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

Not a bad run today for 13.32 miles at an overall 7:11 pace in.   I had a little knee pain and just tried easing into the run and gradually picking the pace up.   Since I did three hilly courses in a row I ran just a flat route out to Chubbuck down Hiline Rd. and turning on Hawethorne St. and other in and out streets back to my house.  I ran into the Highland High School running team and waved at them.

I really like the Mizuno Musha 4 shoes.  I like how it feels on the forefront when you strike the ground.  At 7ish oz these are a good marathon shoe. They have a tight bounce off the ground for a good turnover on the legs.

Took my 7 year old son to track practice today at ISU Davis Field.  They get to train with the High School and run 4 meets this summer. 

 Splits

8:19, 7:31, 7:28, 7:27, 7:07, 7:03, 7:01, 7:12, 7:09, 6:56, 7:03, 6:51, 6:36 

Son's last baseball game tonight.  I hope he hits another homerun like last game. Then it's on to football practice tomorrow. (mizuno musha 4)

A very disturbing run today.  Barry and I were crossing over from Hawethorne Rd. to Poline Rd.  and we see a cat just get smashed by an eighteen wheeler.  The cat missed the front and ran underneath the Diesel truck but the bed of the truck had two grain shoots coming down that knocked the cat twice.   It twirled in the air and hit the ground and just started twitching with it's fur flying everywhere.  We turned the other way to not run right in front of it.  We were only about 20 feet away when it happened.

Anyway I did 11.22 miles at an overall 7.22 pace in 1:22.  Barry and I took it easy then I kind of got ahead in the run and did a faster mile and also ended with a faster mile.  But for the most part we took it easy on a flat course out to Chubbuck and back to my house.  Almost the same route I ran yesterday.

Ended 6:47 and 6:27 for the last two miles. (Brooks Launch)

Worked till 4am in the morning and got up at 9:15am and ran 11.22 miles at an overall 7:11 pace in 1:20:39.  I've been able to do this a lot and I think sometimes it's important to test yourself when your tired to run.  

1.  20 miles in a marathon your fatigue and you have to learn to gut it out.

2.  It's good to run on tired legs.

3.  You have to force your mind to think positive when your tired and this positive thinking or mindset it important in a stretch of miles in a marathon.

I pretty much did a rolling hills type course.  The hills are nothing compared to steep hills just enough to get you going up and down.

Picked up the last mile at a 6:38 pace. (Asics Speedstar 2)

Knee was bothering me the last few days before my runs...  Well really during the night where it would get swollen along the area where my screws are inserted with the Rod.  I  did ice it last night and that helped..  

This morning the knee felt good.  I could feel little twitches of discomfort.

I ran up to Olympus Rd. and around that area the Highland High school area then back home.

 Did 11.32 miles at an overall 7:15 pace in 1:22:07.  Did some faster miles at the end 6:36. 6:36, 6:36.  (pretty consistent) ( Ohana racers 2) 

Only 4 hours of sleep working late again but was able to manage to pull out a 21.40 mile run at a 7:15 in 2:35 with no food or water.  I wasn't planning on doing the long run today, but as I got thinking about my weekend schedule I thought why not just do it now.  Plus I didn't have to be to work till later since working last night.    

What I'm impressed with most and I'm starting to see my strength in running late in miles progressing.  I ran the last two miles 7:05, 6:46.  I think my marathon pace could be 6:40 so this was a good training run.

Do side... it not good to train without fuel because your not going to go without anything in a marathon and you need to train your body to eat and drink.  But I didn't know I was going to do this.

I so much want to feel the easy 6:30 pace again and that's my goal. 

Ran 13.31 miles at an overall 6:41 pace in 1:28:58.  I started way late at 9am this morning because of a work related issue that I got paged on from my work cell phone.  I drove up to the start of the Pocatello Marathon course to get in a good downhill run.  I figured running 21 miles yesterday on a flat course for my long run that I needed to get some downhill in. I actually turn down on Pocatello Creek road and not down the other side where the course goes.  
At the top it close to 7000 ft.  and the first 8 miles are literally downhill to around 4700 ft.  The first two miles drop 1400 ft according to the Garmin  I know my quads needed a good downhill workout to get used to the pounding.  

Very hot as I got into town and I was glad I decided to take water even though I I was only doing 13 miles.  I felt exhausted by mile 11 do to the fact I didn't eat enough yesterday to refuel the energy back in the body for this run.  For the first time in a while I was ready to be done, but I knew if I ran two more miles I would be over 80 something for the week.  It was getting hot fast so I pushed through the last two miles (6:42, 6:28).

Rest of the day.  I mowed my grandpa's lawn,  put in an air conditioner in our daycare classroom, grocery shopping.