I Hate Cedar Snow!

A.M.  I have decided to slowly build my mileage back up.  I plan to be at 50-60 by next month and hold it there through the winter.  That being said, I ran a couple of miles on the track before practice this morning.  Then we ran about 3 miles easy and came back and did some 200s and strides on the track.  The team is ready for state.

A.M.  We are up at state.  My plan was to run to Sugarhouse, measure the course, then run back.  I figured from our hotel at 45th S 6th W to Sugarhouse would be about 4 miles.  However, it was 6.5.  I was a little mad by the time I got to the park knowing that I would have to run 16 total.  The course measured 3.00, which has been disputed by some that said the course was 75 m short this year.  I ran the course before it was completely marked, so maybe I ran the correct course.  Who knows.  All I know is that my guys ran well.  My 1st and 2nd guys ran great, my third and 4th were a little back, but my 5th did well.  So it averaged out to be a good day.  We placed third behind Park City and Ogden who dominated.  It would have taken a miracle to beat them today.  Park City better watch out next year though. 

Holt, if you read this today, I am going to call you tonight about NXN.  I got your number from Logan. 

P.M.  Ran on the treadmill because I had to babysit.  I usually dont mind the treadmill too much, but today was horrible.  I would keep it on a display that did not show distance.  One time I switched to distance expecting to see about 5 miles and I was barely over 3.  Oh well.  I better get used to it as winter is approaching.  7:22 avg.

A.M.  I did not call this a race report because the race didnt have a name and it was low key for charity.  Regardless I wanted to go out and run hard and see what kind of speed I could muster up after the marathon.  One of my best runners, Ben Jarvis, ran it.  I knew if I could keep him within 30 seconds that I would be doing good.  The course is honest but fairly slow.  It runs up Cedar Canyon then back down. 

I started out close to Ben (a few seconds back) with a 5:42 1st mile (uphill).  There was a guy that started out with us the first 1/4 mile then started fading.  He ended up running over 20 min.  He wasnt too happy after the race.  Then I slowed to a 5:50 (up then down),  then I picked it up to a 5:21 (down) and finished at 4:53 pace.  3.13 miles total.  Ben had his lead on me after about 1.5 miles and the gap stayed pretty steady the rest of the way.  So I know Ben is reading this, you kicked my butt.  He ran 17:18 and I ran 17:32.  I was 16:53 at 3 miles, which pleased me.  I have never stayed in good shape after the marathon before, so time to train hard this year. 

We ran the course before as a warm up and part of it as a cool down.