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River trail to landfill. Still tired from Sat and the knees are kind of tender.

Millcreek. Feeling really burnt out lately. The legs are heavy and sluggish and I just cant get any motivation to run.

Club run down river trail and back via river road. Felt better today but still draging pretty bad.

Wasnt sure what to expect today but I found out pretty quick that it ends up being your turn to run alot faster than you think it will. On the 3-4 exchange I was still out doing a warm up run when Nate says "I think thats the lead guy and theres Dustin right behind him." Crap on a crap stick cause I'm still 2/10 of a mile from the exchange with my sweats on and a long shirt and no number. Im pulling cloths and electronics off while trying to sprint to the exchange point. Dustin pulled off his singlet and I threw that on and then took off. I tried really hard to make up that time I lost but Im not sure I gained much of it back. So thanks to everyone else on the team running some good legs we managed to win this little jog today. "Coach" Decker put together a team that gave us a real run for the money but we where able to pull ahead during leg 6 and never looked back.

Had a family night at the rec center and did some treadmill miles while the kids played on the climbing wall and stuff.

Junction and back through Coral Canyon. First time in months with no shin pain and the legs felt really good. Turned out to be a really good run.

Club run. Reverse Parkway. Another really nice day outside. Legs felt good and no shin issuses.

Good race today. I was able to shave another 25 seconds off my 10k time and 3 minutes off last years time. This course is a bit flatter than the Summer Games course so I can tell Im in better shape so far. I felt good but could tell right from the get go that I wasnt going to be able to keep close enough to the leaders to win. I was able to stay within a few yards of Nate until the last 3/4 mile but I knew I wouldnt be able to catch him. Once Ryan passed me I just wanted to keep from slidding back any further which I was able to do. No shin issues today so I think its time to start picking the training back up.

Grapevine to Coral Canyon. Legs where a bit tight until a few miles into the run. Took it easy and enjoyed the beautiful weather we are having.

River trail into the fields. Felt good today and ran at a good clip for the entire run. Because Emily has put up with me for 8 years we are going out to eat sans-kids. Yes!!

5 - Easy morning run out to the north radio tower.

8.75 - Club run with Dave, Clyde and Steve. Had a good run down the mesquito trail then up into Green Springs and back to the store. "That right there. Thats what Im talking about!"

City Wells. Nice run up to the top well and back. Good run but the legs where getting tired.

Meet up with Bill and it was a bit chilly so we started running. I looked back and saw headlights so we went back to see if it was someone we knew. It was Tyler from up north. We took back off and ran into Dave about a mile out and right behind was Steve. They needed to fuel up so they didnt join up. I figured they would catch up later on but we never saw them again. I felt alright but going up the big climb I was spent and had to walk for a bit. Bill and Tyler where nice enough to wait at the top and we continued on. Coming back down was good but the Bull got a bit crazy and we where pushing 6min pace for a while. Bill and Tyler kept going pretty good the last couple but I slowed down to 7:30 to keep from dying. Fun run and it was nice to get to know Tyler a little bit.

Got the treadmill put together and took it for a test run. Tons o'fun.

River trail to landfill. I started with 2 miles of warm up then did 5 at somekind(tinman, marathon or tempo,its all greek to me) of pace. 6:32, 6:24, 6:20, 6:17 and 6:17. Then cooled down with 2 more miles. Had to really focus to keep from slowing back down to normal jogging pace. Going to try and get more serious and not just go run but actually train.

Horseshoe pass and came back along the powerline road and Millcreek. There was a pretty strong headwind on the way back but still had a good run. Took it easy and enjoyed being out in the hills.

Club run on the Parkway route with a little extension to the high school at the end. Good run even with the wind trying push me back 3 steps for every step forward.

I got to watch the kids tonight so I did some tredmill miles. Not super exciting but better than not running.

Had a really good run this morning with Clyde, Bill and Dustin down the last 20 of the marathon course. It was a touch breazy and chilly at first but I warmed right up a couple miles in. I was getting all excited that I had finally broken into the 60's for mileage in a week but I actually did that a couple times in the summer. But this is still the highest mileage week yet for me and I feel really good. Im starting to get excited to see what happens at Ogden.

Was going to just run the usual Greensprings loop but when I got to the top I figured what the heck I'll do something different. Went up a creek bed to the powerline road and then over to Milcreek and then home. Nice run and the body felt good. I thought I might be a little sore or tired from doing the course on Saturday but no issues at all.

River trail out to the dam and back. Felt tired and like I was working hard for each step today. The wind didnt help but the last couple of runs have caught up to me i think.