BACK TO WORK

If running was gambling, I hit the jackpot today.  It was a spectacular new favorite run.  I am calling it the town square loop.  (river road then passed the temple and tabernacle and court house and bloomngton and past the duck pond)  Mile 10 to 14 were just so nice I forgot I was running.  I didn't ever have to push just steadied it at 7:40-7:45 for the average.  So nice and this is why we run, because sometimes we just hit a beauty.    

AM-stationary bike and then lifted

PM-10 on the wcc treadmill while I watch the worst college championship game ever.  It was so boring and the score at the end of the 1st half was 26-23 or something like that.  UConn won in the end, but who cares.

I was at 7:20 a mile for 10.

AM-Slept in.

PM-went out past the duck pond today w/ mark and burk.  We hung around 7:15 for the 1st 2, and then picked it up back to the school.  Good tempo.

AM-3 on the dhhs treadmill and then lifted

PM-10 w/ chad on the flying j loop.  I wore my light shoes today and felt so good.  Just coasted the 10 at exactly marathon pace. 7:25 for 10.  I am feeling really good right now.  Maybe just a tad tight in the right calf, but nothing that cant be worked out in a massage.  Maybe that is on the schedule for next week.  I need to get this last home track meet done, then it all downhill from there for track.  We aren't looking as good as I had hoped.  I will really mis some of these seniors.  I have had this group for 3 years, so they have really grown up with the team.  

PM-ran at wccc on treadmill before I picked up Sauce at dance.  I am taking the day off tomorrow so I can do the dhhs meet.  I will be happy when this meet is over.  The weather is supposed to be 49 degrees for the high, so that is not going to be good.

AM-slept in and then took sauce and kire to wcc.  We ran a couple on the track and then played some b-ball.

PM-Chad and I went out at 1PM and did the washington industrial loop for 14 miles.  I felt not great for most of it, but the last 3 miles were okay.  I was glad chad went out with me or I think I would have called it done early. 

PM-decided to push a tempo run around stone cliff.  I went 6.17,6.27, 6.41, 6.56,6.40,6.41.

I felt really good through the whole thing.  I actually felt stronger the last mile.  My legs are a little trashed from the 2 prior weeks, but even though they are tired, I felt quite strong.  I know that sounds weird, but thats how it is.

I went to sleep last night at 8PM and didn't get up until 7.15AM.  I was shocked I slept through the night.  I actually woke up at 5:15, but I thought it might be too early to get a run in, so I went back to bed.

PM-had a jv meet in PV today.  The kids did quite well, and suzy did great. PRed in all of her events.  It is fun to watch her this year, and she is having fun with her friends.

I got hom around 8PM grab a couple pieces of pizza before my run.  I decided to do an out and back to town square.  I grabbed a quick drink at the park and head back.  It was quite a nice run, although I am a little wasted from standing on the track all afternoon.  Once again I felt really strong the 2nd 1/2 of the run, and I felt really good up mr. d's hill.  I stayed between 7:20 and 7:40 except mile 1 and 7 which were down around 7.10.  I may go around 40 this week and then set a goal to get a 60 mile week in before easter.

AM-I ran w/ mark, lex, and darian to spectrum and then did 2 more out to hidden valley park solo.

PM-I was going to try 10 more on the treadmill at wccc, but only got in 6.  I was not feeling great, so I just went slow and stretched until picking up sauce at dance.

pool is all finished now, so I am going to do a little more cross training.  I think I will do the utah 1/2 iron and get in a few more tris this summer.   

AM-Chad and I did the tonaquint loop this morning.  I was feeling so crappy yesterday that I was a little nervous.  Turned out to be quite a nice run.  I do much better in the mornings.  I think it is getting hot enough in the evening that it wears on me.

I am going 60+ this week.

AM-1 on track and then out and back to the storage units

PM-warm up then yasso 10X800s w/ 400M recovery and then cool down mile.

3:09, 3:14, 3:11, 3:12, 3:11, 3:09, 3:07, 3:06, 3:08, 3:06

I felt really good through the whole workout and I could have gotten at least 2 more in under 3:10.  I think the 2 days off really did wonders.  If yasso is right I am gearing up for a good marathon barring injury.    

AM-run w/ kids

PM-wccc, 4 around 7.30 a mile and then a cool down mile.

AM-tamarisk loop w/ the girls

PM-george washington out and back

Feeling pretty ok now.

AM-chad and I did the out and back on the virgin river trail east and then we did the mayors loop.  I finish the last 3 to the dixie center and back.

Chad and I ran the courthouse loop and then added the bloomington loop to it from my house for our long run.  I felt really good today and averaged 7:43.  1 gu at mile 14 and water at all of the parks.  I need 2 more gu-s through the marathon and a banana, and I think I will be set.  I am going to try my dress rehearsal run 2 weeks from today. 

I made my 60 miles and felt great this week.  We had the DHHS invite and both teams looked pretty good.  I think if everyone is at region and healthy, we could be competitive.  Definitely not state champs this year though.

AM-sauce and I went to the virgin loop trail and rode mtn bikes.  We even stopped at jack in the box for a milk shake!  It was so fun to hang out with saucy for a couple hours.

PM-There was no school, but i decided to have practice for the distance kids today.  5 kids showed up, so we ran from pilot to the golf course birdge and then played ultimate frisbee on the river beach and then back to pilot.  It was actually very fun and just something different.

PM-meet at snow canyon, so I just went there.  No running today.

AM-mark had a unified studies trip today and they were leaving early, so we started at 4:45AM.  We got over the hill by the pilot, and then picked it up.  we went 6:45, 6:45, 6:38, 7:10, 7:08, 7:18, 7:27.  I went home for a 1/2 hour and then met laura and darian to get another easy 3 in.  tamarisk out and back.

My allergies and the early morning raised havoc on my eyes.  I am feeling pretty drained right now.  We have a state qualifier at Snow canyon tomorrow, so I am am going to get up and try to get 3 in and then nothing until the 1/2 marathon on Saturday.

AM-1 mile warm up

chad and I decided to use this as a training run, although after I started and could see the main pack just in front of me, so I decided to go a little faster!  Besides a girl led the whole dang race.  Whats up with that?  She ran so strong, so good for her. The first couple miles I was chatting with a guy that said he didnt think it was right that a girl should win, but I told him I am too old to do anything about it!

The hill was tough, but I just relaxed up it and didn't redline, so I could save for the down hill.  The only problem was the 15 mph headwind for the rest of the race.  Mile 8 & 9 I started to worry that I went out too fast, but all the miles I have been logging ended up really paying off.  My last 3 miles were so strong and I just felt really really good. 

I did a cool down around hurricane and then called it good.  I didn't stay for the medals because I had to grocery shop and get kire to soccer in cedar.  Laur went with saucy to volleyball in SLC, so she didn't get home until this evening. 

I have to say, Alexa rocked out the track meet on Thursday. She broke the school record and qualified for BYU.  I think she is going to really help the team in region.

1-6.37, 2-6.52, 3-7.04, 4-6.55,5-7.19, 6-8.38 (the hill), 7-7.21, 7-7.21, 8-7.01, 9-7.15, 10-7.14, 11-6.51, 12-6.53, 13-6.07