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Ran from my house to the Temple in AF.  Nice run, was feeling a little tired.  Have had my left knee being a little sore the last few days.  I could feel my knee when I first started, and never got worse so kept going.  Feels worse every now and then during the day, and only when moved in just the right direction. (side to side.)  I think its because I have done some miles in my "trail" shoes.  I think I will avoid those shoes.

I'm not sure what my time was, will update that later.  I'm pretty sure it was 1:03:??

Have a great day!

Ran 7 miles outside, the ice and the cars driving to close to me scared me off the street and into the fitness center for another 6.  Knee was the same as yesterday.  More sore hours post run.

Went to the fitness center, legs felt yuck the whole time. 

I have a big cold coming my way, I was hoping I would avoid it, but looks like I will get hit.  Hope I can get rid of it by next week.

Have a pain at the top of my left Achilles.  Last time I had this I got new shoes and that was that.  Could it be?  Hummmmm

Ran at the fitness center again.  My left leg is giving me a bunch of pain.  My knee is tight and just bellow my calf is sore.  I seemed hard to lift my lower legs.  I think this cold is hitting my muscles pretty hard.  Is that even possible?

Well, a little slower than yesterday, good run all in all.  Flat flat track, time should probably be better than this.

38:04/7:37 pace.

Ran up in Lehi/Alpine today.  Was a fairly random run, just went here and there.

Ran with Kelly and Deb.  Was fun.  Ok time.  Had some walking time so the pace was slower than what it should have been.

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1:39:33/9:01 pace

Ran at the fitness center.  Got a late start so cut the miles back.  Probably ok, new shoes.  Probably better to put low miles once then start going at it.  I hopefully will be able to wear the new shoes for Painters.

3 miles running, .5 cool down.

21:20/7:07 pace.(not including cooldown)

Have a wonderful day!

Nothing yet today, have plans for evening run.  I will write more later.  But for now, I'm at work and I put some tunes on and wanted to share this song.  Enjoy!

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Ran at the gym with Kelly.  Ok, she rode the bike and lifted while I ran. 

Good run, 6 miles at a good pace, since I was on the treadmil I bumped the incline up.  Started with incline on 1, bounced around to 2, 2.5 for a couple miles.  Mile 4 I did about .5 miles at 5 percent incline and about 7:45 pace.  That was work.  I almost had to step off the side to let the incline go down.

6 miles 46:21/7:44 pace

1 mile relaxed

I'm feeling kinda yuck. Have been for a few days. See you all in SG! Will be fun seeing everyone. Drive safe, see you in SG!

Will add my report later.  I'm hoping for some official times on the web.  I think I was 1:39 something.  

Kelly and drove down, met Kelli & Scott, Marion & Dave, Leslie & Harold, Smooth & Pres. Smooth, and Mary Ann.  We all stayed at a condo, had a great dinner (even jello with CHEESE.)

My lower back was killing me all day Fri, and well into the night.  Felt good to sit or lay in one place, but much of any movement was not fun.  Luckily it was just a numb pain in the morning before the race.  I figured that it was the kind of pain that if I could just get going and get into a rhythm that it would not be noticeable, and it wasn't.

Will write me later.  Congratulations to everyone!  I think everyone did what they wanted to do, finish, under a certian time, go slow......Yeah!  We will have a great year!

From official results:

Place over all: 152

Place age group: 26 out of 57 (this STINKS! I'm disappointed here!)

Chip Time: 1:39:49.0

Pace: 7:37/M

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Went to the fitness center and put a few miles in.  Kelly said that maybe we will run tonight too.  Yeah, just because I get to run with a cute girl.  

Back a little stiff, left knee tired.  Wouldn't call it pain, but tired.  If I leave my shoes tied and hold the heel with my right foot and try and pull my left foot out of my shoe, that is a 2/10 on the pain scale.  I'm still blaming the trail shoes.  Doubt those will get much miles other than hiking or walking.

39:03/7:48 Pace

Laps (7:56, 8:37, 7:20, 7:35, 7:32)

Went to the fitness center and got a run in.  Tried to take it easy, but then I get going and its like I only have one gear.  I must work on that! 

45:48/7:38 pace

Went running with Kelly and her friends.  They told they would be doing 9 so I ran from Kelly's house to the friends house that we were starting at, about 3.75 miles.  Those first miles by myself were about 8:08 pace.  Net elevation gain was about 500 feet. Stuck with the group the rest of the time.  There were some good hills, both up and down.  Pushed harder on the ups and let it loose on the downs.  My fastest down was 13.5 mph, that was on the 11th mile.  That was fun, really let gravity do its job.  In mile 5 I hit 13.4 mph.

Fun run, I'm more tired today than I was last week.  Legs are feeling it!!!

1:55:19/9:17 pace

Went to the fitness center.  I'm looking forward to clear roads so I can run outside.  

Last night I was thinking that I need to start pushing my pace towards 7 min miles.  Thought I would try to get to 7 on one mile today and see how it goes.  So mile 2 was the mile I tried on.  Didn't make it.  I'll have to keep working on it.

Mile breakdown (7:44, 7:17, 7:26, 7:42, 7:26), .5 cool down jog/walk.

37:37/7:32 pace

Ran in the fitness center again.  Tried to get my second mile down to 7:00 minute pace.   Today I concentrated on getting the pace the whole mile.  As I thought about the run the other day I realized that I had some slower laps that brought my mile speed down.  Today I made sure I kept it going the whole mile.  Stupid mind games!  But I made it.

Laps 8:04, 6:44 (yeah!), 7:37, 7:29, 7:16

37:07/7:26 pace

Ran at the fitness center again.  Got a mile into the run and had to go potty.  DANG no, STINK.  I was already late so I took my "break" and then went back and ran two more miles.  Ughh!  Oh well good to get out 3 times during the week.

3 miles running, .5 cooldown.

22:47/ 7:36 pace

PS, wanted to share a quote:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

by Marianne Williamson

 

Went to the Jordan River Parkway with Kelly and her Friend Wendy.  They rode their bikes while I ran.

Had an "Animal Planet" run.   about 3.75 miles into the run I came across a Red Tail Fox that got stuck in the fence.  She was ready to chew her foot off to get out.  I called animal control and wait to see if could get her out.  Looked like she died for a minute or so.  But after they got her out of the fence she laid there for an minute and then woke up and ran off into the field.  I sure hope she lives.

Saving the fox took so long I had to cut the run short.

1:04:00/7:43 pace

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