Cheesey bottom crust

Parkway x2. Ran into Steve partway through lap #1 and he joined me for a while. It was nice to have some company for a few miles. I thought this loop was 6 miles but after checking my garmin on previous runs it only comes out to 5.5 on the long route. Oh well. Legs felt great.

Grapvine/Highland with Kings Row extension x2. Felt good on the first loop but the legs just didnt have much on the second loop.

Afternoon - 4 on treadmill.

PM - 8 Club run around Shinob Kibe. Good run with Clyde, Steve, Phil and some of the young pups. Felt good during both runs but as soon as I finished the head cold swings back full force.  

Down the marathon course with Dave, Steve and Logan. I wasnt sure if I would be able to hit my tempo miles because of battling a head cold but it turned out pretty well. We took it easy down to the volcano and then Dave and Steve took off. Logan was kind enough to hang back with me for a bit and then we took off. Hit 7 (6:14, 6:06, 6:09, 6:03, 6:01, 6:01, 6:09) and then cooled down the last mile. Tried to work on keeping the legs turning over good as they where getting tired the last few miles. 

Middleton then up into the industrial park. Beautiful weather and not much traffic. As an added bonus the gangsters I suprised at the park on my water stop didnt bust a cap in @#$ my for "sneaking up on them." Apparently its time to start packing some heat when I run. Or maybe I should loudly anouncing my presence every 5-10 seconds.

Fields. I got the crazy thought that because its been so cool in the morning that an afternoon run wouldnt be to bad. WRONG. It was a hot sucker out. Thankfully there was water running in the fields so I could cool off a little every couple miles. Legs where ok but I think the heat really burnt me out.

Several easy miles on treadmill and then did mile repeats and then a mile cool down. I wasnt paying attention to which mile I started repeats on so I dont know exactly how many I did. Its been that kind of day/week/life.

 4 - Treadmill miles during lunch.

8 - Club run with Steve, Clyde, Bill, Dustin and Cody. Did the Shnobe Kibe loop. Tired from yesterdays repeats.

Once again was too lazy to get up and run and then I worked late so I decided to do 6 so Im not completely dead for tomorrows race.

Picked up Scott in Veyo and had a nice chat up to the start of the race. Did a 3/4 mile warm up to get the body moving before the start. I was figuring Ryan would take right off and I wouldnt see him for the rest of the race but we ended up running together until the turn around at 7.5. I kept telling Ryan it was going to be a tough one going back because we just kept going down hill after hill. At the turn around I had trouble getting my gu out of that little pocket inside the shorts so I walked while I got the squared away and then grabed a water and washed it down. Pretty much just followed Ryan back up all the hills. I took the lead for a while but I was so tired that I had to stop and walk for a few steps to get myself together and Ryan passed and stayed ahead for the rest of the run. At one point I was thinking how slow it felt like I was going and couldnt figure out why Ryan didnt just blow on by and take a big lead and then he says "I cant believe how slow we are going." If I would have had the energy I would have laughed for quite a while. My gamin ran out of space and I got messing with it and stopped the time so I lost a 1/2 mile during mile 11 so no acurate splits from there on out. Thats ok they arent really worth putting down. This was one tough little race but Im glad I did it and also that I didnt miss a day running this week. In the past Ive always taken training easy before races but Im trying to focus on the larger goal of a good time at STG so I didnt cut back. (ok fridays run was short but Im getting better)

AM - 8.3 Parkway to Millcreek and back via main street. I was planning on getting 12-13 but didnt get up in time. I got out 5 miles and checked the time and only had 30 minutes to get home and get showered before having to be at the hospital. Wasnt planning on going fast today but I had to speed it up and then cut off the mileage to get back in time. If all goes well I'll finish up tonight.

PM - 6 River Trail. Slow and tired.

Fields with Clyde, Bill, Dustin and Cody.

Parkway to Millcreek then the Mustang Pass loop. The trail and sand where packed just a bit by last nights rains and it sprinkled during the run for a while so that helped make it a nice run.

Greensprings. Went out the long way but came back the short route because I was just spent. The legs are really burnt out, heavy and I just cant get them moving lately. Im thinking the events of the last few weeks have caught up to me.

Ran to the high school to do some 1000 repeats on the track but there was something going on there. Wasnt sure what to do but as I ran past the elementary they had a relativly flat track around their ball fields so I measured out what I thought was 1000 meters with the garmin and got to work. Ive never done these before so I wasnt sure how fast to go. I looked at Dustins 1000 workout from a few weeks back before I left home and figured Id try to go around 3:30 and see how that felt.

1 - 3:35

2 - 3:46 (went long cause I wasnt paying attention)

3 - 3:34

4 - 3:33

5 - 3:29

The jog home was tough because my legs where really, really tired. Might have been a bit to fast or maybe I ran too many. Who knows. I do know that all my times where off because when I got home I looked up how far 1000 is in miles and I was going .1 too far each time except on number 2 where I went .3 too far. Glad thats over with.

Treadmill tonight. Pretty tired from yesterdays workout so I tried to work on keeping good form and just took it easy.

Ran to the store but nobody was around so I headed out to the fields and did the medium length loop. I thought about going on the longer route but Im glad I didnt. Finishing that route was all I had in me. Once the sun went down it was fairly nice out so it wasnt to bad a run even with being tired.

Had to call it quits at 3 today or tomorrows run wont happen. Legs are dead.

Started this workout with the intention of doing tempo miles. 3 mile warmup and then bumped up the speed and incline to supposedly 6:06 pace. I have never had to work so hard and move my legs so fast to get a 6 minute mile in my life. Either the settings I was using are wrong or Im beyond tired. Bagged it after .5 and just took it down to a comfortable pace for the remaning 8.5. I think I'll stick to doing speed work on the road and try again tomorrow.