Matt's training

8 mile is 61:40 a 7:43 mile, ran the frontage road.

Ran 5 miles in 35:36 a 7:07 averge.  Ran the first mile in 6:45 then hit the half way point in 17:30,  Turn around and ran back.  Ran the frontage road again.

Ran same course as yesturday frontage road out and back.  Ran 5 miles in 34:59 a 7:00 average.  ran to the 2.5 mile location in 17:17 thirteen seconds faster then yesturday.  Then turned around and ran back in 17:42, 23 seconds faster then yesturday.  The return trip is up hill so negative splitting would be tough.

ran 2 loops around the snow man shuffle course 8.3 miles in 63:00 a 7:35 mile.  I will be taking friday off then I will run my first 5K in over a year and a half.  If I PR in it I have PRed at every distance this year.  Well see how it goes.  The race is small local race, but there should be some high school kids to push me.

I was hoping to PR at this race so I could have a year of PR's set PR's at every distance this year.  I had a OK time but missed PR by 8 seconds.  The race isn't flat but there is not real hills in it either.  

The race starts out and Me and Two highschool runners go the the front.  The Highschool runners slowly pull away from me.  I pull away from the 4th place runner.  I end up finishing about a minute and a half behind first and second and 30 the 40 seconds ahead of 4th place.

Splits

6:12

6:39 up hill mile

6:23

42 seconds

I don't really know how far I ran.  I started out running the frontage road pushing the runners stroller.  I got to were I was going to turn around and my son complained that he didn't want to turn around.  I followed were he wanted to go until it was getting late and we needed to start comming home.  When I was about 2 miles from my house I notice one of the tires is going flat.  When I am a mile from home I try pumping up the tire, but the leak is so bad I can hear the air comming out of the tire.  I also see the green goup comming out of the tire.   I run home pushing the stroller with a flat tire.  I run for 62:30.  My first 4 miles were at sub 8 min pace. 

My goal for this run was to see how far I ran yesturday.  I wore the Garmin and headed out.  My first three miles were pretty fast all under 6:50 miles.  After the first three miles my pace slowed.  I got the where the 4 mile mark is and the Garmin was a tenth of a mile off.  Then the Garmin started to do some strange things.  I looked down at the watch after about a .1 of a mile and it said I was running a 10 minute mile.  I know thats not correct, I continue to run and it starts saying I am running a 15 then 20 then 25 minute mile.  Then I notice the the distance for that lap is going backward.  After a little bit I stop to see if I can sink in GPS.  Everthing seems to be working fine.  I start running again and it seems to be recording the correct distances and paces.  When I got back to the street I should of gone straight to follow yesturdays course I turned left to retrace the frontage road.  The run took 1:06:32 and the Garmin said 8.32 miles which I know is short.

5 miles in 41:35, just ran easy.  I run after work and it gets dark early now.

5 miles in 36:19 a 7:16 mile.  Ran the frontage road.  Ran the first half in 18:22 and the last half in 17:57 negative split of 25 seconds 10 seconds a mile.  The way back is up hill also.

Ran the snowman shuffle course, 5.23 mile is 38:52 my last mile was in 6:32.  averaged a 7:26 mile.

6 miles in 44:27 a 7:25 average.

6 miles in 48:09 a 8:02 mile average.  Ran the frontage road after work.  It gets dark early now.

Ran the Brigham City turkey trot now for the 3rd year in the row.  I don't remember what my time was two years ago.  The course is a two 2 mile lops.  The first mile is fast down hill the second mile is up hill.  Last year my oldest ran this for his first race so I ran the first lap with him.  This year he ran it by himself he finished his lap 20 seconds before I finished my race.  I was planning on running with my second kid, he is 8 but Friday night at 8:00 before he went to bed he decided he didn't want to run in the race. 

My boy and I got ready for the race and went to get signed up.  while signing up I spot Melody, the lady that chicked the field in the Peach days race, and see last years winner of the 30 to 40 age group.  He is also the person, Brad, that beat me by 30 seconds in St George to take the fastest from Box Elder County.  There is a good number of high school runners.  The race was small but had some very fast runners in it. 

The race starts and I start off running with Melody and Brad for the first mile.  During the second mile Melody and Brad pull away from me.  My legs feel like jello.  I ended up running by myself for the next 3 miles.  The race went as well as expected with the lack of training the last few weeks and running friday night after work.  I did end up winning my age group so I got a turkey.  I bagged a bird.  My Son took 4th place in the 12 and under and go a pie.  The most important thing is I was able to get Brads phone number and set up someone to run with on saturdays.  Having a running partner will be nice.

Splits

5:50, 7:22, 6:45, 7:32

6 miles on the frontage road in 42:10 a 7:02 averge.  This is an out an back route ran the first part in 21:10 and the last three miles in 21:00 so negative split it.  The return is a little up hill, I think I ran better today then Saturday, only 10 seconds slow per mile.

8 in 1:02:12 a 7:47 average.  Ran the frontage road. 

6 on the frontage road in 47:52 a 7:59 average.

11 miles in 1:32:18 ran the loop around Brigham City.  Legs were sore and stiff when I started the run.  Averaged a 8:24 average.  Friday and saturday I sanded on the kitchen cabnets for about 18 to 20 hours.  I am finally finished.  I have to sand the molding and stain them and install them.

Ran 6 miles on the frontage road in 44:44 a 7:28 average.  Ran the first half in 22:45 and the last half in 21:59 negative split the last three miles by 46 seconds.