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With the Circle again this morning around Ivins/Santa Clara/Green Valley. Felt better than I thought I would after yesterday but the last 4 miles where tough, tough, tough. Enjoyed watching Clyde get attacked by a tree branch.

Firestaion/Grapevine/Sienna Hills. Went super easy to try and let the body recover from the beating its gotten the last 2 days.

Landfill. Still in recovery mode. 

City Wells. Felt a little more energetic today but I think ive caught the crud thats going around dang it. Good end to a fun week of running.

Firestation. Easy start to the week.

Summer tempo loop. 4.35 warm up from Clydes to Stucki Farms subdivision then got into the running. 8 miles at 6:29,6:28,6:17,6:20,6:27,6:20,6:19,6:19 then 2.1 cooldown back to Clydes. Much better than last week. Started off easier and it payed off. I die bad when I go out too hard. Felt much more "with it" mentally and was able to shrug off the negative thoughts well when they tried to show up. Now to just keep whittling those times down.

Landfill. Just about threw up several times on this one. The stomach didnt like the bouncing i guess.

AM 7 - Parkway/Sienna Hills. A little less protest from the stomach this morning.

PM 6 - Grapevine.

Middleton/Main. Didn't feel to good at the start but ended good. Beautiful day for a run.

Stg half/Bloomington. Did 6 along the trail into Bloomington with Dave, Clyde, Logan and Steve then back to the Dixie Center to meet up with some others. Bill joined us and we did the half course. Picked it up the last several miles pretty good. Held on well for not having done multiple hard workouts in a week for quite a while. 2 good weeks in a row. Go team!

Firestation/Grapevine. Monday, Monday. Legs not quite recovered from the last couple of weeks I dont think.

Summer temp loop with the Circle. I almost went back to sleep when the alarm went off. Just didnt want to do anything especially run but I drug myself out. 4.36 warmup and the body was just not wanting to go. It felt really hard to go warm up pace. I told Dave to not wait for me after the tempo as I would most likely be pretty far back.

Started out and just tried to hold on as long as I could expecting the boys to come blowing by about the same place as last week. Suprisingly they didnt pass until a couple miles in. Im thinking the bathroom stop took longer than planned. Body still didnt feel good but I could tell I was going faster than I thought I would be able to go. The last 2 where tough but I held on pretty good I think. Didnt check the splits till after the run and was suprised by a couple of the miles. 6:31,6:22,6:09,6:10,6:22,6:18,6:26,6:25. Not bad on a tired body. Things are moving forward although the right groin/ab area has been sore. Hopefully nothing but the body adjusting to more miles and quicker runs.

2.15 cool down back to Clydes. 

Top of Greensprings w/Park via Main. Slow and easy.

AM 6 - Felt a bit more energy in the body this morning. Still some pain in the groin/ab on the right.

PM 8.44 - So nice outside!!! Enjoyed the run and felt great.

City Wells. Way burnt out today so I just putted along.

Coral Canyon/Gilbert Development. Easy out and a little quicker on the way back. Felt pretty good.

Landfill. Legs kept wanting to take off today but I held back because of tempo tomorrow. Nice run.

Solo tempo Tues today. Waited until the afternoon cause Im tired of being cold and it was much better. 2 mile warm up down to the dogpound. 8 mile tempo down the river trail and back to the dogpound. Legs felt tired and I wasnt sure how it would go but I pressed on and tried not to stress to much. 6:18,6:16:6:15,6:21,6:14,6:12,6:13,6:12. Dispite the tired feeling and having to really push the last 2 things worked out really well. Pretty consistant splits. Progress is a good thing. 2 mile cool down back home.

Grapevine/Firestation+. A little tired from yesterdays run but not horrible.

Grapevine/CoralCanyon/Highland/Sienna Hills. All over to avoid running on the roads as much a possible. Just couldnt get any motivation to run yesterday and almost none today. Happens sometimes I guess.

Southern Parkway. Didnt have any plan but once I got going I thought Id see how the new parkway out to the airport looked. Seems like lots of time and money for a two lane road that they are going to have to expand in a couple years. Didnt have a watch so I had no idea how far it was until I got home and drove the route. I was hoping for further but what it was is what it was.

Grapevine/parkway/sienna hills. Not a bad start to the week. Still having a hard time getting motivated to run though. Atlas core after.

Summer Tempo loop. A little over 4 mile warm up then got right to the pain. 6:17,6:16,6:08,6:09,6:13,6:14,6:06,6:08. Still improving so thats positive. Felt good for most of the run except every time one of the other guys came blasting by like I was walking. Thats always a rude awakening on how fast your not going. Dave came by with about 2 left and gave me a little push on the back and told me to keep with him. I didnt realize how bad my form was until he pushed on my lower back. I was hunched over and all sorts of out of wack. So I stood back up and got things sitting how they should be and tried to not let him get too far away. I never though I lacked in the mental toughness department but I think I really need to work on that. Im going to have to keep aware of my form/posture better too. Wasnt sure how the legs would hold up in the Kinvaras but I had no issues at all. I like the feel of less shoe although I slap a lot more than I use to in the past. 

2+ cooldown back to Clydes.

City Wells. Really worn out so today was super slow.

Lunch  8 - Landfill. Still pretty worn out so I took it super easy again.

PM  6 - Grapevine.

Had a good rain today so I figured it was a perfect time to hit Millcreek before the horses tore it to crap. One rider beat me to the punch but thankfully he didnt destroy the trail to bad. Got to the creek bed and decided to just head up until I didnt feel like running anymore. Made it up almost to the mountain then it started to hail and I got super cold. Only had shorts and tee shirt on so I figured id better get started back so I didnt catch cold. Only made it 1/2 mile and my shirt was soaked, heavy and freezing. Decided it would be better to take it off and not have that cold rag against my skin. As long as I was moving it was ok but I had to stop a couple times to remove rocks/sand from the shoes and that took a while with frozen fingers that couldnt work the laces. I got tunnel vision pretty bad on the way back. Not sure if it was from the cold or the cliffs being so close for so long but it was a very wierd feeling. Hit the wall with about 6 miles to go and got nervous that I might be in trouble but the rain/hail stopped and then I came out of the close quarters in the creek bed and the open view in front of me was like heaven. Another really wierd feeling. Once I got to the tortise fence I picked up the pace to a comfortable hard pace so I could get back to a warm shower before I did some damage running in a rain storm shirtless in the winter.

Sounds like a bad time but I actually had a good time. Very cold coming home but good. The legs came around from the vacation they took the last few days and I saw some incredible views that most people never see.