St. George Running Center - Run For Life.

AM - Got up and ran with the club. Did the river loop, easy pace. 6 miles. Then ran home with Scott H. for an extra 3 miles.  9 miles total.

PM - Ran hom from the store. Hip was a little tight, but SI Joint still feeling pretty good. 8 miles.

AM - Track workout with the club. Had a good time chatting with everyone and got in a good workout.  Decided to bring the watch today and start tracking my times a little better. Man, was that an awaking! I'm way off where I thought I was - pretty depressing. It took a while for my hip to warm-up but SI did really well.  I just feeling like I have no top-end speed.

Warm-up, Dynamic stretches, 4x100m strides (jog curves)

400M (1:14), 800 (2:34), 400M (1:17), 800M (2:37), 400M (1:17), 800M (2:39), 400M (1:16)

 6 x Stairs, Recovery

 PM - 6 miles. Hips flexors started acting up - SI joint still doing much better.  I just need to keep working these hips out.

AM, PM - No run. Kendra's pretty sick today and I have a crazy bad head ache. Stayed home from work and helped out with the kids.

AM - 5 Miles, around the Bloomington Loop and around the hood a few times. Really nice morning. Just went out and got it done. Head feeling much better this morning.

PM - Met up with Aaron at the Man-of-War Park for Thurs tempo.  Was planning on doing a 6 mile tempo, but my watch went dead (of course) and it ended up being 5.25 miles.  I'm not sure what my pace was, but I know I atleast started off faster than last week with Mr. M being there.  Really happy with how I felt - I think I was in the low 5:50's high 5:40's. 11 miles total.

AM - Got up early and did an easy 5. It was nice to workout the muscles a bit after last nights tempo. Really nice morning - I love this time of year! 

PM - Closed up the store and ran home 8 miles. Really long day and very tired.

AM - We got to the race a little early to have the kids run the 1k - Isabel won overall girls and Elijah and Sophia really had a good time. Isaac wanted to run the 5k. I'm really proud of him - he's really starting to catch the vision of running and competition.

As far as my race went, I spent a little bit of time warming up, hit the bathrooms, found Quadsi and headed to the starting line. I hadn't really thought much about how I was going to do. I just did a tempo with Aaron on thurs. so, I thought I might still be a little tired from that workout and didn't really expect too much.

After the race started I decided I would just try and see if I could keep Logan in sight. As we were going through Coral Canyon I did fairly well keeping him somewhat close but by the time we turned the corner to go up Telegraph he was starting to pull ahead a little more ( about 20-30 sec). I knew I wasn't going to mantain that distance up the hill, but it was looking like he had almost stopped racing or pushing.  I just kept trying to motor up as fast I could but, even with him taking it easier, I still wan't gaining ground.  By the time we reached the top of the hill I just tried to change gears and get my legs going  for the down hill finish. I was able to kick it in pretty good at the end and really felt good most the race.  Here are my splits:

5:29, 5:25, 5:38, 5:54, 6:27, 5:50, 5:17 (last .2) 35:08 - 10k

Overall, I was really happy with the race today mostly because of how I felt and being able to "push" most the way. After the race Logan and I went and ran the course again to get in some more miles. About 14 total for the day including warm-up, race, and running the course again.

AM - Morning club run. Easy with extending it 3 miles home. Legs are a little tired from Saturday's race still.  - 9 miles total.

PM - Ran home from the store 8 miles via River Rd.

PM - Ran home from the store today through Washington Fields, to Desert Hills and over to Bloomington. I seriously was so tired and the wind was blowing like crazy in my face the whole way.  I was so happy to get home and be finished.

No Run.

AM - Got up and ran the Bloomington loop. Another really nice morning. Added on and made it 6 miles.

PM - Tempo run with Aaron and Bill.  Left from the house and headed down to the bike path.  Did the same loop as last week and planned on getting 6 miles of tempo but ended up with on 5.6 miles of tempo due to a miss calculation.  I ended up starting off probably a little faster than I should of then totally died when I hit the wind. It seriously was in our face both ways, but was blowing hard on mile five.  I thought I was in a bad dream or something. Here's the Splits: 5:22, 5:50, 5:47, 5:50, 6:20, 5:51 (.60 miles)

AM - Got up and went out and did 6 in the morning with Kendra.  Just took it easy, and very happy to do so considering my workout last night.

PM - Late run home from the store at 7:30pm.  These later rans are such a drag - I'm just so tired at the end of the day. 8 miles.

AM - Met up with the group at Summit and did 13.  Ran the whole way with Ben Ford. Steady pace - nothing crazy.  Good Conversation.

AM - Went running with the club this morning at the confluence tral head.  Easy 6, plus 3 miles extended home. Feeling pretty good and legs feeling fresh.

PM - Ran home from the store - I'm so freak'n sick of the wind. Plus, I couldn't stop thinking about everyone out at Boston. What a mess - It makes me so mad. 8 miles.

AM - Track workout this morning. It looked like we had about 5 new people. I think the group will continue to grow as we go more into marathon season. 7 miles total.

Here's my splits:

400 (1:10), 800 (2:31), 1200 (4:00, 5:11 pace), 1200 (4:03, 5:13 pace), 800 (2:35), 400 (1:14)

Really happy with today's workout.  The last half was a little slower than the first.  However, the wind started picking up so it kind of messed up the times a bit. I felt pretty strong most the run and I was happy I didn't have any stomach problems.

AM - Ran home from store.

AM - 6 miles in the morning easy bloomington extended.

 PM - Met up with Aaron and Bill for tempo. Once again it was windy.  Started at the house and did a 5.6 miles tempo up the bike path, over the river via River rd, then down past Barefoot Gym. 5:52 pace ave.  Felt pretty good until we hit the wind after heading back down the hill.  I felt like I was running in place. I also probably started off fast a bit fast the first mile hitting 5:22 pace.

AM - 10 miles up the path and back on the bike path. Probably not going to run tomorrow with manning the aid station for the Zion 100.

AM:  Running Club run with 3 miles extended.

PM:  Ran home from the store. 8 miles 

AM - Speed work with the club.  Solid workout, 3 x 1 mile repeats w/ 1 set of stadium stair between added to each lap (12 stairs total).  Pretty hard workout - every time we came to the stairs and started heading up my HR would just jump like crazy. Pretty tired at the end.

PM - Ran home from the store.  Was feeling good and ended up with a 6:04 ave. 

PM - Ran home from the store.

AM - 6 miles with Kendra. Just took it easy. Really nice morning.

PM - Tempo with Aaron and Bill. Met-up at the house and did the River Tr. loop.  Ended up with 6:01 ave for the 6 miles.  Between the heat, wind and doing 2 faster workouts on Tues I just struggled the whole time.  I seriously felt like I was running in place.

PM - Ran home from the store.

AM - Ran with the club down the marathon course for 13.1 Ran most the way with Richard W. Good chat - about a 6:30 ave-ish.  I didn't have a watch.

AM - 9 miles to the store this morning - skipped out on club run.

PM - Ran home from the store via River rd. 8 miles

AM - Track workout with the club  -  4x 400, 4x 800 with 400 Recover between.  Hit 800's between 2:31-2:35, 400's between 71-75. 7.5 miles total.

PM - Ran home from the store 8 miles.