You get out what you put in

Sun/Mon rest, pretty sore from race.  Tues - b-ball, couldn't quite figure out how to stop Ryan.  B-ball isn't running. 

Wed - Ran at W. Jordan park while/after watching Regional meet, T-ville did pretty well.  Pretty good loopy course, I ran around afterward and was feeling heavy and a tad morose. 3M

Th - ran to T-ville park and around, maybe 50 minutes out, felt heavy, unmotivated, 6M, no b-ball, instead Darius Rucker concert. Nice evening

Fri - the competitive fires I know aren't strong

This race is great. I was last after the 1st 400 yards and was trying to keep it cool but I ended up going through the first mile in 5:50. I was in gloriously last place, except for a 41 year old dad who dropped out.  I told myself that I would just pass people mile by mile like in the half marathon, but that's not the right thing to tell yourself in such a short race.  I did pass a guy at the mile and half but I had actually slowed down to 6:20, 12:10 at 2, 18:40 at 3, so 2 6:30s.  I was severely disappointed but I have to consider that I really spent myself last week.  I'd love to have run a smarter race, but I was already 30 yards off the back and just getting to the track when the leaders went through the mile.  I did manage to pass 5 peope, including a Runner's corner guy who forget there was a 4th lap. I also caught a guy who passed me back with 800 to go but I kicked by him, not much of a kick, and I did push myself, I just wonder if I'd run slower at the start if I could have been more respectable. It's funny to me that my mind wasn't completely processing as I was racing, I think I had spent myself, I did get an encouraging comment from a girl during the race lauding my perseverance.  I actually was able to look back on the track and see Miles Batty finishing when I had a mile to go, that was fun.  I was pacing myself up the hill to the baseball field and then trying to push on the way back.  Even if I were 2 minutes faster I wouldn't have been in the pack.  I love the fact that this race can show me how much more I have to do to be a good runner.  I don't care if I'm almost old, just do it.  17:00 5K, that's respectable.

Sun, Mon - rest, Tues - B-ball, played pretty well, running and gunning, ran late night afterward S around neighborhoods to open park (S of 5400), good but felt a little peaked. 4.5 M

Th- b-ball, got a little physical with Penny, am driving to hole better, tweaked the outside of my left knee, also the right achilles hurts, Fri - ran a little in good shoes from Salt Palace, 1/2 mile

Sat- after Greek festival went running to Park across Bangtr, did some loops, felt good and strong, knee was fine but Achilles started to hurt, running on uneven grass wasn't the best idea, had to jog last 1/2 mile 5.5m

Mon - was going to run with track club but rained, Tues- played pretty well but lost every game, need to let it come and realize other player's weaknesses and strengths, tweaked knee again.

Got out around S. Jordan's neighborhood, a few loops looking for Antonio, then to neighborhoods and some tempo, got a little peaked.  Cleansing, healing, soothing?

So after the knee tweak I didn't do anything. Took some time off from everything and was gimpy.  Then I felt good enuf to run Mon and did a really quick 25 min before discipleship, then on Matt's couch the knee felt like it was tweaked, by the time I got home I could not move it at all, had to crawl.  So I rested and finally Friday felt good enuf to rollerblade, went around the neighborhood and found a good plastic jump and semi-impressed 3 preteen boys going off it, though one said his mom went farther. Awesome! :-)

Took Phin to Orem and watched all the races, yelled at Jamal to not take the lead and he didn't and ran a good race. I let the girls watch P while I ran the open race, sat back at back of pack at start.  Passed 3 at 1/2 then watched an older lean runner coach and a girl duel it out 75 yards ahead.  I wanted to lay back through one full lap and then push, followed the plan exactly and started to reel in one fish on the way to the dueling couple, another fish came on the hook and then on the downhill with 3/4 left passed the coach.  The girl was catching another guy and paced with her around field, passing with one turn to go, tactical mistake in not sprinting up to the next guy before the turn as we both sprinted and he didn't gain on me but I couldn't catch him.  The straightaway is too short to wait to sprint until you hit the turn.  All in all feel good about running this kind of race when I haven't really run in 2 weeks, still waiting to be really respectable when I'm only beat by 100 HS boys instead of 200.