Little Buddha

3.5 am run. Ran 4.5 miles this evening up Toquerville Falls road, went pretty slow Jordan came along on his bike and it was kind of difficult for him to ride up some of the parts of the road, too steep!

Did a 5 mile tempo run on State Road 9 from La Verkin into Hurricane and back, felt alright, but not great. 1-6:18, 2-6:27, 3-6:10, 4-6:35, 5-6:31. I was most pleased that I actually got my sorry self out of bed and did a workout. I was still pretty tired this morning, after a hard day of work yesterday. Plan to get in some more easy miles tonight. Ran 3 easy miles tonight at 10:15, ran out past the stake center and up the La Verkin twist to mile marker 13.

Morning workout ran out by Sky Ranch up the dirt road to the first cattle guard. Ran 5 miles tonight over to Pah Tempe, then back by Howards across 100 east to Farmer's then back home on 300 west.

This morning I went over and did Yasso 800s at the Hurricane Track. Did 1.5 mile warm-up then 5x800,

1-2:45 felt pretty good, legs a little heavy from running and work yesterday

2-2:44 a little faster, but legs felt better than the first one.

3-2:46 hurting a little on this one

4-2:46 felt better than number 3, but same time

5-2:45 good effort on the last one, pretty pleased with the workout, especially considering I haven't done this type of workout in about 2 months. 1 mile cool-down. Ran 3 miles easy tonight around La Verkin, ran down past the Overlook Subdivision.

Easy 4 this morning. Went out tonight around 8:30 still pretty warm, but I got in a nice 9.5 mile run. Ran out along 600 North trail to Sky Mountain Golf Course, then back into Hurricane on S.R. 9, once I hit the highway I picked up the pace. Mile marker 8 to 9= 7:25, 9 to 10=7:13, 10 to 11=6:48, 11 to 12=6:30. Felt pretty good throughout the run, ribs still giving me some pain, and some soreness on the tops of my feet. Looking forward to a run with the club tomorrow morning, I think we should have close to our entire group there tomorrow, Bill is back from his injury and Steve has also started training again.

Ran with the club this morning. Clyde and I ran the loop around the Black Hill from Chuckawalla. Started off by going up and over Skyline drive down 1000 East along the Virgin River trail to the Dixie Center then around the hill and back. I felt pretty good considering the longer run I did last night. Clyde picked up the pace the last 4 miles and left me in the dust, but I was still happy to get the run in. My time was 1:50 and Clyde was probably 5 or 6 minutes ahead of me. I'm really happy with my mileage for the week. I haven't ran this many miles since I was single and in college over 7 years ago. Hopefully, my training can continue to improve and I can avoid any major injuries.