Joe's Running Blog

Trail run east of North Ogden, finished up by coming west on 3300 north. It's fairly flat, slightly downhill so I decided to turn on the jets for a mile or so. Felt pretty good after taking yesterday off, though that wasn't the original plan. 50 minutes. Will run again tonight in Cokeville.

p.m. 31 minutes with Nick Fisher in Cokeville. I recruited him to help me do some work on a couple homes. We ran through the streets of Cokeville, headed out for a mile on the Smith's fork road, then turned around and came back home.

38 minutes with Nick at Pine Creek Ski Resort outside of Cokeville. Easy run, but spent the rest of the day climbing and moving ladders working on two houses. Got back to Ogden after 10 p.m. Showered and was asleep practically as my head hit the pillow.

Ran for 3.5 miles, then jumped on the bike and rode over North Ogden Divide, down the other side, and over to Nick's house to get my truck. Threw the bike in the back, and came home.

Scheduled for a Daniels' "T" workout, though I must admit I had my doubts as I jogged over to the weber high track. My hamstrings were a little fried from biking up the divide yesterday, and I didn't feel rested when I woke up. Nonetheless, it was still overcast, so I figured if I didn't at least attempt to get the workout in, it would be too easy to not do any of it. The plan was 4xmile at threshold pace with 60 seconds recovery, then an hour easy run, followed by 15-20 minutes of threshold running. I left my racing flats in Cokeville, and I wished I had them this morning--the closest I could come to them was the Nike Pegasus, which, while cushioned and comfortable they are, they are not conducive to track workouts, in my humble estimation. Anyway, my first lap was 82, and I was hoping it would be 77 or something like that, letting me know I was going faster than necessary. No such luck, so I dug down and gutted out a 5:21 for the first mile, in clunky trainers. 5:20, 5:19, and 5:19 for the rest, decided to bag it and go for the 60 minutes and 15/20 threshold this evening. I feel like a slug.

2nd part of the Daniels' "TLT" workout. Ran easy for 45 minutes, then tempo pace for 3 miles @ 5:20 pace. Felt much better than yesterday--thank you to Sasha and Lulu for the encouraging words. I didn't intend to attempt to throw a pity party through my comments yesterday; rather, sluggish seemed to be the word that fit the best. Today was much different, much better. I felt like finally my fitness is approaching what I'd like it to get to. I realize this week hasn't been much for volume, but it's had decent quality, and last week was decent quality and quantity, so maybe that explains my lethargy yesterday. Going fishing early tomorrow morning with a neighbor friend--does standing in waist deep river water and walking upstream count as some sort of cross training?