Attitude is Everything!

I've been nervous about the downhill leg of my Wasatch Back assignment so I decided to see how I'd do.  I had my husband take me to the top of Sun Crest and drop me off- I then ran home.  The run was 9.5 miles with a total drop in elevation of 2106 feet, with 533 feet of ascent (Leg  #13 is 8 miles with a drop of 2128 feet and 712 feet of elevation gain).  My splits were: 7:22, 6:54, 7:24, 7:45, 8:06, 8:22, 7:55, 8:04, 8:02, and 4:18 (.5 mi) for an A.P. of 7:48. 

During the run I felt great.  I had a little soreness in my right knee during mile two but it went away.  I even thought about running farther because I felt 9.5 miles was kind of wimpy for a long run.

But now (monday night) as I am writing this my legs and butt are sore.  I never realized how much upper glutes you use running downhill and my quads- Yikes- they feel almost as sore as they did after Ogden.  It's a good thing I have two weeks to recover.  I think I'll try to go to running group tomorrow (tues) but I'd better take it easy.

Met the BBK group today for a hilly workout.  I got there a little late so I had to do most of the warm-up by myself.  After warming up we did some tempo work in the parking lot of the church.  We then headed out for a run up to 4800 W and  back.  Heading out was hard.  My legs still have not recovered from running down Suncrest.  Kelly and Julie were awesome.  If they weren't there encouraging me I'm sure I would have walked.  Our pace out actually wasn't as bad as it felt- it was about an 8:30 mm.  The return was much better.  Our average was about a 7:30 mm.   I have run down this road once before at the end of a 20 miler but I did not realize what a hill it is.  Overall, this was a hard workout for me but I finished it.  As I was heading home it bugged me that I have not hit 10 miles in a workout for a while so I stopped at the river trail on 10600 S. and ran a cool down mile, just so I could log more than 10 miles- is that pathetic or what?

No real running today, just soccer.  I had a pretty fun game (scored 4 goals) but was a little frustrated. We played a pretty mediocre team, so I did not get in as good a workout as I would have liked.   I tried to make runs just to keep moving but it just isn't the same as when you have to work hard. I'm logging 4 miles because I did play for 60 minutes on the field  (15 minutes as goalie :(  - is there anyone out there that wants to play goalie for a women's team?)

I wish I felt comfortable running with the group before games but I don't, I'm afraid I'll be fatigued and end up getting hurt.  This is the first time in 34 years of playing soccer that I'm kind of looking forward to the season ending-  then I can get back to doing my long runs on Saturday with the group.  I wish soccer and long runs didn't land on the same day.