Catch me if you can

I ran 7 miles this morning. It was a little chilly. Perfect running weather. My left knee was really bugging me from 4 miles on. After I went to Bentley's blessing.

7 miles on the treadmill at work.  I figured the treadmill be better for my knee. 9:40 Avg pace.

They group started the later meeting time today at Bingham.  I got there early and after about a mile I ran into Peggy, Mike and Becky.  I ran with them for another 3.5 until everyone else got there.  Cheryl had us warm up and then we ran the 5k course again.  I finished with a mile on the track with Melanie.  I didn't run very fast today.  I decided that increasing my milage is more important than speed right now.  I'm signed up for 4 races over the next month and a 1/2.  I figure that will be all the speed work I need for now.  Average pace 8:50

3.75 miles from work.  Avg pace 8:50.  Dinner with the girls from the running group at Zupas.  Weights at home that evening

I ran at 5:00 am so I could do the pt test for Michelle's class at work. It was a really nice morning. I tried to push the pace but my time was pretty slow. Avg pace 8:25.

I met Cheryl and Peggy at Bingham and we drove to Potato Hill for a trail run.  It was a lot of fun.  The pace was perfect and the time flew by. 

I met the group at RHS.  We did a 10 mile loop with a water stop half way at Cheris' house.  Then I ran 1 more mile on my own.  At About 9:00 last night, my hips started hurting from the trail run.  I'm pretty stiff today.  Average pace 8:24.

I'm really enjoying my slow paced Sunday morning runs. It was another beautiful morning. Average pace 9:05.

I was up most of the night with a sinus cold. Yuck!!  I finally took a Mucinex D at 3:30 am and was able to get a little bit of sleep.  I got up at 6:30 to make sure Austin was up for his first day at cross country.  I dropped him off at the school and came home and started my run.  My body felt fine, but my head felt pretty crummy.  I'm glad I have the day off work.  I had thought about doing speed work today since my class has a PT tomorrow and graduation on Thursday.  It didn't happen.  Maybe tomorrow I can try to some mile repeats if I feel better.  Average pace 9:00. 

I have a bad cold and I don't like it.  I took Musinex D before I went to bed and it kept me up all night long.  I got up at 5:30 and ran on the treadmill for about 20 minutes before my class had their PT test.  Then I ran another 25 minutes after.  I had no energy.  I felt crummy all day.  

Last week I entered a contest on Facebook for a free entry to Utah Valley 1/2 marathon.  McNeil Printing in Orem was putting on the contest.  I found out last night I won.  I'm way excited.  It's this weekend so I hope I'm all better by then.  

I went to work just long enough to make sure everything was ready for graduation.  I went home slept most of the day.  Sick. :(

Everything I've read says it ok to run as long as the cold is above the neck.  I'm a bit nervous that I feel some congestion in my chest.  I ran at home before work.  I felt ok but my joints did feel a little achy.  I will run the 1/2 on Saturday, but I won't put any pressure on myself for a decent time.  Average pace 8:30

3 easy miles on the treadmill at work.  No sleep again.  Still have a cold.

I found out Monday that I had won a free entry into the Utah Valley Half Marathon.  I was pretty excited.  I told my sister and she ended up signing up too.  That same day I starting getting sick.  I've been sick with a head cold all week.  Angela and I decided to stay in Provo Friday night.  I worked a 10 hour shift Friday and went straight to Angela's house and then she drove us Provo.

We went to the expo to pick up our packets.  We were able to listen to Sasha speak.  He gave us some great tips.  It was nice to meet him and his cute wife. We finally got checked in and settled in our hotel room at about 9:00.  It was at this time that I realized I'd left my running shoes in the trunk of my car at Angela's house.  I was more than a little stressed out.  I called my awesome friend Cheris, and she went to my house and picked up some shoes for me.  Luckily we managed to find each other before the race started.  Onto the race.....

I didn't really know what time to shoot for.  I still didn't feel that great and the lack of sleep the past week make it tough.  I decided to start out slow and just run by feel.  That worked and I ended up running much better than I had thought I would.  We had a head wind for most of the race.  I stopped at the aid station at mile 6 to have a Roctane GU and I took some Ibuprofen.   I had forgot to take my Garmin off auto pause, so my time ended up being off by about 30 seconds because of this stop.  I'm happy with how I did.  I think this is a good starting point for my training for St. George.  

My splits were: 8:12, 7:47, 7:58, 7:43, 7:26, 7:45, 7:23, 7:44, 7:31, 7:39, 7:47, 7:34, 7:34 and 7:00 pace for .18.

Easy miles with a little walking her and there.  I just wanted to a slow recovery run and to help clear our my sinuses.  I ran 1.5 miles of it on the canal road.

Happy Father's Day

6.7 hilly miles with lots of wind.  I felt like I was running faster than I was.  Average pace 8:56

I ran with the group starting at the church on 11400 and 3300. I ran 4 easy warm up miles. The workout was 90 seconds fast with 60 seconds recovery. Satellite meeting at work so I had to hurry back.

Same run as Monday. The pace was a little faster today.

The group was meeting at the SJ soccer fields.  I got there at 5:30 for the early miles, but no one else was there.  I ran 3 slow miles then another 4 with the group.  My legs were tired.

I met Angela and Jeff at the park and ride in Bluffdale at 4:00 a.m. so we can ride up together.  I decided to start behind the 1:40 pacer.  I stayed about 30 feet behind her for the first 4.5 miles, then I picked up my pace and passed her.  I felt pretty good.  Just after mile 9, I had to stop and use the porta potty.  The cost me about a minute and a half.  Those last 4 miles were tough.  I felt so much stronger at Utah Valley 1/2 last week.  The 1:40 pacer must have passed me when I was in the porta potty, I saw her just before the finish line.  My splits were 7:30, 7:30, 7:19, 7:10, 6:52, 6:57, 7:07, 7:05, 7:28, 8:58 (bathroom break), 7:58, 7:47, 7:48 and 7:07 for last .16.  

I met the group at Riverton High School. I ran 6 miles with Cheris and Peggy.  Then I drove to the trail by my work and went out 2 miles and back.  I ran 2 of those miles on the dirt trail off to the side.  Average pace under 9:00.  My shins are sore to touch, but didn't hurt at all when I ran.

I ran at about 9:20 this morning at work.  It was hot but luckily there was a little breeze.  I got off work early for my Dr's appt.  I'm off until Tuesday.  YEAH!!!  I need to start getting my stuff ready for Ragnar this weekend.  

The group was meeting at O Roi Hardy Park.  Cheris, Andy and I were the only ones who came.  We ran North on the trail for 2 miles then turned around and ran back.  The next 2.5 miles were supposed to be tempo run looping through the neighborhood with a few big hills.  Cheris and I ran a faster pace, but it was still slower than my marathon pace.  I came home and waited about an hour until Taylor was ready.  I ran another 3 miles with her.  Average pace 8:38.

I swore I would never run this race again, but was talked into it after Dean died.  Originally Jameson had put together a team of fast master's runners called the Mangum Masters PR.  We decided to run in honor of team IronDean and our van consisted of all original BBK runners.  The bad thing was we had a 3:00 pm start time.  We started with the super fast high school teams.  It didn't take long before we were the very last runners.  It was nice to have the exchanges basially to ourselves for awhile, but I missed the competition.  

I was runner 6.  I started this leg at about 8:00 pm.  It was 6.9 miles.  I finished off the 1.5 miles uphill of Avon Pass.  Then I had 3 miles of steep downhill until it flattened out for about 2 miles.  It wasn't worth me getting injured on the uneven dirt road with switchbacks, so I was pretty cautious.  I finished that leg in 57:33.  I didn't see any other runners on this leg.  Average pace 8:21.   

I started my second leg #18 at 3:25 in the morning.  I hadn't had a any sleep yet.  At this point we had passed a few teams.  This leg was 8.2 "very hard" uphill miles to East Canyon Reservoir.  I started off feeling like I was running in my sleep.  It was pitch black and I was a little nervous being out there by myself.  There wasn't a lot of traffic, but there are a lot places where you can't see cars coming around the corners up the canyon.  I had to jump off to side once when a tow tuck driver came quickly around a corner.  I felt pretty strong running on this tough uphill climb.  I didn't walk until I got to the very steep parts at about mile 6.5 and even then I only walked a for a few seconds at a time.  I passed the only 2 runners I saw during this leg.  Average pace 9:16 with 944 ft of elevation gain.

After we handed off to the 2nd van, we drove about 40 miles to the next exchange at a high school.  We started seeing a ton of teams at this point.  We slept in our sleeping bags on the grass for about 2 hours.  

My final leg was #30.  I started at 2:06 pm.  It was pretty hot by this time and I was exhausted.  This run was only 2 flat miles.  I passed 4 girls on this leg.  A guy with an Ironman visor passed me at about 1 mile in so I just stayed about 10 feet behind him for the next mile.  Average pace 8:11.

I was so exhaused that night.  I had a lot of fun, but I probably won't do this again.

I woke up thinking I was recovered from the relay.  My plan was to run 4 miles by myself then come home and and run another 6 with Taylor.  Boy was I wrong.  My legs were beat and I had nothing.  I managed a pathetic 3.5 miles.  I came home and rode my bike next to Taylor while she ran.  She was running way fast so it was probably better for her anyway.  We came home and I ran a slow cool down mile with her.