"Without running there is no life"

Felt Strong at the beginning of the run again and then realized after 12 mins I better slow down or I would be paying for it at the end. Legs feel strong and healthy but my left foot is bothering me hopefully its nothing to serious. Time to play DR. and diagnose my self. A run always feels good when you get 9hrs of sleep. The only thing that would have made this run better would be to have somebody to run with. :) 73min, 6.08/mile

Foot felt better. Been icing and taking IBprofien. I think I rolled it funny on monday or tuesday in the snow and didn't fill it because it was cold and numb from the snow. Body and legs fill strong and in control. Nice solid controlled pace.  74.25mins/6.09mile

Nice solid pace with the guy's. Felt a little sluggish myself. 49.5min (7.5 miles), 6.35/mile Did three strides with them then went on another run to finish my milage 21.5mins (3.66 miles), 5.53/mile.

Felt pretty good inner quads are a little sore. 70min, 6.22/mile

Did a 7.5 mile run in 49mins, 6.32/mile with the team and did 2x6min pickups about 5.30/mile and then went on a 3.66 mile run in 22mins, 6.00/mile by myself.

Nice relaxed pace at the beginning and gradually picked it up to 6.00/mile. 71min run, 6.16/mile

Ran with HS team and they took me on a real adventure.  Lets just say beware of Shelob.  55min run 7.14/mile.   Then I went on my own 10 mins later and felt really strong so I had to let loose just a little bit.  Have to save it for the real race 2 weeks away.  Man I am way excited to race my 1st half marathon. 21.25min run 5.48/mile.

Did a run with Danny Moody, Brian beckstead, Phil and started at 800 E and Center in provo and did the fire trail plus little off shoot trails from it and came back to dry canyon down 900E back to the park. Part of the trail were snowy and icy. Started out slow and then gradually went faster toward the end. Good run knees hurt a little once I was off the trail and twisted my bad ankle again got to ice it. 1hr49min run, 7.14/mile

went 50min, 6.40/mile then went 25 mins, 6.03/mile  Right IT band is getting really tight starting to feel it in the knee.   Need to break out the rolling pin and roll out the knots

1st run with the HS kids 53min, 6.51/mile then a night run by myself 25.5mins, 6.17/mile

Ran by my self both times 1st run: 47mins, 6.17/mile 2nd run: 25mins, 6.09/mile  Right IT band really tight

nice and easy just need to get rid of the jinx.  54.75min, 6.45/mile

Well lets just say I took some good advice from a good friend and took the day off to rest the tired body. It was well needed. 1st day I've missed in three months or so.

Felt Great.  Pushed it just a little bet felt loose.  Right IT band didn't bother me but my left hamstring is filling sore.  57.5mins, 5.59/mile

quads felt a little sore and went slower today to get ready for the race. 60.5mins, 6.18/mile

Total running time this week was 6hrs18mins50secs, 6.19/mile.  The race obviously brought the time down.

Did a nice 2 mile morning run(14mins) at 5:45AM then did a 2.5mile run (14mins) half hour before the race.  Raced and then 1.25 mile run after the race (10 min)

Recovery Week after the Half Marathon.  5hrs22mins1sec, 6.30/mile

Had to put it on thusrday sense I did individual run entries on thursday and friday but the total running time was 8hrs48mins5secs, 6.29/mile

Well its been a while sense I logged any of my runs.  Guess I couldn't give away my secrets before and after the race.  It was a really fun race especially leading the first three miles of the race.  I thought I wasn't going to maintain that fast of a pace when nobody decided to go with me but decided to test out my body just to see what it could handle for my 1st half marathon and was 50 sec. ahead of goal time so I was very happy with that.  The only thing that wasn't fun was loosing to Nic again, no j/k he is a great runner and I just need to work on getting faster so I can catch him.  He actually helped me out a lot in the race in maintaining my race pace and pushing me to a faster finishing time then I wanted.  Well this week is almost up and if I finish it out right it should be my first 80 miler week, YES!  Well congrats to everyone that ran the race.  Hope you had as much fun as I did.  Good luck in the upcoming races.  Next one for me is Moab half anybody signed up to race?

Added 4 more miles tonight.

Oops didn't want to go that fast for that run. Need to learn pace better when I run by myself. All in all it was a hard run but exciting to know that I can run that kind of a pace after long milage day's and a strength workout the day before. 1:55.00 run, 6:20/mile

I will now just to the total week.  8hrs25mins2secs, 6.25/mile

Total time running for the week 8hrs28mins18secs, 6.27/mile.  Another good solid week of running.

WOW!!  I hit some running landmarks in my career this day, week, and month.  1st this day I did my first 20 mile run well 20.5 mile to be exact and in 2hrs9mins16secs, 6.17/mile.  This week reached my highest milage ever 82miles, 8hrs47mins4secs, 6.25/mile in one week.  This month was the highest milage I have ever done, 320miles in one month.  Plus I just bought some new shoes.  Moab watch out here I come.

Had a really good sat. long run.  Wasn't quite as long as last sat. but a good pace.  15.15mile 1hr35mins, 6.16/mile  Total for the week 7hrs15mins4secs, 6.10/mile.  This week was my intense week in preparation for the moab half marathon.  Next week not quite so intense.  My left achillies has been bothering and can't quite get it to go away, been heating before the run w/ stem and icing it after the run.  I just tried hill raises today and they seemed to work alright.  Anybody got any other suggestions on healing up achillies?

total amount of running this week 62.3miles, 6hrs43mins12secs, 6.28/mile few one more week and the big dance will start.

Everything but the race miles are included.  Total time for all running last week was 5hr 54mins, 6.14/mile

Alright race.  Frustrated that I didn't obtain the goal but pleased on how I finished the race after feeling like I was forcing my stride to open up the first 5k and new that my stride wasn't as fluid as the Painters half.

Had a great week of recovery from the moab half marathon.  Ran for total of 3hrs20mins48secs, 6.37/mile.  Now time to get ready for the Utah Valley Half Marathon.

This last week was a total running for 5hrs25mins44secs, 6.20/mile Question for the elite marathoners: What are some good tempo runs that you do to get ready for a marathon and far way from the race do you do them?

Great week of running more towards the end of the week.  Total running for this week: 7hrs12mins52secs, 6.24/mile.  Been looking and doing some research on BIG workouts and tempo runs and pretty excited to implement them into my workouts plus slowing my distance runs down.  Thanks for the great workouts everybody.

Oh man what a week.  Ended on a really good run.  Ran up hobble creek canyon and had to turn around at 66mins30secs because of snow but it was still past the starting line of the half marathon, I think.  Came back in 57mins59sec.  I didn't start my run by the finish I started over by the fishing pond before the golf course.  According to the website that tracks my runs in was 9.79miles long but they don't measure vertical miles but still accurate enough for me.  Body was starting to shut down the last 2.5miles.  I guess be out all day at a track meet and then skipping lunch doesn't help.  Before the run I drank 20oz bottle of gatorade and a Cliff shot at the top that really helped out a ton.  Well the total running this week was 7hrs48mins22secs, 6.26/mile

Missed 2 days of running this week due to school finals and home work or I was just lazy and didn't find time in the day to squeeze in a run or wake up early you choose so the total time this week was 4:47:30, 6:24/Mile.  Need a good training partner up here in Orem.  Anybody know anybody training for marathons around 2:30 pace?  That would sure help out a lot in my training and hopefully there's if a I can keep up w/ them.  I am really going to pound the pavement in May to get ready for the Utah Valley Half.

Well sitting in the airport and just reflecting on the race and wishing it could have gone differently.  Read Glen Tucker's race report and got a lot of questions answered about the race.  Thanks Glen for letting me run with you for a little bit and making it enjoyable.  Wow, what an experience that I have never felt in all the running I have done in my life.  I am pretty happy for how I finished especially or how I felt after mile mark 11.  Well to go back to the beginning of the race I started out in a 5.39 mile and felt like I was doing well but I was leading the race which worried me a little.  After mile 2 I slowed down to let two other guys take it and I stepped in behind them.  Then after mile 5 one guy took off and I decided not follow and the other guy followed and at mile 6 two other guys caught me and I stayed w/ them for 5 miles and they eventually finished 2nd and 4th.  Half way through mile 11 my stomach dropped and I had to pull over and use the bathroom then again at mile 15.  Unfortunately at mile 11.5 it took a good 2 miles before I could find a restroom and slowed down to 6.30 just to keep myself together.  I tried to find some kind of a fighting spirit to finish the race as best I could but it took awhile to find a reason to finish as best as I could w/ what was happening to me.  I was in around 20th place after mile 15th and my friend that came w/ me almost caught me but he died after the bridge.  Getting frustrated I took off my jersey so I wouldn't get my nipples ripped off. Don't worry I put it back on the last mile.  So I just pressed on to finish the best I could.  I found out after I finished the race my timing chip to work after crossing the finish line, luckily I looked up as I finished and saw 2:43:xx which I think would put me in 12th or 13th.  My last mile was 6.01 and felt good about the finish.  Now I got to get the finish worked out so I can go to Boston and redeem myself.  It was definitely a learning experience and an enjoyable time beside all the chaffing if you now what I am talking about. 

Yes , yes all in one day. j/k I just figured i would put in all the miles I didn't log for the rest of the year, so here they are.  Happy New year everyone!