Long May You Run

Beautiful day for a race.  Approx 340 runners.  My age group was 41 and over, there were coincidentally 41 men and I was 3rd.  My A goal was to be near or better than last year's time of about 19:30 or very close.  My C goal was sub 20 so I finished right in between.

This course is on the University campus and is very challenging with equal uphill and downhill parts.  This is a race that I had been doing some semi serious training, a little weekly speedwork and trying to drop a few pounds.  I feel both were successful.  I raced at about 145 pounds.  When I'm heavier than this it seems like I can't break sub 20.  It's tough getting to and maintaining this weight.  I eat three meals a day and snack only on fruit.  I keep a very watchful eye on my meal proportions too.  I decided to let loose yesterday a pigged out on three large chocolate chip cookies!  Those were sure good.

4.65 miles, no watch, run home from work

5.15 am miles 8:59 ave pace 46:20 total time.  woke up late this morning and had to shave a mile and a half off my am run.

4.65 pm miles  38:25  8.15 pace 

6.15 am miles 52:20  8:31 pace.  cool morning, some light rain here and there.

6.15 am miles, watch went supernova.  I think I need a new battery.

1 pm mile, had to run over to the car shop to pick up the car. 

5.65 miles 49:50  8:49 pace

10 miles out and back from home.  1:18:11  7:49 ave

8:28  8:30  8:26  7:44  7:39  7:38  7:29  7:32  7:26  7:11 

6 miles behind the Capitol, 48:35  8:06 ave

6.15 am miles still having watch issues

4.65 pm miles the last three were about 8:20 pace so I figure the whole run was at about that pace. 

6.15 am miles  watch malfunction.  

4.65 pm miles 37:39  8:06 ave pace 

6.65 am miles

7.1 pm miles, 1:01:32  8:40 pace.  B street route, haven't done this one since the beginning of July, it's time to ramp up my running. 

6.15 am miles

4.65 pm miles 39:59  8:36 ave pace 

10 miles out and back from home.  Very warm day.  1:28:22  8:50

6.15 am miles 51:25 8:22 pace

4.65 pm miles 38:46 8:21 pace

Life kind of got in the way with my running the past three days.

6.15 am miles 50:50   8:16 ave pace

7.1 pm miles 58:45  8:16 pace, B St. route, beautiful fall trees along the loop behind the Capitol. 

6.15 am miles 51:59  8:27 ave

13.1 out and back from home 1:48:39  8:18 pace  out and back from home, flat terrain. 

13 miles up and down City Creek starting from behind the Capitol on West Bonneville Blvd.  time up 10:04 ave pace 1:05:28, easy steady pace, enjoying the scenery.  Down 55:05  8:28 ave pace.  Beautiful day. 

4.65 afternoon run 42:04  9:03 ave  long day, sluggish run

5.65 am miles 50:53  9:00 ave pace

7.1 pm miles 1:04:36  9:06 ave 

6.15 miles 53:14  8:05 ave

5.65 am miles 51:28   9:07 ave pace, cold morning

5.65 miles 49:50 8:49 pace

4.65 miles 38:42  8:19 ave.  no weekend running, life got in the way again.