Long May You Run

4.65 am miles 41:53   9:00 pace

4.65 pm miles 40:56  8:48 pace

keeping it short and easy, not quite ready to start doing anything with my runs. Enjoying not being a slave to the training log. 

4.65 am miles  43:58  9:27

4.65 om miles   40:26  8:42

4.65 am miles  40:26  8:42 ave

4.65 pm miles 39:34  8:31 

4.65 am miles 42:32  9:09 pace.  I really don't like my Fastwitch or Kinvaras.

4.65 miles first run after having the weekend off.  got lots of sleep and a little yard work done.

3 runs today  

4.65 am miles  40:09  8:38 ave pace

5.39 pm miles  49:55  9:16 pace  From work, up B Street, across 11th ave, down to Dr. office.

5.71 more pm miles  50:54  8:55 ave pace, downtown SL to home

4.65 am miles  40:59 8:49 ave

4.65 pm miles 40:19  8:40 ave.  yesterday's runs left me sore.   

4.65 am miles 40:21  8:41 ave pace

4.65 pm miles 39:22  8:28 ave pace.  Went back to the Adidas Cabatos, they felt pretty good, much better than the Fastwich and Kinvara.  I'm going to have a hard time wearing those out.

4.65 miles.  

4.65 miles.  Trying to decide what shoes to run Ogden in.  My white Crocs have the least amount of miles on them so it might be those.

4.65 am miles  41:20  8:53 ave.

4.65 pm miles  didn't time the run.  Warm day, 90°

4.65 am miles  41:02  8:49 pace

4.65 pm miles  40:20 8:40 pace 

4.65 easy miles

First time running the Ogden Marathon.  Wow, I wish I would have done this a long time ago, what a terrific race.  Paul (prlman), thank you for making this happen, who knows how much longer I may have put this off.  For about the last 7 or 8 years I've been running the Salt Lake Marathon and had no desire to run another marathon 4 weeks later.  

Now I have a problem, the Salt Lake Marathon is near and dear to my heart but Odgen is a way better marathon course.  I'll probably run Salt Lake as a training run and save my juice for Ogden.

Since I had just poured everything into SL Marathon a few weeks ago, I knew I didn't have it in me to chase a PR.  My approach was to go out easy, a little under 8 minute pace, check myself at the halfway point and then decide to either throw the hammer down or dial it back and enjoy the scenery.  

Halfway I was a few seconds under 1:44 (7:56 pace).  I felt good and decided to push for a negative split.  I barely made it at 1:43:46, negative by 14 seconds.

I'm not nearly as sore today (i'm typing this up Sunday morning) as I usually am after a marathon.  I'm about as sore as I am after a good hard 20 mile training run.  Stairs are no problem.  I don't know if the Ogden course agrees with my body or if I just didn't run hard enough to shred my legs.  Looking back, I don't think I could have run this any faster than I did.

1. 8:04

2. 8:04

3. 6:40

4. 8:25

5. 7:48

6. 7:39

7. 7:44

8. 7:45

9. 8:03

10. 8:05

11. 8:16

12. 8:12

13. 8:17

14. 8:10

15. 8:28

16. 8:04

17. 8:08

18. 7:38

19. 7:57

20. 7:58

21. 7:43

22. 7:26

23. 7:27

24. 7:55

25. 8:07

26. 8:04

.2. 1:39  (8:15)

The last two miles were very tough compared to the prior 6.  I love this course. 

222 out of 2385 overall

176 out of 1206 men

22 out of 134 AG  (I raced with under someone else's bib, this is where I would have finish in my AG) 

4.65 miles 42:33  9:09 pace.  Interestingly, very little soreness today, like yesterday.  My legs were dead and running was a chore, and labored.

4.65 am miles 40:29  8:42 ave pace

1.5 pm miles.   

10 miles out and back from home.  1:25:28  8:33 pace.  Ran a bit of a progression, from 8:54 to 7:57.  Felt good.  Time to get back into it after having 3 days off.  Achilles feel good, I hope they hold, i want to get back to hill running.  I miss it.  

10 miles out and back from home 1:22:03  8:12 ave

4.65 miles  38:19 8:14 ave pace.  Re-entry back to work after a long weekend, it was rough.

4.65 am miles  only measured a few miles, my pace was about 8:40

7.1 pm miles.  Finally back up B Street.  It has been a long time since I've run this route, good to be back.  1:01:19  8:38 pace. 

5.15 am miles 43:20  8:25 pace.   

7.1 miles pm 9:08 pace 1:04:50  B Street route.  Tiring climb up B street, almost took me 14 minutes, that's pretty darn slow.