Running to stay sane

Mid morning run today. I ran my hilly Highland route. 6:58 AP. My last four miles were in the 6:30's. It was a great run!

8 miles in the dark. Very slow and relaxed. 7:38 AP.

Track workout at Murray High with all the hormonal pubescent teenagers in gym class. There were 3 classes out on the track/field this morning. Luckily, my old gym teacher was there and recognized me and told the kids to stay out of lane 1. Sweet! 

6x800- 2:44, 2:48, 2:46, 2:48, 2:48, 2:46

I was kinda all over the place and couldn't really keep pace. But I'm happy with how fast I was able to do them. I got some good turnover which I hope will help for Saturday's race. Although I'm not planning on really racing...just going to give it a "good" effort. 

6 miles around Murray. My legs feel tired and slow. I didn't push it today. I think I might take a little break after my race on Saturday. I need to reboot. 7:30 AP.

4 miles around my neighboorhood. I did 4x30 second pushes at the end to get my legs moving. Looks like it's going to be a wet race tomorrow. I'm excited for it :) 7:10 AP

I ran the Chosen Half Marathon today in West Jordan. It was cold and raining almost the entire time...but it was so worth it because it was for a good cause. All the money raised goes to help children get adopted. My church put a team together to help an orphanage in Swaziland, Africa and asked me to be on it a couple months ago so I was happy to run today!

The course was really challenging. Mile 4.5-10 was pretty much straight uphill. Plus, it was raining cats and dogs. My bib actually disintegrated because it got so wet. My shoes were soaked through and I had to stop and retie them at mile 6. My goal for this race was to give it a good effort but not go all out. I wanted it to be a good tempo. Mile 9 was a 7:02...I pretty much decided to not push it hard at that point. I was in first place the entire time so I didn't have anyone to worry about.