Better Than Yesterday

I've been really bad at logging my runs lately, but it's a new year so I need to get back on it. 

Roads were super slick so I ran indoors on the track and treadmill. Felt dehrydrated because I didn't drink enought water last night. 

Early in the morning. Roads were quite slick. Super busy day today, wasn't able to go as far as I wanted. 

Felt pretty good. Picked it up a bit the last few miles. 

Wasn't feeling too good so I just jogged it. Breathed through my nose the entire time. 

Swim.

Felt pretty good. Cold out. 

I never know what to write in here. 

Today's run felt a lot harder than it should have. Not sure why. I'll probably go at a chill pace tomorrow. 

Nice and easy. 

Felt good today. Picked it up the last mile. 

Solid run in the morning. Felt good. 

Played full court basketball for two hours in the afternoon. Not counting that mileage, but a good workout nonetheless. 

Today's run was okay. Was really struggling mentally during it. I need to find a few people to run with consistently, I think that will help me get closer to where I want to be. 

Been sick this week. Felt decent on the run today, hoping to get a long one in tomorrow. 

Good run in the fresh snow.

Cold out. 

7 degrees out this morning. Cut my run a mile short because my hands were super cold, despite wearing gloves. I'll make it up later this week. Had some hot chocolate after and that hit the spot. 

Had some bad stomach cramps for like a quarter mile or so about three miles in. They left as quickly as they came, was weird. Felt really good besides that. 

Was kind of a grind but got through it. Felt off. 

Ran up into and around Hyde Park. I've been struggling with consistency these past few weeks. It's not that I've been lazy, on the days I haven't ran I've been studying more. I need to find a few people to run with regularly to push me on runs, and get me on runs the days I'm not enthusiastic about it. 

I need to be more consistent, so my runs this week are going to be shorter, but I'm going to try to run every day this week. Was kind of dehrydrated on the run. 

Nice weather, wore shorts and a short sleeve shirt which was nice. Didn't feel very good though. 

Quick run, really busy day today. 

Left calf was tight for most of the run. Reading Shoe Dog by Phil Knight right now. More of it is about running that I though woud be. Enjoying it. 

Felt good!

Nothing noteworthy from today's run.

Didn't feel very good, but the weather was incredible! First time this year in both shorts and a t shirt. Still brought the gloves along. Decided today that Underdog by The Script is my favorite running pump up song (I was not listening to music on my run haha). 

Felt good. 

Nice weather again, felt good. 

Rolled my ankle in the morning playing spikeball, and it was hurting pretty bad on the run so it ended up being a short one. 

Ankle was still a little tender from Saturday. Got an inch of snow last night. 

Very windy out. 7:37 AP.

Very windy again. Allergies are starting, made breathing more laborious than usual. 

Ran around in North Logan today, went on a few streets I haven't been on before. In another week or two the trails should be in pretty good shape to run on. 

Ran a 10k this morning. 7:38 AP. Felt decent. 

Very nice day out.

Good run. 7:23 average pace. 

Cold and rainy. Probably saw over 1,000 worms on the roads and sidewalks. 7:38 AP. 

Didn't drink enough water yesterday so struggled some on the run. 7:23 AP. 

Busy day, only time for a short run. 

Very busy week, wasn't able to run Wednesday or Thursday unfortunately. On the run today my left arch was hurting quite a bit. Not a sharp pain, but a dull one. I'm planning on doing 10 tomorrow, so I decided to cut it short today and hopefully not have it hurt tomorrow. 

First ten mile run since my senior year of high school! I drop up to Smithfield for my run, wanted a change of scenery. Parked my car at a park (pun intended?) then ran up Smithfield canyon to the campground, then around it for a while until I hit five miles. I enjoyed running in the canyon, I ended up almost gaining 1,000 feet of elevation, but it was mostly pretty gradual. Just before eight miles started to feel pretty tired. Good run overall. There's a creek right next to the park, so I'll be up here in the summer some for runs and an ice bath after. 

Was a little dehyrdrated since I didn't drink very much water yesterday. The temperature wasn't too cold, but it was super windy. It made the run kind of miserable. 7:34 AP. 

Weather was great today. That seems to be what I write about the most in here haha. 7:30 AP. 

Not too much time for a run today, so a shorter run. A half mile in I decided to do a tempo 5k and see how it felt. 6:32 average pace. Felt pretty good and controlled during it, I'm confident I could hold that pace for over a 10k if I prepared for it. 

Busy day again, only time for a shorter run. Went up green canyon today. There was a lot more snow on the trail than I thought there would be. However, I should have anticipated that since most of the trail is on a north facing slope. 

Down in St. George for the week! Before the sun came up it was in the high 50's and felt amazing. Went on the river trail. Air is quite a bit drier here, I need to put forth a conscious effort to drink more water while I am here. 

Started on Bearclaw Poppy and went into Stucki Springs. Was a good time! Went out 3.5 and zig zagged my way back for a bit extra mileage. Need to drink more water. 

Six miles at 7:36 pace. Felt pretty easy. Aiming for 38 miles this week. Really need to start being consistent with my runs, I'm running the Utah Valley half in early June. Need to start getting ready for it. 

Today was one of my most miserable runs in a long time. It was in the low 30's with 20mph wind gusts, made it feel about 20 degrees out. I decided to run into the wind to get it over with. I obviously had just woken up, because I wasn't paying very much attention. When I turned around, I realized I had not been running into the wind. The way back was just as windy if not more. Came across a handful of guys on the XC team so seemed to be having just as much...fun as I was. I was cold and not enjoying it so I cut the run 1.5 short. I will make it up later this week. 

The weather today was worse than it was yesterday. About 30 degrees out, 35mph winds, and snowing. I decided to be a softie and go on the treadmill. My stomach wasn't agreeing with me for miles four and five, but besides that a good run!

Six miles @7:23 pace. 

Five easy miles. Windy out. 

Ran up to Green Canyon then did a few miles on the trail before turning around. My legs were feeling it today, not sure why. Yesterday's run was pretty lax. Although I don't have a ton of miles on my shoes, I'm going to look into getting some more this next week. Could feel a lot of the rocks on the trail. Happy with how my week of running went. 

Six chill miles. Wasn't feeling good so I didn't push it at all. 7:56 pace. 

I have a huge paper due at midnight, so only time for a short run today. 

Ran the Smithfield Canyon road today. My stomach wasn't agreeing with me for the latter half. I hadn't eaten anything for three hours before the run, so I'm not sure why it was acting up. 

Was planning on going 8 but I got a blister on the bottom of my foot at 6.5 so I ended it a little early. 

The lower part of my left leg was hurting a good amount so I cut more run short. Stretched and rolled out my legs well afterwards. I'm hoping the culprit for the pain isn''t the new pair of shoes that I started wearing today. I've never had problems with Kinvaras before, hopefully it isn't that. 

Let still hurt a little but not as much as it did on Monday. Interested to see if it will hurt at all later today. 

Ran to the mouth of Dry Canyon. Wore my old shoes and my feet didn't hurt. I didn't have any problem with Kinvara's in high school, but I guess my feet need more support than the Kinvara provides. Shins were hurting a touch on the downhill on the way down the hill in front of the canyon.  

Smithfield Canyon. Legs were aching a good amount. Sat in the river for a bit after. Haven't taken an ice bath since high school haha. Early next week i'm going to do some cross training, give my legs a few days rest from running impact. 

At home with the family for part of the week. Biked up to Bridal Veil and back. 

Ran in Provo with a few guys from the LP crew. Was a good time. Lower calf was still hurting but it wasn't awful. 

Legs felt good today! Not hurting on the run and still feels fine five hours later. 7:10 pace. 

Hilly miles. Ran to the mouth of the canyon then on the highline trail for a bit. Nasty headwind on the way out. 7:20 pace. 

Five quick miles into Hyde Park and back. A half mile in this guy came up next to me and we ran for like three miles, averaging around a 6:30. He's a graduate student in some conservation science field. Seemed like a cool dude. 

Quick three miles. 

I made the unwise decision to play some hardcore basketball on Monday, and my knees have been suffering since. I went up to the ARC (Aggie Recreation Center) to hit up the elliptical or spin bike for today's workout, but since I'm not taking summer classes they wouldn't let me in. Pretty dumb in my opinion, since I've already signed up for fall semester and paid for tuition. Oh well. Went on a short run, knee was bugging me the first mile but it loosened up which was good. 7:22 pace. 

Easy pace. My legs are kind of wrecked right now. I'm not sure why, because I obviously haven't been putting too much mileage on them. I have that Utah Valley Half next Saturday, which I am still planning on doing. After that however, I'm going to take some time off to get my legs back. 

Good run this morning! I don't have time for a long one tomorrow so I did it today. I felt pretty good most of the time. Stomach was bothering me a bit from miles 5-7, but miles 8.5-12 I felt really really good. Happy with how this went. 

Did Logan Peak today. Was just under 12 miles roundtrip. Ran on the way back, and on some of the flatter sections on the way up.