need to get some life into my run......my pace is slow right now. 8:23 pace for todays run

Marathon Course. Went by feel again and averaged 7:17 pace for the run. Felt a bit tired for the last 2 miles but kept it going rather than whimping out and taking and walk breaks.

Over to DC, extended out a bit then back and over Tonaquint, right on Bloomington Drive to home. Easy run 8:25 pace. Legs are still heavy. Temps were very nice and made up for the legs.  55 degrees

Trail to I-15 to Pilot then to frntage road to Sugar Leo to Man o War to Bloomington Drive. Turned right and made the loop to home. legs were feeling lighter today...finally! Didn't want to push the pace just go natural feel. 7:42 average pace for the run. Temps are great right now 55 degrees and low humidity

1/2 mile warm up waiting to drive to begining of run. Ran the last 9.85 mile sof the marathon course. Went by feel not looking at the garmin until completed. 7:12 average for the run including the first 3 miles at 7:31 pace per mile. The last 6.85 miles were at 7:03 pace. Felt pretty strong throughout- not pushing the pace just going at a consistent 80-90% effort.

Miles on the course. Went up with the 2 Juatin's this morning- 46 degrees at the start- Went out easy and just wanted to maintain an even effort- Didn't look at garmin until completed. I was hoping to run at 7:30 average pace-   7:28 was my average- Felt good at the end of this run, legs were strong

Samr un as Monday- SLOW recovery run 8:19 pace

Santa Clara to SGM finish line and back- 8:20 pace
 

Started at the SGM finish line and ran up the course to Red Cliffs parkway and then extended up a couple miles. Went out slow, not hard to do that with most of this being up hill. Coming back the first miles was 8:00 and then I decided to go to race apce for the last 4 miles and gut it out. Averaged 7:18 pace for the last 4 without looking at the garmin to see what I was running- This feels very good to me and very under control.

My hope is that I am feeling good on saturday and can be in a position to finish the last 6 miles strong rather than crashing like I usually do at St. George.