Second Wind

Rest.

Today's run was just blaugh!  Didn't feel all that great the whole way.  Temps were in the upper 80s and it was trying to rain to the humidity must have been pushing at least 2% (actually it was 11%).  I have just had no energy lately.  I think my lackluster training and on and off injuries may have something to do with that.  At least I go through the planned mileage and didn't die from heat stroke.

Time:  50:56  8:29/mile

768 (281.31)

Felt a bit better today than yesterday and was able to pick up the pace some and felt good about it.  It was still a lot of work but at least it felt better than yesterday.  Been doing a bit of extra stretching in the hamstrings whenever I have the chance and although it has not cured my issues in the lower back it does seem to be helping somewhat.  Feels good to be out putting in some good quality miles again, let's hope it continues.

Time: 57:14  8:11/mile

768 (288.31)

Very nice easy run today.  Tried to keep the pace slow and treat it like a recovery run.  Plan to get 40 this week so will probably keep it pretty easy the rest of the week and then 12 on Saturday.  If all goes well, this should be my best week of training since Ogden.  Continues to be very warm here, temp was 84 during our run this morning.

Time:  44:11  8:50/mile

768(293.31)

Another fairly moderate run today.  Other than the heat here in Vegas everything is going pretty well.  I keep waiting for this injury of mine to really flare up and give me serious problems but so far I have been doing fine, keep your fingers crossed.  Just trying to keep the miles right at 40 this week so I will only do 5 tomorrow and then go for a 12 mile medium long run on Saturday.  It's funny, a year ago I thought 40 miles a week was this huge amount of miles and now it's just an average week.....but it's still nothing compared to those runners doing 80-100+!!

Time:  41:51  8:22/mile

767 (396.75)

Decided to switch the long run to today instead of tomorrow because my daughter is getting baptised tomorrow and I figured it would work out better this way.  This long run felt a bit better than last weeks but not by much.  I felt really good for the first three miles and was even able to pick up the pace to sub 8:00/mile for a couple miles but then something happened and I just started to run out of energy.  I'm not really sure of the cause, it could be a number of things, the heat, light dinner, hydration.  Well at least I got through the run without walking this week and was able to maintain a pace that I think I should be running for my long runs, I just don't think they should be this hard.

Time:  1:42:51  8:34/mile

768 (305.31)

Run today felt okay but was pretty labored considering it was a recovery run.  Glad to be done with my first good quality week of running in several weeks.  I am hoping to build consistently from here all the way to St. George, we will see how it goes.

Time:  43:40  8:44/mile

768 (310.51)