Very soggy, miserable day. I've done triathlons where I didn't get that wet. My goal was to run in 3:39, my previous PR was 3:45. Towards the end I knew I was not going to make 3:39, but I thought I could still get a PR. I finished in 3:44:29 - a PR by 1 minute.
My Splits:
1 - 8:43 2 - 8:15 3 - 7:44 4 - 8:17 (.43 miles - i must have bumped the split button) 5 - 7:29 (The rest of my miles split at x:43 instead of at the mile marker :( ) 6 - 7:24 7 - 7:07 8 - 7:40 9 - 9:52 10 - 8:14 11 - 8:40 12 - 8:36 13 - 8:17 (At the half way point I was 1:45+) 14 - 8:21 15 - 8:01 16 - 7:37 17 - 7:58 18 - 8:47 19 - 8:37 20 - 11:12 21 - 8:21 22 - 8:34 23 - 8:39 24 - 9:02 25 - 10:08 26 - 9:51 27 - 7:38 (.82 miles)
Second half was in 1:59 after running the first in 1:45, a very positive split. I started to get cramps in my hamstrings. I stopped a number of times to walk, stretch, and get ben-gay rub downs.
For the first 16 miles or so I ran with John from work. He was shooting for a 3:30, a little faster than my goal. I wanted to try and hang with him for as long as possible. He held back a little and I push a little and we were able to run together for a long time. I finally had to let him go and I started doing more walking than I would have liked.
Our normal weekday route up Provo Canyon, around Timpanogos Park and back. Feeling pretty good for only 3 days since the marathon - probably means I didn't push hard enough.
I went with the Spanish Fork group - only Michelle and
Alison showed up at the church. I left my watch sitting on the dash of my
car, so I didn’t record the run.I had
to go by Michelle’s watch. I was planning on just a slow, leisure pace,
but I had to push pretty hard to keep up with Michelle and Alison.
The run felt really good even though it was a bit faster
than I had planned.I can certainly see
the benefits of running with a group.I
had contemplated just sleeping in and going at a later time.If I had done that there is a possibility I
wouldn’t have gone at all.If I had gone
later by myself I would not have gone as far and would not have gone nearly as
fast.I’m glad I got up early, despite
the cold and got it done – felt good the rest of the day.
I felt like a Ford Pinto, with my RPMs maxed out, running
with a couple of Ferraris just idling along, at any minute they could have
punched it and left me in the dust.
I went out expecting a slow, casual, enjoy-the-day run.I went with Jared he seemed to be pushing the
first mile, then we slowed for the next two.I was feeling good and decided to push the 4th mile, and then
we coasted home.
I didn't do any running, but for UEA we went to Goblin Valley and hiked Bell Canyon and two hikes into the Valley of the Goblins. Did about 6 miles of hiking.
No running again today. We hiked Little Wild Horse canyon before leaving Goblin Valley and heading to Moab. The hike was around 4 miles. In Moab I rode my bike on the famous SlickRock trail - practice loop.
We stayed in Moab last night. I got up early and went back to the SlickRock bike trail. I rode the entire loop today. It was an awesome ride with spectacular views. The trail overlooked Moab, the Colorado River and Arches NP. If you don't crash your bike or fall off a cliff it can be one of the best rides you've been on.
In the afternoon we went out and hiked Fisher Towers. We hiked for about 3 miles.
Pretty pathetic total for running miles this week, but I wasn't just sitting at home eating chips and watching TV, we hiked for about 14 miles with three kids and a dog as well as the mountain biking.
Did a nice run up Provo Canyon. Went with Jared and John. Jared turned around at the 2.5 mile mark. John and I continue on, pushing the pace a bit - it turned into more of a tempo run, but I felt good and was able to contiuue at a quicker pace.
I met Will early at the Orem Rec Center. He wants to swim every Friday while he is rehabilitating his knee. It was very crowded. I thought it was bad at lunchtime, but I've never seen it that crowed. I counted up to 13 people in one lane.
Went running in the afternoon when it was warm and sunny. I tried using my garmin to write words. I found a huge field and tried to write "I (big heart) Lori". You could kind of make out the words, but it didn't look very good. the 'ori' was really small, just the width of a steet and were hard to read. I'll have to work on my garmin writing skills.
I went running at lunch time. Decide to go up in the hills while the weather is good. I ran about a mile to the trail head. I was starting at around 4700 foot elevation and it stayed mostly flat that first mile, then the climbing started. I went up some pretty steep hills close to the mouth of Provo canyon. I crossed the shoreline trail and continued up. I found a 4-wheeler trail that continue to climb rapidly. I finally stopped when I got to 5700 feet at the 2.25 mile mark. It was pretty slow going and my quad were a bit sore but it was a nice view and a change of pace.
