I run therefore, I am!

I met Danielle up at Daybreak this morning and we ran 12 miles around the area in two different loops. We were running a 8:30 pace and the weather trickled a bit on us. The wind picked up about 7:30 and we ran from 6 am to 7:50. 

Then I loaded up the family and went to Jordan landing for the 5k and 10k and 1 mile kids race. I was planning on running the 10k and 5k but it was raining and people were late so they started the 5k only 15 minutes after. I saw some familiar faces. I saw Mark (huans32) there and talked to him and his new bride christy. I also saw Nancy from the BBK group and her daughter. By the time our race started it started to pour. It was really coming down! Our race was nice, there were the usual quick high schoolers there to push the pace early. I did a 5:04 first mile and I believe it was mismarked. If it wasnt, i wouldve pr'd for sure running that fast. There wasnt a 2nd mile marker and I had a pretty good lead on the 2nd place runner. My garmin is lost so i used my cheapo timex watch and forgot to stop the time so I guessed a modest time, it couldve been faster.  I won the overall and I think Mark took 2nd in his age. Good job!  I love local races. they are so fun!  My oldest daughter got 2nd in her age and 2nd oldest daughter took 3rd in age. Misty took 6th in her age. I then took Bailey 7 to the start line and ran the mile kids run. She took off way fast (like her father) I had to yell for her to slow down and she did and i explained that the kids that were way ahead of her would get tired and walk. After the 1/2 mile I was right and my 7 year old was passing 10 -12 year olds that were walking. I showed her how starting a little slower will help her finish stronger. She took 1st for the girls which she had a girl sprint by her in the last 100 yards and Bailey picked it up and beat her. haha It was cute. I won a Trophy and the person on it is a girl so I gave it to Bailey. 

I ran the park trail with Danielle and Misty this morning at 5:30 it was really foggy but lighter to run in. I made it 6.25 miles total and am exited to be finally tapering for Ogden.

Went down to the Park trail and ran with the BBk runners. We just ran and ran! lol We did some hill workouts and hill sprints. I missed Scott to push me up those hills hint hint. Did a total of 10.25 miles.

I went to the Park trail entrance at 700 W. and 90th and ran with Danielle, Misty, and Charity.

I went out and back and made it 8 miles with Danielle in 1 hour. pretty good time I guess. Nice and brisk morning. The river is flooding some spots of the trail again. I say bring it. All those people that built there 700,000 dollar homes next to it will be on the news soon crying how they didnt think they were in a flood zone. They didnt go to sunday school obviously! Everyone knows the wiseman song!

I thought since i was tapering for Ogden i would skip a day this week. lol ok thats my excuse and im sticking to it. Today I went up to Daybreak to run with Misty and Charity. I ran by myself for 6 miles at a 7:05 pace.  I need to do more running by myself. It felt good and now i have my morning mileage and Teena cant bug me. lol

I went to the Park Trail and ran with Danielle, and Misty. I ran 7 miles with danielle at a 8 minute pace and then I ran 5 miles at a 6:30 pace and then did a slow mile and then did my final mile at a 6:14 pace. I ended up with 15.25 miles. There were so many people on the trail this morning from 6 am on! 

Went to 98th park trail and ran 6 miles with Danielle, While Misty and Charity ran there. We started out at a 8 minute pace and finished our last 2 miles with a 7:09 mile and 7:30. Very nice! My legs were a bit sore from saturday. 

Ran a nice and easy paced 4 miles on the Park Trail at 98th S. this morning at 530 with Danielle. It was brisk. 48 degrees. My calves hurt bad and are super tight. Ill be working them over today.  

I woke up at an insane early hour this morning and went to the start line of the Marathon. It was 28 degrees. I had a singlet on and shorts. I started the race out fast but comfortable because of the cold. Mile 1:5.15, 2: 5.45, 3: 5.39, 4: 5.39, 5: 5.39, 6: 5.40, 7: 5.45, 8: 5.49, 9: 5.59, 10: 5.53, 11: 6.09, 12: 6.04, 13: 6.07, 14: 5.56, 15: 6.35, 16: 7.25, 17: 6.08, 18: 5.49, 19: 5.49, 20: 5.59, 21: ,6.26, 22: 6.27, 23: 5.53, 24: 6.38, 25: 6.47, 26: 7.27, 26.2: 3.01

I felt pretty good running this up till the hill at mile 14. I had to stop at mile 16 for a potti break that took me out of 3rd place to 5th place. When I came out of the porta potti, Tim had just passed and It took me a good .25 mile to catch him, we ran together for about a mile then I wanted to see if I could catch the 3rd place guy.  I was working hard maybe to hard and i burned myself out by mile 20. I felt perfectly fine at mile 19 then mile 20 I was in a complete different state of mind. I was fatigued and was fighting every mile from then on. The park trail was frustrating as I was all by myself and had to yell to the slower half marathon walkers that took the entire path up. I really hate that. It didnt slow me down much, but did mess with my pshychy. I had to stop for a drink which by the way gagged me severly because it had a strong hose taste to it. even the powerade had the hose taste to me. I gagged every time i had to drink. that was really the only thing i could complain about. I enjoyed the weather, not much wind, and the Jamba Juice at the end.

Did a high altitude workout in beautiful Vernal. I went to a very nice gym that Becca goes to and she snuck me in.  I did 15 minutes on the bike, then i did 20 minutes at a 7:30 pace, then 10 minutes at a 6 minute pace and then 2 1/2 minutes of 5:13 pace all on a treadmill. I did 5 minutes of incline at the 7:30 pace. It felt pretty good and I didnt have any issues exept fatigue. 

I have been busy with everything other than running. I feel guilty im sorry. My right Achilles has some tenderness in it. I am not using it as an excuse to not run but my body needs a freakin break. I was telling Kelli last night that I felt like Forrest Gump after he had run so much and he just said Im tired of running. 

Today I am in Logan and  I ran with Cody and Paul on the Dry Creek trail. If you ask me there was nothing dry about it! It was a nice unpaved and ungroomed trail that kicked my butt.  I felt real good for the first 7 or so miles as it went south of Logan to the canyon that the marathon comes out of. (Dont really no my canyons up here) It was very muddy in spots and I had to dodge cow pies and water puddles. We ended up with 13.5 miles.  We ran a nice comfortable pace at first and then torqued it up at the end. Those hills at the end ripped my legs apart. I could feel the effects of the marathon in my legs and was completely worn out.  I got to see Cody's new house which is 2 doors down from Jon's.  How cool is that? Now they can see whos really running huh? lol  Thanks Cody and Paul it was fun.

I ran with the BBK group this morning. We did a mile warmup and then did 6x 1/2 mile repeats. 

1: 2:48, 2: 2:45, 3: 2:44, 4: 2:48, 5: 2:41, 6: 2:36. We then did a 30 second hard and 30 second off run. Then went back to the car.  A total of 7.5 miles. My legs are tight from yesterdays butt kicking I recieved but deserved. 

Went to the Park Trail with Misty and Danielle. Ran 6 with Danielle, nice and easy like. My legs are thrashed. I had Bailey (my 7 year old) stretch my legs last night by pushing in them. lol I stretched her legs and was amazed at the flexibilty! I wished I was like that. Oh except for doing the splits. :o 

I ran with the BBK  runners this morning. We did a warm up and then ran a 1 mile tempo at 6:26, a 3 mile tempo at 7+ I didnt mark it. Then a 2 mile tempo at 5:45 which was 11:30 on the nose. My legs are not recovering very fast from Ogden.

Went to the Parktrail with Misty and ran with Danielle. I didnt feel to hot today. I saw JohnV who is on here now and talked to him for a sec. then I saw missfit and mark and ran with them for 1.5 miles. I ended up with 11 miles total. It got hot quick today.