Marlin

3.50 easy miles this morning, hamstring is still sore---just have faith that things will be ok!!!!

3 easy miles with  3 p/u between, hamstrings feel much better as i got a prerace massage yesterday - much better as Nate's wife did a great job!  Now going to Poky to the expo and come back home and just relax the rest of the day.

First of all I want to thank GOD for giving me the strength to run!!

Got to the start line and forgot to turn on my garmin in time for the satellite to pick up before crossing the start line and waited to start it at mile 1, O well just had to add a mile but for my time I was not sure of the first mile split. I ended up running with the 3:20 pacer and for the first few miles we were running 7:40 pace down hill and then turned into 7:20 pace at mile 3 and held that pace all the way down the hill.

Got to the bottom of the hill and was thinking that the pacer would fall back to a 7:35 or 7:38 pace and we just kept going at 7:20 but now started to walk for a few seconds through the aid stations, I was feeling good and HR was low still. As we got outside of Inkom we were hitting some hills and HR was going up some what but not bad and was running 7:30 to 7:38 splits now and it still was manageable. Got to the top of the hill and looked back to see how many people was in the group still and it was just the pacer, myself, and two female runners left.  I got to mile 20 just before the hill going up to Century High School and had started to get a cramp in my right hamstring and slowed down and just taking it easy going up the hill and not forcing any kind of pace and just wanted to make it to the top of the hill and go from there. Got to the top and the cramp was gone, (I could not believe it - so happy) but was not running with a group any more but could see them ahead of me.

I started back into a 7:30 ish pace and was not slowing at the aid stations and just grabbed water and kept going. And caught back up to the group I was running with around mile 23, and now the pacer just stopped and it was myself and the two girls I was running with the whole time were together. This was so much fun now as the three of us had some great energy and were feeding of of it. and rolled to the finish  some what all together.

I had so much fun today at this race and meet all my expectations, and it is so nice to get to the finish line and see my amazing wife there, she is my inspiration, and she is also an amazing runner to.

Went for a 9 mile bike ride this morning, started out at the Greenbelt and headed up to Sunnyside and down to Freeman Park and back to the truck. Feel good and just wanted to get the legs moving and stretched out some.

Meet Jeff at SRL this morning,  it was nice to get out and run this morning but WOW there was nothing impressive about this run, legs were tight, HR was very high, and breathing was heavy, but what should I expect. It was nice to just get moving, and thanks Jeff for keeping me motivated.

want to do an easy run this afternoon also but we will see.

AM   easy run this morning at an 8:30 pace, felt so much better this morning then what I did yesterday morning.  Legs were a bit heavy but not to bad, but still want to keep the pace down for a few more days

PM    easy 5 miles around the Greenbelt.  Going to take Wed. off and have a day of stretching.

AM   7.60 miles on a cool but very nice morning,  .50 mile w/u - 35 min Z2 at 7:40 pace (140) - 20 min MPS at 7:27 pace (150) - 5 min c/d.

I felt very good and was glad I had yesterday off from running, breathing was normal and HR was low. 

AM   6 mile Z2 run,  at 5 am this morning. 

Was in no hurry to get out the door this morning, started running around 8:30 and it was just an amazing morning for a run.

1 hour run - 7.95 miles - 7:32 pace - with an avg HR of 137

AM   6 easy miles around SRL

AM   What a great morning, 1 mile w/u - 45 min Z2 with 4  pick ups in 10 min - and 1 mile c/d 

AM   4.60 easy miles around the Greenbelt this morning.

Just a 20 min easy run before TOU

We stayed in Tremonton Friday night so we had a 30 min drive to get to the bus in Logan.  Got to the start and they had a heated tent set up and it was so awesome because it was raining out and felt so good.

Race started and it was very congested at first and I could not beleive it, I had to stop at the very first bathroon just 1 mile into the race. Decided to run between a 7:20 and a 7:25 pace after the first couple miles.  It was raining and at times came down hard, but did not bother me to much as it felt good and i do not mind running in the rain.

1  7:42    bathroom stop here 

2   7:46

3   7:23   just getting into a grove at this point and was feeling very good

4   7:30

5   7:21

6   7:23 

7   7:24

8   7:16

9   7:20

10  7:22   I felt very good,  I can not beleive how fast the first 10 went but I am wet from head to toe and the shoes are full of water.

11  7:26

12  7:17

13  7:14  raining hard at this point

14  7:53  hail at this point and it slowed my pace down some.

15  7:20

16  7:29

17  7:22

18  7:26

19  7:47  This is the start of a two mile up hill

20  7:53  Hill

21  7:30  wanted to get back some time that I lost on the hill, but felt just a little fatigued

22  7:47

23  7:58  Just trying to hang on and keep moving, there is alot of turns and up hills 

24  7:50

25  7:48

26  7:47 

.33  1:43

Very happy with the run after just coming of of the Pocatello Marathon just 2 week ago. I was expecting something to happen. Just didn't have all the energy the last 6 miles the way I did in Pocatello.  Very happy with the run, I BQ for the 2013 marathon.

This race was a well put together Marathon also and would run it again next year also.

Oh -- I did make it into the Boston Marathon on April 16  2012 !!!!!!!!!

Am   5.20 miles around the Greenbelt at an easy 8.20 pace, legs felt fine and no issues at all.  In hine sight of the race last weekend I am very happy with it after comming of a great race two weeks ago. Finished 116 out of 1800 runners, 8 out of 97 in my age group. But one thing that gets me is on the hill at miles 19 and 20 of TOU I got up it at an ok pace but just didn't have it in the legs to finish stronger then i did. I will be working hills more!!!!! 

Thank GOD for giving me the strength 

AM   7.30 easy miles  from John's Hole bridge to Sunnyside.

AM   7.50 easy miles on a cool but amazing morning, 8:00 to 8:10 pace and felt very good.  We have been canning after work and have not been able to get an afternoon run in yet.

AM   7 miles around SRL, just an easy pace miles this week.

AM   an easy 9 mile run this morning from John's hole bridge to Sunnyside bridge, an amazing morning for a run. Well I will be starting two a day runs on Monday and am looking forward to it, also will be working abs some more and light weights and lots more stretching.

AM   what an awesome morning for a run. Ran into Shannon this morning as she is training for the Long Beach Marathon and she looks very fit.  I felt very good this morning as I was only planning on running 7 miles but went 10.13 miles -  9.63 miles at Z2 and .50 mile c/d.

PM   5 easy mile in Z1 - 200 set ups and stretching, it was a good day of running as the weather was very nice today.

AM   Interval workout this morning at the gym.

6 x 600 x 200 recovery   6:18 (142) - 6:15 (147) - 6:11 (150) - 6:11 (153) - 6:11 (154) - 6:11 (156)  and .50 c/d  and back up to MP Z2  for 45 min. and a .50 Z1 c/d. 

PM   easy 4 mile Z 1 run

AM   7.50 miles on a cool but amazing morning,  started out alittle slow due to the speed workout yesterday but by mile 3 I felt fine andback up to an ok pace and end the last .75 miles with 6 x 100m strides.

PM   4.36  Z1 easy miles from the gym to Community Park and around the park 4 loops and back to the gym.

AM   Tempo run this morning,  45 min Z2 (136 - 138) and 45 min tempo at 7:23 pace (147 - 149) and a one mile c/d  SRL run this morning.

AM   7.50 easy miles around SRL and the Greenbelt, a nice cool morning for a run.

PM   5.20 miles around the Greenbelt and SRL, just easy miles today.

AM   20mile run before heading to work, going Steelhead fishing this afternoon and was not able to get a long run in  up at the fishing hole.  Had a good week of running.