Well I didn't think I'd make it this far....

Just did a shake out run for the race tomorrow. Went out about five minutes on the trail (I believe its called the Fox Trail). Then I came to a grassy clearing and did eight strides. I didn't count the strides on my mileage. Then after I was at like .6 so I decided to go to 2 miles. I got home, stretched, did my core, and ate. Here's my Garmin link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/96690204 

Today was the Murray 5k. I really wasn't expecting much seeing as this is just a place marker to see where I'm at, but my ultimate goal for the race was just to beat Bill, and try and stick with Natalie. Well I was doing well up until about 2.5 miles in when Nat caught up to me. I tried to stick with her but she just kept picking up the pace and passing people. When Nat was about 20 feet ahead of me Taylor came up behind me and eventually caught up to Natalie, though I'm pretty sure she out kicked him. My goal at this point was just not to let Natalie and Taylor get any farther ahead of me, but then along comes Bill. In my mind I scream "Damn it," cause I know that now Bill has caught up to me and he expects me to kick with him, but he was going super fast and he kicked from far away and just kept going faster and faster and I lost him. I finished with a time of 19:18 and I did a cooldown with the team and hit nine for the day. I will try to get some more mileage in later, but I really doubt I will be able to. All my splits and stuff are on Garmin Connect. Here's the link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/96923693

My warm up and cooldown are on another page, but I'm lazy so wont post the link. Either way they really dont matter. 

AM: We met at Sunnyside Park today a bit later than usual, around 7:30. We did the firestation loop except that we need to go out four so we went up to Foothill and around back to Gaurdsman, then continue along the route for the firestation, but pass it a little to reach the four mile mark, and then back. I was feeling fine the entire run. Not soar, hurting, and the only reason I was a bit tired was because I got so little sleep last night because it was the fourth of July. Even after the run I felt good, just SUPER hungry. On the last mile though, Ben and Natalie decided to pick it up quite a bit and I am positive I could have stuck with them and even pushed the pace, but I really, really, really had to go to the bathroom and I had to slow down or the unthinkable would happen....... hehe. Here's my Garmin link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/97056163 

PM: I need to hit twelve most days this week to hit my mileage so I went out two and back two miles to give me four and put me at twelve for the day. I initially planned to run it pretty easy, about 7:30 pace, but it was about 6:30 in the afternoon and still hot out so I picked it up to finish faster. I think i averaged like a 7:05 pace or something like that. Here is my Garmin link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/97164233

AM: Well today I had a morning adventure. I was on time to arrive at practice but then I realized I left my phone on the bus and started chasing it. I chased it along 13th to 48th south, then all the way up tp holladay blvd. I stilll didn't catch it. So then a lot of stuff happened and I ended up at Fireclave ave trax were I talked to a UTA surpervisor and then I went to Millcreek trax and the bus that I left it on had changed routes and was now there. Then I walked over to the driver and asked her if she found a phone and she smiled and gave it to me. By this time it was about 8:30 and I decided to go to practice anyway. I showed up right as they were finishing hills and started the cooldown. We ran the region course as a cooldown.

PM: I still had six miles to do to get my mileage for the day so I went out at about 8:40 and did them. I was alone so planned to run it relatively slow. About a 7:30 pace. On the three miles out I felt good so I averaged about a 6:53 pace. On the way back I felt even better and not tired at all so I picked it up a bit to about a 6:45 pace. I ended up averaging like a 6:50 pace or something like that. Feel great and stretched and did core when I got home. Here's my Garmin link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/97386802 

Today we met at Pipeline. We ran the ten miler. I started out running with Taylor and Scott and Ben and we were going SUPER slow. At about mile 3 is where we really picked it up and then Ben and I broke off from the pack. You can see all my splits and shtuff on Garmin Connect. Here's the link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/97487448

AM: I couldn't make the morning workout or run on my own in the morning because I was with my mom until like four or five yesterday doing several things.

PM: I did recovery speed similar to what the team did this morning. Warm up, twenty sec on forty sec off, then cooldown. I felt good and I took the workout pretty easily, using the 40s to recover well and then doing a fast tempo on the 20s on. I had already passed the five mile mark long before I got home so I just went to 5.5. Here is my Garmin link: 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/97779084 

PM: Didn't run in the am, thought it would be better to run in the pm when I had my new shoes. When I got to the store I found the ones I wanted and also found some on sale so I got those too. I ran in my Nike's. It felt like I was running on plywood. By the end of the run my feet hurt and I felt tired even though I only ran 4.5. Of course they are new and are a different type of shoe than my old Asics. They are much lighter and also flatter on the bottom, although they don't necessarily have less padding, they have less of a rounded shape on the edges of the sole. That might have been the problem but no way to be sure other that to run in them more. I think I will go for a small run tomorrow...

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98026628