Every Run is a Great Run!

Nice morning run. A little bit of soreness in the hammies from Saturday's downhill run but less that what I felt last Monday after Hobble Creek. All in all feeling really good lately I hope it keeps up!

Later got to the gym before lunch for 30 min XT + core.

8:37

Decided to run a little later in the day to try and get more used to running in the heat. Also decided to do some uphill running so my uphill muscles don't feel too neglected with all these downhill runs. Between the uphill and sunshine I felt pretty pooped by the end.

8:30

Eight miles in the early morning. Later got to the gym for 30 min XT.

8:27

Another dandy run down Payson Canyon in the early morning. Pushed the pace a bit especially the last 4 miles trying to get a feel for what pace I can hold a week from Saturday for the Nebo 1/2 marathon. I'm thinking I should be able to do 6-6:30 on the steep sections (which is basically most of the first 10 miles of the race) then try to stay just under 7's the last 3 miles when you hit the flat sections and rollers. Maybe I can sneak in under 1:25?

Also went to the gym before lunch for 30 min XT + core.

6:52

Nice & easy 6 miler in the early morning.

8:51

Shortened the originally planned 20+ miler and just did 16 miles due to my impulse decision to sign up for Big Cottonwood Marathon in 2 weeks.

I figured since I seem to be showing signs of peaking the last couple of weeks I'd give myself 2 shots at having a decent marathon instead of putting all my eggs in the SGM basket. Also BCM looks crazy downhill and fast, possibly 5 min quicker than SGM. And since I now have Quads-Of-Steel due to tons of downhilll running the last couple months I might as well go for it.

Hopefully I'm not doing a dumb thing. I'll go ahead and begin to taper and drop my plans of racing Nebo 1/2 marathon next week and instead help pace Kim to a sub 1:40. Depending on how BCM goes I'll decide whether to race SGM in 4 weeks or do the pacing gig again. Fun stuff!

8:07