St. George Running Center - Run For Life.

PM - Ran home the long way into Washington, down into the fields and over into Bloomington. nice steady run. A bit humid and warm, but a nice evening. Pretty hungry by the end since it was after a full day at work. 15 miles.

AM - Track workout with the club. I was able to get there a little earlier and get in a decent warm-up in. Did 8 x 800m w. 400 recovery. 

2:29, 2:31, 2:33, 2:31, 2:31, 2:31, 2:31, 2:30

Really happy with how these went. We had some wind on the backside of the track and it really seemed to effect me on my second lap. I was happy to be done.  Started to do some stair but my calves were a bit tight so I just stopped and did my cool down. 10 miles total.

AM -  Went out and did the tempo loop backward (minus the tempo). Steady pace. Really nice morning except for the humidity. 11 miles

PM - Went back out this evening and got in another 10 miles. Feeling pretty good. Hip and SI joint felt decent.

AM - Went out with Kendra this morning and did an easy 6.25.  I seriously am done with this Humidity. It was good chatting with her without being interupted.

AM 2 - After we got back and help the kids off to school I went out and did another 11.  I was so drenched after getting back. I'm still drinking fluids trying to get back in me what I lost this morning.

AM - Met-up at Bloomington park with the some of the RT Girlz this morning and drove-up to Mavirik on Washington Prkwy for a tempo. I'm beginning to think my body really does not perform well in humidity. I sweat so much anyway, so when it's humid I just feel like I'm dying.  The same thing happened when I ran the Ojia Marathon in CA last year. I just start feeling like I'm working like a horse. Anyways here's how it went down. I ended up starting about 1 mile past where I started last year.

SKIP, 5:41, 5:43, 5:49, 5:56, 6:03, 5:57, 5:54 - today

5:45, 5:38, 5:44, 5:46, 5:49, 5:51, 5:49, 5:47, 5:49, (.3) 5:46 - 2012

I was really quite upset about my times.  I did 2 miles less from last year and my paces were way off. It could be the humidity or I could be worn down - possibly both. Hopefully I'm not in worse shape.

Anyways, I stopped at the Confluence Trailhead got some water, saw Scott H., chatted with him and squeezed all the sweat out of my shorts. About the time I was taking off to finish the run Amber G. came up the trail and stopped for a drink. She was 4'ish miles into her tempo since the girls did more of a warm-up.  I ended up finishing off the last 1.5 miles of her tempo with her. She was able to hammer out a 5:40, 5:43 (.50 miles) - Thank goodness I didn't get dropped.

Happy to have the workout done. I'll probably go out a little later on and get in a few more.

AM - Great run this morning with the club. Met up at the SG Marathon finish line and drove 18 miles up the course. My goal was just to keep it steady and not bust out and do anything stupid.  I was surprised how good I actually felt with doing 8+ miles of speed yesterday.  Ended up running with Logan and Richard W. the first 10 miles 7:00- 6:40 ( i think) and then Logan took off for a tempo and Richard and I just cruised it in 6:20- 6:40.  It was good chatting with everyone on the course and after the run was over.

Overall I'm really happy with my week. My energy level stayed up towards the end of the week. My tempo on Fri wasn't my best but I had a good track workout on Tues.  Next week I plan on just keeping it about the same. I am going up to do Big Cottonwood Canyon Half (Kendra is doing the Full) on Sat. However, I'm not planning on racing it, just making it a solid tempo and getting in about 20- 22 miles for the day.