Back in the saddle...

AM: 6 mi in City Creek

6 mi home

Felt really good today; definitely feeling an improvement in my training. I don't feel like I'm working so hard; the heaviness has gone. I think some of it's due to the cooler weather. I've also been sleeping better. It's funny, but I also think not taking Friday off and just putting in those couple of miles helps too; keeps the legs loose.

Things that must go... almost getting hit by a car at an intersection because the driver was looking left while trying to make a right-hand turn without stopping at a red light while I'm crossing and have the right of way.

PM: 8 mi bike ride.

PM: About 7 miles.

2 mi warm up

8 x 2:00 fartlek workout with 2:00 slow jogging in between

2 mi cool down

I was feeling a little tight today, especially in the hip flexors. Things loosened up a bit after 3 miles.

Question for any of you GPS users... I wear a Garmin and I'm trying to determine how accurate the "calories burned" data is. I want to better monitor my calorie intake to output ratio. Everything I've ever read says that on average you burn about 100 calories per mile. My garmin data says I'm burning between 175-200/mi. Does anyone have any insight as to how accurate the garmin is? The garmin does take into account your age and weight, could this be the reason for the sizable difference?

PM: 8.5 miles - legs are sore and tired. I cut this a little short of the 10 miles I was planning on. :(

1:16:47 - I ran pretty even splits of about 9 min / mi.

PM: Liberty Park - legs felt better today and I picked up the pace.

42:36

AM: 1:28:39