Chad's Runs

Got up early and ran a slow recovery run.  Average 9:38.  It was a chilly 45 this morning but with a beautiful mist above the river and wetlands as well as the fields.  I also saw a dear hopping through on of the fields.  The tunnel under main street isn't flooded any more but there is a lot of sediment left behind.  I have a twinge in my right achilles left over from Saturday's run but I don't think it will last.  I was definitely feeling the effects of the extra miles I put in Saturday.  

I have a little more bounce in my step this morning.  But as fun as that Saturday run was, I'm still not all the way back.  Ran at 9:08 pace through a beautiful morning.  Mist in the fields, pelicans in the river, a startled deer bouncing through a marsh, and a sandhill crane (I think) in the wetlands.  I enjoy these morning runs, but they sure do leave me sleepy the rest of the day.

 I was just looking at my geeky running spread sheet.  I have run more miles these last 5 weeks than I ever have in a 5 week period since I started this spreadsheet 3 years ago.  And I still have 3 or 4 more runs this week.  I started reading this blog 6 months or so before I actually started one of my own, and it has been inspiring.  I'm looking forward to pouring in more and more miles.

Ran 6 miles with a friend on the Jordan River Parkway this morning.  It was a nice relaxing 10 minute pace.  My achilles still has a bit of a twinge if I look for it, but I don't notice it at all while I'm running, so it really isn't a concern any more.  I've been aiming for 5 running days a week so I'll probably take tomorrow off and get an extra hour or two of sleep.  With all the hours I'm putting in at work and coaching my daughter's softball team, I've only been getting 6 hours of sleep the last few nights.

Nice run this morning.  Beautiful weather and I met ryandla this morning.  We met at Olympic park and ran on the Jordan River Parkway up to the top of the point of the mountain to that park up there.  I don't know what it's called.  I thought the climb was going to wipe me out but it didn't.  After we finished the 10, I went on and ran two more.  I had enough left to run those at 8:30.  Overall I ran at the same pace as the 13 miler of last week, but this one didn't wipe me out.  I hope I can stay motivated to keep increasing these miles every week.  I've gotten burned out when training for the other marathons I've run.

I was feeling great after yesterday's 12 and so I thought I might be aggressive from the start this morning.  That was a mistake.  My knees ached and I was exhausted after one 8 minute mile.  I shuffled the last five and ended at 9:11.