On the road to BOSTON!

Ran before the sun came up. Not too bad this morning, 45 when I left and 42 at the finish. Just nice steady easy miles. Went from home over Tonaquiunt to McDonalds and then up Black Hills Drive to home 8:56 average.

Noon run- went around Bloomington Drive counterclockwise. Took it easy for first mile...gradual up hill then pushed it a little harder to the end. Just 7:30 average pace but I felt good.

Ready or not Mesquite here I come. I decided, at least today, I want to run the first half as fast as I can while keeping the breathing easy. Then hold on for dear life to the end. It worked last year banking the first 11 miles so what the heck......if it doesn't work nothing lost. It would be great to PR again but we shall see what the morning brings.

Let me just say this....the race sucked! Any sane person with half a brain would have stayed home and had an enjoyable day....not me. 

Started out wanting to let it all go for this race, I love the top 10.5 miles. Great downhill run.....I went out 6:36/ 6:34/ 6:42/ 6:52/ 6:55/ 7:13/ 7:32/ 7:51/ 7:50/ 8:03/ 7:56 This brought me to I-15 My neuromas started acting up and I knew it was going to be a hard day, but worse than that the winds were blowing steady 30-50 mph in your face. This lasted all the way to the finish. I have never wanted to quit something more but couldn't. Had someone driven by that I knew, I would have gladly and without shame got in. I ended up taking my shoes off 5 times to massage my feet to take some pain away.

I got to the point that I really didn't care about time at all, I wanted to be done.....so I kept moving. I am totally ashamed of my 4:15 time. Last year I ran a 3:28 Well time to enjoy some winter training and get this ugly race out of my mind......Boston, you better be a fun, enjoyable experience!