:-)

Went to the gym and did about 30 min of spin, then ran a few miles.  First mile was slow (8:20), then I was wanting to see how long it would take me to get it down under 8.  That is harder than I thought.  At mile 2 or somewhere near there I was about 8:10, then by mile 3 I was down to 8.  I new I was under by 3.5.  Dang mind games!

I want to increase my speed, so I cranked it up to 6:40 pace here and there.  Tried to keep that pace for at least .25 miles at a time.  Gym was hot!

45:22/7:34 pace

Yeah, ran the Nutcracker, with TuTu. Had a good run. I say this all the time, but I feel it more now, I need to run more often. I was loosing juice the last mile.

Splits looked like this:

Mile 1 : 7:19

Mile 2 : 6:34

Mile 3 : 7:38

last .1 : 5:18 (had a little speed left)

Over all pace was 7:08

Happy to report that Scott, Kelli' husband finished 3rd overall mens. He ran in just under 21. That guy is strong. Their daughter Ashley took first in her age group. Yeah for them.

The race was fun, a lot of TuTu's. I think the first place guy was from Runners corner, as well as first place girls. "Army Runners" son took 3rd overall. Fast kid, 13 years old.

What a great day, I'll write more later, headed out for some regular running miles now.

******************** AFTER Run Run ************************

Needed to get a few more miles in, Made it 6 miles.  Was difficult.  While I was running I got a bad cramp in the middle of my chest.  YUCK.  Reminded me that I had had a cramp the whole time I was running the 5k.  The 5k was a side stich, but the after run run in the middle just under the breast.  It was really uncomfortable.  About mile 3.8 I walked.  That one stunk.  Oh well, I'm alive.

49:01/8:03 pace

Have a great day!

Actually got out of bed and went to the fitness center and ran on the indoor track.  I don't like running when I'm cold.  Winter running is so hard for me.

Anyway, my pace came out quicker than I thought it would be.  I was thinking I needed to run faster so I could have a better pace. 

Have a great day!

45:53/7:26 pace

Everyone don't fall off your chair.  Yes I did go two days in a row and in the MORNING, and without two or three of you jabbing me in the back!  (Don't mind you all pushing me, don't get me wrong)

Started off thinking I would go 3-4, felt good so I went 5.  Yesterday there was a guy at the gym that was faster than me and I tried to stay with him for a bit, nobody there today, so I'm a little surprised that my pace is as fast as it is.  Probably should have slowed and taken it easy.

Have a GREAT day!

37:21/7:29 pace

Decided to run up Murdock Canal Rd.  None paved roads are harder to run on.  At about mile 10, I got a text msg and started to walk to return the message.  Forgot to turn my watch off, so my pace was really slow in that mile/2.  Other than that, I'm tired, YEAH, got 13 in!

Oh, and the wind heading North, just one thing to say about about that.... in the now famous word of Teena "STINK!"

Have a great day all!

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1:47:00/8:11 pace.

Went to the gym with my friend and got a little run in.  I sure don't like running on the darn treadmill.  And I miss my GPS when I run on the treadmill, miss the data.  :-(  Oh well at least I got some miles in.

I'm worried that Sat will be very snowy on the JRP.

41:08/7:50 pace

Went up to Lehi and ran with a friend and a couple of her friends.  We ran more hills than I am used to.  There pace was slower than mine, so I would run out ahead for a bit then turn back to them, then go back out.  That was hard on the up hills.

I finished with 13, everyone else was around 9-11.  Time was way slow, so decided early on in the run that I wasn't going to look at the clock, just the distance.

Went to the indoor 6 million laps per mile track this morning.  Legs felt a little sore from the hills Sat.  Probably means I should have gotten my hind end out yesterday.  

38:16/7:40 pace

43:24/7:54 pace including cool down .5 miles.  Ok, didn't really cool down, there was this guy that is much faster than I and he slowed and I saw I was catching him, so I had to continue a faster pace after I had already run a lap SLOW.  So it went like this 1 lap slow cool down, oh, theres that fast guy, FAST, caught him, ok, now I can slow down, ran one SLOW again.  Silly I know, I couldn't catch him if he were running.

Went to the fitness center and ran the indoor track again.  I don't have my watch with me, but the pace was somewhere around 7:50.

Ran with Kelly some easy miles.  Didn't have a lot of time.  All outside around the streets of Orem.

Ran around the old Word Perfect Buildings, down 800 E. Then back home. I'm amazed how much it slows you down to be looking down at the ground when your running on the snow edge streets. The las mile the street had a little more shoulder and less cars so I was able to relax and look up instead of down. Pace increased. Felt good. Legs are feeling heavy. I think its time to stop the soda. So, Jan 2 NO SODA, no caffiene until after Painters.

DB Out!

47:54/7:54 pace