Chad

Dace and I met down at the trail and ran through Tonaquint, Bloomington, and back on the trail.  We went out pretty fast because I was a little late getting there, and he had to get to school.  I would have been on time, but I took my phone and then noticed Steph was using it for an alarm clock so I had to take it back home.

The legs felt great this morning.  The temps were wonderful.  It's looking like I'll be fine for the upcoming marathon.  I was nervous a couple weeks ago when I injured my calf.  I thought at that point I might have to drop out.

TT: 1:18:14

AP: 7:39

Dace and I ran the same loop that we ran on Mon.  We went a little faster than usual.  The legs held up well.  They were only sore for the 1st mile or so.  I'm liking this 4 day running schedule better.  I've done it in the past, but had gotten away from it.  I need to start biking on the off days though.  I've been doing some core work also, but need to do more.

TT: 1:17:19

AP: 7:44

I went out for just a nice easy run, but the legs were feeling great so I decided to run some marathon pace miles.  I ran 9 of the 10 at or under marathon pace.  It was a little chillier this morning than it's been, but felt good once I got warmed up.  A little bit of a head wind for a good part of it so it made the miles a little tougher.

TT: 1:14:12

AP: 7:25

I met Mike, Scott, and Bill over by the church on Bluff, and we drove up the course.  Scott was only going to do 12-13 so he jumped out somewhere there.  I wanted to go a little longer, but didn't want to go up the Veyo hill with the way my calves have been so I jumped out at the top of the Veyo hill.  I would've preferred to run with someone, but didn't want to risk the injury.  It was a good run. 

I then went and coached Hannah's soccer team because their coach was out of town.  I don't know a whole lot about soccer, but we managed alright.  Steph and I went to the Ironman finish later in the afternoon to see Randy and others finish.  Randy ended up finishing just over 10 hrs.  He was the top St. George finisher and the 2nd UT finisher.  It was inspiring watching the Ironman.  I always said I would never do one, but I might have to try one in the future.  That's a lot to get my head around though.  I wanted to get back over there closer to midnight when the last ones are coming in, but we didn't make it.

TT:  1:55:32

AP: 7:42