Wage War On Slow Running

I broke 9 on the reaper today! Very happy to report an 8:59.58, as timed by my coach. After our warm up we were off and I started with Tyler, eventually moving up and catching Brady at the end. I know he wasn't going 100 percent but still happy about that. It was a great reaper and I'm really happy with my improvement. We then did our cooldown, stretched and did abs.

Great distance run today with my boys Tyler and Ali. The 60 minute run got off to a really fast start. We had a couple of guys who haven't been to practice a lot and we're trying to stay with us, and I guess we just wanted to get ahead of them. We ran to Lindon and down Geneva road towards Utah lake. We went out thirty and and the run ended up lasting 62:16, with a distance of 9.39, pace of 6:38 per mile.I finished with Ali and then we did strides. I did 5 so I could hit 10 miles, and my total distance for the day was 10.05.

Just want to give one more shoutout to Connor who leaves on his mission on Wednesday. I'll miss you dude!

Speed workout! Mile warm up and then a pretty complicated workout: 800 fast, 200 jog, 600 fast, 400 jog, 400 fast, then a mile rest followed by a two minute standing rest, then the same distances again with the same rest and the distances again. Then mile cooldown. It was hard but a great run and I was able to finish 1st on the team.

This morning we did a 60-minute distance run. We ran out to discovery and then farther out, turning around near AF hospital. We discussed on the run whether Marilyn Monroe is still alive or not. I asked Nicole as I passed by and she didn't know. I hit 9.04 on the run for a 6:38 avg. pace. We then did strides, another .52.

PM- Mile warm up and four buddy 800's. Brady was gonna be my buddy but he swapped me out for Aspen. Can't blame him. I ran with Matt and we had a bit of a competiton going with Ali and Tyler. I was able to catch Tyler on a couple laps but in the end he and Ali beat us. Props. Mile cooldown, and total mileage for the day was 13.69. 

On Friday we did a warm up run to discovery park, and then did mile repeats there. Boys and varsity girls did 3 and I believe job girls did 2. It wasn't my best workout and I felt kind of tired but my splits were 5:35, 5:34, and 5:27. We then cooled down back to the high school and our total distance was 8.13.

Today was an 85-minute capillary run. It was definitely tough, but the boys and I hit it head on. We went north on the canal and ran 42:30 out, turning around near Lone Peak. Ali, Tyler, and I essentially stayed together the entire length of the run. We got back early so we finished on he track, and I hit 12.68 at 85 minutes, with a 6:42 average pace. We strechted and had some donuts.

PM- Today I bought some new running shoes at Utah Run, the Saucony Kinvara 7's. I did a 4.09 recovery in the evening with them. I could really feel the extra padding, especially at the end of the run. Hopefully they'll be a good pair.