Relentless

AM - 15 Junction.  Ran over to practice where we ran to the Junction and a 2 mile addition for the boys going 12.  Finished with 8xstriders and the run home.  Hip had some stiffness and I still felt Saturday's 18 in the legs.  (Barefoot '10 106)(Stratus black 673.7)

afternoon - 3 Green Springs.  Ran up to the clubhouse with the boys before weights and plyos.  Hip hurt a bit to get going.  Wish I was still running afternoons up in the mountains!  (Cumulus gold 572.75)

AM - 17 Clyde's Fields Loop.  Ran our new tempo loop with the addition of the inner Bloomington Hills trail loop.  After last week's struggle and being tired through yesterday, I was a little worried about today.  The workout turned out very good though.  Warmed up 3 and then got into 9 miles at Tinman Tempo.  My goal was to stay with Logan and Clyde throughout, even if they picked it up, so I could use them to help me out.  Took some ib this morning to help ease the tight hip and it seemed to take the edge off.  The pace was strong and true as we averaged 5:51 throughout.  Good workout to have in the bank.  Added 2 extra with the team as they did their warm up before a little interval work.  (Boston 242)

AM - 8.5 Grapevine.  Pretty tired after a long night of sick kids not sleeping well.  So I didn't do any more than over to practice, Grapevine, striders, and home.  Probably good though, because legs were pretty tired.  If it rains I'll go run a few; otherwise I will be done for the day.  (Barefoot '10 106.25)(Landreth blue 388)

lap swim 5 minutes.  It's been awhile since I swam or did any pool running.  So I jumped in the pool for a short swim today.  It doesn't really help anything other than making me believe I did something in the afternoon and am not a total slacker.

AM - 15.5 DC Trail.  5xmiles.  Met up with Logan and Aaron for a few mile repeats.  Ran 3 warm up and then got the legs going with a Tinman mile.  The hip hurt a little here and it kind of worried me, but it worked its way out soon enough.  Goal for the miles was a strong but controlled tempo of 5:30.  1-5:20, 2-5:25, 3-5:18, 4-5:23, 5-5:13.  The odds were down the River Trail from the freeway overpass.  And the evens were up and into a decent headwind.  Goal was to keep the ups within 5 seconds of the downs - did it.  Although I didn't really feel great, the workout was good and a nice one to have done.  Next time maybe I'll have a little more confidence with it.  Finished with a short cool and then 3.5 more for cool with the team, barefoot.  (Barefoot '10 109.75)(Ohana racers 317.75)

Went back in the archives to look up 2 years ago - the last time the Circle was rolling - on this workout.  I actually missed it because I was getting ready for the Provo River 1/2, but 1 month later (Sept.) we did the same but with 6 miles and I barely kept it under 5:30.  So that makes me feel even better, especially since I know I had a little more in me today, but tried to keep running within myself.

Weights and plyos this afternoon.

PM - 7.5 Club.  Just hit the standard loop.  Wasn't really stoked about running, but it wasn't too bad once we got going and just enjoyed the run.  (Free 294.95)

AM - 8.5 SGM Course.  Had practice at Vernon Worthen Park today.  Took the kids up the course and then tempo down for a bit.  I ran with Kaylee and Michael and we hit 2.5 solid tempo miles for them on the way into town and down diagonal.  Kaylee is running great; she better be careful or something awesome is going to happen for her this season.  (Barefoot '10 110.25)(Landreth orange 726.35)

The Trails 15 Miler 1:36:00

Warmed up a couple with James and noticed from the first mile and his description that this was going to be a very tough course if anyone was going to try and race it.  Started off at a comfortable pace around 6:00 for the first two, but Logan and Clyde were not coming with me.  So I yelled at them and held up a little and we regrouped.  The best move of the day was dropping our watches (it was raining a bit - and stopped right after ditching our Garmins) to Katey so they wouldn't get wet.  From here to the turn around, we just ran a nice chit-chatting pace, but still moving decent - like the beginning of a workout, which is what this turned out to be.  After being joined by James and closely followed by Steven, we hit the turn around and started to move a little better.  I led strong up a big climb over a mile long and into a nasty headwind, but on the down Clyde moved away from me.  I encouraged Logan to come up with me, so he did and moved right by me on the next climb!  Logan wasn't feeling great and I was feeling the workouts in my quads a bit, and the two of them were pulling away - Logan about 50 meters ahead as we topped the final major climb and headed into the steady uphill with 3 to go and Clyde about 50 more meters ahead of Logan.  Here I decided I didn't want to look like a fool, so I pushed pretty hard and caught Logan in this mile and started working toward Clyde.  With about 1.5 to go it looked as if Clyde slowed a little, so Logan came back up to me and we yelled at Clyde to hold up and we jogged in together.  It was a bonding moment.  Cooled down for two more and was happy to be done.  Glad I didn't try to race that thing; it would have eaten me alive.  (Ohana racers 336.75)

Good week of training.  Felt pretty solid and added to my confidence a little.  But since finishing the race my right knee has been swelling.  It is pretty stiff and sore.  This used to happen to me a lot and wasn't a big deal, but it sure did feel uncomfortable and make training a little tougher; so hopefully the weekend will bring it down.

Goals for next week:  School starts, first xc race, and all of that... It should be interesting.

afternoon - 8 Mall/Relief Society.  Knee was still a bit swollen this morning; added to the fact that I was just tired from a long night with the kids, and I decided to sleep in and just run this afternoon.  Ran the Mall run and then the RS with the team.  Skipped weights and plyos though as to hope it could heal up.  Knee felt pudgy and kind of weak during the run.  (Landreth black 908.6)

AM - 16 Clyde's Loop2.  Another solid tempo session.  Temps were amazing - mid 60's - and helped the run go well.  Clyde set a pretty hot pace right off the bat and then we held it solid throughout.  Ave. was right around 5:50 for the 10 miles of Tinman.  Knee responded well and even though I felt a little flat, things rolled well.  Happy to have another good one down.  (Kinvara 115.25)

AM - 10 Middleton.  Run felt okay, but my form and breathing was off.  Tightness in the legs threw the hip off, but the right knee felt mostly okay - no swelling yesterday.  Ended with 8xbarefoot striders.  Wanted to run a lot more barefoot, but didn't have the time.  Miles will be down this week as this is my only run today with an xc meet tonight.  (Barefoot '10 111.25)(Landreth blue 397)

AM - 6 ACx2.  Missed this morning's Circle workout.  Elin was up all night and when the alarm went off I had only been asleep for about 45 mins., so I opted for another hour of sleep and joined the team for their morning runs.  I felt tired (duh!) and sluggish.  But now I am bugged that I didn't get up and do the workout with the big boys.  (Cumulus gold 575.75)

afternoon - 9.5 Parkway.  Got practice going for the youngsters and then the team and headed out to make sure everyone was alive in the heat.  I decided to try and get in something similar to the 1000's I missed this morning.  The problems: heat, tired, heavy shoes, no one to push me, terrain.  They mostly turned out to be around 3:35-3:40, which is obviously slower than necessary, but it is what it is.  Ended with weights and started plyos, but I was too tired to finish it up.  (Triumph 587.25)

AM - 11.25 Mall/AC/2450.  The temps in the morning are so nice right now.  Got a better sleep last night, but I still feel tired.  (Triumph silver 362.05)

AM - 21.6 SGM Course.  Met up with a good group, including Greg and Garrett down from Cedar, and ran down the course.  Started at the bottom of Veyo and went to the finish - marathon pace from top of Winchester down (hopefully!) - and then cooled down back to the church.  Saw a lot of shooting stars, some very nice ones.  The hard section felt solid.  Clyde and I pushed pretty good for the 7.5 and averaged 5:10, with a couple just under 5:00 on the steep sections and held solid down diagonal and in at around 5:15.  (old Ohanas -21.6)

Week was decent.  Mileage was a little low, but that is okay here and there.  Missed that 1000 workout and that's kind of a bummer, but I won't dwell on it.

Goals for next week: Get the mileage around 90 and of course have some good workouts.  Although I think there is still a lot of room for improvement in the next seven weeks, I want to keep feeling strong.

AM - 11 Mall/2xAC.  Pretty decent sleep last night which was very nice.  Legs had some soreness and fatigue this morning - but not way bad.  That is, however, what I had hoped for (a couple of those sore downhill days should ease the pain of the marathon a little).  (Free 305.95)

afternoon - 8.5 Town/DI.  Jumped in and ran with the boys after taking water out for the team.  We ran into town (Ally would laugh at that) to Vernon Worthen and around a bit before heading back where I tied in with a few to finish off with DI.  Finished off with 8xbarefoot striders.  Only was able to do squats and bench before I had to head home for some swimming with family/friends, so didn't hit all my lifts.  It is tough to squeeze everything in now.  (Landreth orange 733.85)(Barefoot '10 112.25)

AM - 13 Clyde's Loop2.  Solid workout this morning, but I am spent - in the legs and needing sleep.  Warmed up for about 3.5 and then got into 2miles, 1 mile, 2miles at LT with a 2 minute recovery.  Happy that I was able to push through the workout even though I still have soreness in the legs and they are pretty worn.  Also very happy that it is the only hard workout this week.  Scared an old lady walking her dog in the dark as I yelled out at myself to get me focused and pushing through to the finish.  1 and 2 were 5:22 and 5:30,  next one was 5:26, then went 5:28 and 5:33.  Not bad; glad it's over.  (Boston 250)

AM - 12 Mall/2xAC.  Was already up with the baby so I headed out just a little earlier than usual and caught an extra mile on my normal morning run.  Felt decent, but I want to hit an ice bath today so I need to remember to get ice before leaving school.  (Landreth blue 409)

afternoon - 7 Green Springs/Power line.  Took water up to GS and then joined the team as they headed up into the desert.  Most of the clouds had left by practice and it was pretty warm out.  Plyos after to make up for missing Monday, followed by and ice bath.  (Stratus grey 557.85)

AM - 11 Mall/2xAC.  Same morning run.  It was a little cooler after a massive thunder storm last night, but of course that brought some humidity.  Legs are plenty tired this week.  Only run today with Back-to-School Night - one of my favorites!  (Cumulus white 811.9)

weights this afternoon.  First time in a couple weeks I could hit a full workout.

AM - 6.25 AC/2450.  Rewarded myself with a little extra sleep this morning.  Hip has been feeling decent.  (Stratus black 682.95)

PV Boys XC has started the year ranked #46 nationally!  Cool stuff - now to back it up.

afternoon - 9 Albino.  Another hot one.  Kind of wished I wasn't running, other than it is fun to run with the team.  8xbarefoot striders and plyos.  (Barefoot '10 113.25)(Triumph 595.25)

AM - 20.15 Run to the Border.  Extra early from Clyde's down to the Southern Corridor and around into Sun River and up the trail.  I was pretty tired and worn down in every way.  Pace was very easy for awhile until we realized we needed to pick it up to get back for the XC meet.  Hit a few tempo miles, but then my legs just told me no more and I limped on in.  (Landreth blue 429.15)

Week was decent.  I wanted a few more miles, so I got that done.  I wanted to freshen up the legs, didn't get that done.  But maybe the weekend will work it out.

Goals for next week: A good workout Tuesday and again get those legs fresh.  And for a birthday present, beat Mt. View at SUU on Saturday!

AM - 11 Mall/2xAC.  Pretty tired and felt pretty junky this morning.  Hopefully I can get my legs back at some point in time.  (Stratus grey 568.85)

afternoon - 6.5 Someplace.  Don't know what to call this run.  Dropped water off at the car wash for the kids and then ran up Mall Dr. to meet up with the level 1's.  Ran with them back to the water and continued on to meet up with the level 3's on the trail and added a few with them.  Felt better than this morning, and the 105 degree heat wasn't as bad as last week.  Ended with weights and plyos which felt pretty good actually.  (Free 312.45)

AM - 13 Clyde's Loop2.  Hit our Tempo Tuesday for 7 miles of Marathon Pace.  Logan was ripping it up today and Clyde and I really pushed each other.  Although I didn't feel great, the pace was solid and hit a 5:32 average.  (Ohana racers 349.75)

afternoon - 4 DIx2.  Just an easy afternoon of warm up and cool down with the team surrounding their workout of some masterful 1000's - top three had 8 at 2:50 with 2 min. rest!  Next three were 3:05 - very impressive stuff.  Ended the day with a nice ice bath.  (Landreth black 912.6)

AM - 11.25 Washington/2xAC.  Felt pretty good today after I got going a bit.  Legs still have some soreness, but it works it way out after a few miles.  (Triumph silver 373.3)

afternoon 2 2xDI.  Caught the warm up and cool down with the team that they sandwiched around a tough Michigan workout.  (Five Fingers 350.6)

AM - 6 2xAC.  Used my sleep-in day today.  And it was nice.  Legs were very fresh this morning.  Absolutely no hip pain at all!  (Kinvara 121.25)

afternoon - 8.15 2450 Park.  Ran the team down to 2450 and did some barefooting.  It was nice to run on the grass again, it has been a few weeks.  8xbarefoot striders.  Weights and plyos to end to workout.  (Barefoot '10 119.25)(Cumulus gold 577.9)

AM -11.25 Mall/AC/2450.  Felt pretty decent for about 8 miles this morning and then I got tired.  I may take this afternoon off - wasn't planning on doing much anyway.  (Landreth orange 745.1)

AM - 20 Border.  Ran from Clyde's out through the Fields almost to the border at Little Black Mt.  Had to go pretty early, but at least there was no rush today.  Which was lucky, because we all felt a bit off today.  (Triumph 615.25)

Week was solid.  And I got my b-day wish - a boys XC victory over Mt. View (way to go guys you stepped up huge!).

Goals for next week:  Keep the hip feeling healthy, run a solid half Saturday (We are running our own version of the old Trails 1/2 from Gunlock down.  So it might not exactly be a true race, but hopefully Clyde and I can push each other a bit to get a good workout.)

AM - 11.5 Mall/2xAC.  Up a little earlier to "help" Ry get her piano theory in since she had a huge fit last night (she probably won't do that again; 4:45 comes early for a 9 year old).  So I had a couple extra minutes and extended the Mall section a little.  Felt decent, for a Monday.  Both quads a bit tight.  (Landreth blue 440.65)

afternoon - 4 2xDI.  Warm up and cool down with the boys in between their 1000's.  Weather was stellar - 86 degrees.  Quads are quite sore for some reason; especially the left and it is setting off my hip a bit.  Weights and plyos.  (Five Fingers 354.6)

AM - 13 Clyde's Loop2.  Workout today was 3, 2, 1 mile with 2 min recovery.  I didn't feel very strong today, everything was just a bit off.  Had that weird side ache in the heart on the first set, then the second set hit me with a major side ache.  Times were still decent I guess, (5:28 ave, 5:37 ave, 5:22) but just not a good day.  (Boston 268)

afternoon - 8 Hospital.  Moderate mileage for the team today, so I jumped in with the boys.  Legs were pretty spent from this morning and the tightness in the left quads was just hammering me.  However, the run helped loosen it a little.  Temps were nice.  Ended with 8xbarefoot striders.  (Stratus black 689.95)(Barefoot '10 120.25)