Its Been a While....

Tuesday
Daily Mileage = 8
Yearly Mileage = 619.8

Wednesday- SPEED WORK!!
Daily Mileage = 6.2
Yearly Mileage = 626

Thursday
Daily Mileage =8
Yearly Mileage = 634

Friday
Daily Mileage = 14
Yearly Mileage = 648

Saturday
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 653

I have 8.5 weeks till the Des. News Marathon!! I am so excited. My training has gone exactly as planned. This week when I did speed work I felt stronger and I did my long run at a better pace this week than last.

Marathon Training & 600 Miles

Well tis the season of marathon training. There is nothing quite like it either. New shoes, new gels, and of course running a lot! I have learned that training for a marathon is actually easy. It is just about being consistent with it and doing a little extra everyday. When I say do a little extra I am talking about core work and strengthening, not just a little extra running. I have found that a little extra goes a long way. Even if it is just some walk lunges after my run or a couple minutes of abs. My personal favorite is yoga with Bob from Biggest Loser. It is surprisingly helpful and hard.

Friday I ran a half marathon and it was great for two reasons. One reason is that I had new shoes, and second it was really cloudy and not hot. I also hit the 600 mile mark for the year!!!
Daily Mileage = 13.1
Yearly Mileage = 602.7

Salt Lake to Albuquerque is 600 miles 

Saturday
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 608.7

Monday
I ran in Ogden Canyon because we spent the night there. It is probably the prettiest canyon in all of Utah. I ran on part of the Ogden Marathon course and I loved it. I could have ran forever today. This area of Utah is beautiful! There are tons of mountains and trees and it is wide open with farms and fields. This area would be my dream to live in so I could run here everyday.
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 611.8

This picture does not do this canyon justice.

Run

Lets see, What has happened lately that is interesting on my runs? I have had multiple flat tires on the BOB, Gotten mad at people for not obeying cross walks, been scared when I have heard a GIANT dog barking only to find it is a wiener dog (behind a fence). I was ready for him though. I have been really sore this week, but today I did some yoga and it really helped.
Tuesday
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 575.6

Wednesday
Daily Mileage = 8
Yearly Mileage = 583.6

Thursday
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage =  589.6

This is the dog that scared me....

Why would this come up in a image search of "Vicious wiener dog"? I like the Grandma lady haha
Add your caption of what is happening here....

oh my......

Runnin' In My Jeans

Saturday was busy and rainy. It was my wife and I anniversary and I could not do my run until later in the evening. Since it was raining I did it on my mother-in-law treadmill. It was getting late and my baby was getting grumpy so I had to hurry. I just changed my shoes and started running. I ran in a button down cotton shirt and long jeans. You do what you gotta do. At least I ran the 5k and did it. NO EXCUSES!
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 564.6

Today I did my speed work. I did 12x400 meter repeats with a minute of rest between. This work out KILLED me!! the first 9 were ok. The last 3 were death laps. I thought my lungs were going to explode and I felt like throwing up at the end of lap 12 so.....a good workout.
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 569.6

Gotta love camo. Luckily this is not me, but he is jeans.

Registered

Well what a week for running it has been. A lot of running with not a lot of blogging. Sorry to the three people who actually read this. This week has been so much fun though. I usually don't want to run some days and dread getting out there but this week I have not had that feeling.
Monday was the usual tempo run.
Daily Mileage = 8
Yearly Mileage = 533.5

Tuesday was a recovery day. My legs were heavy but I loved running the route that I did.
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 538.5

Wednesday was a big day for running. I went to the track again and did speed work with my pacer. He slept the entire time which was nice for me. I did 10x400 repeats with my fastest being 1:18.
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 543.5

Thursday
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 549.5

Friday
Today I did my long run and it was perfect I timed out the rain storm just right and only got sprinkled on. I love me a good long run.
Daily Mileage = 12
Yearly Mileage = 561.5

This week I registered for the Des. News Marathon for the 24th of July. It will be my 4th time doing this race and it is also my favorite.

I was only planning on doing this race for the year but last night I happened to see a e-mail and I saw "free registration" so I looked deeper into it and I ended up signing up to be part of a WORLD RECORD!! here is the deal, You sign up to be linked together to other people and if we get more than 73 people to do it than it is a new record. The current record is held by some team in Germany. They say that we need to expect take 6-7 hours doing this race. It is in October.
I put it on facebook that I signed up for this to hopefully get more people to do it and I found some Haters out there. I was also told to my face that this is "dumb" well.....Haters gonna hate. If you don't like the race that I signed up for and the one I'm not forcing you to do than shut it!!!
Bonus: This race is FREE if you sign up. You have to pay 20 dollars but if you actually show up to the race they refund the money.

500 MILES

Last Saturday I ran in the morning and it was awesome.
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 490.5

Monday I ran a great tempo run. It was super hot.
Daily Mileage = 8
Yearly Mileage = 498.5

Tuesday was just a normal day of running. Except for the fact that I hit the 500 mile mark.
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 503.5

Wednesday was a great day also. I did track work at C-Wood High and it was so much fun. I love me some speed work.
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 508.5

Thursday hmmmmmm......
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 513.5

Friday was my long run day. I meant to do 11 but my watch died and I did 12.
Daily Mileage = 12
Yearly 525.5

Schools out for......TWO weeks!!

Now that schools out for a couple weeks I can post more often. This week has been a great week so far for running. I have ran in Millcreek Canyon and also have ran some usual routes as well.
Running in Millcreek canyon is great  because the road is closed for 4.5 miles during the spring due to the winter. It is paved and zero traffic. It is also very pretty with lots of trees and the river along side of you the entire run. I could only make it 3.3 miles until snow blocked my way. My pacer HATES running uphill. Loves the downhill though.....I did my weekly long run during this adventure and let me tell you, it was HARD. approximately 1500 feet of elevation gain and a grumpy pacer makes a hard run even harder.

Earlier this week I had to go and get my tires rotated. So of course instead of sitting there like a schmuck I did my run. It's nice to start and end a run in a new spot, and get two birds with one stone. (No birds were killed during the making of this post nor on the run).
Tuesday
Daily Mileage = 7
Yearly Mileage = 464.5

Wednesday
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 470.5

Thursday
Daily Mileage = 10
Yearly Mileage = 480.5

Friday
Daily Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 485.5

This is Millcreek Canyon

The road at Millcreek Canyon goes parallel with this river.