running for my mind

20 min on the eliptical with some stretching. Feel alright considering yesterday's 31. Will likely feel worse tomorrow. 

Took the day off. Would have liked to have run in the morning, but I was too tired. Overall, I feel alright but my right quad is pretty sore from Saturday.

8 easy with one mile a little quicker to test out the legs a bit. I almost felt better at the faster pace. The pounding of each step on my right leg caused some pain in my right quad. Will likely be all but gone by tomorrow. 

Met Daniel and Noah at HHS and warmed up with a lap of Sugar House. I had a goal to do 6x800 at about the 6:00 pace just to get some turnover, but not destroy myself. I am still feeling the 31 from Saturday and have a 5k this coming Saturday. Daniel ran 1-4 and then had to take off to class. Noah ran 2-5 and then also had to take off for class. I finished the 6th solo and cooled down with a lap+ of the park. I was slightly faster than the goal pace, and that was fine.

2:55, 2:57, 2:54, 2:53, 2:54, 2:48.

Met Fritz and Noah at HHS and ran down to Liberty for a few loops. Casual run at a 7:19 avg. Easy tomorrow to hopefully feel good by Saturday's race.

contemplation the last few weeks -- Comparing the fastrunningblog to 2 years ago, there are some significant differences. Times, they are a changing.

6 easy. Race tomorrow. 

I didn't feel great on my 2.25 warmup. Just didn't feel in the groove. That changed once the race started. My main goal was to run faster than I did on Thanksgiving (18:39) on this same course. 

There were a couple people at the start that said they were hoping for sub-18. I decided I would hang on to them as long as I could and if I blew apart, so be it. The course is one big square with the first 1.25 slightly downhill and the rest slightly uphill, aside from the final .1 which goes back to a slight down to flat. 

First mile was fast but it felt alright. The uphill took its toll, but I actually felt relatively good until mile 2.5. The wheels started to come off and my pace dropped. I hung on the best I could and snagged a PR. It might not have been the prettiest but it is what it is. Happy to be improving. 

5:44, 5:58, 6:13 - today

5:52, 6:07, 6:20 - Thanksgiving 

PM - 13 easy on the mill