Thatcher's Running Blog

I went on a run out on Wasatch Blvd. I decided I would go a little longer today, and it still felt pretty good. I was getting pretty tired near the end, but it wasn't too bad. I averaged 7:00 pace for the run.

I did an easy run today. I did almost four miles at about a 7:30 pace. It felt good, and I kept it easy. 

I did a really short and easy run today. We're on a family vacation in California and we ran together. I'm doing a 5k tomorrow to see what my fitness level is at. I pushed the last 2/3 of a mile in at 6:00 pace just to loosen up a little bit. It felt good. 

So this was my first race in two years. I didn't get a lot of sleep due to circumstances, but I felt pretty good. I was a little nervous because I hadn't done anything fast at all since I got back from my mission, I'd done a few miles around six minutes, but nothing as fast as my 5k pace. I could tell so far that I'm out of shape, but not horribly out of shape. That being said, my goal for the race was to be 17:00 something, as long as I wasn't over 18:00 I would be happy. 

 I felt pretty good at the start, and it wasn't too fast. I started out easily and got right with the front group. I decided to move right up behind the leader, which may have been a mistake looking back, but I felt good at the time. I stayed behind the leader and a few guys caught up to us, making it a group of five. Around the mile I started to fall back from the group of five, falling back into fifth or sixth place. I came through the first mile at about 5:18.

 Shortly after the mile two high school kids caught up with me. They were moving quite a bit faster than me but I was able to push when they caught me and stay with them. It was hard to stay with them, but we started gaining ground on those in front of us. I was hurting the second mile, but I still managed about a 5:17 or so. 

The third mile is where I started to hurt. One of the high school kids passed me while the other fell back. I pushed it up a monster hill and tried to stay close to the kid in front of me. He pulled away, but I was able to catch another guy in front of me and put a good gap between us. I wasn't feeling great, but I pushed it the last half mile and was able to maintain my sixth place and finish with a decent kick. My third mile was the slowest, almost six minutes. My final time was 17:04, sixth place.  

 I was happy and surprised at how I did. It wasn't incredible, but after not running for two years and only starting running a week earlier, it was a good time to start with. I really could feel the lack of training in the last mile, but I know with time I'll get back in shape.  

I did a short easy run. I was short on time, so I only did three miles. I ran at a 7:30 pace. It felt pretty good.

I did a pretty easy run today. I ran a little over four miles. I kept it pretty easy once again. I;m going to keep it fairly easy for a while, slowly increasing mileage. I don't want to do any hard workouts yet, at least not for a few weeks. I went to the track after my workout though to do a few sprints. I did some 200's. I started off with a 30, jogged half a lap, then ran a 29 followed by another 29. The sprints felt pretty good. 

 My body is feeling pretty good, not to sore and no injuries so far. I'll keep it up and hopefully it well stay this way.  

I haven't been running much the past few weeks because of an injury I've had. My right achilles has been bothering me, but I think it should be better now. I'm still going to take it easy. 

I ran two miles easy on the treadmill to see how my achilles  felt, and it felt pretty good.

I ran a little bit more today, 4 mile. I still kept the pace slow, I wanted to be careful and come back slowly from my injury. I averaged 8:00 per mile, and my achilles felt pretty good. 

 Later that evening I went to moab with some friends. We went on a hike at Negro Bill's canyon. It was a fun hike of five miles. My achilles is a little sore, but not bad.

No running today, but a day full of hiking. It was a good workout in the 100 degree heat, and it was fun. 

I ran this evening after dark, so I did it on the treadmill. I decided to push the pace a little bit and see how my achilles felt. It felt great. I did four miles in 26:12, so a 6:33 pace. It felt good, and I got faster each mile. My last mile was under 6:00 pace.