Don't wanna be FAT!

11 miles easy. I felt real tight at the beginning, but things loosened up fine.  AP: 7:05.  Throw out the first 2 miles and AP was probably around 6:55.  

2.25 m. up w/ strides, 8 mile ab/tempo, 2.25 m. down.  I ran this on my 4 mile tempo loop in Clinton.  I haven't been feeling real well (cough and little bit of a sore throat) so I was just going to run this as more of an aerobic builder than a tempo.  I did well running a more relaxed pace for the first 4 mile lap, but then I couldn't hold back for the 2nd loop and ended up pushing harder than what was probably wise.  Average pace for the first 4 miles was 5:39.  Average pace for the next 4 miles was 5:25. 

9 miles easy.  AP:  6:50

2.5 up w/ strides, 3x1200 meters 300 meters jogging recovery, 2.5 down. I almost didn't do a run at all today. I had to get up early for work for the 2nd day in a row and I couldn't get myself to wake up super early two days in a row. Then I took the kids swimming in the afternoon because I got off work early. So I was tired before even starting but decided I would give it a go and do what I could. I was hoping to do more than 3 but something was better than nothing.  I did these barefoot on the grass at the park by my house again.  It was just over 80 degrees when I ran them at 8:00 p.m. so it was still very warm.  Splits were:  3:40, 3:42, 3:47.  

On a happy note, I got my first pair of trail running shoes that I have ever had in the mail today.  I found some Kinvara trail shoes on sale for $36.99 w/ free shipping and so I decided to give them a try.  I warmed up and cooled down in them tonight just to break them in a little before I do a big long trail run in them on Saturday.  I'm excited about them and I think I'm really going to like them.  If anyone else is interested I found them on 6pm.com that it where I buy all my running shoes.  

I had a rough night. My three kids decided to tag team it last night taking turns throughout the night screaming. My wife was sick so I had to step up my game.  When I woke up this morning I wasn't sure if I really liked being a dad to 3 small children or not, then I took Penny in the stroller on my run with me, because she was up super early and I fell in love with being a dad again right away.  She was being so cute and making the cutest sounds.  I really do love being a dad (most of the time).  The run was 9 miles easy pushing the stroller.  My legs are feeling strong and healthy right now.  AP: 7:32.  

Met up with Brett F. and Ken R. on top of the North Ogden Divide. We ran up to the top of Ben Lomand Peak and back down. The trail was still covered with snow near the top so we had to do some hiking rather than running for the last mile. We averaged about 10:00 pace going up.  

We started going back down and I was in the lead then Brett went blowing past me and set a quick pace.  After a while I caught back up and passed him, then Brett passed me back, then Ken passed both of us and they left me in their dust over the last 1.5 miles.  We averaged about 5:30 pace over the last 5 miles which was pretty crazy givin the technicallity of the trail.  It was way fun, but way risky. Probably the best rush I've gotten in a while.