Matt's training

10.2 miles in 1:19:?? a 7:45 mile. Ran up to the peach days course ran it then added a 2 mile loop then ran home. Legs are still feeling tired and sore from saturday.

ran 12 miles in 1:34:17 a 7:51 average. My leg just will not run fast. I am starting to wonder how long it will be before I get the spring back in my legs.

10.05 miles in 1:17:52 a 7:46 mile.  Ran the river course.  The run started pretty good but 8 miles into the run I hit a wall.  Legs are feeling fatiqued.

Long run Ran 23.08 mile in 2:52:27 a 7:28 average.  The course is a three lap course that is about 7.6 mile long.  The 4 miles of the course is on the Peach days course.  There was quite a few people running the course.  People need too be more a ware of there suroundings when they run.  I was running my first lap when I see two women running.  They are running the same direction I am.  I am catching them pretty fast when I get about 15 to 20 feet away from them I thought I would let them knew I was going to blow by them.  I say "on your right" both of them Jumped to the moon.  It was kind of funny.  I continue to run and on my last lap where my course and the peach days course merge I see a running about 2 to 3 block ahead of me.  He is running pretty well, but I decide to see if I could chase him down.  It take about 3 miles  I catch him in the same spot.  As I run by him he scares.  I saw a lot of runner today getting ready for Peach days next saturday.  The last few miles of my run I struggled.  But about a mile from home I see my wife running.  I decide to chase her down.  She was running alittle different course then I was so it added about 3 blocks to my run.  At least when I caught her she wasn't startled.

Splits for the run

8:07, 7:27, 7:16, 7:02, 6:32, 7:03, 7:45, 7:26, 7:23, 8:02, 7:48, 7:46, 7:30, 7:26, 7:04, 7:49, 7:34, 6:53, 6:59, 6:51, 7:43, 8:31, 7:54,  0:37 a (7:46) mile

15.2 miles in 1:53:35 a 7:28 mile.  Legs felt pretty good they were tired by the time I finished.  Ran the frontage road and on Perry Street.  

11 miles to Mantua and back in 1:22:53, a 7:26. 

ran 12 miles in 1:36:10 a 8:00 min average.  Ran the big brigham loop.  An issue that has come up.  My foot is starting to hurt.  The foot hurts in the first part.

Brigham city Peach days run.  This is a pretty popular local race.  There wasn't as many elite runners as in the past this year.  I start out with about a mile a mile warm up then use the rest room then stretch.  I was feeling pretty good my foot wasn't hurting course that could have to do with the pain killers.  

We line you and they start the race back about 50 feet from were they started last year.  The race start off and I end up starting with this pack up in front.  I feel pretty good and I hit the first mile exactly were I wanted to 6:19.  I wanted to push the next mile and run it in about 6:15 to 6:20 this mile has a long hill in it.  I start to push right at the mile marker and I move into first place.  I haven't lead a race since high school.  It felt pretty good leading the race.  I think I let the exitment get to me and ended up running the second mile in 6:08 way to fast.  At the two mile marker the course takes a 90 degree turn this part of the course has some rolling hills but I turn into a head wind.  I hold the lead until mile 3 when Melody passes me.  I run mile 3 in 6:51.  My legs are feeling rubbery not good with 3 miles to go.  I run mile 4 in 6:30 I wanted to run this mile in about 6:25.  Then mile 5 in 7:05.  This mile is really depressing I should of been able to run this mile much faster.  This mile is down hill and fast last week on my 23 mile run I was 18 mile into my run and I ran this mile in 6:50.  Mile 6 was the see if I can hold onto second place.  I run it in 7:47 I am dead at this point two runners pass me about a half a mile to the finish.  This is a tough course the last mile and a half is up a hill that just kicks your butt, and takes everything you have left out of you.  The last .2 was in 57 seconds to resemble some kind of a kick.  I am happy and depressed about this race.  If you told me I was going to take 4th I would of not believe you.  Last year I ran a 42:19 so I took 41 seconds off and it is a hot day and the wind doesn't help times.  I was shotting to break 40 minutes and I trained much harder then last year.  I need to work on my race strategy, and make sure I don't make the same errors at SGM.

Splits

6:19

6:09 Leading pushed to hard

6:51 into a head wind legs starting to feel like rubber

6:31 down hills a fast part of the course  trying not to let Melody get to far in front of me

7:05 This is really fast part of the course you must me kidding Feeling the affect of the fast second mile

7:46 will this hill ever end

0:57

12.1 miles in 1:34:15 a 7:37 mile ran the frontage road to Perry and back

ran 12.05 miles in 1:34:14 a 7:49 average.  Ran the loop around Brigham city

ran the river course 10.05 miles in 1:22:?? a 8:11 mile.  Ran easy but my legs are sore.  Plus my foot is killing me.  I think I will take the next few days off maybe a week.  I might do some cross training but I got to get my foot feeling better.  My foot is messing up my stride.

Wanted to see how my foot was feeling.  Foot is OK a little soreness but not to bad.  The plan for the run was to run easy for the first 2 miles then do a marathon pace mile then run easy.  I ran two marathon pace miles then a easy mile then another marathon pace mile then ran easy the last to miles.  Ran 6 miles in 44:54 a 7:29 average

5.23 miles in 39:07 a 7:26 average.  Ran the snow man shuffle course.  Ran easy then ran the last mile at marathon pace.

4.1 miles in about 29 minutes a 7:15 average.  Ran the first file easy but it is a down hill mile so it was a 7:06 mile ran hard the second mile 6:35 mile.  Then ran 7:30 miles the next two miles.  Feel strange to only run 4 miles.