On the road to BOSTON!

6 1/2 miles running around Bloomington. Nice cool morning, wish I had more time to be out this morning---off to the dentist

(8:19 pace)

Added on 4 miles late tonight @ 8:16 pace

Beautiful dark, cool morning run- Went out over Tonaquint to McDonald's then to the Dixie center to home- 7:22 pace

Got up this morning and really didn't want to run....went out anyway. Purposely went our very slow on the same course as yesterday. I concentrated on just keeping the legs moving. After warming up with the first 1 1/2 miles basically up hill I settled into about a 8:20 pace. I carried that through the rest of the run without any walk or water breaks.

The pace was slow but it was consistent, probably the best feeling run of the year on how I felt, breathing, legs etc. With a faster course to run and race conditions I am starting to feel better about St. George this year.

Went out for a nice paced 11 mile bike ride to top of the morning training-

11 mile bike ride- kept the pace steady with the legs pumping pretty good. I wanted to give the legs a workout, not of hard pushing but of turnover speed. Felt good-

What a beautiful downhill course. Loved the race. I wanted to take it easy with all the downhill and held back some on the top. Just tried to keep a steady pace. Got to the halfway point and was a bit tired but not bad. Finally at mile 12 & 13 I was ready to be done. Overall a great course on a beautiful day!

Splits:6:48/ 6:42/ 7:16 (bathroom break)/ 6:25/ 6:35/ 6:45/ 7:21/ 7:01/ 7:20/ 7:09/ 7:21/ 8:13 (some uphill and walk break)/ 8:06 (tired and walked a bit)/ 5:14 (nice downhill ending to the race- 7:07 average pace

 Legs feel fine after the 2400 foot downhill from start to finish. Now it is take it easy till marathon!