Psalm 91:1 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place

Easter!  Enjoying the family and church potluck.  Do you think three jumbo Cinnamon rolls is enough?  Plus other desserts and great main courses.  I enjoyed watching and helping my son find Easter eggs.  At 4 years old they are so excited.

I ran 13.15 miles at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:32 this morning.

Did a  three mile sort of faster tinman tempo (6:28, 6:15, 6:37).  The achillies feels good still so I'm happy about that. But I'm still being cautious not to put too much speed on it yet.

I'm sitting here right now at Les Schwab waiting  for a flat tire to be fixed for my car that I noticed was way flat before I headed to work.  I filled  the tire up with my air compressor and then drove over here.  Also my toilet handle broke this morning, our dog ate all of our kids Easter candy this morning, and then I spend 20 minutes trying to find my wallet.  This all happened before I noticed the flat tire this morning.   It's be FUN!!!

Did the Satterfield loop this morning.   This is the best I've felt going up the hill so  maybe some fitness is coming back.  It was drizzling when I started and the temperature was around 35 degrees but not bad.  Other than the hands were getting cold.

Bill Mandler was on Bench Rd when I turned so he ran with me over 3 miles.  I enjoyed his conversation and he's a great guy.  He's really going to excel in SLC and Ogden marathon.  No matter what weather it is this man can run and he's going to prove it this year.

After we reached Alameda Rd.  we both split directions to go home for the final miles.

I ended up doing 14.31 in a 7:06 pace in 1:41.  I really haven't cared what pace I'm running lately it's just great to run again.  Foot  not hurting in the achillies but soreness a different area, but nothing I don't think at this point to worry about.

After morning devotion with my wife I headed out in a stiff wind.  According to the temperature, "with the wind chill", it was 25 degrees.  I ran the first 6 miles in a nice headwind with some rain coming down.  It wasn't too difficult.  Than I did the last 6 miles in no wind because it seemed to have stopped.  Nothing really amazing or exciting about the run.  I did the last mile faster at a 6:06 pace.  Overall:  12.12 miles at an overall 7:15 pace in 1:27.  The endurance is back for me I believe.   But I still need to get some longer runs in on the weekend.

The achillies has no pain which is great news.   I think the week off helped.

Temperature this morning was 35 degrees and raining a little bit when I started. I ran up over Pocatello Creek Rd. then up over top of Buckskin Rd. It's a pretty decent hill. Then hitting the downhill I did a 5:58 mile which for me is impossible to run any slower on this steep hill. I was trying to hold back, because I didn't want anything fast.today. Did couple miles after that in the 6:25 to 6:45 range.

Finished with 13.11 miles at an overall 7:05 pace in 1:32

Ran .1 around the soccer field watching my daughter win her game. 

This morning I got off work at 2:30am and got to sleep by 3am, and I was pretty wiped out.  When I got home at 2:30am I took some cough syrup.   I had a sore throat, cough, and stuffy nose.  I slept till 5:30am and woke up to blow the shoe laces out of my nose, and went to the bathroom.  I did go back to bed and slept till close to 9:30am.

 I decided then I would head out for a long run.  Now I wasn't feeling well with the sore throat and head cough and knew I needed to take the run easy.   I drove out to Century High School.  I ran the opposite direction of the last half of the Pocatello Marathon course till the 10 mile point.  Then I turned around and run back on the course, and the wind was horrible.  It must have been blowing over 20mph.  I've never quit on a long run, but  it was a thought, until I thought what Dave Holt said last Friday in his 50 miler.  That motivated me even though I wasn't feeling the best because of the cough..  I took everything nice and easy not going under a 7 minute pace for the whole run.  That wind though was awful and made the second half exciting.  The second half portion of this course is tough because of the rolling hills.  I got to run over them back and forth twice which is good training.  It's mentally tough to know you have to turn around and run the same stuff over again.

Note:  The achillies seems to be doing awesome so that's exciting.

I finished at 21.33 miles at an overall 7:27 pace in 2:38.   I took power zero with me and carried the 8oz bottle for the whole run.  I took some sports beans at mile 15.  The weather other than the wind was gorgeous.  I ran in shorts and a long sleeve shirt that I could zip down, and sunglasses.  I still wore gloves because my hands always freeze.

Very good endurance run.  I wanted to be out on my feet for along time just for the endurance factor, and not care about pace.  I believe my speed is there and working on the endurance will bring the speed aspect to a level I need to be at.

Good run for not feeling well.  Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.  Good luck to all those running Boston and SLC marathon's this weekend.

Still not feeling very good I did just an easy recovery run on a gorgeous morning.

11.31 miles at an overall 7:26 pace in 1:24.  Very eventful weak, boring run where I wasn't motivated or feeling good.