On the road to BOSTON!

AM: Went into town and started running from my wife's work. Out to River Road past The Summit/ StoneCliff and around the bluff to River Road again to Desert Hills High to home. Felt pretty good about the run overall 7:51 pace. Hit my 3rd mile running down River Road at 6:39 pace. Calves are a bit tired, I am sure they are feeling the 75 mile week last week. Probably should have done a shorter run this morning but I may not be able to get out again today so and the weather was perfect so I did what I did.

Goal for this week is 50-55 miles-

Lose another 3-4 pounds even with the reduced mileage. I am now at 145, down from 163 a month ago. Hoping to stabilize at 142sh for the next 2 weeks then with my last week of minimal miles and carbing would like to be at a race weight of 145.

Another run from downtown St. George. Made this one a bit shorter than yesterday. Right leg is bugging me a bit so I took it easy on the run letting it warm real good. Felt good during the run and ended up averaging exactly 8:00 pace for the run.

Going in for a massage this afternoon to help heal the leg up

After the massage yesterday I wanted to get out and run a very slow few miles. Right leg was still a little tender, mostly from the massage. I went out at 9:10 pace and ended up 8:43 for the first mile and gradually went faster because the leg was warming up and feeling good. Went over to Bloomington Hills Park. I was averaging 8:20 at the time. Going back I tried to keep it steady and just not stop at all- My average for the whole run ended up 7:55 and I felt very strong.

8:43/ 8:11/ 7:57/ 8:03/ 7:39/ 7:24/ 7:13/ 7:02- (1/4)

Wearing my new Brooks Launch shoes that are now broken in for Boston

Ran from town again today- Legs felt heavy and a bit tired. Getting started was like my shoes were full of lead. I kept pushing through it and got it going down River Road then onto the trail to the Dixie Center to home. I made the run without stopping and trying to push harder as I went along- Ended up with a 7:47 average pace.

Went and checked out my splits and they were better than I thought. During the run I felt like I wasn't working that hard, just more than anything trying to keep the legs moving

8:36/ 7:23/ 7:26/ 7:56/ 7:58/ 7:42/ 6:38

Legs are very heavy from driving to Nephi and back last night, It took 6  miles to get them feeling somewhat okay.Needed and easy day anyway. 7:59 average pace to Bloomington Hills Park and back

AM: went over on the trails to the Dixie Center went around the building then back onto the trail to River Road over to the Bloomington Hills trails to the park for a drink. Back out to River Road over to Brigham Road to home.

Legs were very tired and sluggish. Finally after about 4 mile they started to loosen up. 8:28 average for the run. Last 6.5 miles were without slowing down on walking- felt pretty strong