On the road to BOSTON!

Had to drop my car off to get fixed at the Honda dealership. Ran home. My legs are very sore. I failed to take care of them after my run on saturday......learned the lesson. I hurt almost as bad as I did after the marathon and I only ran a half marathon distance.

Legs are still sore. I went for a short hike/run along the Temple Quary trail and did some hillside climbing up to the ridge.

This morning I decided to run from the DC. After a short 1/2 mile warmup...(6:26 pace)I had no idea I was running at this pace, I was just running out a quarter mile and back.

I ran a 5K on the trail from DC towards Bloomington and back. 22:51 the splits were 7:01--7:31--7:38--average pace 7:23. I didn't feel very good about the run but it was okay. The second half has a lot of gradual up grade.

I took a break at the parking lot for 15 minutes and then ran another 5K on the other bike path. I felt like I could run this trail faster. I ran without checking my pace. I knew I was going slower but figured just barely and hoped that I would be very close to the same time as the other one. 24:28 that sucked! splits 8:08--7:58--7:51 average 7:58.

I am going to try the same runs friday and see how it goes. I have never run a 5k in an actual race. I am trying to decide if I should give the Save a Sister 5K a go on saturday or go run the Snow Canyon course again in preparation for the 1/2 marathon. Maybe I will run the 5K first and then go out and run the Snow Canyon course without running the up and back portion of the run....I will have to see how I am feeling on friday.

I did exactly the same runs as yesterday. 2-5K runs.

The first towards Bloomington: 7:05--7:43--7:35--average 7:26  (22:54) 3 seconds slower

second 5K: 7:29--7:54--7:53--average 7:45  (23:52) 43 seconds faster

I found out after I ran the first 5K that the Save a Sister 5K was changed to run towards River road on the bike path not towards Bloomington. Had I known that I would not have run the Bloomington route first. oh well. Between the two courses I like the Bloomington one better. I was hoping for a 22:00 5K. The inly thing I don't know is if when doing the 2nd 5K I was affected by being tired. Hopefully that is the case and I can push through and gain some speed in the morning. Knowing how I run hitting 22:00 would be a great goal to shoot for.

I ran the Save a Sister 5K. This is my first attempt at the 5K. I ran pretty much as per my plans. I failed to look at my watch to see exactly how I was running and that cost me a sub 22. At the 1/2 point I saw that I was just over 11 minutes but I knew that I should be able to run the second half a bit faster. At the 3 mile mark I had a runner in front and one behind me. I keep waiting for one of them to break away. Finally the one behind me started to make a move so I took off and closed strong. As I was sprinting I partially saw the clock at 21:--- stupid me, I should have looked at the watch and started out sooner to sprint instead of waiting for someone else to to make the move. The last .10 of the race I ran in 21 seconds or 3:30 pace. Overall I have nothing to complain about, great day, great weather great run!

Great, beautiful day to run!

splits 6:49/7:32/7:27