Cheesey bottom crust

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.

St George Steel/Main. Nice and easy. Nice to have the sun out even if it was still a touch chilly.