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A lap around the reservoir, with a midF add on... kept it nice and smooth and worked on keeping my form in check, ended up going faster than I thought with the Ipod issues and the bathroom break at the Chevron, ave. 8:45, had a bit of everything today, started with sun, went to wind, rain and then snow... I guess this is Spring??

An alright run on the bench, never felt in the groove, but pushed through... alot of people out and about for a Monday, trails were busy... maybe getting out before the winter comes back for the rest of the week! Did my 29th st. loop.

Woke up bright eye'd at 6:30, so I got up and hit the NA trail... good steady run, beautiful chilly morning 23 degrees when I left... Even though it was cold it was a great morning to get out, I love this time of year when the birds are so active and everywhere... no one else on the trails this morning!

Started the day off with an hour core class...good stuff she worked us hard!

A sweet run on the EBench, once again timed a nice little snow sqwaul(sp) to run through, felt great, have really been enjoying my runs up there lately with the the hills, I have tried to push harder on the hills to get ready for a long race I am doing in June! went for 1:13 total run time!

A good little run on the bench, did my 29th to strong cyn loop... good easy pace, a bit fatigued and sore from Pilates and run yesterday! Nice to have some warm temps to run in!

Did a prep run for the race next SAturday, 13.1 miles and uhhh it didn't go so well... I am blaiming it on the wind it was hellacious!! My goal was to hold (what I expected to be a very doable) 8min/mile pace, it started great, I actually was holding back a bit, then the wind hit about 4 miles into the run,  and I am guessing it was a solid 10-15, with gusts of 20ish... ahh it beat me up mentally and I am guessing physically too based off the drop in  my pace... at about mile 9 I thought I need to beat this thing mentally and started thinking forget about pace and focus on it being a very good resistance workout... actually helped a bit! finished the last 2 fairly strong, but felt way to tired to only be half finished, if this had been next week!  LEts hope for a better day next week... granted I didn't eat much before, I had a peanut butter and honey sandwich for bfast snacked on some pita chips and hummus for lunch and then a handful of dark chocolate covered pomegranates right before i headed out, need to be better!

Ended up at 8:20ish per mile which isn't horrible with the wind but the main worry is I have to be better next week or it will be a serious sufferfest the last half, like last year which wasn't fun!!

A nice little afternoon jaunt in the foothills... legs felt tired, I am hoping for a good recovery by Saturday so I have some pep in the step! I will keep things easy throughout the week in hopes of being nice and fresh!

A nice little Indoor Soccer game... great workout, ran hard only had one sub... we lost though!

An easy run on the EB, took it easy did the 29th to Strong, up to upper trail and looped it! Legs actually felt great, nice and fresh, hope I get the same feeling Saturday!

Great day to run a race today: WEnt into the race with the thought of if everything goes well I will be in the mid 3:20's, I'd be happy with a 3:30ish and kinda expected to be in the low 3:30's... didn't quite happen...

Started conservative, kept a solid 8/min pace through much of the first half and felt really good, Perfect temps and I was running very smooth. Then my right foot which I believe is still injured from the Maui Marathon, (picture perfect Stress Fracture symptoms)... tried to ignore it and adjust but it kept bugging, right after the half I stopped and unlaced my shoe 2 laces and that seemed to help for awhile, but I never was able to get back into a good rhythm, but I stayed pretty strong it was just a sufferfest, especially when I hit mile 23, last 2 mile I dropped into the 9min range... but finished and felt good to get under 3:40.

Based off my overall training I actually feel great about the run, I really haven't been training super hard. So feel good other than the foot and I hope I haven't injured it too bad, I have a 50 mile trail run in 3 weeks!!

Went out in the early evening for an easy 3.5, to shake the legs out a bit they actually felt great and my foot felt good too... maybe just a strain and I will be good to go, I also think the shoes I wore during the marathon affected my foot same ones I wore earlier in the year during a marathon...

Woke up bright and early, so i headed out at 5:50 for a super sweet NA run, beautiful morning... trail was  bit muddy but nice to be on a trail vs pavement! Legs felt great, recovery is going well! Pushed the speed a 4-5 times for 1-2 minutes, i need to do more of this I think to break up the flow of a run and to push myself a bit.

Ended with a good soccer game we won and it was great workout!

8 solid miles on the East B, started climbing from MO and climbed all the way up to the Beus loop, came back down and cruised it to 27th and back! GReat run! Foot acted up a bit... but it bounces back quick doesn't hurt during it is always after???

WEnt out early for a walk/hike up the W Hill... felt good so I did some short running up, followed the road/trail all the way up till I ran into houses in N Valley, turned around and felt spry so I ran the whole way back to the NA, good Sunday morning GW!

Sweet hour of Core this morning, the abs were feeling it... but they needed it!

Another sweet workout this afternoon, did the MO loop with the Beus loop add on, passed a biker going up Beus and he never caught me, it was a good motivation to keep me pushin! ran for a total of 1:25, (guess on the miles)... felt very good got in a running groove... although I did do something I very rarely if ever do, stubbed my toe and nearly went down, stubbled to the hill side of the trail and caught myself before face planting, if anyone saw it they probably thought I was drunk!

Crazy sight on the trail today: someone running in a full on weighted vest! Each day I will log the "Crazy sight" of the day on the trail, there is always something crazy up there!

Guess on miles... went up the MP from 27th, from there dropped down into the basin, came back headed down and ran into the MTN goat, so i turned around and resummited(word?) ran down with the goat and finished by running to his car, at rainbows... good solid run felt great! out and about time, 1:45!

Good to get out run... could of easily not gone, but had a scheduled run with the mtn goat... did the mo loop with beus ext., love this run and actually felt pretty solid throughout, despite not eating much since bfast! run time 1:15ish i think! rained on us the entire time which was nice!

A sweet memorial day hike up at Snowbasin... alot of snow still up there... kids had a blast playing and sliding on it... the half pipe is still formed and you could still ski it, other than the huge swath they cut through it to allow hikers and bikers to get through!