Nothing else better to do than run.

The last day of the month! I wanted to log a total of 150 miles this month and I was 11.5 short so that meant that it was time to put in the miles do or die. 6 miles on the treadmill, .5 mile swim and then out to the road to finish the remaining miles. Finished right before the rain started to fall.

Ran with the group this morning. For about 100 yards before I was sucking up their dust. I am really excited about how speed everyone has gained this year. They have been logging a lot of miles and the persistence is paying off in huge dividends. 

Ran through some neighborhoods in Riverton and some lone country roads. It was absolutely beautiful this morning with the rain that had fallen during the night. Crisp and cool and extremely grateful I brought gloves with me this morning. 

Ran hills with running group. Raz made the comment that I had cheated because I showed up late. I let her know that I could handle the jab because she "sucks". Got to love running with friends. It makes getting up obscenely early in the morning all worth it.

Ran 3 5K’s with the group this morning. It was beautiful and dark. I really do enjoy running in the dark because I loose my perception of how far and how much further I have to run. It started to get lighter about mile 6. Ran comfortably hard all 9.3 miles. Got to have a little pain if I want to improve.

 Listened to the new Slipknot album which is not half-bad. Looking forward to the new Metallica album that is to be released next Friday so I can run Logan with it on the ipod. 

Ran from Memory Grove up to the first mile mark of City Creek Canyon and turned around and pushed down the canyon. The temperature is starting to cool down and the leaves are starting to change. Fall is definitely by favorite time of the year for running. Listened to Aerosmith - Live at the Joint for my workout. Running today was probably a dumb idea because I have to chase the speed demons from running group tomorrow morning for 13.1.

Met at Bingham High at 6:00am for a Half-Marathon with the crew from running group. I was really surprised to see how many people showed up! Mike P. was there and it was great to visit with him before the race. Actually felt strong for the first 9 miles and then could feel some lead in my quads. At that point I lost sight of Cheryl and Cheris ahead of me. Today was a run with my heart day because because I wanted to finish under 2 hours. Actual time was 2:01.00. 

 Got to find some way to increase my speed. I think the most obvious way would to drop about 10-15 pounds so my training would become more effective. Right now I just feel like I am beating myself to death.

 Another week in the books with Top of Utah coming up fast!