Thatcher's Running Blog

Today was a pretty good run. I ran with the team for four miles, then ran some more by myself. I ran 7.55 miles at a 6:47 pace. It didn't feel very hard. My fourth mile was 5:59, because I stayed with Morgan when he pushed it to end his run, that was a good faster mile. The rest were pretty easy. It felt good, but I have a blister that hurts. 

In the morning I hiked Mount Olympus. It was harder than I thought it would be. There were some really steep parts. On the way down I ran most of it. I think it's 6.6 miles round trip. 

 Later, I ran 4.5 in 33:00. I took it easy, and it felt good.  

I was very sore from climbing Mount Olympus. I ran four easy miles.

A pretty easy run with Gemachu and his brother. I am still sore. 

I ran pretty slowly. My left hamstring was sore. About 7:40 pace. 

Today was the Corona Del Mar 5k. I'm in California on vacation. It was a pretty good race. I was in second pretty much the whole race. First place was 15:25, I was 16:06. My first mile was 5:00, second was 5:05, and my last one was the slowest. I hoped to break 16:00, but it was pretty good.

Today wasn't very fast, but it was a good run. I'm still in California, and I went for a run with Ben and Gemachu. We went running on the streets and found a cool wooded trail that went for a few miles. The run ended up being a progression run. The mile splits were 7:24, 7:49, 7:48, 6:33, 6:11, 5:29, and the last 400 around 75. I felt good.

Today Ben and I went on a pretty easy run. We went up to the same trail as yesterday, but only about four miles. We didn't push it until about the last 800. The mile splits were 7:00, 7:38, 6:55, 6:05. It was a nice run, and not very hot. It was a lot more humid than Utah though! 

Later, when I got home from California, I ran again. I ran six miles at a 6:20 pace. I didn't push it too hard until the last mile. But the second half of my run was hard because it was pretty windy. My splits were 7:15, 6:18, 5:58, 6:24, 6:27, and 5:21. On the last mile I pushed it hard to see how fast I could do it in. I then cooled down about a half mile.

I felt pretty tired when I woke up, but I got out on my run later and I felt pretty good. My legs feel fine, no injuries, and I'm not sore at all. I ran an eight miler at 6:51 pace. My splits were 7:04, 6:43, 6:29, 6:48, 6:54, 7:17 (mostly uphill), 6:56, and 6:33. I didn't push it very hard and it felt good. 

In the morning I did some sprint timing. I ran some 10 meter tests, and then a 300 meter tests. My 300 time was 41. I hope to get that down by the end of the summer. I warmed up and cooled down 3 laps each.

 I ran later on the trails. About 45 minutes with Ben and Isaac. It was pretty easy, I pushed it a little bit the last 10 minutes, but it wasn't a hard run. It was fun. 

I ran with the guys from the team today. I didn't push it too hard. It was about 6:50 pace. 

Today I ran in the Fill The Ark 5k. I was feeling okay, but a little sick. This race is always fun. My parents started it about six years ago. I have won it four out of six times. This year the new course was a lot harder, (I think) with more hills. I wanted to push it and get a pr, but I this course was too tough to do that, especially with no one near me.

The first mile was pretty hard, I ran a 5:27. My friend Gemachu was a few seconds behind me at that point. After that, he dropped back a lot. The second mile was a little bit easier, but I only ran a 5:26. At this point I was quite alot ahead. The last mile had about 800 meters of uphill and was very hard. Once I got to the downhill for the last 800, I didn't push it very hard and just coasted in for the win. I did okay considering it wasn't my best effort on a hard course. I also won a cool watch. I looked it up and it is worth about $400!

Later I ran 5.75 miles. I had a sideache, but my legs felt surprisingly fresh. I kept it really easy though, 7:45 pace. It felt good to take an easy run.

This morning I did a hill run. (Canyon Run) I ran up Millcreek Canyon for 40 minutes. I didn't feel great, but I did pretty well. I managed to make it two minutes past where I made it last year at the end of cross country. I felt pretty tired after. I warmed up and jogged down a little bit until my ad picked me up, so it was 7.25 miles. It was 7:40 pace, which is pretty good compared to last year.

This morning I ran 6 miles at a 7:48 pace. I took it easy. I have a cold also, so I didn't run more. If I feel all right later, I will run more. My splits were 8:04, 8:17, 7:53, 8:22, 7:14, and 6:54. I started out feeling really tight and sore, but once I got going, I felt better.

 Later I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. I felt a little bit better, but I'm still sick. I did 4 at a 7:49 pace. It felt easier than this morning.
 

I ran eight miles today with a mile warm-up and a mile cool-down. I was going to run hard today, but I'm still sick. I ran a 7:16 pace. I'm feeling better than yesterday, but not completely better. Also, my left knee is a little bit sore.

I'm not sure on the distance. I ran on pipeline today for 40 minutes. I kept it pretty easy. I'm feeling a little bit better than yesterday, but I'm still sick. My left knee is still a little bit sore, but not bad.

Later I ran 4 miles easy. On the road up the canyon and on pipeline. It was nice and cool, and I kept it easy. 

Today I ran 6.14 miles with a mile warm-up. I'm getting better, but I'm still not 100%. My average pace was 7:12. It felt pretty good.

I got up and did some sprints on the track, with a warm-up. I did 5 by 85 meters. I was tired and didn't feel that great.

A little bit later I ran from my house to Sugarhouse Park. I did a few loops around the park as well. I ended up with eight miles at a 7:22 pace. I was going to do a couple more miles, but I was too tired. It was very hot.  

Today I ran up the Canyon again. This time I ran for 50 minutes up. I ran at a faster pace this week, even though I went 10 minutes longer. My pace was 7:32. I warmed up one mile and ran down a couple miles. I drove the rest of the way down. I felt pretty good doing it. 

AM: I ran with Gemachu today. We ran down to Sugarhouse Park, ran in the park a little bit, and then went back. I kept it easy today, 7:31 pace. It ended up being nine miles. Even though we started at 7:30, it was still too hot. We had to stop for water at the park and run through the sprinklers! My mile splits were pretty even, and the run was pretty easy. The only hard thing was all of the uphill was on the way back! My mile splits were: 7:32, 7:19, 7:16, 7:16, 7:14, 7:36, 7:34, 7:43, and 6:50.

PM: I later went to the track to do some sprints. I did 6 times 90 meters. My fastest was 11.570. They felt pretty good. I did a mile warm up, and then cooled down about 3.5 miles. I cooled down at about 7:35 mile pace or so. There were quite a few people at the track for  how hot it was outside. I even saw two guys there who looked like pretty good runners. I usually only see really slow joggers!

On a side note, I am almost finished with Once A Runner. Has anyone read it? I like it so far.

So today I did a Tempo Run. I was going to do six miles, but decided to cut it to five. I didn't really have a goal time, I just wanted to see what I could do on a longer tempo run. I wanted to at least go under six minute mile pace. I went to Jordan River Parkway to do it. I started out with a slow two mile warm-up.

My first mile was 5:38. I started out a little bit too fast, but it felt pretty good. My second mile was 5:42. It wasn't too hard, but I wasn't feeling that great. The third mile was where I started to get fatigued. My quads were sore from doing sprints last night, and they started to get tired. I pushed and got a 5:48. My fourth mile was just bad. My quads were really tired by now, and going up the biggest hill (not very big though) on this mile didn't help. I ran a 6:04. I was going to run six miles, but at this point, I knew my legs couldn't handle that. So I decided to push hard for one last mile. My last mile was 5:41.

So my mile splits were:

1: 5:38

2: 5:42

3: 5:48

4: 6:04

5: 5:41

After that I cooled down a couple more miles. Another thing that could have contributed to my fatigue is that I didn't get much sleep last night. I should of gone to bed earlier. It was too hot when I did it. But overall, it was pretty good.

I took it easy today. Seven miles at a 7:49 pace. I am still sore, and pretty tired. My legs were just tired, and I didn't really feel like going any faster. 

I didn't get my run in until tonight. I was working all day. I got a job working at the Energy Solutions Center for two days helping with the Blaze game. It was pretty cool. I got to stand on the field and see a bunch of players. (I wish it had been a Jazz game though!)

I was going to do 8 miles pretty easy, maybe a 7:00 pace, but I changed my mind mid-run. My first mile was 7:04. I picked it up a little from there, and saw that I did a 1:25 next 400. I felt good, so I kept going at a pretty good pace. My mile splits were: 7:04, 6:09, 6:06, 6:17, 6:06, 6:24 (uphill), and 5:54. I jogged the last mile in 7:37. It didn't feel very hard, and my legs felt much better than yesterday. I was surprised how good I felt.

I am also going to start keeping track of my weight lifting. Today I did four sets of ten push-ups to start out. I then did two sets of deadlifts. 2 by 265, and 5 by 245. I then did some ab work.

I was planning on doing a long run, but I didn't have enough time. I had to go to work early, so I did 5.5 miles in the morning, and 6.5 at night. In the morning I ran at a 7:18 pace. I was tight at first, but I felt good by the end. My splits were 8:11, 7:07, 7:10, 7:10, 6:51, and 3:30 for the last half mile. I went out on Wasatch Blvd.

Later, I didn't feel that great. I wasn't too tired, but I felt really sick to my stomach. I don't think I waited long enough after eating. I went through Tanner Park. I went pretty slow, 7:59. It was an interesting run though. I ran by a wedding reception, had several dogs jump up on me, and scraped my knee going down a hill. It wasn't my favorite run.

Today I did a 60 minute Canyon Run. I'm not sure on the distance because my Garmin lost signal a couple of times, but I would guess about 7.8 or so. It was a 7:40-7:45 pace going up the canyon. Not as fast as last week, but pretty good. I should of taken my inhaler before, I had some breathing trouble at about 35:00. My legs feel pretty good, but my right ankle hurts a little bit. I don't know if I twisted it going up or what. I warmed up about a mile, and ran down about 2.75 until the gate. Morgan did well, he kept up with me for 30 minutes. Gemachu was behind us, but he went until the gate and was a minute or two behind me.