Don't wanna be FAT!

I was still in St. George we really enjoyed being down there for several days. I ran from my parents house in Coral Canyon again and started going down that pathway down the gorge that I don't know the name of. Then I turned right where the pathway splits and came out of the gorge by Washington parkway.  I took Washington parkway until just before reaching the freeway.  I then got on a trail that took me under the free way and connected me to Grapevine trail (dirt road)  ran on that for a little bit then got on Prospector trail which I took for a while and then went back under the freeway and looped back to me parents house.  I enjoyed running on some trails in nice weather.  AP:  7:51.  

Hard to be back home again. I really had a hard time pulling myself out of bed. The run was cold the air was gross. I was sore. AP: 7:36

When I woke up this morning I didn't feel well at all so I went back to sleep, hoping I could get my run in later.  I felt weak all day long so I didn't run.

Ran home from work.  Did 2 miles of warmup 4 miles of aerobic builder then 5 miles easy.  I was hoping to run 8-10 miles of aerobic builder but I was feeling real weak again and my left calf was really tight so I called it quits on the builder after 4.  Mile splits for the builder were:  5:26, :25, :23, and :35.  Just having one of those weeks.  Still planning on racing the Salt Lake Winter Series 5k on Saturday.

Ran to work.  Ran nice and easy.  Calf wasn't as tight this morning.  I spent a lot of time last night rubbing it out.  I didn't feel nearly as weak as I've been feeling either.  Felt better about things today.  AP:  7:19

Woke up early and did 9 easy miles from my house.  Met up with Riley, Amy, Dave, and Albert and rode down with them to the race.  Ran 3.5 miles of warm-up.  Then ran the race.  I wanted to average 5:00 minute miles.  The gun went off and I did good being patient for about a 1/4 mile then I got antsy and took off.  Moved into 3rd place for little bit as I was just barely ahead of Bryant and Scott.  Riley and Jason already had a pretty good gap.  The first mile was about 4:52.  Bryant and Scott then passed my and started to gap me little by little but Jason looked like he was coming back so I thought I might have a shot at him.  The second mile was about 4:59.   I forgot how painful 5k's can be it's weird you think it is going to go by so quickly and then you get about 1/2 way done and you think to yourself wow I'm only 1/2 way, I've still got a long ways to go.  So the last 1.1 miles I was just doing my best to hold on.  At some point I gave up on trying to catch anyone, Jason found another gear and went by Bryant and Scott, and I was just trying to hold onto 5th.  Well that didn't happen because Jake went blowing by me with about 1/4 of a mile to go in the race.  I heard him coming and I wanted to respond but my legs weren't having it.  3rd mile was about 4:58.  Making the last 1/10 about 46 seconds.  Overall I was very happy because I was right around 5:00 minute mile pace which was the goal.  The only regret is that I was so close to beating such a great runner but I ended up getting passed by him in the last little bit.  It was fun though to be in such a competitive race.  Great race guys!  Ran 3 mile cool down after the race.