Keep Calm and Run On

Carterville. 

I am really loving mileage only. 

Carterville again. My heel was hurting after my run.

Heel hurt worse- trainer said it's probably a bruised heel from new running shoes I had. 

Somehow we managed to run Carterville every day. That can't happen again...

Hobo loop! My heel hurt so bad the whole run. Went in again and it's a little bit of tendonitis. I iced and stretched and need to heat up before running. It killed in tap today but luckily Wednesday is the last day!

Achilles warmed up in the run and wasn't as bad. I got new shoes that should help. 

Achilles is better every day. YAY

I do love the mileage only but it is starting to kill me a little. Pace pushing all day every day and I can't handle it. 

Lucky me, I have a cold AGAIN. I started feeling sick Saturday, slept a lot but still feel pretty darn awful. Today I couldn't breathe. And with the snow, slippery sidewalks and pace pushing it was not a great day. Achilles is better and I have been running with no ankle tape or brace. 

Today was a fartlek. We warmed up on the indoor track 2 miles and ran it on the track. I did 5 minutes and that was enough for me today. I felt really lightheaded and my body weak and tired. 

Ran 1.5 miles on the treadmill before running outside. Took it nice and slow today. Lungs are dying and I can't wait for this cold to be gone. 

I had a final in the morning so I had to run the tempo by myself in the afternoon. It wasn't as icy which was great and I got to run my pace. My legs felt great but my lungs did not. I did 20 minutes and was happy to finish it. 

Met up at East for a run. We did the Wasatch-flagpole run and added on around the block and parking lot for 10. Felt better today. 

Long run in Park City. We did the barn run, out and back. This was the most I have done in a couple weeks and my body was really tired by the time we finished. 

I am in St. George for the day. Rich ran with me this morning at 6. We did 4 miles before going to the temple. After some shopping I ran 6 more. 

I was in Provo this morning and ran with Laura and Kelsey. We did a fartlek on University and Carterville. I did 5-3-2 and it was rough. It was pouring rain, running in slush and I was completely soaked and cold when we finished at 9.5. Later in Salt Lake I ran 4.5 more. 

Met at the park n ride on Wasatch to run to Bill's house.

We met at Liberty Park this morning and had quite an awesome group for a workout! Ashleigh and Laura both came to run with us. We did a lap warm up, changed to flats and ran 3x2 mile at tempo pace. With how bad the fartlek was on Tuesday I was worried about the workout and how I would do. We started the first one and it felt good to open up and run. I felt strong and knew I would do just fine. We ran 6:23, 6:13 and 6:07. I was tired by the end but pleased with how it went. Cooldown to 11 miles. 

I ran 4 more miles later with my dad. 

Christmas run. I ran to Foothill, down by the VA and added a mile out across the campus. 

We met on Wasatch and ran a new loop. We ran to Bill's then across Holliday Blvd to 3300 S and back to the parking lot. I felt pretty good until the last 2 miles. I was beat and tired. 

We met at the oval for workout this morning. We did 2 miles warm up and mile speed changes and changed to flats. We ran 4xmile and I was trying to run 5:40. My times were 5:44, 5:41, 5:42 and 5:41. It felt good to open up and move and be able to do all 4 repeats. My legs were tired but I felt strong, focused and had a good workout today. Ran 5 miles later. My legs hurt so bad tonight. 

We ran to the avenues and did hill strides up and over to 11th ave. It was snowing and the ground was slippery. I was tired but it was nice to work with a group. I like these hills more than temple hills. Finished at 7.5 and had to leave to the dentist. Met later and ran 6 more miles. 

I was in Provo this morning and just ran 4.5 on my own. We did a night run. I came early and ran 2.5 then we ended up running 6 more. 

Last double day of the year! We went to the oval for a workout. 8 laps warm up and 4 laps speed changes. We started with a mile, 10 seconds faster than mile repeats on Monday. I came through at 5:32. It felt really hard and I struggled to pace it right. Then we did an 800 3 seconds faster than half the mile. I ran 2:43- we went out too fast but came in where we needed to be. To end we did 3 sets of 3 300's at 75 pace with a lap recovery between sets. These were hard to go fast but because they were short I could do it. I ran 57, 58, 58 for the first set, 57, 57, 56 for the second and 56, 56, 54 for the last. We picked it up but the group was all moving together. I am happy I was able to push through the dead tired legs and run a good workout. It helped a lot to have such an awesome group to run with! Ran 4 miles later with Garek. Survived the cold runs, now to Hawaii for some heat! 

AND a third run for the day... I was persuaded to get the darn 2.5 miles for 3,000 miles for the year. I bundled up and Richie came with me. We took headlamps and it wasn't too bad. YAY for hitting my goal of 3,000 miles this year!