My Running Log

6.1 miles in 46:12 on the treadmill while watching Brasil lose (unfortunately) to Netherlands in soccer.

This run was nice and easy. I enjoyed it. 

6 easy miles while watching the Pre classic on TV. Threw in some strides, was about 45 minutes.

Today was the Freedom Run 10K in Provo. I've done this race probably 10-12 times over the years, at least. It's a fun thing. And my wife ran the 5K, so that was fun, too. I also had two brothers and two sisters who ran.

Last year I ran 43:54, and I was fairly disappointed with that time. I also felt like I crashed and burned toward the end, so I was nervous about that happening today. So I went out faster than last year but was conservative the first few miles. Once I started the uphills and was feeling strong still, I pushed the pace. And I finished with a sprint at the end. So maybe I was too conservative. Maybe not though.

In the first mile, I could still see the leaders. That was a surprise. Anyway, during the race, I kept thinking I could run faster without having to work too much harder, but I felt like my pace was good at the time, so I stayed with it. We had to run around all the 5K runners again, but this time I was mentally prepared for that.

I thoroughly enjoyed the race and smiled during a lot of it. I just found joy in being able to do it and knowing that I was running a lot faster than the year before. In fact, my time was 39:09, which was an improvement of 4:45 over last year. My splits:

6:22

6:14

6:10

6:20

6:20

6:30 (big uphill)

?? (last 0.2) 

Tempo run on the treadmill. Probably felt better than I should have after a race, but that's OK. 6.25 miles in 39:50. 

Pretty good hill workout on the treadmill. Random hills, level 5, averaged about 6:45 per mile. That's three good runs in a row. Time for some rest.

I got some new Pearl Izumi shoes today. They are the Streak model, which are designed for fast training and for racing. They supposedly weight 8.8 oz and are bright orange. Please excuse me while I wipe the drool off my chin....

(These are the shoes I won from the Renaissance 5K a couple months ago. Thanks to Blaine Hawkes for running a great race and providing a nice prize. Y'all should run it next year, but this time you'll have to beat me in these bad-boy shoes.) 

Short version of random hill workout on the treadmill. Level 9 for 3.3 miles. Level 1 for 1.2 miles. It was a nice little workout to get done in 30 minutes.

The day was busy, so I didn't get out and run till 11:40 pm. I was so tired and just did a 2.5 mile loop. I did my normal two strides. The first one is about 0.3 miles and the second one about 0.7 miles. The first one was around 5:15 pace. On the second one, I just didn't have any energy. But since it was downhill I ran under 6:00 pace barely.

This was my first time to wear my new Streaks, but I don't think I did them justice this time. 

Really busy. Only a mile.

Still really busy. Again only a mile.

I have been very busy with school and other things lately. So today I wanted to get a good run in. It had been a week since I had run longer than four miles. I ran my 10 mile loop up to Le Cailles and back. That's the longest I've run since March, I believe.

I felt really sluggish. Maybe from not getting enough sleep. Maybe from eating half a pastry yesterday. But it was really tasty. Maybe just a bad running day. But it was beautiful out. Average pace was 7:22. I hit the same pace on almost every mile of the run. 

Ran a 5 mile progressive tempo run on the treadmill in about 32:00. Felt decent.

This morning I ran down to Draper to watch the end of the Draper Days 5K. I saw Patrick Rotich (the winner), MaryAnn Schauerhamer, and Allie. I'm not sure what their times were, but they looked like the hill at the end wasn't too enjoyable. But I think they all did quite well. I probably also saw some other people from the blog, but I didn't recognize anyone.

Then I ran home, and it came out to 12 miles at 7:10 pace. Pretty good. Longest run since May. I think I have 29 miles for the week. Not bad considering I basically only ran three good runs. 

A couple miles on the treadmill in 13:00. Couldn't fit in any more. Busy day.

1 mile late at night. Really tired.

8 miles on the treadmill in 54 minutes. This included 4x800m surges. I didn't feel that great and felt light headed at the end. I hope I feel better than this on Saturday when I run the DesNews 10K.

2.5 miles around my neighborhood. Felt pretty sluggish. But I did two strides and got below 6:00 pace pretty easily, so maybe there's still hope of having a fast race tomorrow. I'm going to be running with red rooster and try to pace him for the first half. After he leaves me in his dust, I'll do my best to break 37:00.

This is the first time I've done this race. It was decent. My plan was to keep up with the rooster, but he was just too fast from the get-go. I wish I had my watch working so I knew my splits, but that first mile was in the low 5's, I think. The rest of the race I just went back and forth with people and never felt that I was moving that well. But in the end, my time was 36:19 or something, which was faster than my goal, so that's good. I competed best with people when it was flat or uphill rather than downhill. So I think I need to work on my speed more, as usual. Big congrats to rooster and allie and others who ran so well.

We put our townhome on the market a few months ago and fortunately have been able to sell it. We closed on it today and moved to Lehi. So tonight I did a short run in our new neighborhood. It's great for running so far. Lots of fresh air and hardly any cars. I no longer have access to the treadmill I've run so many miles on the past 18 months, so I'm either going to have to toughen up and run outside, get a gym membership, or buy a treadmill.

Another nice little short run in Lehi. Life is still very busy.

2 whopping miles for a total of 5 whopping miles on the week. It's an extremely crazy week for me.

One mile

1 mile.

7 miles for the week. Lowest mileage week since I started running again. Oh well. More important things to deal with.