Little Buddha

Went up and planned on mowing the lawn at Pine Valley, but had some problems with the mower.  Ended up going on a run instead.  No problem with the run a nice 5 miles up in cooler temp's

Rode exercise bike for 40 minutes tonight

Finally, a good tempo run.

I had to go back to Pine Valley tonight to mow, this time I took Sunny and the younger boys.  After mowing for about an hour I got ready and took off for a run back down to Central.  I was planning on doing a 2 mile warm-up and then 6 miles of tempo, and the 1 mile cool-down.  However, after jogging down to the church which was 1 mile I felt ready to begin the tempo.

1-6:29 This mile was mainly uphill, leaving Pine Valley

2-6:17 Kind of rolling

3-5:44 Now we are starting to hit some nice downhill

4-5:57 Mostly downhill to flat.  Mentally kind of losing it

5-5:41 Good downhill and refocused

6-5:40 Another good mile, thinking I would stop after 6, but was feeling good so I kept going

7-5:48 This mile was a tough flat mile and I struggled the last .5

41:41 (5:57 average)

Did just 1 mile cool-down and then Sunny picked me up and we drove home.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with this run.  I've been struggling and this was a good workout to make me feel a little better.  I think more than anything the change of scenary was nice.  The temp's were ok, but not as cool as yesterday or I would have preferred, still quite warm out when I was doing the workout. 

Didn't feel too good today, only did 4 miles.  I think the tempo run yesterday took quite a toll on the body.

Big Birthday today, finally out of the super fast 30-34 age division.  I didn't have much time this afternoon so I only did 6 miles before heading up to Cedar City to watch Jordan's football game.  I ran up the La Verkin Twist trail, I went out 3 miles and then came back 3.  It was really hot out and I struggled.

Just a token 3 mile La Verkin Loop.  Nice evening got a little bit of rain.  I ran in a new pair of shoes which is always fun.

20 miles down the marathon course.  I really didn't want to go this morning, but I woke up at 3:20 and was wide awake, so I figured ok, I guess that means I supposed to go.  Lots of roadkill out this morning.  Bill and Mike took off pretty fast from the start and I waited a bit for Steve. When we got to Veyo I stopped to use the bathroom.  Steve also stopped so then the rest of the run it was just the two of us.  Steve was good at making me stay positive about the run.  My overall time was about 3:30 slower than what I ran two weeks ago.  I ended the 20 miles with a 1:22:10 (7:07 average).  Anyway still a decent run, my calves have been pretty tight, which is causing problems in my arches, also still dealing with hip pain.