Fuel It Right

TM- felt fabulous. 9:30's

Started from the mouth of the canyon and went up.  This one was kinda tough, but managable.

Felt pretty darn good

Yeah. Snowboarding in the morn, work then run

Went snowboading all day yesterday at The Canyons so I was kinda tired today.  I should have got up early but I didn't get out until like noon.. ugg. Was going to do 13 but cut it short.  The plan was to go to the gym and bike a few and lift some, but I fell asleep on the couch then I needed to get ready for Saturday night.  Oh well.

TM after work. Not to bad, a little tired.

Abs

Abs feeling sweetly sore.  Started at the mouth of the canyon w/ Mom & Tom. Legs feelin it a little on the way up. Turned around and started feeling better so picked it up a bit. Avg pace 10:10.. last 3- 9:10, 9:05, 8:50. Still not fast by any means but after going so slow for ever it feels good to finally see some improvement.

TM after work. Avg page about 9:30. It was comfortable.

another TM run after work and dinner. Opted to go with a friend to dinner so I didn't have a lot of time before the gym closed.  I was going to go at least 6 but I'm glad I at least did what I did.

Started at Will's with Jos and mom, went up 6 and back. Started sprinkling on the way back, the last 3 it was coming down pretty good. cold and salt in the eyes.

TM. it was so nice out I should have been outside. felt good. 9:40 avg.

lifted arms 

took advantage of the gorgous 60 degree weather and flashed a little leg.  Felt really good.  Felt like I was going a decent pace but cant say for sure.

Morning run w/ Jos and brune.  I was a little tired from yesterday afternoon but it was decent.  Josse told me what our avg was but I dont remember now, just remember that I thought it was good for me.

Dont remember much about this one except for the distance.

Started at Will's with Mom and Tom @ 8. Temp said it was 27 but wind chill was bitter, felt like 15.  Took it easy on the way up and picked it up on the way down but it was still comfortable.  Again I cant remember what avg was(I should enter runs more than once a week). Did a couple 9:20, worked down to 8:45 for the last 2.  Felt pretty darn good :)  I hope I feel this good next Sat for the 25k.

Decided to add a hill, havent been doing them like I should. Went from home and went up Center on the way back.  I've had a bad canker in my mouth for the last few days and havent been able to eat solids very much.  Trying to get enough calories but its hard without eating normal meals.  So far my enery feels good, hope it last for the rest of the week.

Lifted upper

Eating sucks, I don't even want to!  Still feeling good so I'm happy about that.  Whimped out and did a TM run.  It's really windy and pretty chilly. Did 4 at and avg 9:30 pace, 1 at a 2.5 incline at 10:00 and the last 2 at 9:10 pace.  Felt really good.  Now for another protein shake w/ powder vitamins.. YUM!

No taper for me, I'll just treat Saturday as a training run.

Evening run w/ Chris.  Started at the mouth of the canyon and went up some.  at 3 I told him we could turn around and he said I had to suffer through while he burned more calories so we went up just past Nuns Park and back.  Felt really good.

TM before work. Felt super.

I think a 25K is 15.5 or so but my mom said her garmin clocked 16 so I'll take it. 

All in all I feel really good about the experience, especially considering my lack of hill/trail training.  I ran really conservatively, cause I didn't really know what to expect, so except for one of the hills I felt strong and comfortable the whole way.  We got to the island and it was so cold! So I layered up.  Within the first 5 min I could tell I was over dressed and started to shed clothing.  Temp ended up being perfect.  It was cool but not too cool, I didn't even need that much water other than the aid stations.  I took a hammer gel at each of the stations and ate a pbj quarter at the 2nd one, plenty of energy.  Not gonna lie.. I kinda felt like a kid out there climbing up hills, jumping over rocks and playing tag with the kids next to me(in my head).  The whole thing went by pretty quick, especially the last 5 or 6 after the last aid station.

I am really curious what my split are but I have no idea, shoulda borrowed Jos's garmin.  Oh well, except for a few blisters on my toes, it was super fun.

I was a somewhat sore yesterday and sunday, but by last night I was feeling pretty good.

Started at Will's and went up and back.  Legs felt really good.  I think I actually like running... at least when I feel like this.

Went out in the snow and cold w/ Jos.  Did loop from her house.  Legs a feeling kinda tired today.