I run therefore, I am!

I went to the Minnetonka cave and we hiked in 884 stairs through the cave.  Im calling it a great leg workout for the day seeming how I ended up driving most of the day.  

Got up and ran with the BB group this morning.  We did a 2.5 mile warmup and then some 2 minute fartlek repeats around Parkway Palisades hilly neighborhood. We had joy we had fun we had seasons with no sun....  9.15 total for this chilly morning. 

I did a long slow 15 miles and had a 1:50 time. That my friends is a 7:27 average. My last mile I was paced by my bishop who told me if I could run 12 mph next to his suv he wouldnt put me in the bishopric.  I held it for about .8 miles and that was all I could do.  I was on my 14th mile by the way.  I begged for mercy and he told me he'd think about it. I told him I was comfortable at teaching primary kids which I think is a wrong answer for bishop talk.  Your suppose to say challenging not comfortable.  Shoot Im busted. Ill let you know what comes of this. 

Ran with the Beautiful Babes group this morning and did 3-5ks. First one was a warm up. Second at a 7 something pace and third was at a 5:45 pace.  I did something to my neck and cant turn to the left, only the right.  So it took me a while to get home after because I could only make right hand turns.  It was dark and a bit brisk this morning.  If my neck felt better, I would have pushed myself to a 5:30 pace on my last 5k for sure.

Got up early and went to Binghams new track.  Its still not finished, thay have to put the lines down, but I couldnt wait for that. I did a 2 mile warmup and then 6x200's and then went and finished the last of 6 miles on the road.  My neck is still in alot of pain and it hurts to turn it to the left.  

I just got back from a weekend at a friends cabin that I roofed and while I roofed, my kids rode the atvs around until they both ran out of gas.  I just got back and no I didnt run.  I was going to but there was a Bear spotted in the area and I dont like running with a loaded gun in my hand.  I count it as a high altitude breathing exercises. 

I was so freakin busy this morning playing the carpool guy and then returning shingles and checking on jobs etc.  I really wanted to try to get in 10 this morning but it wasnt going to happen. I ended up doing it late tonight around Daybreak temple.  Nice and cool temps and it got dark quick.  Lots of people I recognize waved to me before it got too dark.  I can only imagine what conversation goes on when I run past them. "There goes that skinny guy again"  When my neighbors stop to talk to me they always ask if Im worried about my weight and I act like im obsesed with my weight with responses like I feel really bloated and chubby!  Do I look like im taking on weight a bit to you? Be honest.  lol  

I ran a speed workout on Binghams shiny new track this morning.  It was real soft and felt good.  We started with a 2.5 warmup around the school area.  we did 4x600's with 400 recovery. 1x1200,2x600's, 1x800, 1x600,1x200.

Woke up this morning with a horrible migraine, will run tonight. I forced myself to run this evening and the first couple miles were pretty bad, then I warmed up and felt better and gutted out 8 total miles in 6.48 average.

I was extremely tired this morning but have seemed to kick my migraine. Finally. I ran with Trick this morning at 5:15 from my house down around and up and over to Daybreak and down and over and straight and over and down and over and over and finished with 12.5 big ones.  

I ran with Misty, Charity and Trick this morning. Started at Tricks house and got onto the park trail and ran 10.5 out and back.  They were having an aided long run on the trail so I got to get water and gatorade  along my run which was nice.  It seems like the miles that Trick was having a  hard time on went by quicker when we struck up conversation. She can easily talk while running even better than me.  At mile 17 I took off on my own and did 1 mile tempo in 5:38 and then jogged a mile and then hit mile 19 and did a 1 mile tempo in 5:50. That mile had some head wind.  I then jogged 1 mile and then did  a .25 mile sprint.  Then I ran back to Trick and she was only .75 miles back and I ran in with her to get my 22.5.  

I feel great, I had some shin splint problem when I started but it dissipated.  Time for an Ice bath

Now Ill leave you with the Disney goodbye theme.  MIC See you real soon! KEY Why? Because we love you! MOUSE!  Ill never grow up!

I ran all by myself this morning. I did 10.5 miles and my legs are tight.  My route was mostly uphill with a gradual incline. It took me 1:16 to run that which was a bit slow.  Even though I felt like I was pushing it a bit.  I did my last 2 miles with a marathon tempo pace and hit 5:58 and 6:04.  Its starting to get brisk in the morning. My hands were cold. 

I could not sleep last night due to a mistake that my foreman did on a job site yesterday.  I was going to run at 2:30 this morning to see if it would make me tired enough to forget about my problems but I chickened out.  I got my daughter off to school and then had a meeting with an account Im working on.  Then dealt with this BS that may cost me my business.  I swear I cant be everywhere that I need to be during the day so I pay out the wazoo for someone to try and help and all he does is hinder.  It is frustrating.  I put a full day of driving around and trying to patch up this and it didnt even resolve it.  So hopefully I can get it out of mind enough to sleep this evening!  I ran at 6:30 tonight to help calm myself and try to force myself in a coma.  I ended up running 12 miles in 1:25 which is a 7:09 mile.  

Well I slept like a baby last night.  I just went to work like business as usual and tried to keep my thoughts off the crap at hand.  I had a very busy day and ended up at home at 8 pm so I ran 6 and now Im home eating late so hopefully it doesnt hurt me for tomorrows run with the Bingham Babes! and guys too! lol 

I went to SJ park and ran with the BB runners and we did 4x 5k runs with rest in between. Did my first at a warm up pace.   2nd was a 19 minute 5k. 3rd was 22. 4th was 17. No cool down as I had to do the carpool thing for school. 

Ok I finally was able to get some sleep.  Im still tired though.  I wanted to try and hit 100 miles this week but it looks like Im going to fall short. I drove up to Daybreak this morning and ran 9 miles at 5:30 am with Trick.  She has a nasty cold and still pushed through it.  I hope I dont come down with anything in the next 2 weeks. Ill be ravished if I do.

I ran up at the capital today.  I did the Hansons-Brooks Brian Sell simulator run. Its where you get a course simular to the marathon course your training for.  It was in this months Runners World magazine. You switch Kilometers for miles so today I ran 26.2 Kilometers which equals 16.3.  I started out with a 6:50-7:00 minute mile for the first 4 miles then I got to my race pace of 5:35-5:50 for 3 miles then I hit the hills of City creek canyon. I ran 4 miles up the canyon at a 7:15 pace and then came down 4 miles with a 5:15-5:30 pace.  There were alot of runners up there this morning.  I saw some familiar faces from Locomotion and Salt Lake Track Club.  It was not cold at all and felt super great for a hard workout like this one.  I had alot of fun even though I was by myself and would like trying to do these more often with someone to push me. 

I went up to Logan yesterday and watched some of the runners come through before a birthday party started that I attended.  Im a little upset at myself now that I didnt run Top of Utah this year but I know it would have been my last race of the year.  I found an article in the Herald Journal about me and Sasha predicted to be among those to win the race and look at me, I didnt even run it.  The one time I get recognition in a local paper and im a no show. Im not sure why the columnist of the paper has an interest in myself, but I feel embarrased now.  Oh well, live and learn huh!?

Yes my sleep time needs improving.  I got up and was going to do 5 miles and got a phone call from a police station in Heber from my foreman of my crew that he was arrested and needed me to come get his pickup.  I went up there and arrived at 7:30 and they wouldnt let me take it. So I begged with them for the tools that were in it.  They allowed me to them and I cleaned all my drills, transits, expensive stuff that I needed for the day and then went up to the job site.  It started to pour up there so I called it off and had to go help my foreman get out of Jail. After $200.00 just to get him out I told him that my patience of losing money on his cause was frustrating me into no sleep and no money!  I told him that I was up all night trying to decide on whether I should fire him or not and this kind of pushed me to a conclusion.   Frustrating!  I will try to get in some miles this evening after all my little meetings with people are over. 

I slept really good last night.  Finally!  Ok things at work will get better, I had to fume my frustrations out and now im good.  

I ran with the BB runners  this morning in the dark and did a 2.5 warmup,  1x1200, 1x800, 1x400, then a 2 mile tempo run, then a 1x800, with a 400 recovery mind you and then 1x400.  Binghams track has a metal fence around it so you cant get in. We found a way around the back.  

Too much to do this morning so no run. I was planning on running this evening but at work up at Timberlakes by Heber I was working and rolled my ankle so I will Ice this sucker. 

I ran 13 miles with Trick this morning around South Jordan. We started at 5 and she was having a hard time after 7 miles or so but finished strong. 

I ran 6 glorious miles in the dark by myself around daybreak.  I accidentally woke up at 1 am this morning and took a shower thinking I was late for work and when I got out of the shower I looked at my watch and it said 1 am. Brilliant! So I got another 5 hours of sleep before my run. Oh yes, Im losing it! 

I decided to do a nice slow paced 15 miler.  I started out with Misty, Charity and Trick.  I made it about 9 miles with trick and then took off on my own at a 7 min pace. It took me 2 hours. It was a bit chilly on the park trail and extremely dark!  We started at Tricks house which is 1 mile from the 90th s. and 7th w. opening.   I really like running on the park trail because there are usually 50 or so people that i run into and that is peace of mind when I leave my wife by herself. Im excited for SGM!  Its going to be here before I know it! 

I ran 5 miles this morning in 35:53 which is around a 7:11 Average mile. Just enough to work up a sweat! 

I did a couple of miles warm up and then met up with the BB group and we did 3x 1 mile tempo runs.  My first was 6:01, 2nd was 5:52, 3rd was 5:42.  Then did a couple of 2 minute tempo runs, Did the first with michelle and we started out our first minute with a 6:15 pace and then settled to a 7 pace. The second was with Michelle and Lynette. Lynette ran a 3:28 first time TOU marthon! Congrats!  My first marathon was a 3:30 at Carlsbad.  Way to freakin go Lynette.  Awesome.  Ok so I feel like my legs took a bit of punishment today.  Im going to rest from here on out.