Fly me to the moon...

Raining and cold this morning.  Ran with Sasha, Jeff, Tyler, and Hyrum.  Hyrum turned around after 2.  Tyler was having some soreness from the race on Saturday and turned around after about 3.5.  We stopped for a few seconds on the trail because there was a skunk right about that time.  I was up front at that point, saw it and stopped.  It's a good thing I put my glasses back on.  About a mile before I had taken them off because they had water all over them making it hard to see.  About a half mile before the skunk I put them back on because I can't see a thing without them.  If I hadn't, we probably would have run right into the skunk and perhaps had an unfortunate accident.  I don't think Jeff or Sasha saw it until I said something.  Anyway, it was a nice run.  I felt good, but just a little cold.  Total time was 67:53 (7:59/mile).

Eight miles along the trail with the usual Tuesday suspects (Sasha, Josse, Jeff) plus Matt and the customary 0.25 warm-up and cool-down.  I felt tired for this one.  The legs didn't want to go.  Total time was 64:30 (7:35/mile).

Started with 0.25 to Sasha's as usual.  Today was the day we wanted to do a 5 mile tempo.  Sasha wanted to see if I could hold a 6 minute mile pace for the tempo and perhaps be an alternate on the second team for Wasatch Back.  I'm not sure I will be available at that time since my wife is due on June 16th, but we thought we would do it anyway.  We started out with about 2.5 warm-up in 9 minute pace with Hyrum.  He headed back, and we started the tempo.  We started out a little slow hitting 1:34 for the first 400, but ended up with a 5:59 first mile.  At the turnaround, we were at 14:57, and the pace felt fairly comfortable.  I think we came through the third mile in 5:57 and then started to pick it up a bit.  Mile 4 was 5:54 and mile 5 was 5:47 with 1:20 for the last quarter for a total time of 29:33.  The last half was 14:36.  I felt pretty good through 3.5 and then the pace picked up.  I still felt okay, but it was a little tougher.  We finished with about 1.5 cool-down to Sasha's.  Total time for the 9.5 was 69:38 (7:19/mile).

I was pleased with this tempo, and it shows some good improvement.  About a month ago, I did a 3 mile tempo in around 6:06-6:07 pace, and that was tough.  In March I did the Rex Lee run and ran 41:46 (6:44/mile).  The consistent training is paying off.

Eight miles along the trail today with 0.25 to Sasha's house.  Ran with Sasha and Jeff.  Matt joined us around 1.5.  Talked about "quality x" this morning during the run.  No real consensus on what it is.  My legs felt good this morning.  Yesterday they were a little sore during the day from the tempo.  In particular, my left calf and left hamstring were a little sore and tight, but this morning they felt fine.  By the end of the run, I could tell that I had run faster yesterday, but it wasn't bad.  Total time was 67:06 (8:08).

Nice easy run this morning with Sasha, Jeff, and Matt.  I finally caught the 8 minute mile guy by the end.  I felt fine.  I just need to get more sleep.  I haven't gotten more than 6 hours of sleep all week.  Total time was 65:15 (7:54/mile).

After a week of days with 6 or less hours of sleep, it was nice to sleep in and get 8 hours.  I could tell it in my legs too.  They felt fresh.  I ran in the early afternoon, but I only had time for 6.25.  I had done some shopping in the morning for our ward elder's quorum bbq in the evening, and I still had some preparation to do for it.  I did about 0.25 later while going from my car to various places getting stuff for the bbq.  The bbq was fun, and we had 22 people there.  I got out later in the evening around 9 for another 3 miles.  The original plan was to do 6, but after all of the running around in the afternoon and being out in the sun, I was tired.  The inside of my lower right leg was also hurting a little just above the ankle.  It was bothering me enough to not want to run any more than 3.  I will let it rest tomorrow and get back to it on Monday.  Total time was 66:30 for 9.25 (7:11/mile).