Don't wanna be FAT!

Recovery run.  Legs felt really good considering how hard I went on Saturday. AP:  7:17.  

I ran nice and slow today.  I felt like that's what my body needed.  I plan on running a 12 mile power run tomorrow and I'm racing a 10k in Layton on Saturday.  Those will be my only hard runs this week.  I feel I need to let off the accelerator a bit after two hard weeks in a row.  AP:  7:29.  

3 mile warm-up, 12 mile aerobic builder, 3 mile cool-down.  Aerobic Builder Average Pace was 5:24.  Mile Splits:  5:23, 5:13, 5:29, 5:23, 5:25, 5:13, 5:27, 5:25, 5:22, 5:30, 5:26, 5:27.  The two 5:13's were slightly downhill.  I Ended a little lower than where I started.  This workout exceeded my highest expectations.  I was hoping to average around 5:35 at best 5:30.  I just got into a nice rythm and kept at it.  I had great weather conditions.  I just hope I'm not doing too much.

Legs were quite tight to start but the further I went the better I felt.  By the end of the run the legs were feeling pretty darn good.  New Balance 490 shoes are finally feeling broken in.  AP:  7:15

Easy 9.  AP:  7:26.  Will run hard tomorrow in the St. Patty's March Run 10k in Layton.  

This race was a good workout.  I warmed up 5 miles and did some strides.  It was a windy day out the course was set up in a way that the wind was broken up nicely though.  But, because of the way the course was set up I was weaving through 5k and 10k runners over the last 2 miles.  I guess that was good practice though for when I'm weaving through 1/2 marathoners at the Ogden Marathon.  I turned the auto lap off on my watch but ended up only getting the first two splits because I wasn't paying close enough attention to the mile markers.  I think the course was probably a little short because my watch had the course at 6.24 miles and given my watches history my watch should have read around 6.35 if it was an accurate course.  1 mile 5:02 2nd mile was 4:54 but was with the wind.  I struggled to run 5:20-25 pace against the wind but made up for it when I had the wind aiding me.  Overall time was 32:13 or a 5:11 AP.  Given the windy conditions and the weaving through people I was very happy with that time.   I had some guy go with me for the first mile then he fell apart in a hurry.  2nd place was more than 3 minutes back so I didn't have anyone pushing me.  For a small race awards weren't back a couple small $10 gift certificates an 1 hour long massage, and a free entry next year.  Mitchell didn't have as much fun in his race.  His race was a full mile which was a really long ways for him given that he won't turn 4 until next month.  But, I was proud of the way he fought through it and never gave up.  Payson did about half of the kids race he was really excited about that.  Overall a fun morning with the family.  Good week of running.