A clydesdale no more!

Tue, Nov 18, 2014

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 07:00:00

Brutally cold this morning. Met Tara at the LPT. A little slower on the way out because of the frigid temperatures. 7:30's for me on the way back. Tara threw down a 6:40 for the last mile and I had no desire to even attempt that pace. Hamstring started to flare up on the way back. Not an excuse, just documentation.

Mon, Nov 17, 2014

Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:00:00

Tough day at the gym. Really struggled with the assigned exercises. With 10 minutes left, I decided to bag the rest of the workout and went out and ran.

Sat, Nov 15, 2014

Sat, 15 Nov 2014 07:00:00

Too slow and too short. I have completely lost all of my running ability.

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 07:00:00

Slow run around the neighborhood.

Tue, Nov 11, 2014

Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:00:00

Met Tara at the LPT for the usual Tuesday run. It's starting to get cold. Temp was 29 when we started. I've been feeling heavy and slow and my hamstring is still causing issues so I wasn't expecting much out of myself. We hit the turn-around in 32 minutes and ran the second half under 30 minutes. Much better effort than the last 2 weeks.

Mon, Nov 10, 2014

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:00:00

One mile at Firehouse.

Sat, Nov 08, 2014

Sat, 08 Nov 2014 07:00:00

Dropped my girls off at soccer and ran while they were practicing. Short on time becasue their practice was only 90 minutes. Ran on the Rio Grande trail in Farmington. It is a long, flat straight away so kind of boring. The miles were low and the pace was slow.

Fri, Nov 07, 2014

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:00:00

A 4 minute run and an 8 minute run at Firehouse.

Tue, Nov 04, 2014

Tue, 04 Nov 2014 07:00:00

Met Tara at the LPT. Felt like such a slug today. I wil blame it on not enough sleep and too much sugar.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:00:00

Ran up to Elephant Rock. Didn't push the pace to hard. Just wanted to enjoy being there. Before I left, I had a feeling that I was going to fall. Sure enough, about 1/2 mile from the end, I tripped on a rock and went down hard. Of course I had to do this when there were 3 people and a dog right by me. I'm pretty sure I heard the dog chuckle at the sight of me going down.

Wed, Oct 29, 2014

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:00:00

Three one mile runs at Firehouse.

Tue, Oct 28, 2014

Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:00:00

Just getting out the door felt like a victory. An easy five around the usual loop.

Sat, Oct 25, 2014

Sat, 25 Oct 2014 06:00:00

Becky and I were assigned the 1:55 spot for the Howloween half marathon. It started and 6 p.m. so she thought it would be fun to pace the Haunted half in the morning also. I had no such desire because I had soccer games to watch and I am not insane. She had been sick all week so I had a feeling that the second race would not go well. We dressed up as Jack and Sally Skellington. The race started and we were about 25 seconds ahead of our goal time after 2 miles. This is the ideal cushion. After mile 3 she started to feel the earlier race so I told her to drop back. I actually was hoping that she would just go back to the start because I was worried about her pushing too hard while her body is recovering. I was pretty much on my own so I decided to try to hit exactly 8:46 every mile for the rest of the way to keep myself entertained. Each mile was within a second or 2 of my goal. I picked up a couple of runners during the last 2 miles and I let some of my cushion go so that I was not pushing them too hard. Turned the last corner and my watch read 12.6 miles which made me come in almost 3 minutes early. There were no mile markers on the course so I had no idea if my Garmin was accurate or not. Becky came in about 10 minutes after me (too stubborn to quit). We ended up winning the costume contest which made the night somewhat of a success.

Wed, Oct 22, 2014

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 06:00:00

One mile at Firehouse.

Tue, Oct 21, 2014

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:00:00

Met Tara at the LPT. Not a good run for me at all. Left hamstring was bothering me which made it difficult to push off properly. Had a decent headwind on the way back which made it a slow pace/high effort run. One of those days where you don't feel like a runner at all.

Sat, Oct 18, 2014

Sat, 18 Oct 2014 06:00:00

Paced the 1:35 group at the Haunted Half. Well, I guess I should say that I helped pace the first 10 miles. I had my doubts going into this race based on how I have felt the last couple of weeks. I tried convincing myself that I would be fine since I ran 1:27 at Cottonwood and this course isn't that much slower. I also had a pacing partner so knew that if I couldn't finish, the job would still get done. The race started and I felt fine. We kept the pace at 7:00/mile coming down the canyon so we could give some back going uphill through Research Park and the U. As we got towards the bottom of the canyon, the pace wasn't as conversational and I knew I was in trouble. The first hill was too hard and we were too slow. After getting to the top of the second hill we lost our entire cushion and I told my pacing partner that I was done and he would have to finish without me. I stood there for 30 seconds deciding what I should do. Should I wait for Becky and run with her or just finish as well as I could. I decided that I want to stop being a quitter so I started running again. The last climb was tough but once I got to the top and the course started going down again I was able to get back down to the low 7's. Not happy about the race and where my fitness is. I need to find a way to get motivated again. I have been in a funk for almost 4 years.