Relentless

AM - 4xDirt Mile. Got my usual Parkway warm up and 2 miles at Tinman. My left quads felt even worse than Saturday and didn't seem to warming up. But the set went okay. Sometimes I think where I was before Phoenix and wish I was right back there, but I've got many months still and am on track. 1-5:37, 2-:33, 3-:27, 4-:18. Cooled home, but didn't have time to run anymore by myself or with the team since the long drive was calling (or rather Allyson and the kids). (Mana 408.25)

AM - 10 Disneyland. Did a loop around the park and then down Harbor and back and around the park again. very humid. Achilles seems to be hurting a bit more. (Kinvara silver 79)

AM - 10 disneyland. Same run as yesterday. Felt about the same. Not really a fun loop around here and my leg is bugging a little more. (Kinvara Lime 175.25)

AM - 10 Disneyland. Flag shorts made their So. Cal. debut. And I have to say, they were a big hit. A lot of people out and about at 5:00-6:00. (Kinvara Silver 89)

0 - so tired from the last few days and then staying up late at the Angels game last night. So when the alarm went off and my Achilles really hurt I used it as an excuse to take the day off and probably the rest of the week.

0 - need a vacation from the vacation. Just absolutely wiped from all the craziness of the Happiest Place on Earth. And having to drive home today made me have enough reasons to sleep in and not even feel guilty.

So a bad week for running. But, it is over and now to get back to normal.

Goals for next week: like I said, back to normal. Would love to get rid of this Achilles problem once and for all.

AM - 16.25 4xDirt Mile. Ran the Parkway warm up as usual and then 2 at Tinman. Felt pretty good, but Achilles still has some pain - I can't seem to get rid of it. My goal was to be a little more aggressive at the first of the set and try to bring the time down even if it meant a smaller spread. 1-5:31, 2-:25, 3-:16, 4-:15. So I was able to cut a little off the first and still was solid through the whole set. Cooled home and with the team over to their workout. (Barefoot '13 73.5)(Mana 424)

afternoon - 6 DI/AC. First afternoon practice for the team. I needed ice for tomorrow, so I drove over early and then ran 3 by myself and then with the team. First of many times this year for these runs. Weights after, 2 sets lighter weight. (Free 789.95)

AM - 11.75 Parkway/Grass. Not a lot of zip in the legs after the heat and weights and repeats of yesterday, but got some mileage in before practice. Then 4 on the grass and 8xbarefoot striders. (barefoot '13 79)(Connect 564)

afternoon - 5 Grapevine. Out to lower Grapevine in the heat after a full day of bathroom remodeling. (Hyper speed 381)

AM - 12.5 Clyde's. Good Circle run. Then just a little with the team as they warmed for their 30/30. (F50 519.25)

PM - 5 Grapevine.  Got out later, 8pm, for a run out to lower Grapevine after a long day tiling a bathroom.  More to do tomorrow.  Although I was worn out, it was nice to get out and run.  It may have helped that it was overcast and the sun was setting.  (Kinvara 857.4) 

AM - 13 30/30. My warm was so slow this morning, but the workout got going good. Ran a 30/30. Hit 20 and ran out of time. Covered the distance good (hitting around 155-160 meters) without too much of a prob and the recoveries were easy. By the end I could tell I was working harder, but I didn't have time to max out - so next week I'll be up 15 mins earlier on this one. Really enjoyed the workout. Then switched shoes because they were soaked from the wet grass and headed over to practice where we ran into Hell's Hole and did 5xbounders and 5x10sec hill bursts. (Afoot '13 79.5)(Free 795.95)(zero 212.5)

afternoon - 8.5 PVHS/AC. Ran to and from practice with AC for the run. And weights too. a little rain on the way of (after a ton earlier) which made it nice and humid. (Landreth blue 970.15)

AM - 12.5 Vernon Worthen. 3 around by the college before practice and then we went up Diagonal and then up the turtle road. Super muggy today. (Barefoot '13 80)(Kinvara Lime 186.25)

AM - 20 SGM. Just Logan and I out this morning. And that was about it as we only had ten road kills today (guess everyone was up at Bryce). Ran 11 at just a normal pace from the bottom of Veyo and then 3/4 up Winchester we moved into a tempo. Good to see Logan back running like a monster - he killed it, putting 10+ seconds on me per mile. My tempo was okay. I was strongest on Diagonal and through town, but still a long way to go. But I am glad Logan dragged me along. (Kinvara silver 109)

Pretty happy with the week. Workouts were good and solid mileage. Achilles just holding about the same.

Goals for next week: 110'ish miles again if life allows, either a solid workout Monday or maybe a 5K. And I'd also like to keep progressing on the 30/30 workout.

AM - 16 Green Springs/Dirt Mile. By the time I went to bed last night, I had decided to run a race Monday night. So I skipped this morning's workout and just went for a run. Then I ran 5xDirt Miles with the boys - they aren't going too hard yet, so it wasn't too big a deal for any of us. (Barefoot '13 80.5)(Kinvara3 434)

afternoon - just weights at practice since I'll get some mileage tonight.

Chelsi's Run. 15:58

PM - 9 Bloomington Hills. Warmed up for about 4.5 miles. It was still pretty warm (around 95) but not as hot as last time I ran this race in '10. I really didn't want to put to many expectations on this race, but I did look back at the last time I raced it. That time I ran a 15:42 and won. I wasn't sure I could do that this year, but I thought a sub 16:00 would be good and to pull/push a couple of my top guys to that as well. The race is a 2 looper around a neighborhood. A very gentle grade down one way and the same up the other way. 1-5:06, started off with

Abel and Byron (my two top guys) and Nephi from Hurricane. We were moving good down the hill and when we turned to go up the other side, I kind of took the lead to push the group. It was the fastest any of them had run in a 5K before, so I figured I better keep pushing them or they would sit back. 2-5:16, moving into the second lap, we pulled away from Nephi. I hoped we could drop him and started to think we had. I encouraged Byron to stay with us and relax his breathing. Tis was a solid mile, but I let us relax a little too much. 3-5:26, Byron fell back just a little and I moved up on

Abel to take the lead so he would keep digging. I could tell we were headed for a good time, but I was getting tired a bit now. As Abel recovered and moved in front of me, I had kind of a weird thought. Not that I could have beaten him Ayway, but I thought to myself for just a minute, "I don't want to be the guy kicking to beat a high school kid. I'll just let him go." Then I kind of snapped out of it, but it was too late and he put 5 seconds on me. But finished up strong at 5:00 pace and was pleased to break 16:00. Then went and cooled with all the guys who raced for another lap. (Landreth blue 974.65)(Rocket 2 35)

AM - 10 King's row/Grass. Super tired after getting to bed so late last night (almost midnight). But dragged out early enough to get a few in before practice. Then grass running including 8xbarefoot striders. (Last Ohana 426.75)(Barefoot '13 86)

afternoon - 6 ND. A it of a threat of a storm made the run not too shabby this afternoon. Ice bath after. (Kinvara 863.4)

AM - 14.25 Clyde's. Circle run with Billy. Logan was all feisty this morning because he finally realized how much better PV is than the Hells. Then on to practice where I warmed/cooled with the team. Feeling a bit of general fatigue from the race and the long hot summer. (Kinvara silver 122.75)(Barefoot '13 86.5)

afternoon - 6 ND. Up into the desert this afternoon. Saw Preston getting his miles in. Temps have been so much better this week in the afternoon than a few weeks ago. (Landreth blue 980.65)

AM - 13.5 King's row/Middleton. Got a little extra sleep this morning and only ran 3 before practice. We had our first short and easy tempo of the season today mixed in with a 9 miler - just wish more kids were out. Finished up with the run home and then a mile with Pyper. (Barefoot '13 87)(Mana 437)

afternoon - 8.5 PV/AC. Ran to and from practice where we did Arctic Circle and weights. A bit warmer out today. Knee giving a little trouble - probably will pudge up by tomorrow. (Connect 572.5)

AM - 15 BHNP/Meat Grinders. Over on Bloomington Hills park again. Warmed up around the River trail a little and then did a 30/30 on the grass at the park. The grass is thick over there and very slow - no wonder the times are always so slow on that course. But I ended up hitting 30 before running out of time with practice starting. We ran the course and then up to Meat Grinders for 2 sets. It was pretty brutal, but made us all tougher. Long morning of running - I've earned the afternoon off. (Zero 227.5)

AM - 18 Little Black Mountain. Not a great run which was a bummer because I was pretty excited to go out there. Te floods must have been huge out there because the roads were washed away and must have been rivers and there were places where water had flowed across the desert for hundreds of meters - super cool to see the power of the water, but not good for footing. Ran one loop and then was going to do a progression for the next. Got into it and it all just felt tough. After four miles, I just stopped... running. I didn't even think about it; I was just done. I decided to turn around and just jog it back. I think I was just physically spent (and a bit mentally too), so I'll try not to stress about it too much. (vert K 181.75)

pretty solid week.

Goals for next week: race well at Enterprise, try and make it through one more high mileage week.

AM - 16 Grapevine/Dirt Mile. Woke up a little late after setting my alarm wrong, but ended up fine. Ran toward the Grapevine desert - everywhere I've gone lately has been hammered by the flash floods from the recent storms. Got to practice and ran 6xmile on the dirt mile at a steady state pace - no big deal. No hard workout today because of Weds.' Race. Then a mile with Pyper. (Barefoot '13 87.5)(Hyper Speed 396.5)

afternoon - 5 DI/AC. Just 2 before practice because I was working on a bunch of XC stuff. Then AC and weights. (Connect 575.5)

AM - 13 Junction. A good morning run despite the heat and humidity, sprinkled just a little. Then a warm with the team and a little more setting up and taking down the courses. (Kinvara Lime 199.25)

afternoon - 7.75 Dino Tracks. Temps weren't too bad this afternoon and the breeze made a nice little run. Enjoyed running today (not that I don't usually, but today was just nice). (Free 803.45)

Enterprise 10K. 32:16

AM - 10.5 got up early to hit the road. Got up there just in time to catch the bus (thought the boys were on another bus, but they ended up missing it because they were in the bathroom and had to hitch a ride to the start - dorks!, no offense to you guys though, it is just a joke and I don't mean any harm to your feelings because of it!). Anyway... Jumped off the bus to hit the John and only got a short 1.5 warm up in. This worried me that my legs would be hurting and blah, but I actually felt pretty good. 1-5:17, started off with the 5K'ers, so it was Logan and Abel, Byron, Matt and Kyler with Colton not far off working this mile together. 2-5:14, was feeling fine but Logan got about 5-10 meters on me. I figured I would try and just close the gap later if I could. 3-5:18, told the boys to make this their fastest mile, so they closed right up on Logan and I thought about going with them, but didn't want to commit too early. Then I noticed that he didn't look as smooth as he had earlier. So by the end of the mile I had closed on him and we made the turn off the main road up into a neighborhood. 4-5:26, different mile than last time I ran this race. It went up a gradual hill into some neighborhood. I grabbed a quick drink and poured most of it on me. I was worried that Logan would come back to me on the hill since he is a much better hill runner than I, but I held him off and tried to push back on the flats. 5-5:23, started having a very bad side stitch on this mile, but I didn't want to dig into it and show Logan I was hurting. Finally it got so bad that I couldn't get any breath in, so I dug into it and tried to calm my breathing down. Was starting to get tired and focusing on shorter sections. 6-5;27, made the turn back onto the main road and gave a glance back. Te lead seemed safe unless Logan unleashed a crazy mile. Since I know he can, I tried to keep pushing. I actually thought I was going much quicker on this mile (felt that it should have been low 5:10's pace, but I guess that is just because I was tired). Finished with 5:10 pace in. Course was short (blah) at 6.1, but I still felt good about the run and pleased with how I pushed on a good honest course (besides the shortness). My boys also ran well and went 1-5 in the 5k. Cooled with them for 3. It was great to up in the cooler temps at 5500 feet. I didn't know if I would ever feel a chill again. (Rocket 2 45.5)

afternoon - 3 Grapevine. Just an easy 3 this afternoon. We had practice from my house and then a swim party, so that was much better than getting a bunch of miles in. Wore my Altras that I had basically retired, but they felt nice. (Altra)

AM - DogTown/Hells Hole. Was tough to get up and get going after yesterday was so much like a Saturday with the race and swimming and staying up for fireworks and all that. So I just ran around town and then down into Hells Hole for a hill workout with the team - 4x1min and 6x30sec. Was pretty tough on the old body. (Barefoot '13 88)(F50 531.75)

afternoon - 8.5 PV/AC. To and from practice and AC. Weights before coming home. I'm not too hammered, but ready for a bit less next week. (Landreth blue 989.15)

AM - 16.75 Fields. Good morning of running. Feeling pretty good through the week. Hopefully that means a solid run tomorrow. Got 5 in before practice from PV Park out to GWA and then had a good run with the level 2/3 boys and Tyson out past Staheli Farm. (Hyper Speed 2 313)

AM - 20 Red Hills Parkway. Went out with the idea of going on the GV loop, but when I got up by the sugarloaf, I decided to keep going on the Parkway and then turn up the course for a few miles. Tried to push it back down the course and diagonal, but was pretty blah. Getting back on top of the parkway I had wanted to get 6 AT tempo miles in, but that didn't happen either. Thought a lot about how my legs have been dead the last two Saturdays. Probably the high mileage and the push from the race this week. But I also wondered if maybe some of it is taking the afternoon off on Friday. Maybe I should go get a short run and not let the legs get flat. I don't know... maybe. Won't be such an issue in a few weeks anyway since school will be starting and my mileage won't be so high. (Kinvara silver 144.75)

Week was okay. Would have better if I could have hit a good workout today.

Goals for next week: XC camp up by Bryce at Pine Lake, so I am just going to enjoy working with the team and resting up my legs a bit. Probably wont be up above even 60 this week.

AM - 16.25 Dirt Mile. Ran before practice and then did 6xDirt Miles with the boys at 6:00-6:20. Off to camp. (mana 453.25)

afternoon - 5 Pine Lake. Went out and back down the main dirt road to camp. Altitude didn't seem to hit me too much. (Connect 582.5)

AM - 19.75 Pine Lake. Long run on the Great Western Trail. Dropped off the suburban and ran back to camp and the picked up the team and went 12 more with them. Felt very tired and flat throughout the run, but it was a very nice one temp-wise and such throughout. I'll take 45 degrees any time! (VertK 200.5)

afternoon - 3 Pine Lake. Easy out and back across the dam. The swims in the lake were very refreshing to say the least! (NB 101 653.75)

AM - 11 Pine Lake. Went out for 5 on my own then the team went up the mountain for 6 more. The weather has been amazing for all of camp. (Connect 592.5)

afternoon - 4 Pine Lake. After pics, we went down the trail from the lookout to where we saved the horse a few years ago. A great run. The trail was a little tough for some of the kids, but they made it. (NB 101 657.75)