BACK TO WORK

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!