I run therefore, I am!

Ran 4 easy miles at a slow pace this morning

Speed workout at the oval tonight.  1 mile warmup

1*1600@5.11, 1*1200@3.54, 1*800@2.43, 1*400@1.12, 1*400@1.10, 2 miles of cooldown. Felt like garbage tonight.  I tried some oxygenated water before running and it gave me a stomach ache. This stuff is from Lindon, Utah and its called "perfect essentials" they told me I would win Boston if I drank this.  I got on their website and I dont think you can buy this without a salesperson.  The salesperson reminded me of the episode on carol burnette show with Tim Conway when he was trying to sale some shoes and told the customers they made them look several feet taller. He would lower the chandelier after they put them on.  I hope some blogger out there remebers that.  Im not that old!  Anyways, I guess im waiting for the chandelier to be lowered for me or the kenyans to slow down for me this year in Boston!  They didnt tell me i'd break the course record or anything, just win!

Swam 1600 yards this morning. Did did 2x 300's then a 600 then 1-400.

Ran 1 mile on treadmill to loosen my tight legs.

 Started my evening run at 4:45.  I ran 11 miles with a 6:35 split. I meant to make it a recovery run but I didnt want to be late for a spin class at 6 pm. I then did a 1 hour spin from 6-7 and then went to scouts to find they had canceled. So now Im home r&r.

I did 6 miles this morning. 1 mile warmup, 10 minute tempo @ 11mph on treadmill. 6 min. @6.5 mph, 5 min. @ 11mph. 1 min @ 6.5mph, 1 min @ 11mph. 1.5 mile cooldown.

My legs feel very tired today but I feel like my congestion is finally starting to leave my body. It took for ever!

I did hill kills with runamoks and ended up running 6 miles. I got a jamba juice and its "miller time" of course without the beer.

1 mile swim.  5x300 yards + 100 yards 1)5.55, 2)5.59, 3)6.09, 4)5.47, 5)5.48

Ran 1 mile on treadmill, 2 miles on indoor track and then 3 more on the treadmill.

6 miles easy slow running this evening.  

Did a 1 hour spin class this morning then swam 800 yards and then ran  6 miles on the treadmill. 

The weather was bitter cold this morning, so they decided to do a reverse order in the race.  They did the 3 mile run first, 11.3 bike second, 300 yard swim last. I felt good on the run and gave myself a good lead on everyone. I jumped on the bike and proceeded to do the 11.3 miles.  I was immediately passed. It was a two loop bike race and on my second loop I was passed by another 4 bikers.  I hung my bike up and ran to the pool which was inside and when I jumped in the pool it felt like a hot tub!  It was extremely difficult to swim after exerting  myself. I was passed by a couple of other guys making me finish 9th overall, and 2nd in age.  I met up with Logan and his wife was competing in it! I told him my hopes of winning it but I ended up whining more than winning!  I know I could have shaved a ton of time off if the event was reverse order.  I did this same race in logan last year with a way better time and my swim was not as good as it is now.  It was good to see Logan down there and his wife and I ended up winning a 2 lb twinlab whey protein fuel suplement. I talked to a bunch of guys down there and explained the fastrunning blog, so Ill hope to see them on it.