BACK TO WORK

Just coasted along today at about 8:05 a mile.  My calf felt fine. I think I am back in the saddle.  I ran from the house  to the north virgin river trail then out to Bloomington.  I turned right before you go over the hill at tonaquint and then ran back on the south side of the virgin river trail to river road and home.  I was a beautiful run day.  A little cool to start off but then warmed quite nicely. 

Claytons family came down for Easter weekend, so we went out to LV park for a picnic and played ultimate frisbee for awhile.  I was pretty tired after all the running.  Chad and one of his friends are meeting me tomorrow for a run.  They are doing their long run, so I think I will break off after about 5 and head home. 

BTW-Mark won the mile in the Red Rock Invite.  He really battled in the end.  It is so cool to see one of your own athletes work hard through the early part of the year get rewarded with a win.  We have some good 800 meter guys this year too.  It should be fun to watch them by the end of the year.

AM Went out toward the school and got to Horseman parkway.  I saw this cool looking English Bulldog in the road, so I called it over and it came right to me.  THere was no collar, so I walked/jogged home slowly with it by my side.  It followed quite well, but I knew this dog still had an owner.  It was too cool of a dog to be abandon.  I got it some water and told Lex to watch it until I finished my run.  I decided to go on the 4 mile out and back by GWA.  I was blazing the first 3, then backed off the last mile. 

When I got home I called the shelter and sure enough the dog's owner had called already.  I called the lady and returned him. 

PM We went to Zion with Clayton's family.  We hiked Angels Landing.  It was so crowded in the park that it was ridiculous, although we just took our time and made some fun out of it.  we headed to Hatch for the rest of the weekend.

AM no school today, so I got my run in around 8AM.  It was really crappy though.  I felt like I wanted to walk from the beginning.  I told myself I would make it throught the 1st mile then it would work itself out.  It never did.  I did the LV & GWA figure 8.  It was windy and I couldn't get into it.  I guess I had to mahy other things to do and think about.  I did get a ton of yard work done and cleaned and organized the track storage room. 

PM did some shopping with the fam and ate too much at Don Pedros!

Crazy day.  We hosted the 1st desert hills invitational at the high school.  14 teams total.  we had great help, but the equipment wasn't working great.  The marks and times took forever to imput.  It was a pain.  Boyd Prinde and I stayed up until 1:30 AM on Saturday viewing and recording times of the flash timing.

I got up with four hours sleep to host the 5k thunder struck fundraiser run.  Dad, mom, and Laurie wre there to help.  Tiffany and Jill also helped a ton.  They wre all great. 

We started the race at 8:06 AM which was only 6 minutes late.  We had positioned athletes at the turns but I wanted to make sure no one got lost so I ran with them.

When we got done, we were getting ready to start up the fun run mile, and few shoed up late to run the 5k.  I ran with one of the girls that wanted to get a 23 minute 5k.  Meghan and brady ran both times as well.  They are great kids.

I ran with the team in the PM.  We did 2 miles easy, but I didn't change in time.  I just got in the last 1 mile.  Then we did 4X800@ 2:45.  Brady, Nefi and I stayed right on that.  Mark and Kyler were @ 2:30-2:35.  We then did a mile and and half cool down.  The wind was really whipping, so I times were good considering the wind.

i decided to get my long run in today after practice.  My feet were feeling it at mile 3, but I just kept knocking down the miles.  It was quite hot, so that zapped me a little.  It felt much tougher then the 16 I did a couple weeks ago.  I went virgin river nort side/Bloomington loop out and back.  I was definitely done after the race.  My feet were quite sore.  Laurie wants me to run her long one tomorrow, so we will see how I feel. 

Laurie and I went for her long run after practice in the PM.  It was so nice.  I just enjoyed running at her pace.  We went st. james/confluence.  I had a church meeting at 7:30 PM so I just finished up the hill from the north side of the river.  I picked it up after we split to 7:40 pace just to see how I felt after that many miles in two days.  It was a nice finish to the run.  I am feeling quite good about my progress, since my calf injury.  I need to hold back a bit, so I don't overdo on the miles. 

Chad called me tonight and said he is injured.  I hope he can still run the long ones with me.  i haven't run with him for quite awhile.  Track has really thrown a wrench into running with a partner.  It is just that I love coaching track so much I can't give it up.

PM I felt a little beat after track but decided to get out for a few miles.  After mile 1, I started feeling pretty good, so I picked up to 7:35s for 5.  I did the LV park/GW figure 8.  It is starting to get hot on my afternoon runs, but I don't want to get up early until after school is out.

Rest day

6AM went with chad on the trail loop.  He is still trying to get over an injury and I had to be at the bus for the track meet by 7:30 AM.  It was quick but nice.  The weather is perfect right now.  I don't want it to get any hotter!  I am feeling really good considering the miles I went this week.  I am going to get the BQ this time!

PM after track practice, I ran the hardest "easy" miles I have ever ran.  I did the loop out to the Southern Parkway and down to Bloomington.  The wind was nasty from the south, so I plowed through it for 8 miles.  I had planned on doing 18-20, but I never started feeling it.  Laurie was bringing me out water and food, but I jumped in with her when she got there.  It really stunk!! 

PM The team ran out to tower hill and did three times up today.  Ran the inclines and walked the flats.  It was a killer, but I battled with them the whole time.  I am really feeling proud of my team right now.  They are willing to work hard and get better.  I love to see that.  The times are falling in the meets too, so that is a plus. 

I signed up for the 5K on Saturday, so I am going to blaze it.

PM The wind is still a mess.  It has been so bad this year.  It also rained for the day, so Laurie and I went over after Track and beofre Alexa's softball game to run on the treadmill at the school.  We started out slow, but picked it up on mile 2 and 3.  There was a small probleml, because we got the going so fast that we flipped the breaker twice by the time I got to mile 4.

Track meet in Kanab for the frosh/soph.  The kids had fun.  We took all those that were going to be close on the BYU or state qualifying times.  We rode over and back with Hurricane.  It is totally different than at Dhills.  That get tons of support from the coaches of the other sports.  That is why they are always in the top three in the state.  The coaches of our school purposely keep the athletes out of track.  It is like the don't want to expose them to competition or show that they may be mediocre.

Track met at SUU.  It was miserably cold and windy.  it blew over 7 meters per second through most of the meet.  I had three layers on and was still freezing.  Needless to say, we had fast sprint times and terrible distance times.  How is that any different than any other year @ SUU.  If I could find another track meet during this week, I would go.

What a beautiful morning for a run.  I didn't get in until about 11PM from Cedar last night, so I was a little nervous on getting to bed on time.  Decent sleep until 4:50AM.  Laur and Sisalee had to catch the half marathon bus at 5:40AM, so we hurried over there for them.  Kire and I didn't have to catch the 5K bus until later.  We started outi n the hurricane fields at about 7AM.  The temp. was chilly.  I could have used gloves, but other than that it was so nice.  I started out my first half mile at 5:30 and ran with one other guy.  I started to lose contact about a mile and half into it, but stayed at 6:01 pace through mile 2.  I dropped back to 6:22 pace for mile three and another guy passed me with about 6 blocks to go, so I regained focus and got around him before the final turn with what should have been 2/10 left.  It ended up being +/-2/10th too long.  That was too bad, because I would have broke the 20 minute mark.  oh well, it was a good race for me. 

I grabbed a quick drink and walked back up the street a bit and here come Kire.  He had a great pace going, and after the race he said he felt like the guys that meditate on the magic rugs.  He couldn't feel his legs, because it was cold and he ran so hard.  He finished 1st in his age group and 11th overall.  He said he wanted to be in the top five overall.  That is a pretty big goal for an 8 year old.  He is loving the run and it is so fun to run races with him.  Soon he will have to wait for me at the finish line.  Kire-25:35 

 Laur used the half as a training run for the upcoming marathon.  She pushed sisalee to a new half marathon pr.  They were both very happy about the race.

PM ran the flying J/virgin river south loop.  We ate olive garden just before, so that didn't help things!

AM  Chad and I decided to get in 10 before work.  We ran the tonaquint/virgin south loop.  I hated it.  I felt like I was being drug by a bus.  The last 4 I just hung on to the chad's pacing and mentally zoned out. 

I think the fast 5K kicked my butt and I am not used to the early moring run. 

PM the team did a ladder of 2,2,4,8,4,2,2.  They worked hard and look great.  I am getting more and more proud of the work they have done this year. 

PM snow canyon meet for JV.  I timed with the eagle eye and it worked out fine.  I left a bit early so I could make it to the Ironman volunteer meeting.  Laur, Kire and I went directly from there to his last soccer game.  They wnet undefeated again this year.  I think I can count on one hand the times he has lost since he started playing four years ago.  The little team they had in GA was good as well.  He is really not going to know how to deal with it if he starts losing a few games.

I talked with Clymore about his upcoming Ironman.  I am seriously considering entering this upcoming year or next.  I dont think I can coach football and track and train for it though, so we will have to see how it goes.  Let me get the BQ out of the way first.

Chad and I did the tonaq/virgin south loop again today.  It was a night and day difference in the way I felt.  We pushed the pace down to 7:05-7:10 the last 3.5 miles and I felt really good.  I think I could have gotten in a really long one today but had to go to work. 

It is a full moon, so I slept like crap last night.  I will sleep good today though. 

PM went over to see dusk and fam.  They are in town from atl.  All the siblings were there tonight except ren.  It stinks she and Luke live so far away.   

PM we stayed in Nephi tonigh, so I had the kids work out the travel legs with an easy 800 then the warm-up drills.  I decided to run back to the hotel from the track.  It was pretty fast for the first 3, then I just backed of for the last mile and enjoyed the run.