Brink Tri's

A nice easy run around Elk Ridge. I met up with Tyler with about 1 mile left and he ran with me back home.

I went over and ran with the Spanish Fork group.  I ran mostly with Jill and Michelle Erickson and Dave.  It was a bit nippy, but not too bad.  We ran over to the top of Harvey's Hill and back.

I went over and tried out the Provo Rec Center for the first time.  I will miss the Orem Rec.  The PR is a dive, the pool is only 25 meters, no hot tub, no steam room, no sauna.  Very basic, run down, no frills - but cheap.

I had a pretty bad run today.  I went running at lunch time.  I forgot my shoes, so I just wore the ones I had on for work.  They didn't work very well and my shins starting hurting.  I turned around at 2 miles and did some walking.  I had my shoes set out to take with me (as well as socks) but forgot them by the door.  Now I have to wear sweating socks for the rest of the day - but at least I didn't skip my run.

I had a much better run today than Tuesday.  I finally remembered my shoes and socks.  I'm still feeling a little fat and sluggish from the extra holiday weight gain.  We ran just under 9 minute pace with a 7:55 mile tempo run in the middle. I ran with John, Jared and Mike who all helped to push me along.

I went to the gym today.  I haven't been going very regularly the last few months.  I set a goal to get there more often this year.  One thing I'm going to try to work on is my Bench Press.  I won't report each time I go but as a benchmark for my Bench Press I will report today and compare it with the end of the year.

 10 x 95
1 x 117
7 x 95

I went swimming at the Provo Rec today.

I did my normal run up Provo Canyon.  It's reported that it's a bad red-air day today.  It didn't seem as bad to me as it was yesterday.  Hopefully running near the canyon the air is better than what they are reporting - wishful thinking?  I'm still feeling a little sluggish with the recent weight gain, but hopefully I can get back down to where I should be soon.

I ran with John up Provo Canyon.  

Another run up Provo Canyon.

I missed my normal Tuesday run because of a team meeting so I went today.  5 miles up Provo Canyon.

I ran with John up Provo Canyon, the normal Thursday run.

I forgot my garmin, but I did have my Timex Ironman to keep track of pace a bit.  I started out slowly, just happily running with my wife.  We did the first mile in about 9:30, but Lori decide that was to fast and decided to slow it up.  I went ahead trying to keep my pace around 9 minutes.  I was in no big hurry, I just wanted to get in under 2 hours.  I kept track of all my miles, but I hit a wrong key after the race and deleted them all. 

It was fun to go down and run in St. George and see a lot of friends.  I have a lot of excuses for not doing well:

10. Forgot my Garmin
9. Christmas Fudge which has turned to after Christmas Pudge.
8. The weather was less than ideal.
7. I started out to slow.
6. I couldn't find my buddy Will at the start to have him pace me.
5. Full-time training to be a Firefighter since November has thrown my training off.
4. Wearing a jacket because of threat of rain made me to hot.
3. My right foot has had a nagging pain ever since the Marathon in October.
2. I had to drive 5 hours yesterday.

And the #1 excuse...
1. I still broke 2 hours that's not to bad for an old fat guy.

I went to the Provo pool but after I got there realized that I didn't have my goggles.  I still swam 250 yards without goggles.  It's always good to train once in a while under non-ideal conditions.  Last year at the Salem Tri I didn't have goggles so it's good once in a while to swim without them I suppose.