St. George Running Center - Run For Life.

AM - Woke up and went out for 6.5 with the club. Only three of us this morning. Ben F. and Jeff D. Just took it easy and chatted. Ended up wearing a long sleeve T with the cooler temps. 6.5

PM - Wanted to get in another 10 but ran out of time. Ran from the house up the bikepath to Washington. Kendra picked me up at 6pm by the skim board park so we could get to the Holts on time. 7 miles.

AM - No track work today! It was nice to sleep in for another hour. I think I'm going to miss it going however. Just went out and did 10 came home talked to the kids and went out for another mile. 11 miles

PM - Went out and did 2 miles out and back with Isaac and Isabel.

AM - Morning Tempo with the Boyz. Warmed up for about 3 miles. Clyde spit on me 3 times on the way to the tempo start - but only ran into me once. A bit windy this morning but not too hot. Here's how it went down:

Today's W/O : 5:45, 5:42, 5:27, 5:35, 5:43, 5:40, 5:50, 5:44

Last W/O:  5:52, 5:58, 5:43, 5:49, 5:49, 5:47, 5:46, 5:40

Pretty happy with this workout. Once again, my fastest ever on this course - 5:41 ave for the 8 miles.  About 8 seconds faster per mile overall than two weeks ago.

HIGHLIGHT: Mile 4 we had a skunk scare and thought we were all going to get sprayed. 

I think I would have done a bit better (5 seconds or so) on mile 7 if I could have kept David in sight, but I lost him in the dark - I was struggling to keep pace and lost a bit mental focus.

Pretty happy to know this is the last tempo before SG Marathon. It's been a great training cycle and I've seen some nice gains this season.  I've had some ups and downs the last few months, but really happy I've stuck it out and stayed fairly focused. I think it's all really starting to pay off.

AM - Got up and did an easy 5 this morning. The temps were wonderful. The muscles felt pretty good considering yesterday's tempo. However, I'm going to spend a little extra time working my L. hip.

AM- I am loving these morning temps!! Easy 10 miler this morning. Feeling pretty good.

AM - Woke up early and met Clyde at the marathon finishline at 3:45. We both needed to be done before 7am so that's what worked. I think I was over-tired, I just never seemed to get it the flow of the run. I went to bed really late last night due to getting some work done and had a long day at the store. Today I came home early from the store and crashed for 3 hours. I felt so much better after the nap!

Really happy about the week. Miles were perfect and had a great tempo on Wed with the guys. Next week's plan is to just rest up and get ready for next Sat!