Phantom

Got back into town late last night so i slept in a little bit. Luckily it was cool and overcast.  I did some Ridge road hill laps.  Intense 1/3 mile uphills followed by downhill practice running.  It is one workout i never look forward to but i need to do it on a regular basis.

 went home got a drink ditched the watch and took the dog out for another 7.5 easy miles. A good start to the week.

1.0 mile of bare foot jogging with the family at the track.  felt good on the grass but when i did a lap or so on the track i could tell my feet were not liking it.

9.25 miles. they were slow but the weren't easy.  felt sluggish and tired. Sat. and Mon. workouts were bigger than normal and legs are tired.  Hopefully legs will feel better for tomorrows planned track workout.

10x800m at the SUU track.  Nice workout this morning.  Thanks to Stewmyster(new blog member) I had someone to run with.  Work out went pretty much the same as last weeks except it seemed a little easier running with someone.  The majority of the repeats were between 2:39-2:41.  2-3 of then were faster including the last one which was 2:34ish.

I feel like this workout very beneficial.  Some day i would like to work up to doing 20x800 in prep for a marathon.

slept in a little this morning. got to bed late last night.

Ran a slow but not necessarily easy 7.75 after work in the heat and wind.  body felt tired as i expected it would.  after about 7.25 miles and 2 potty stops i started to feel a little life come back into my body.

I am being reminded of how hard it is to feel like running when i am working long days building houses.

1.0 mile this morning.  legs are feeling hammered so did just enough to get a little blood pumping in my legs.  Worked allday and legs still felt hammered after work.

mile warmup then jumped right into the race.  Pretty much ran  alone after 100 yards.  It would have been really lonely if it wasn't an out and back.  Splits were as follows:

1.  5:40 felt easy

2.  5:43

3.  5:44 still rolling

4.  5:53

5.  5:54

6.  5:42

.2  1:06

Didn't stop my watch but distance seemed to be accurate, at least not short.  My garmin usually beeped just ahead of mile marks at the first few miles.  I am happy with my race.  No one was really pushing me, and considering the course i can't really complain about my time.