El Burro Blanco

Nice and hot this morning.  I ran with some of the boys from Bloomington Park over to Sun River and then back along the trail.  I needed to get some more miles in so I decided to hit the Bloomington Loop and then tack on a little while on the trail.  I ended up doing 5 more miles at 6:34/mile.  It felt nice and relaxed.  

On a side note for some of you who know the story, I ran into my hand massage lady while out on the Loop.  I think she lives out there.  Yikes!  I had a good chuckle when she waved at me.  If you want to hear the story, ask Clyde.

Met up with Octagon of Trust again this morning at Clyde's house for our tempo workout.  The plan was 3 mile warm up, 7 miles at tempo, and then a cool down back to Clyde's.  I knew going into it that the last 2 miles would be a nice up hill climb.  The last mile goes up the golf course into Bloomington Hills.  I wanted to just relax this morning and really only felt yucky during the 5th mile.  I felt good on the up hills and finished with 5:54/mile overall.  Great workout with the rest of the guys.  It was only 91 at about 5:30 this morning.  

Katey is out of town until Friday at girls' camp so I will have to get creative on getting my runs in while watching Norah.  I think I hear the jogging stroller calling my name.

6 miles this morning pushing Norah in the stroller at practice.  The kids did hills today so I stayed and watched.  All the kids on the team loved having her there.  Cooler temps this morning actually made it quite enjoyable.  Slightly overcast.  Yeah!

My little sister watched Norah as I went out this afternoon.  The wind was blowing a ton so it made the temperature cool (103 degrees).  I averaged 6:49/mile for the run.  Hopped in my parent's pool after wards.  Felt great!

Ran with Clyde and Dave this morning.  We were planning on more tempo miles but decided to relax because of the 10k this weekend.  We did our usual run but went in the opposite direction.  We kept everything nice and easy.  It was warm once again. 

Ran with the girls today at practice.  Good to have a decent number of girls coming out.  Need to keep pushing them.  Happy to be done for the day.  Now I get to "relax" with Norah for the rest of the day.

Nice easy run with the kids this morning pushing Norah.  We did the Bloomington Loop.  Didn't enjoy the uphill as much as some of the slight downhill.  Now to rest up for the race tomorrow.  We will see how it goes.

Went up to Enterprise today to do the 10k.  I haven't raced a 10k in about 3 or 4 years so I guess it was time to run another one.  It was cooler up there so that was a nice break from the St. George heat.  Clyde and I decided we were going to shoot for sub-32 today to see how things were.  We took off and hit the first 2 miles at 4:52 and 4:58.  Happy to see this.  Just stayed relaxed running with Clyde for the first half of the race.

I pushed past Clyde just before mile 4 when I saw a Suburban coming up the road.  We were also passing many of the 5k walkers.  Clyde went on one side of the road and I went on the other side.  I did not choose wisely.  The Suburban kept coming close to me and I ended up hitting a 5k walker on accident trying to squeeze through.  I "gently" slapped the car and was not happy.  It got me out of my rhythm a bit but I kept on going.

Clyde went past me just after 5 miles and I was only a couple steps behind him.  The last mile through town is slightly up hill and not the best way to end a race.  Clyde "chicked" me at the end but I was happy with the end result today.

It is nice to be feeling healthier and healthier each day.  I reflect back on 2009 and the first part of 2010 and how tough it was to be injured and then try and slowly come back.  It is still a process and I need to be patient.  Everything is moving in the right direction.  Happy to see Clyde get the win and everyone else run well today.

On a side note: I got on the bus heading up to the start and I saw my hand massage friend again.  Two sightings in one week is more than I can handle!  I need to be careful out there.