"PRIOR PREPARATION PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE"

4 easy miles, 23*, 12 mph+ wind, some sunshine. Then a FB-W/O... 

5 speed training miles then a FB-w/o at the LC gym...

7 mi  hill and speed Trang on the Mt rd, oh what a great day to still be alive and moving under my own power!

4 easy miles on my rest day before Long Run Sunday. Plus a full body workout (Fb-W/O) at LCAC gym.

Left the house this AM for a Nice 13 mile Long run. Just a few minutes out the door and I was insulted with a light sprinkle of freezing rain, I stopped and put on my garbage bag rain wear and continued. By the time I got to the Porter Rockwell Trail it was sprinkling harder mixed with a little bit of snow, I kept on going. Now I'm out 4 miles and it's decided to really start raining and snowing, much harder. I'm on my way back and by the time I get to the Draper Park and the PRT Trail head ( about 3 miles) it has already dropped 3" of snow on me and my gloves are soaked and my fingers are very cold. This all remindes me of running Boston 2018 except the weather conditions today were much better than at Boston. I took a quick stop at the park bathroom and dried out one pair of gloves on the heated hand dryer, geared myself back up and ran the last mile home in 4" of snow on the ground and a blizzard going off all around me! When I got home I decided I'd pick up the remaining 5 mi at another time, I was done for the day!

5 easy rest day miles and then a Fb-W/O at the LCAC Gym.......

5 mi on the big block this am, 33*, partly sunny, 84% Humidity, 2 mph wind. 97 days till Boston!

7.5 Hill Training Miles on the big block, Mt Rd, & then home.

3 easy miles, w/o @ gym

6 tempo miles on the Mt Rd. 38*, lite breeze, 93% humidity, 5200' elevation level, mostly cloudy with brief moments of a glimps of sun light. 

4 mile easy run. Then a Fb-W/O at the LC gym. 93 days 0 hours till the 123rd Running of The Boston Marathon...

13 LD miles on the Mt Rd to Wasatch and home. 28*, 7 mph wind, 65% Humidity, 5200' highest elevation on run. ( 91 days 19 hrs = Boston) 

3 easy aerobic miles, then a fabulous FB-w/o, sets/and lifts, & time in the steam room...

4 mi on the big block, no sunshine shining, wind blowing,  snow falling, etc....

8 miles (2@MP) today on the big block & the Mt Rd. 40*, 8-10 mph wind, 69% humidity. Winter training in Utah isn't for whimps and neither is getting old while training during the winter in Utah! :) (: 89 days till the Boston Marathon! Anybody else on the FRB running the 123rd Boston Marathon? Speak up!

3 easy rest day miles, FB-w/o.... wet rainy day, yuck!

7 mi (3@MP) on the Big Block.

4 mi on the Small Block, "Gray Day", 44*

15 LD Mi on the Big Block & Mt Rd. another "Gray Day" 45*, 8 - 10 mph wind, 

Snow Day - It snowed about a foot of new snow in my neck of the woods, so I didn't leave the house except to use the snow blower...

3 mi on the small block, 28*, 68% humidity, 8 mph wind, @ noontime. The snowfall total   For miles my area was @ 18” and the roads were lined with berms of plowed snow so I was forced to run further out in street than usual....felt like I was in a giant game of Frogger ....

8 mi hill run, 23*, 9 mph wind, 59% Humidity, total "Gray" day! Best run this training cycle on the way to Boston, so far! 81 days till the Old Man's showdown in Boston, #14 / #60 !

4 Easy SS Miles today, then a full body workout....

7 really good miles on the PRT. 33*, lite breeze, lots of sunshine, 56% humidity.

4 easy miles this am, 21*, 67% humidity, 2 mph breeze. Then a Full Body W/O..... 79 days till the Boston 2019 ! 

16

3 easy recovery miles then to the gym for a full body workout 

Rest day

6 miles today. 1 mi warmup- 4 X1 mile repeats - 1 mile cool down... nice day, 30*, lt breeze and sunshine....

4 mi on the big block today

9 mi w/6 @ mp

three easy miles on the short block & a FB-W/O

17 mi on the big block & the Mt Rd.

4 easy miles, rest day

4 easy mi and a FB-W/O....

I took a snow day today. We got almost 15” of snow over night and throughout the day with the possibility of an inch or to tonight. I spent the day pushing snow at home and with my closest neighbors. I will count today as a rest day and pick up today’s scheduled training run tomorrow.

7 miles today in hill training mode. 23*, lite breeze, 65% humidity, some sunshine. 

7 miles on the PRTrail. 23*,  69% humidity, 7 mph wind...not a bad day. 66 days till what ever Boston’s weather will be!!!

4 easy miles / Fb-W/0

18 LD miles on all of my favorite running courses...  

7 recovery easy miles on the Mt. Rd.....20* degrees, 7mph wind - 13* with wind chill, 6 inches of fresh snow to put up with. At least the sun was out and fooled you into thinking it was warmer !

63 days till the Bean Town Shuffle.....

4 tempo miles, 25*, 12 mph wind, 50% humidity. I’m so ready for spring weather. We’re expecting another 3 ft of snow between Wed and Sun. That could mean 6 to 12 inches in the foothills around me!

7 easy hill training miles on the Porter Rockwell (PRT) Trail. 80% humidity, 27 to 47 mph winds with rain and snow falling, felt like 18*. 61.5 days till Boston!

4 easy miles and a super fine full body workout in anticipation of a 10 mile speed trainer on Friday morning. Sunday I’m kicking out my first 20 miler in my training schedule for The 123rd running of the Boston Marathon, 59 days and 14 hours from now!!!! Hope I’m  ready!

10 miles on the Mt Rd doing the hills.....43*. 23 mph intermitten winds, mostly sunshine, 45% humidity

Rest day...

started out to do a 20 miler but cut it short when it started snowing on me. I wasn’t ready for snow, so since I was close to home base I terminated the winter wonderland run for a warm recliner and watched the last half of the Daytona 500....

rest day

5 easy miles on the big block, Full body w/o at the gym.

6 miles on the big block,  1 w/u, mile repeats (4 X 1), 1 mile cool down. 25*, 68% humidity, 19 mph winds. 53 days 22 hours till Boston, do you know where your running shoes are?

Rest Day- 3 easy aerobic miles then a full body workout at the gym.

10 mi on a snowy day, 5 mi/mp, 23*/felt like 12* w/wind chill. Snowed on me the entire 10 miles. 51 days till Boston.... this is a cut back week...

5 easy miles and then a full body workout... 

oh what a wonderful day. I got up late and got out on the road to make my scheduled mileage. I got it but it was laborious. 35*, 50% humidity, up to 18 mph winds, the good part is that the sun was out and there were very few clouds around. Got it done and looking forward to next weeks challenges...

3 aerobic miles and a full body workout!

5 easy miles

7 miles in the hills.....and a FB - W/O at the gym.

Rest (sick) day...

10 miles (5 @MP) out and back on the DD Mt Rd. 40*, lt.breeze, partly cloudy. 

3 easy tempo miles, then a FB/W/O. A wet snowy day, all day!

sick, lame or lazy day!  

sick, lame or lazy day!

10 mi on the two lane black top....

5 mi / yesso's

5 mi / stride training..... Fb W/O

6 mi / w/3 @ mp.... FB W/O

5 mi, 39*, windy, etc....

17 mi, 39*, etc....

off rest/recovery sick day....

Off sick day......

5 easy mi / 44*

rest day / 5 mi easy.

8 mi W/3 mi @ mp

4 easy mi 

20 mi on the single lane black top Porter Rockwell Trail. It was a great day first day running in the last 3.5 weeks I could breath out of my nose.....oh yea!!!! 28 days and a wakeup till Boston and life is looking great.....

rest day. this morning I woke up with a clear head and breathing freely thru my nose..Oh Yea!!!

5 easy miles on the big block today. 56*, lots of sunshine and a little wind, yadda, yadda, yadda !  26 days 20 hours till Showtime!

10 miles today on the DDMR, Start temp: 47/End Temp:64, 16% humidity, 0 - 10 mph wind, nice and sunny with great clean air supply......25 days, 18 hours till the start of the Boston Marathon, I can hardly believe this training cycle has flown by so so fast and it's almost time to get the show on the road...Oh Yea!!!!!

todays schedule calls for a rest day. It's a rainy day here and I just haven't decided what I want to do. Maybe I'll just veg out today.....

9 miles today, 9 mile repeats on the rolly Polly PRT.....no sun, some wind, too much humidity, but a great run in so many ways!

4 easy miles and  full body workout 

It rained most of last night and by the time that I got up this morning it was still raining and was turning into hail, snow grains, rain and some snow flakes.....decided to put off my final 22 Long run until tomorrow and do a short run and follow it up with a workout at the gym.....that's spring time in Utah. "IMPROVISE, ADAPT & OVERCOME"

last really long run this cycle, 21 miles in pretty gorgeous weather, 33* st/ 53* end, 30% humidity, little or no wind and lots of sunshine. 20 days & a few hours till showtime in Bean Town!

3 easy recovery miles on a very nice day, then a w/o & steam at the gym!

7 mi on the Mt Rd, 53*, 13 mph wind, 38% humidity, 19 days till the 123rd BAA Marathon....

5 easy miles today and then a trip to the Gym for a full body weight workout finished off with about 25 minutes in the steam room.

6 mi on the PRT, some at near MP. 17 days till Boston....

4 easy miles, then a full body weight workout (Fb-W/O) 16 days till Boston...

8 easy taper week miles, then a very restful day off my feet...

2 easy miles and a bunch of calisthenics at the gym...

4 non- descript miles this am. a perfect 48•, little or no wind, 49% humidity 

Rest day

7.5 miles on the PRT this am. 51* start/58* end, Little or no wind in full sunshine.

1o days 22 hours till Boston!

6 mi on the small block this am. 60*, 38% humidity, 15 mph wind, 9 days 21 hours till Boston....

Took a rest day strolling through the Crossroads of the West Gun Show. Oh ya, lots of fun things that go boom in the night!

went out to run 8 on the Mt Rd but ended with 9. 51 *, partly sunny, 13 mph wind,  55% humidity....7 days 11 hours and is all done but the crying!

R & R day....

6.5 mi on the PRT. 59*, 48% humidity, 8 mph winds, totally a grey day and a mear 6 days till The Bean Town Brawl.... 

it's snowing here and I'm out running in it today. It's expected to snow for the next three days. 4 mi on the two lane black top with the snow falling. Then I've got 3 miles left to run on thursday the last run of Taper Time and then I'm off to Boston to run the 123rd running of the Boston Marathon....

4 big last miles on the PRT, 33*, 9 mph wind, snowing during my run.

MON   APR 15	Rain/Thunder	65°45°	90%	SW 18 mph	73%
	UV INDEX	SUNRISE	SUNSET	MOONRISE	MOONSET
	4 of 10	6:03 am	7:25 pm	2:56 pm	4:13 am
	Rain early...then remaining cloudy with thundershowers developing in the afternoon. High near 65F. Winds SW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
MON NIGHT   APR 15	Clouds Early/Clearing Late	--45°	20%	WNW 18 mph	53%
	UV INDEX	SUNRISE	SUNSET	MOONRISE	MOONSET
	0 of 10	6:03 am	7:25 pm	2:56 pm	4:13 am
	Cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later at night. Low near 45F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.

 Well there it is, looks like a walk in the park at the Boston on Marathon Monday. At least there predicting 65* in the normal Noreaster season! I will just dress accordingly and stick to my plan while expecting the worst and hoping and praying for the best. If anybody is interested you may follow my trudge thru the marathon by texting my bib number 24132 to 234567. It's still 3 days - 1 hour - and 18 minutes till the start and that's plenty of time for the Boston weather to turn around on a dime, not likely but worth a prayer! No running today just good old carb loading till Sunday at 2:pm.....

Ok, ok, ok, it was just a fun run at the 123rd Boston Marathon '19 that accomplished all of my pre-stated goals? First and foremost I decided that I would run Boston as a mental, physical and spiritual check on my progress in the three areas listed in this sentence and then take what I've gleaned to the Huntsville "Full Monte" marathon in September and get a double "BQ" for 2020 & 2021. Well I learned that the intensive physical fitness program I have been engaged with for the past year and a half has yielded benefits beyond my wildest imagination. So I will continue with my program! As for my mental attitude, I have a renewed passion for all things and the great spirit to carry on with what I started about 21 years ago, that being; "Running Marathons"!

So I will try to keep this recap of my 14th trip to the "Bean Town" Marathon and my 60th Marathon ever short and sweet. All and all it was a fabulous time in Boston for the 123rd running of the Boston Marathon. My good friend Troy and I got into town on Saturday morning too late to run the Boston 5K because of airline delays so we went and tried to get into the expo and found it almost impossible to get into because of the extremely long lines caused by the added levels of security so we went to a Red Sox game Fenway Park, too bad the Red Sox lost. After the game we went back past the Expo and there were still long lines at the entrance. 

The next morning, Sunday, we returned to the Expo where we entered rather quickly, found our way to the Bib Number, Shirt and poster pickup and filtered down to the Expo, which was huge again as usual. After a few hours at the Expo we went to the Old South Church for the "Blessing of the Athletes'', such a beautiful old church! Then it was off to the room where I got off my feet for a few minutes before heading out to the government center for the Pre-race dinner, The BAA does such a fine job setting this event up and making it run so smoothly, and then again back to the room to make all the final preparations for Marathon Monday!

5:am Marathon Monday morning it was raining and winding like nobodys business and I was getting worried that this marathon would turn out to be like last years nightmare! But as the morning progressed and I was leaving the room at 8:30 am to go catch my bus to Hopkinton the rain turned into sprinkles and the wind slowed considerably. Upon arriving at Hopkinton at the Athletes Village the sprinkles had all but subsided and the wind continued but at a lower rate of speed. The saving grace in all of this weather stuff was the fact that it was about 58*.  Now I found myself in a crowd of runners walking down the long cattle chute route to the corrals for the start of the 3rd & 4th wave runners. The BAA had decided to wave off the waiting times between waves and start them as soon as possible which caused a lot of confusion among the runners...As I joined the other runners in this mixed up rolling start I found myself rushed and not able to do much of a pre-race stretch or even discard any unwanted clothing or gear, I just had to go with the flow and deal with it on the move. 

As I started running I continued to remind myself of my plan and to execute it flawlessly.  I was off like a herd of turtles doing my regular 3 to 5 mile slower pace at the start of the race, then I began to slowly increase my speed. I made my first very brief stop/slow down at the two mile mark where the bikers at the biker bar had set up a beer hydration station where I had a small cup of beer and was on my way with a bunch of high fives and cheers from the bikers! At this point in the race, about mile 7, it had quit raining and sprinkling and the wind was squarely at my back and the temperature was about 60*. I noticed a  Blue Temple of Doom 0n my left and took a very brief stop for what you do in a Blue Temple of Doom and to discard unneeded clothing and got myself back on the road again. 

I found my running style to be very comfortable and was not suffering from any of my prior aliments and decided to again continue running my plan without fault to the finish line. My plan was to run this Boston Marathon without aggravating any of my previous injuries to be sure that my therapy worked. At this point it seemed to be right on target. I settled in to a comfortable pace and had a great time running the marathon. From mile 7 to about 17 the sun was out and the temps rose to about 70* which really effected a lot of the runners, as I noticed many drop out for medical attention. I continued to run and interact with the abundant crowds that lined the marathon route on Patriots Day in MA, all while taking in the points of interest along the route. Somewhere in here it started to rain, get colder and the winds picked up. At mile 16 the Newton Killer Chain Hills began which really didn't make much of a difference in my running. At mile 19 or there about the Hash Hound Harriers, the Drinking club with a running problem, had a beer line set up and I again had a small beer to go and I went up and over the fabled Heart Break Hill without missing a step. Then at the top of Heart Break it was the beginning of the down hill portion of the marathon into Boston and the finish line too which I continued to run in the rain, cold and wind and again enjoying all the fans and spectators along the road cheering all the runners to a successful finish.

What else can I say, except that "I Planed My Race and I Raced My Plan" to a successful 14th personal running of the Boston Marathon and a pathway to enjoying (hopefully) many more marathons including "The Boston"!!!!!

As noted above I ran this one in 4:32:25 and I loved every minute of it.........see ya all at the "Full Monte" in September!

travel, rest & recovery

rest & recovery

rest & recovery

4 easy recovery miles this am.....life is good!

Had a  " I completed the Boston Marathon Party" at  our regular Boys Night Out and decided to forgo any running or workouts Saturday........Back after it Sunday!!!!

rest & recovery

4 easy miles / FB-W/O

5 mi on big block, 151 days till the "Full Monte"................

4 easy recovery miles. FB-W/O

4 easy mi on small block

three increased speed training miles, FB - W/O, then a BNO at Sues !!!

Rest Day

5 mi on the big block, 55*, 17 mph winds, cloudy, nice easy recovery mileage!

Rest Day - 4 easy recovery miles, then a FB-W/O at the gym.......great day!

5 tempo type miles on the big block today. 1 warmup / 3 at elevated pace / 1 cool down.. great trainer...

Rest Day

7 miles on the PRT, great recovery type run.....

6 mi on the big block. Great running weather. Recovery is just about complete and training for the Full Monte begins very soon!

Rest day 

7 mi on the PRT uphill both ways with a 10 mph wind in my face with only one shoe! 28% humidity.

4 easy miles on 13th Ea. FB-W/O @ the gym

3miles on a cooler rainy day....

5 mi on 13th east then a FB-W/O at the gym. All on a wet rainy day in paradise! Hope you all had a great day!!!!😎

day off

day off

day off

7 mi on the big block past the point of no return! (The graveyard)

5easy miles on 13th east.    Then a FB. W/O...

6 mi on the PRT.....

I did my first two Yasso's today and man-o-man they were fun. Two mile warm up, 2 X 800, & a one mile cool down. Got into the gym for a FB-W/O....

Crappy day outside... took the day off...

Another inclement day, took the rest day approach! I traveled to Ogden Utah this am to sign Troy and myself up for the Full Monte that happens in September! It’s game on now, the moneys been invested and there’s nothing left but the crying! Troy’s going for his first BQ and I’m going for my 15th and I’m gunna be there every step of the way to help Troy to make it to the finish line in Boston in 2020!!! But we first need to succeed at the Full Monte....Hey JD, you wanna schedule up some long run trainers?

Rest

10 mi Med Run on the DDMR, 64*

4 easy recovery mi on the PRT. 56*, 9 mph wind, 35% humidity 

5 mi today on the PRT. I was lucky enough to miss running in the rain....it snowed a little bit higher in the mountains...

6 mi total in a speed training effort today and then a FB-W/O ...about 48*, rain falling most of the day, no sunshine at all.

5 miles speed training. FB-W/O

5 miles easy...

4.5 miles on the big block.....nice weather this morning. 17 weeks till the Full Monte!

10 mi on the Mt Rd today. Really nice running weather, 52*, partly sunny, lt wind.

3.1 mi deviation and recovery run this am. Got the annual Nestle 5k to run on Saturday! FB-W/O at the gym.

Rest day

2 X 800 yassos w/3.1 mi total. / FB-W/O

4 easy mi today.....nothing special

3.7 mi at medium pace

It was a good day at the Nestle Springville Art City 5K, and there was Joy in Mudville this day! Got up early today and got ready for my 19th run of the 30th Annual running of the Nestle 5k. Troy picked me up at 5:30am and we were off to Springville. It was about 48* degrees and there was a light sprinkle of rain going on at my place. By the time we got to the race the weather had cleared up and it was about 52*. We did all our race prep and then went for a 1 mile warm up run. When we returned for the w/up run it was just about 4 minutes till showtime.  "BANG", it's showtime.... My goal for this race was to Defend my 2018th First Place Age Division win and throw down 8 minute miles. This is a pretty neat but still demanding course. The first 1.5 miles of the course is gradual uphill with a wicked incline hill at 1.5mi. Then the course is virtually down hill to the finish on the rubberized track at the Springville High School track. At the crest of the hill I took a bunch of deep breaths and then started turning over the legs and heading for the finish line. All the while Troy, who beat me to the finish line at the University of Utah Homecoming on October 20, 2018, was just seconds behind me. I told him before the race that if he slowed down or stopped to tie his shoes I would sail on down the road without him.  At the 2 mile mark I quit looking back and poured on the coal till the finish line. When I got over the finish line I looked back and there was Troy following me over the line a mear 6 seconds behind.  My stats are as follows, Race time: 24:51, Race pace: 8:1, Fastest mile: 7:45, AG Division: 1st of 12, Overall: 174 of 1766, not too bad for a 68 year old guy. Troy ended up 7th in his 50 to 54 AG Div. I'm very pleased with this effort and super pleased with the rehab of my left knee. This is my first race of the season headed back to the Huntsville Full Monte where I fully intend on getting my "BQ" ticket punched back to the 2020 /124th running of the Boston. Troy is training hard and I expect he will accomplish his first "BQ" and run it in 2020. Well that's it, thats all the news that's fit to print.......chow-boing !

P.S. The overall winner clocked in with a 14:44, a 4:45 mp. 

10 easy med long recovery miles this morning. 60*, little or no wind, full sunshine, 45% humidity. 111 days till the Huntsville Full Monte......

3 easy miles today than a FB- W/O at the gym....

5 moderate miles on the PRT at a moderate pace. 64*, 5 mph breeze, 58% humidity,Full sunshine...110 days till the Full Monte!

7 Hill miles 

3 easy miles then a FB-W/O

8 miles on the Mt Rd  w/ 3 X 800's, FB-W/O

took a rest day to prepare for a 16 miler on Sunday.....

I must have had a bad attitude as I just didn’t feel like running this morning. I left intending on doing a 16 miler but only had the patience to complete 13 miles . Oh well I just called a mulligan and I’ll pickup my program this week and it all together....

rest day

7 miles am on the PRT & DCT. St. 60* / End 64*, full sun with no noticable wind. 101 days - 17 hrs till HM.

8 miles/hill training/66*, 38% humidity, 6 mph winds, full early morning sunshine.       100days/22 hrs till the Full Monte....

4 miles working on strides & leg turnover/ FB-W/O

7 miles on the mt rd, (3 miles @ MP)

4 miles on the short course, (2 @ mp)

14.6 long run miles, life is good!

Rest Day -3 easy miles then a FB-WO and the best part is twenty minutes in the Steam room! 

5 easy miles

8 miles , 1 mi warm up, 2mi (4 X .5 mi Yasso), plus 5 mi on the PRT at moderate pace.

3 speed and stride miles, FB-W/O & steam.....see ya all tomorrow

8 mi on the DDMR, 4 mi @ MP. 7am, 48*, 6 mph breeze, 33% humidity. 

Rest day, fun tomorrow!

15.5 miles today. 7:am start at about 48* rising to 65* by my finish w/23% humidity on the big block and Dimple Dell mt rd...

three easy miles today and a trip to the gym for a Full Body Workout....

8 miles on the PRT at or near MP. warm & windy morning at about 23% humidity. "And the Beat Goes On" !

5 X 1mi repeats,  (1 mi warm up), (3 X 1 mi repeats), (1 mi cool down)  75*, 15 mph wind, 23% humidity

8 easy miles on the Mt Rd, 6:30a,  71*, 16 mph wind, 24% humidity, then off to the gym for a FB-W/O!

6 easy base building miles on the PRT. 71*, 28% humidity, 6:30a, clear sunny sky,  15 mph wind.

3 easy miles today and a FB-W/O.....

17 miles on the Mt Rd to Wasatch death march hill climb.....warm early morning start (76*), only thing that saved the day were the cloudy skies. The winds were pretty rough today 16 to 25 mph  w/gusts to 35 mph. 65% Humidity.

rest day, 3 easy miles on the short block. 61*, 25% Humidity, at zero dark thirty.

rest and recovery day

6 X 800's Yassos,  1.5 mile warm-up, 3 miles @ 6 X 800 Yassos / with 3 miles recovery between yassos, 1.5 miles cool down, 9 miles total. 6:30a, 80*, 25% humidity, 6 mph breeze......79 days 20 hrs till Huntsville Mary !!! At this point in my training, "knock on wood", I'm running pain and injury free and really enjoying my running again !!!

9 miles on the big block and PRT. 6:am, 62*, 53% humidity, 4 mph breeze. Happy 4th of July (Independence Day) USA.

6 easy miles on the big block...

5 miles on the PRT. A nice easy pace to get in a rest for tomorrows 18 miler.  76 days 13 hours till The Full Monte........................

18 mile Sunday Long Distance Run. Spent the majority of this run on the Mountain Road. 70* and sunny at the start and about 80* at the end. 14% humidity, winds up to @ 20 mph at times. Looks like I'm getting ready to go over 1000 miles this year! Probably in my easy recovery run tomorrow morning! Huntsville - 75 days and some odd hours!

3 easy recovery miles on the small block and then a trip to the gym for a FB-W/O.

7.5 mi on the PRT. 62*,  22% humidity, 9 mph wind......

9.2  (4 x 1 mile repeats) today on the big & small blocks. 80*, 11 mph wind, 23% humidity. I gotta get up earlier, running at 80* is really tiring!

6 mi on the PRT, 26% humidity, 76*, 6:00am, 11 mph wind, FB-W/O, 71 days 21 hrs till the showdown at Huntsville.

6 base miles on the PRT, 79*, 34% humidity, 9 mph breeze. 70d-23 h = The Full Monte!

Almost 50 for the week is great! Taking to day off as a needed rest day.

15 long miles this am. This will be a cut back week as I prepare for higher mileage and intensity in my training cycle / schedule next week

2 easy recovery miles. FB-W/O.

6 miles on the PRT, 69*, 15% humidity, 10 mph winds.......67 days till the Full Monte!

9 miles @5:am,  (7 X yassos). 67*, 48% humidity, 3 mph wind, running in the coolest time of the Morning. 

Rest day - I didn’t do anything!

7.5 miles on the Mt Rd. (3 @ MP). It is totally “The Dog Days of Summer”!

5 easy mi on the big block this am before it heats up. 62 days 22 hrs till showtime!

19.5 miles on a double trip around the Mt. Rd. course twice. Starting the run at 4:am at 72* and ending at 87*. 24% Humidity, and an 8 MPH Wind which was hardly noticeable. Took this run pretty easy so as not to have or create any problems running the two lane "Hot"  Blacktop! 61 days 19 hrs till the real deal Full Monte!

2.65 mile recovery run and rest from Sundays Long (19.5) Distance, 103*, 19% Humidity,  Little or no wind. I need some rest before the Des News 10K on Wednesday the 24th of July. Pioneer Day is a holiday in Utah. Everyday is a holiday for me, if you know what I mean!

One easy shake down mile before tomorrows Des News 10K. Got to defend my 3rd Place podium finish of 2018 with a 1st or 2nd place win in my Old Mans Age Division (65 - 69).

6.214 (10K) miles in the Deseret News 10K. The 50th Des News Marathon was also contested today. My result was 51:33 @ 8.19 pace and a successful defense of my 3rd place podium medal. I bettered my time by 1.07 minutes over the 2018 race. It was a really fun race, the morning starting temperature was 78** at 45% Humidity with about a 10 mph wind intermittently under a mostly cloud covered morning. With the above in mind this race served to bolster my thoughts that my training thus far is right on point to launch into the "Full Monte" on Sept. 21, 2019. 58 days and 20 hrs.......

6 really fun recovery miles on the Porter (PRT) Rockwell Trail this 5:am, 70*, no wind, 55% humidity and a few tight spots lingering from yesterday’s DN10K!!!

6 recovery miles on the PRT. 76*, 48% humidity, 8 mph wind. 6:30am, 56 days 23 hrs till Huntsville.

4.5 easy miles on the big block. 8:am, 71*, 78% humidity, 3 mph breeze, the recovery is coming along well....

20 mi at 5:am on the big block. 68* start, 18% humidity, full sunshine w/little or no breeze.

Rest day, all day....

5 mi on the PRT, 72*, 11% hmidity, 12 mph wind, full sunshine. FB-W/O at the Gym.

8 total miles this morning. 1.5 mi warm-up, (9 X 800), 2 mi cool down . 6:30am, 80*, 35% humidity, 15 mph wind.

6 Med. Miles on the DDMR, 6:30a, 62*, 76% humidity, Full sunshine by the end...

10 mi, 6 @ mp

5 no name base builder miles this early am...."sans the garmin"

20 miles on a hot & humid Long Distance Run. 80* start / 94* finish, 65% humidity, there was some wind, & full sun shine on the double trip on the DDMR to Wasatch and back to home base!  47 days 19 hrs till Huntsville! “Bring it on”!!!!

4 early morning recovery miles.

total rest day

10 mi on the DDMR, (10 mi / 6 @ mp)

10 mi running the hills

11 miles on the Porter Rockwell Trail

Decided to have a rest day and do anything ( within reason) but run! Tomorrow brings a 17 to 20 long easy miler.

17 long miles up and down my favorite training battle field, The D D Mt Rd. It was nice, well fairly nice at 70* at 4:30am. But once the sun started to rise so did the temps. The only saving grave was that the humidity was at about 16%. Oh well, gotter done and its time to move on to 6 weeks before the Full Monte.....

Rest Day

10 miles on the big & small block, 5:am, 38% humidity, 58*, full sunshine when it came up, 38 days 16 hours till go time at the Full Monte!!!!!

Unplanned Rest Day

10 mi - (10 X 800 Yassos) =  3:47:00 Marathon finish time. My unplanned rest day yesterday was one of the best decisions ever! This was one of my best workouts this cycle, everything was firing at near peak performance, if theres any such thing for a short, old, fat man! 36 days 22 hrs till Huntsville!

10 base miles on the DDMtRd. 

6 mi on the PRT at a recovery pace

20 mi, warm 4:30am start, 23% humidity, 10 mph wind. Ran on the PRT out to the point of the mountain and back thru Draper back to home base then around the big block. Seemed like todays long run was a somewhat of a struggle especially when the sun poked out and the heat came up in your face. This past week was a rather challenging week with 2 MP runs and a scission with 10 mi / 10 X Yassos! 33 days 21 hrs till Huntsville