Phantom

11.5 after breakfast, great weather.felt  good today but ran easy.(1:25:00)

5.5 miles in the morning before breakfast

5.5 miles before dinner. took the dog and we were both dragging. i just turned off the watch and suffered through it.

10.5 miles in the wind but i survived.

11.5 miles before lunch.  a little tired feeling but just suffered through it. not as windy today.

played in a stake basketball tourney game this morning

ran 5.5 easy miles later in the day.  too busy yesterday so missed a run. thats ok i was feeling a little run down and today i feel a little like i could be getting sick. still not a bad week of training for me,  i think i hit the 50's again.

11.5 easy miles after breakfast. woke up thinking this would be a really nice day, then i heard the news say it would be really windy.  Sure enough the wind picked up. pace was pretty slow fighting the wind but miles and time on the feet are main focus right now so i accomplished that.

It is supposed to snow tonight so i may try to go out again and get another run in before the storm hits.

6.0  more miles in the late afternoon wind.

11.5 miles mid afternoon after last nights new snow had melted some. threw 2 tempo miles in teh middle( 5:50 and 5:30, 11:20 total time)  felt surprisingly good considering yesterdays mileage.

8.0 miles before lunch. ran my old 8 mile loop that i haven't been on for quite some time.felt a little sluggish just took it real easy.

8.5 in the morning. actually got out the door before 9:00am.  temps were 29-32 degrees but it didn't feel bad at all.

5 miles in the morning with the dog. didn't have time for more.  hopefully i can get a few more later in the day.  my mileage this week is such that i have to be careful to not run too much today or tomorrow. i don't want my mileage to go much above 60 just yet.

Spectrum 10k. went into it hoping to run faster than last years 35:24.  i have ran more mile in training but figured my speed would not be much improved.  overall it was a good race for me.

this years time 35:09        last years splits -----------------------

mile 1  5:07                                                                        5:07

mile 2  5:47                                                                         5:46

mile 3  5:39                                                                         5:31

mile 4  5:54                                                                         5:57

mile 5  5:55                                                                         5:58

mile 6  5:44                                                                         5:54

.2        1:00                                                                          1:08

 so i ran a little faster than last year, mainly because i finished a little stronger. in hind sight i should have stayed or tried to stay with Dustin Ence when he pushed to the front around mile 3. Nate bundy and i were gaining on Dustin but just ran out of race.  i can't really complain though everbody around me ran a great race. i am excited to see what this year will bring.  i ain't getting any younger but i am going to slowly increase mileage, try to stay injury free and see where that lands me come fall.  mileage wise i am in new territory for me and hopefully i can build a better base.

7.5 easy miles before breakfast, no watch but guessing about 8:00 pace

 9.25 before supper. weather was beautiful, i felt pretty good and just ran what felt easy and did it in 67:00 minutes.  kind of surprised myself. legs are just a little sore from saturdays race but overall i think my body is adjusting well to my increases in mileage. i just need to be careful and be patiant.

9.25 very easy miles in the afternoon.  legs were pretty tired so it was slow going.  just glad to get out even though i didn't feel like it.

10.5 in the early afternoon. went on one of my usual routes and then took a detour jogging and climbing up a side canyon.

7 easy miles this morning with the dog. took all 7 miles just to get warmed up.

5.5 in the late afternoon. felt like doing more but i am going to end up with too many miles this week if i am not careful.

5.5 in the morning. nice little run. i felt like doing more but by the time i get a good run in tomorrow i will be well above any previous weeks mileage.

10.5 in the morning in 1:12:30. i felt good better than i expected i would after this week. raced a 10k last weekend and then hit 65 miles this week and cranked out a pretty good run today.  my first 2 miles were really slow getting warmed up.  ended up deciding to throw in a couple tempo miles hit the first one at 6:02 and thought "that was too easy" so i ran the last one in 5:44 and it felt real good.  plan is to keep mileage in the 60's for a few weeks. main thing is to stay injury free. i would rather be running less miles but at least be running than to be injured because i got over zealous with mileage.

9.25 in the late afternoon.  it snowed last night just a little and i have felt like i am coming down with a cold or something so i waited till it warmed up a little.  felt alright for the first few miles but then really struggled. i could tell that something just wasn't right with my body.  hopefully i can get over whatever it is quickly.  i can't complain much though it has been a long time since i have even got much of cold.

5.5 in the afternoon. wanted to do more but still not feeling all that great.

5.5 at about 10:00pm with the dog. 

10 miles late afternoon. threw in a 2 mile tempo on the canyon trail. 5:37, 5:39 = 11:16

i was pleasantly surprised that my In & Out burgers from 3 hours earlier caused very little problem.

10.5 before supper. it was cold and windy from our snow storm today.  left watch at home and just went out to get the miles in. run wasn't all that bad.

4 miles before supper.  not a very good run, didn't feel well. might try to go back out later in the evening.

6 miles in the morning after my church basketball game.

9.25 miles in the evening. hated to head back out but needed to finish the week with a decent run. I ended up feeling pretty good.  had hoped for a few more miles this week but most of the week i felt like i was starting to get sick. overall i am pleased with it.

7.5 miles. don't know what is wrong but felt like crap and ran reeeaaaallly slow.  probably doesn't help that is has been windy and cold.  

11.5 before breakfast. (1:28:ish)  felt ok but it was sure hard to get myself out the door and get going. beautiful morning though. No wind.