Catch me if you can

I planned on running 3, but ended up with 1.5 on the treadmill.

I ran this morning with Jody, Michelle M., Michelle P., Dean, Cheris, Lynette and Alan.  It was 50 degrees with a little rain.  I ran the last 2 miles by myself.  It was a great run.  My kids baseball games and track meets were cancelled so I was able to take a very much needed hour long nap.  My splits were 9:03, 8:51, 8:47, 8:24, 8:24, 7:48, 7:17, 7:51, 8:32, 8:14, 8:08, 8:16, 8:19, and 8:23.  Average pace 8:19.

5 easy miles outisde.  It was a very nice morning.  I love that it is starting to get light outside earlier.  Average pace 8:57.

It was so hard getting out of bed this morning.  When the alarm went off I was in a deep sleep which never happens.  I met the BBK's at Parkway Palisades.  It was a tough hill and speed workout.  Like always- I'm very glad I went.  My splits were 9:28, 8:52, 8:41 (warm up), 8:19 ( up and down PP moderate pace), 7:40 & 7:43 (that was the 2 mile hilly tempo run), 8:18, 8:11,  and 8:21(hill sprints with recovery and back to my car).  Average pace 8:24. 

I ran 5 easy miles outide this morning. Average pace 9:11. After work I got to watch my 16 year old daughter at her Regional track meet. She did great. She took 5th place in the 100 with a new PR of 12.84. She also took 8th place in the 200. She will get to compete again tomorrow. It was fun watching with Cheryl. Her son did great too.

I met the BBK's at South Jordan park for our 3x 5k's run.  I ran the first one as a warm up.  Average pace 8:56.  The next one I started a little slower then tried to really push it.  Those miles were 7:47, 7:26 and 7:00.  Then I cooled down for a minute.  The last one I ran with Cheris, Michelle M., and Dean.  We pushed hard for 2 and ran the last mile a little slower.  Then I ran little more with Peggy to cool down.  Those miles 8:06, 7:34,  7:46  and 9:00 pace for the last .75.  I felt really good today.  It makes me wish I could go run a real 5k or 10k this week.  I think I could probably set a new PR.  Average pace for the last 6.75 miles was 7:46.

Easy run outside by myself.  Average pace 8:58.

Ran with Cheris, Jody, Michelle M., Dean, Kris and Alan this morning.   We started at Cheris' house and ran down to the trail.  Out 5 miles and back.  Nice and easy average pace  of 8:50.

6 easy miles by myself.  Average pace 9:12.

Met the BBK's at Bingham.  I warmed up with Peggy for 15 minutes.  Then I ran 5.5 miles on the track.  2 miles were at marathon pace.  Average pace 8:54.

3 easy miles outside with a few 100 meter pick ups.  Average pace 9:00.

4 very easy miles.  I had to get my daughter Taylor to school by 5:50 this morning so no sleeping in for me.  She gets to run in the state track meet at BYU today.  YEAH for her. I actually slept really well until 5:00, so no complaining from me.   I'm getting so nervous for tomorrow.  I'm really feeling like 4 weeks before marathons if too hard to get enough training in.  I just hope it's a good day.  Good Luck to everyone running tomorrow.

I'm still trying to figure out what happened.  This was just not my day.  I completely fell apart at mile 14 and pretty much gave up from there.  

Miles 1-7 I felt great.  I was right on pace and hit mile 7 in 57:36.

I made a POP just after mile 10.  I lost about 1 1/2 minutes, but still felt great.  

I hit the half way point at 1:51:06.  Perfect.  I thought I could for sure get the 3:45 I wanted.

Then a mile later I was done.  I have never wanted to quit so bad in my life.  I mentally just gave up.  I walked, I used the POP many many times and I just didn't care.   

The only thing that kept me going was knowing that Michelle was maybe going to be waiting for me at mile 23 to run in with me.  I was so happy to see her I almost cried.  I can not thank her enough.   She is the best friend ever.     

I'm guessing that my poor performance was a combination of few things.  Maybe I hadn't recovered from Boston.  Maybe I went out faster than I should have.   I did have an upset stomach for many miles.   And I do not like running by myself for so long.  

This was my 10th marathon.  Someday I'll figure this out. 

3 very slow miles. Average pace 10:00.

Very easy miles again.  Average pace 10:27.  My recovery this time has been a lot slower than after Boston.   I guess that's a sign that I better take it slow.  

I met the BBK's at Bingham.  It was a good run.  The pace wasn't hard but I couldn't go any faster if I had wanted.  Average pace 8:42.  It was good to be back with the group again.

I ran by myself.  I picked up the pace the last mile.  There were a lot of runners out this morning and it was too tempting to not pass them.  Average pace 8:53. 

I met Michelle in Bluffdale so we could run the 10k route that she is in charge of next month.  My legs were tired so we kept the pace pretty slow.   I was carrying my key in the little pocket in my shorts so Michelle decided to put her keys in my car.  Wouldn't you know it, when we got back to our cars I realized I had lost the key.  I had taken a potty a break a few miles back and the key had fallen out.  So we called Michelle's husband and he brought us a spare.  We drove back to where I had taken the potty break and I found it buried beneath a pile of weeds and tall grassy stuff.  I so lucked out.  Average pace 9:00.

Today was one of those days that I could have just run forever.  The weather was perfect and I kept the pace nice and easy.  I ran from my house to the trail out 4 and back.  I even ran into RivertonPaul and had a nice chat for a few minutes.  Average pace 9:00. 

I met the BBK's at 9800 S. and 40th West.  We warmed up for about 4 miles.  Then we ran 6 x 1/2 mile repeats with a short recovery after each.  The pace was 5k to 10k pace.  Then we ran a mile of 30 seconds on 30 seconds off.  That was tough.  I pushed pretty hard.  Then we ran back to the cars.  It was a hard workout.  Average pace overall 8:22. 

I ran down to the trail and back.  Average pace 8:57. 

I met the BBK's at Parkway Palisades.  We warmed up for about 3.5 miles.  Then we ran a hard one mile up and down the big PP hill with a recovery on the flat.  Then we did a 3 mile tempo.  I really wanted to slow down but Cheris was great and wouldn't let me.  It was so hard.  After a short recovery,  I ran one more fast mile then ran slow back to my car.  My upper body was sore from pushing on all the uphills.  I was so tired all day.  I  took a short nap after work and then I felt much better.  Average pace 8:28.

Met some of the BBK's at Cheris' house for a very hilly course.  I was so tired today.  I fell back in the last 1/2 mile and ran pretty slow to finish.  It was nice having Spencer from the blog join us.  Average pace 8:49.