G's Blog

56:05

Still left knee pain going down hills.

27:02

Left knee felt pretty good.  Just a litle pain on a downhill.

Took a couple weeks off from running.  Used stair climber and bike.

1:11:41

52:08

49:35

1:48:45

1:01:25

47:14

51:27

2:02:59

Really felt the affects of immunizations yesterday.  Had a fever by the end of the run.

52:31

48:30

2:17:39

51:19

52:37

52:51

1:07:39

51:18

1:03:33

52:39

2:30:42

50:16

56:26

52:51

43:30

First run since got on a cold on Friday.  Coughed a little.

43:20

59:51

33:23

2:05:45

47:57

35:48

2:50:31

1:21:01

54:53

51:51

2:29:28

1:16:04

42:40

1:45:30

18:14

Had to cut run short.  Still a lot of pain in right hamstring.

35:14

2:08:22

Right hamstring a little store after 11 miles.

1:46:23

1:05:25

51:41

2:58:49

Felt pretty good.  right hamstring a little tender but not bad.

1:23:57

1:05:03

59:47

2:50:19

57:11

Right hamstring pain again at 2.5 mile mark.  Had to walk back.  Same pain as a few weeks ago.

36:35

Some pain i right hamstring after 4mi.  Took it really slowly.

Supposed to have been 12 miles. Sharp pain in right hamstring again at 1 mile mark. Walked back.

26:59

Took it very easy on hamstring.

43:37

1:08.29

Took it easy on the hamstring.

43:41 

Easy.

Last "meaningful" run before Ogden.

Run/walk.

First ever mid-race bathroom break cost me.  I tried to make up my lost time too quickly and paid for it in the end.  It was a good lesson learned.

This was my first Ogden.  The Ogden Marathon is a beautifulcourse and the volunteers were great!  I'm looking forward to running it again.

Took it easy and did a lot of stretching.  Going down stairs is still a bit painful.  

Stairs are a little more bearable today.  I used the Marathon Stick quite a bit yesterday and today and it has really helped.  I'm not sure why I waited until a couple of weeks ago to ever get one.  

More Marathon stick and stretching today.  Getting down the stairs is almost normal now.  Family members and neighbors no longer shaking their heads in disgust at the language I used traversing stairs.

 I will go for an easy 4 miler tomorrow.

Easy 4 mi.  Quads got a little sore after 3.5 miles.

35:12.

53:38.

Felt pretty good on this run.  Pain in quads is completely gone.  

A little faster pace.  It felt good.  No effects from Ogden.

50:26

1:07:27

6 miles in the wind, rain and sleet on the hills of Bountiful.

51:44

Easing my way into the 6 day a week method. Probably going to be 5 days to begin with having Sunday and Thursday as non-running days.  I want to get a sold 50 miles per week base before moving to 6 days a week.

51:48

Almost identical time to yesterday's 6 mi.  Felt good throughout the run.

34:02

1:54:38

3 miles at sub marathon goal pace.

8 miles up and down the hills of Bountiful.

1:10:33

8 miles in the hills of Bountiful

1:10:02

59:40

No hills

1:15:19

Nice morning run.

1:44:57

Bountiful hills.  Felt pretty tired the last 4 miles.  The 9 miles yesterday caught up with me.

1:10:31

Hills of Bountiful

Ascent: 1064 feet.

1:00:42

7 slow flat miles.  The weekend of yard work caught up to me.

1:01:00

Bountiful hills.

Total Ascent: 649 feet.

1:08:00

Flat.  Pace felt really good.

2:08:14

Last two miles sub marathon goal pace.

VERY windy at times, almost felt like I was running in place. 

Total ascent: 1442 feet.

1:25:23

Bountiful hills.

1:08:37

Bountiful

Total ascent 779.

1:00:03

Bountiful

Total ascent 625.

1:00:30

Bountiful

1:32:43 Legacy

I'd planned to run 16 today but by 7 my right hamstring was getting sore.  I decided to to stop at 11.  This was the same pain that troubled me prior to Ogden.  I got a later start this morning than I'd hoped but the heat felt pretty good and the wind cooled me as I ran south.

 This coming week I'll cut back a bit and rest my hamstring.

35:32

Right hamstring about as sore as end of Saturday's run.  Need to realy stretch and massage this week.

1:00:37

Felt right hamstring after about 1 1/2 miles.  Felt better than earlier in the week.

34:33

4 slow miles.  Right hamstring really sore.  

26:30

Hamstring felt a little better today.  Felt like I could have gone father.

44:08  Some hamstring pain but bearable.

42:23 No hamstring pain.  Pace felt good.

1:26:46

3 miles in before I realized no hamstring pain.  Felt good to be back to normal.

42:42.

34:11.

48:24.  Uphill and hot.  second consecutive day running and no pain in hamstring.  YES!!!

1:01:17.

34:01.

25:57.

33:35

33:51.

1:00:54.  Went  a little later than I'd planned.  It was pretty hot.

40:25

44:51.

25:48.

51:47.

39:53.

44:41.  Hot and windy.

2 sub-marathon pace miles.  Felt good.

46:22.

34:11

57:41

7 miles at near marathon goal pace.

1:26:04

42:27

33:27

45:15

1:08:58

51:59

43:13

3 miles sub-marathon goal pace.

44:20

1:05:44

8 mile at about marathon goal pace.  Hamstring not bad after a mile or so.

43:24.

5th run this week.  Just a dull ache in right hamstring.

43:08

After a week off with back strain.

56:31.  Pretty good pace, felt good.

41:26

42:53

41:27

43:04

45:58

42:10

52:47

50:41

44:41

46:22

34:10

33:10

32:38

33:09

33:47

Last warm run of the year???

34:12

3 miles running in the rain.  1 mile in sunshine.

43:15.

First cold weather run of the season.

33:45

33:17

Ran without looking at watch until end of run  Ran how I felt.

41:49

33:32

33:22

Pretty strong south head wind.

41:32.

 Guess I was wrong about the last of the warm running days this year.  Looks like a great week ahead.

30:40

Nice tempo run.

42:06

41:40

33:42

This weather is unbelievable.  Looks like it's about to end.  Looking forward to trying out my new rain jacket.

43:51.

First snow run of the season.  The new jacket worked great.

42:20

42:09

32:05

40:42

Good pace, felt good.

48:32

52:47

832 feet ascent

41:47

38:38

33:33

34:29

So windy.  One wind gust nearly stopped me in my tracks.

51:11

45:00 spin bike

42:38

42:02

40:46

60 mins Spin Bike

4 x 4 min intervals

43:25

Nice easy run.

1:09:40

916 ft ascent

1:00:04

Rain, snow, fog and wind all within 7 miles.

44:29

Pretty good pace; not fast but not slow.  Felt pretty easy.

42:10

4.4 miles sub marathon pace.

Good even pace:
8:41
8:21
8:21
8:22
8:19
8:28

10 miles sub marathon goal pace.  Finished strong, felt good.

8:20 8:07 7:59 7:56 8:00 8:10 8:08 8:14 7:39 7:35

1:08.35

45:00

2 miles with my son

44:22

1:05:55

1:00:13

52:27

Footing was not good.  A big thank you to those that did shovel snow!

49:00

1:10:05

947 ft Ascent

1:05:55

57:36

didn't pay much attention to my watch, I just ran comfortably.  Turned out to be a decent pace.  Must have been the cold.

51:06

At times I felt like I was gliding.  I felt very good and didn't seem like I was putting in much effort.

42:30.

I thought I was tough braving the 16 degree snow flurry weather today but found out I'm not nearly as tough as the guy using a leaf blower to blow the snow off his sidewalk while wearing shorts.  Impressive!!

Last run of 2010.  Pretty good year of running.  Right hamstring limited me a little before and after Ogden but it's the most miles I've ever run in a calendar year.  My goal is 1500 miles in 2011.