My Running Log

6 treadmill miles here at the hotel in Denver. I alternated between pushing the pace and resting at a slower pace. I finally was able to run on a treadmill that goes up to 12 mph (5 min/mile), so I did that for 1/4 mile. That was tough, but I'm glad to say I did that. It felt about as difficult as 6 min/mile was when I started back into running. But also, I think the slightly higher elevation slowed me down a bit. Total 6 miles in 41 minutes.

1 mile on hotel treadmill. Super tired.

1 mile after getting home late from trip. No more traveling for a long time now.

I DID IT!! After about 6 months of trying to complete this hill workout on the treadmill, I finally did it. Almost every week, I've been working on this but have had to stop to rest during it. I ran a mile warmup. Then did 4.5 miles on Level 9 random hills at 7:00 pace. Then ran 0.5 mile cooldown. I don't know what made the difference this time. It could be a lot of things, but I'd like to think I'm getting faster and stronger.

Ran 6 miles on the treadmill. I started out easy, but felt pretty good, so I decided to challenge myself and pushed a medium-hard effort. I ended up completing it in 39:51. That's about 6:40 pace, I guess.

I hadn't realized that Wasatch Back was today. I hope all the runners do well. Someday I hope to run in it. Maybe when i'm a billionaire since it's so expensive. 

Tonight I was really lucky to meet a bunch of bloggers from this site. Kelli and her husband Scott threw a little party for Burt, who is in town for the Wasatch Back. It was fun to meet people, including the infamous Burt. Great guy. Thanks to Kelli and Scott for setting up the party and providing some great food.

Late tonight I did my run. It was just hard to get it in early. I ran two loops around the Quarry Bend area, which is about 2.5 miles each, for a total of 5 miles. I threw in four surges. Two of them were 0.23 miles and averaged about 5:45 pace with a slightly downhill grade. The other two were 0.80 miles and had a lot of downhill, and I averaged 5:42 and 5:22 pace on those. Even though it was downhill, it was nice to get the legs churning. They felt great. Average pace was 7:07. I think I'm ready to start doing some races.

I ran 25 miles this week, not as many as I hoped, but not too bad considering I only ran a mile each on Tuesday and Wednesday. As usual lately, most of my miles were at medium-hard intensity.