Live To Run

AM: 3.5 miles in my jogging class at BYU. Gotta love having a class that gives you extra mileage.

PM: Another 3.5 miles at around 6:15 pace. Legs felt a little tired.

Well, today was my Tuesday Speed Workout. Since I am planning on racing this Saturday, I cut the workout down a little bit and did 4x1ks (usually would have been 6) with a 2 min recovery in between each. It was the first time I had done this workout on an indoor track and it felt pretty good. My splits were 3:00, 3:06, 3:06, and 3:10. Noah was great to have there because we took turns pacing. At the end, I was able to take him on all four which showed me that my work on my finishing kick is going well! Got in a little over a 2 mile warm-up and cool down giving me around 7 for the day.

AM: Had jogging class this morning so I was able to get some miles in while at school. Padilla made us do a farklet (2,1,2,1,2,1,1) which was strange because we never run speed in class and I already did a workout yesterday. Anyways, I guess it was a nice shake-out run for my legs and any mileage while at school is nice to get. Going for a run later on.

PM: 4.1 miles at 6:02 pace. Felt pretty good, but legs are definitely tired from the past two speed workouts I have done. Going to take the next two days with some slow mileage to prep for race day on Saturday. On a side note, I must say running is a great escape from all your worries and stresses. Having the chance to just clear your mind and run is an amazing feeling. This week has been tough for me, but today really got me to relax by running along the beautiful river trail.

 AM: Great run today! Did an easy 7 miles at about 6:34 pace. My legs felt so refreshed which makes me excited to race this weekend. The weather outside was amazing too. Threw in a couple 100m strides at the end. All in all, great day to run!

PM: Decided to do another 2 miles. Don't know why, but i ran it relatively fast. My splits were 6:00 and 5:13 haha. Nice and quick though! 

Great little 3 mile run @ 6:22 pace to prep for my race tomorrow. Felt like I was running 7 min mile pace. Definitely could have ran a marathon at today's pace, so might do the OKC one in April. Anyways, hopefully the weather stays nice for tomorrow.

AM: This was the day! What I had been working so hard for and it really paid off. I was feeling pretty good during my warm-up of about 12 minutes and the weather had cleared during it so it was a little nicer (still cold). After my warm-up, I ran into Derick Moody (ran 15:40 a few weeks ago), however he was doing the 10k.

Start: Took off at a pretty good pace. About slipped at the beginning because the roads were covered in ice/snow. Derick and I went out at 5:00 for the first mile, following the ATV that was guiding us. I felt pretty good and told myself I could keep going.

Mile 2: At about 1.5 miles, the 10k split off, so I had to say good-bye to Derick. When I took the 5k turn, I saw a huge half-mile hill and was sad cause I knew it would hurt my time. It was tough to get up and I didn't get to see my 2 mile split.

Finish: After getting up the huge hill, I just started to push it in. I already knew I had the victory, but I really wanted the PR so I stepped it up. After the hill, I could see the finish and my watch said 15:40 so I used my new kick to finish in a time of 16:28. Really happy with my results and will probably go for another 5 miles soon. Also Derick won the 10k in 33:06.

PM: Did another 4.1 with some heavy snow. Averaged right around 6:33 pace. Done for my 6 day week.

AM: Indoors, barefoot, 3 miles. It was nice way to start off the week and build some foot strength.

PM: 4.25 miles at a faster pace. Got midterms this week so I am trying to squeeze everything in!

Well the plan for today was to do a 5 mile tempo. However, that changed when Danny text me saying Derick needed a partner for this 2-man team relay that Merrel (shoe company) was putting on. It was a 6 mile race, where you alternated each mile person to person. My splits were 4:59 ,4:59. and 5:03. Derick ran really fast for his splits. Overall, we ran sub 30. Won a free water bottle from Merrel so I guess it was a good workout! 

Definitely felt it today. Woke up with fatigue this morning from yesterdays workout and my school stresses this week. Ran my miles today around 6:15 and just felt eh. Rest up for a workout tomorrow and hit the books!

Decided to replace my day off from Sunday to today. Had a lot to do. Going to hit 50+ for the week though.

Felt great today! Did 10 in 1:03:49 (6:23/mile). It was actually warm today (35 degrees ha), so I decided going a bit longer. Got 16 mile long run tomorrow and then easy on Sunday to finish the week off.

Set a new record for the longest run ever! 16.2 miles @ 6:27/mile pace. Karl and a guy named Zach came out and joined me. We went out on the  river trail and enjoyed the beautiful mountains, river, and lake. I felt really good about today's run as I was right on pace for sub 2:50 marathon and this was just a long run. Counting down the days to marathon time!

Down in St. George for the break so decided to get some extra mileage in. Did the first five with my Aunt who runs a lot at a recovery pace. The next seven I picked it up and was averaging right around 6:05 - 6:10 pace. So warm here in St. George that I went shirtless!

A decision has been made! I will be running the OKC marathon on April 28th! Really excited for this race! It was awesome last year and was my first half marathon, so I figured I would also make it my first marathon. 

Woke up sick today. On top of that, I had to get up at 4 am to finish a paper. Looking to hit the mileage hard again tomorrow.

AM: Did around 4.7 in jogging class. Gave us lots of time today to run which was nice. Did that in 30 minutes so pretty quick pace.

PM: 3.3 at about 6 pace. Did one mile at about 5:20 to just make up for yesterday. Speed tomorrow. 

Original plan was to do 2x2mile repeats at the indoor gym, but the track was so crowded I decided to do a mile, 800, 400, 400 ladder. Went 5:14, 2:30, 69, 69, which was okay. I just wanted something to get some turn over. 2 mile warm up and 4 mile cool down.

Went on a cold evening run with Noah. He hasn't been running so we ran it slower than usually. He left at 6 miles so I did the last mile at tempo effort right around 5:30 pace.

8.1 miles at 6:15 pace. Nice (coldish) day.

AM: 3 miles really easy

PM: 8 miles. 4 of them were by myself at a decent pace right around 5:50. Then, my roommate Diego wanted to go and try to break 6 at the indoor track for the mile. He has been training really hard to this so I told him I would pace him. We went into the final lap right around 5:59-6:00 pace and I told him to kick it. I ended up dropping 52 sec 322m last lap (65 400m) and he went 5:59!! I was really happy for him! Lots of miles today 

Went out to Murdock Canal with the guys from Runner's Corner for a 5 mile tempo. Warmed-up 3.25 then went on with the 5 mile tempo. Averaged right around 5:33 which I was happy with. Really cold tonight. Cool down of 1.25. 

Wasn't feeling too hot. Took it easy.

Starting to feel better today. Went for a night run and it was chilly