On the road to BOSTON!

Late morning run- went out not knowing what to expect after running the half on saturday. Body feels great- calves a bit tight but that is to be expected. First-warmup mile was 7:53 then 6:53  6:14   7:13 with an average of 7:01. I ran the first 1 1/2 miles then broke the rest up with 1/4 mile workout then recovery. Total of 4 miles with effort and 1 mile of recovery.

Can't believe that I don't have any pain from the half marathon.

Started in downtown at my wife's office and ran to River Road over to Bloomington Hills trail to home. Just wanted to get a good run in without killing myself, beautiful morning. 7:39 average pace

Late morning run- same as Monday- more of a speed workout, ran first mile as warmup 7:23 pace, miles 2,3,4 were workouts of .10 to .35 at a fast pace with recovery between. 6:35/ 6:13/ 6:46 then cool down. Average pace for the run 6:44

I put on the Saucony A-2's for the first time in 2 years. They felt so light. I plan on wearing them on Friday night for the Dixie College Midnight 5k to see what I can do on a course that has lots of 90 degree turns, stairs etc.

After the 5 miles the feet actually feel pretty darn good.

56 degrees- 9:30am/ went for an easy run this morning on the trails to I-15 over the bridge and past the Pilot station to home by way of Bloomington Elem. 7:59 average pace

10 mile bike-

DSC Midnight 5 k  22:38/ 3.16 miles Tough course with first mile up hill and the rest zig zagging around the DSC campus. Had to be careful at many turns on the course that were 90 degree turns and also there were sprinklers running and spraying on the pavement making it slick. Nothing terrible but you had to think about where you were running each step of the race.

Age brackets were a joke. under 19> 20 -54> 55 and over. The prizes were almost too good for those who did win in that only the first place in each group. I would guess that there were 175 plus runners. Fun time!

Ran most of the Snow Canyon Half Course this morning- Started out slow with 8:31 pace for first mile then gradually picked up the pace. Had a good pace going to Snow Canyon parkway at 10 miles then cooled it down with 7:30's to the end.

8:31/ 7"27/ 7:15/ 6:44/ 6:30/ 6:15/ 6:31/ 6:55/ 7:08/ 6:58/ 6:45/ 7:35/ 7:26  7:06 average pace

Had worked on my orthotics by adding lifts under my big toes- too much- started getting blisters at 10 miles, took the lifts mostly off and did okay to the end but damage was done.