Matt's training

Hot day, I was dehydrated by the time I was done.

Ran 6 miles in 43 minutes.  Ran pretty hard and felt pretty good

Ran the Perry UT 4th of July run.  This was a small but fun race, mostly flat course. 

The last two years I have been running 5K's in the low 20 minutes, so it was good to finally break the 20 minute for the 5K.

Ran 7:50 miles for all 15 miles, was pretty tired before I was done. 

Slow easy Recovery Run

Speed work I did six 800 all between 2:52 and 2:58 with a slow 400 inbetween.  The last 800 was my fastest.  Tried to run the same pace the hollow 800.

Ran 7 miles in 50:41, about a 7:15 mile.  I didn't plan to run that fast, but I felt good so I went.

I ran ten miles in 1:23:34,  In the ten mile there was a 4 mile section that climbed 1000 feet.  I ran during the heat of the day and I pushed to hard yesturday.  My legs where sor the hollow time.  Yesturday should of been a slow recovery day from the speed work out, then today I planned a hard hill day.  Didn't push as hard as I wanted.  I don't think it would of been smart I don't want to hurt myself.  My question is should I cut this workout short. 

Five mile slow recovery run.  I was just trying to losen up my legs.  9 minute miles

Ran 15.2 mile in 1:56:52.  Two and a half minutes faster than last saturday; however, last saturday I had run a 5k on friday.

Slow recovery run.  Just trying to work the sor musles out

Ran 8 miles Wensday night.  During middle the middle of the run started to have an allergic reaction.  Finished run.  After run had hieves all over body.  Have to find out what I am allergic to. 

Ran 7 miles pretty hard.  7:30 pace.  It was hot and the pace was hard to hold.  I think the allergy attack took alot out of me.  I hope I feel better tomorrow

I ran 11 miles and it felt pretty good.  I ran it in 1:24:30.  It is good the allergy attack didn't affect me to much. 

5 miles at a little under a 8 minute pace. Tappering for relay

The Northwest passage was an great race. I was runner 5

By first leg I ran 5.7 miles in 38 min 30 sec

By Second leg I ran 3.4 miles in 21 min 30 sec

By Last leg I ran 7.2 miles in 49 min 30 sec, all seconds are aproximate. The Fastrunningblog racing team had only 9 members, so many of the members had to run extra legs. I am glad to be part of the team.

ran a little bit and went for a bike ride.  I am sor from the relay.  My run was more of a hoble.

Biked for an hour and a half.  Crosstraining I am trying stay in shape while my hips and groin is getting better.

Biked for an hour and a half.  Crosstraining I am trying stay in shape while my hips and groin is getting better.

I am starting to think the exercise gods don't like me.  I went out for a hour and a half bike ride.  About ten minutes into my bike ride, I come to a family trying to herd three pigs down the road.  I don't want scair the pigs and cause to much problems so I wait until there is good openning to go by.  I continue my bike ride.  After about forty five minutes of hard bike riding I turn back.  By now it is getting dark.  As I am riding back it starts to get harder and harder to ride the bike.  When I get about 3/4 of a mile back to my house I am in one of the lowest gears of the bike.  I go to stand up, too push hard, and I feel the front rim hit the road.  My tire is flat.  I get off my bike and start to push my bike home.  I can't believe how hard it is just to push my bike.  I go to spin my back tire and I have a brake that is rubbing. 

The hole trip took two hours, I don't think I went very far but I am tired.  I might of gone 15 to 20 miles.    

Went three and a half miles, but I am favoring my left leg. I will need to do some exercise to streigthen that leg.

I did exercises to strengthen the hip musles.  Jogging in the middle and a 2 mile walk cool down.  I am hoping that I can build up the streight in my hips. 

ran 6 miles in 50 min 33 sec.  I was trying to run without a limp.  My gate felt OK, after finishing running my legs are sore.  I am hoping the legs will recover fine that will be the test.

Miles on shoes  muzzuno 48.5

Biked at least 15 miles, I fixed my bike so the brake was not rubbing and the tire didn't go flat.  I didn't have to wait for any pigs either.  (Biked for an hour)  Legs are sor I will have to be on the bike for the next two weeks. 

I went on a 2 and a half hour bike ride.  I traveled about 45 miles, not to bad when your riding a old mountain bike.

running again,  The leg is sore, but it is improving.  I just hope I will not have any more set backs.

Leg felt ok, I am trying to not push it to hard.  3 miles in 25:47.  I am doing a lot of streching trying to work out the leg

Just four miles slow.  Just trying to test out my legs.  Legs don't feel right but they feel alot better.

I believe I ran 6 miles in 53 minutes. 

Ran 8 miles in 74 minutes.  Legs don't feel right but they are ok.

ran 11 miles, I am ashamed how long it took, but after a Ice bath my legs felt fine.  I think I am ready to push it harder next week.  Time 1 hour 48 minutes

Six miles in about 52 minutes.  I am not sure how long it took me to run the 6 miles.  At about 1.7 miles I had to wait for a train to pass, so I stopped my watch.  I forgot to start the watch when I started to run again.  I started my watch at 2.5 mile.  It took me thirty minutes to run the 3.5 miles. 

I ran 6 miles in 50:45 which is inprovement from the last few days but I have along way to go.  I ran the first two and a half files in 20 minutes, 3 miles in 23:55, and 3.5 miles in 27:50.  I was running 8 minute mile then something happened in the last two and a half miles.  It didn't feel like I slowed down but I guess I did.  I have lost some of my endurance

Biked for an hour and 5 minutes.  Went about 15 miles.

six miles in 47:50 my legs are starting to feel normal.  I just hope saturday goes well.  I plan on going 20 miles to prepare for the marathon

I ran tenty miles for the first time in my live today.

I ran with a group of people from work.  The Course, we started at mile three of the top of utah marathon.  We ran up to the start.  The first three miles took about 24:30 were we ran second mile faster than the first and the third faster than the second. 

At the start we got a drink then turn around. 

I was running with two other runners at the six mile mark our time was 45 minutes. 

After getting a drink and taking some gue we continued. 

The other two runners pulled away either between mile 6 an 9 or 9 and 12.

I end up running the last 8 miles by myself. At mile 15 which was the farthest I have run so far my time was about 1:53.  Which was 4 minutes faster than I have ever before.

I ended up running the 20 miles in 2:35 I averaged a 7:45 mile. 

The last five miles I averaged a 8:24.  I wish I didn't slow down that much, but I was able complete the run without any set backs. 

I ran 6 miles and felt a little sore from saturday's run, but the run felt good.  I was running a nice slow pace just putting miles in and working out the sore legs.

6 miles in 52 minutes.

Ran 6 miles in 46:58.  It felt pretty good to run pretty fast again. 

Ran the first 2.5 miles in 19:30

3.0 in 23:04

3.5 in 26:20

6.0 in 46:58

The last three miles was faster then the first and it was on a out and back course.  The road back is up hill. 

I ran 11.5 to 12 miles in 1:34:57. 

I ran about a mile to a 10 K course that I know.  In fact this saturday they will have a race on it (Peach days 10K)  The course is very hilly I ran the course in 46:40.   Mile 3 to 4 was in about 7 minutes.  When I ran a 5K course and ran home.  I don't remember the time for the 5K.  The 5K is also very hilly, infact it has a .25 mile hill that is at least 6 to 7 percent grade.  Both course there is not a flat part on the course.

The last part of the run my legs were tired.  I am training for the top of Utah Marathon and trying to decide if I should run the Peach Day 10 this Saturday.  I am coming back from an injury so I don't want any set backs.

ran 8 miles in 1 hour 10 minutes.  My goal for this run was to travel the distance.  In fact if I ran faster than 8 minute miles it would of been a bad work out.  I just wanted to loosen out the legs.  Well be doing the Brigham City Peach days 10K saturday.  I will see how it goes.  I have not tapered for it. 

The Brigham City Peach Days 10K starts at 9:00 o’clock so I was able to sleep in a little.

Got up at 6:30 and ate a little

At 8:00 got registered

Warmed up and stretched.

I wanted to start the race conservatively and feel things out

Ran the first mine in 6:20.  At these point I was in about 25th - 30th place

My split for the second mile was 13:10 about.  I don't have a watch that keep lap times so all times are from memory

The split for the third mile was about 19:30.  The thee mile marker is located at the highest place in the course.  At this point I was in 20th place.

The split for the forth mile was about 26:??.  This is a fun part of the course there is two hills but the mile actually down hill.

The split at mile 5 mile was about 33:??.  Mile 5 is almost all downhill the only part that is not is the last three blocks. 

The last mile and a half is up a gradual hill about a 2 to 3 percent grade.

Finished in 42:19 which is 40+ seconds faster than last year.  This is the only 10K I have run so it is a new PR.  I need to run other 10K to determine how it rates.  I would like to brake 40 minutes some day.

Ran 6 miles in 57 minutes.  I just wanted to travel the distance and stretch some sore parts of my legs and hips.  The legs felt better after the run then before so the run was what I needed.

Planning to run 6 to 8 miles at 8 min a mile pace on tuesday

ran 8 miles in 64:26.  The ran felt pretty good other then I got done eating an hour and a half before the run.  My stomic didn't feel very good.  I hate it when I can't run after I get home. 

Went running about 8:00 oclock pm

Ran 8 mile in 70:20.

I just could not get my legs to run very fast.  My leg felt like I had ankle weights on.  I didn't eat enough for breakfast and didn't bring enough for lunch.  I was hungry all day.

Ran 6.5 miles in 55:39.  I was just out for a run.  The leg felt ok I just was traveling the distance.  Just taking it easy today.

ran 11 miles in 88:20.  One week before marathon.  I am still not all the way back from before the injury.  About two months ago I ran the same run in 84 minutes.  I guess I will see how the marathon goes.

Ran 6 miles in 55:04 with the mile from 2.5 to 3.5 in 6:45.  I just wanted to run nice and slow and then run a mile pretty fast then run slow again. 

I ran four miles while pushing a stroller with a 30lb kid in it.  I ran the first two mile with Amy at her pace then ran the last two at about 9 minute mile pace.

I did 3.1 in 28:47.  When I say slow miles this was slow.  I did 3 strides in the middle, but other than that I was just out for a stroll.  Next run is the marathon

I had two goals coming into the Marathon 1) Finish, 2)Finish in under 3:30.

This is my first marathon so the first goal of finishing is diffidently the more important of the two goals.  I was able to achieve the first goal.  I finished in 3:34:07 so I just missed on the second goal.

At the starting line I was not sure what to expect, but I lined up were people planning to run 3:30 should.  When the gun went off it took about 30 seconds to get to the starting line.  I did start my watch when I crossed the starting line.   I don’t have a very good watch so all splits are from memory.  My watch doesn’t remember any splits.  When I crossed the 1 mile marker and saw 7:11 I knew I was running too fast so I tried to slow down, but it is hard to slow down when you are running down hill with a lot of runners by you.  I felt pretty good so I continued to run, just concentrating on running tangents.  At mile 7 I used a GU that I had with me.  When I got to mile 8 and saw 60 minutes almost exactly I was pretty happy, but I don’t know what happed mile 9,10 and 11 I didn’t try to speed up but I ran the three mile at an average pace of 7:15.  When I got to the half way mile marker I know I had run the first half of the marathon too fast.  I still felt OK however I could feel my calf’s were starting be sore.  At mile 13 I used a GU.    Miles 13 though 20 I felt OK I could tell I was slowing down some and I could feel parts of my legs.  When I got to mile 20 and saw 1:35:?? I felt like I was going too be able to run the last 6.2 in 55 minutes.   During mile 20 I was trying to pass a few of the runners in front of me.  I felt ok.  Mile 21 was about the same.  Mile 22 took forever.  For some reason I lost track of miles and started to think I was on mile 23.  When I crossed the mile 23 marker it was not good.  Miles 23,24 and 25 I was just running.  I knew I was slowing down but I didn’t feel that bad I just could get my legs to move any faster.  The last 1.2 miles was agony.  I could feel every muscle and joint.  The only thing that kept me running is knowing if I stopped I would not be able to start again.  I hobbled through the finished line in 3:34:07.  The clock reading 3:34:40 something, at that point I didn’t care who passed me you what my time was just that I finished.

Would I do it again? Yes I would do some things differently.   1) Train better before I run the next one I would like to train about 60 to 70 miles a week.  2) Add more long runs to my training.  Before the marathon the farthest I had run is 20 miles and that was 3 weeks before the relay.    My second longest run is 15.2 miles and the 15 mile runs were more than 2 months ago.  3) Race the first half more conservatively. 4) Get different shoes.  The tread on the bottom of the shoe feels like I have a rock stuck in the tread.  I have a blister on the bottom of my foot.   I don’t like the shoes lean. 

Splits I can remember and get off of chip time

Mile 1    7:11

Mile 2    14:24

Mile 3    22:??

Mile 6    43:30

Mile 8    60:00

Mile 9 1:07:11

Mile 10 1:14:24

Mile 11 1:22:??

Half split 137:43

Mile 15 1:54:??

Mile 20 2:35:02

Finish 3:34:07

3.1 miles in 30:39. Legs are tight after the marathon. I was just trying to slosen the legs up. I will be taking it easy this week.

Ran 5 miles in 44:24.  I am suprised how hired my legs feel.  This week will be a nice easy recovery week.  I will be running again on saturday, not very long and not very hard.

7.6 miles in 1:00:11.  The first part of the run felt pretty good.  I was not pushing it really hard.  I was running between 7:30 and 7:45 miles.  The last mile and a half my legs were tired, and I couldn't run very fast.  I think I am still recovering from the marathon.

Ran six miles in 47:54.  I ran the first 3 miles too fast. I ran the first three in 23:02.  I was not able to hold the pace. 

5.5 miles in 46:02.  Started slow.  The first mile was in 9 minutes and I got faster as the run went on.

5 miles in 42:26.  I ran an out and back course.  The first two and a half miles took 21:30 the second half 20:56 It was good to negative split the run.  I am just not running that fast even though my legs feel tired when I am done.

5.25 miles in 41:37.  The run felt pretty good.  My legs are starting to feel normal again.

5.17 miles acording to the course tool.  I ran it in 40:31.  It felt pretty good.

6 miles in 48 minutes.  Legs felt fine but stomic didn't feel very good

7.6 miles.  The run felt fine, leg are good but stomic is not.

ran 11 miles in about 95 minutes. 

6 miles in 45:01.  The first three miles where in 22:45.  The last three miles where in 22:16.  The run felt pretty good, it was the first run in weeks that I haven't had stomic problems.  The course is an out and back course that is more up hill on the way back.

8 miles in 58:07.  I ran an out and back course.  I ran the first half in 29:06 and the last half in 29:01.  The leg felt good.  This is close to my goal Marathon pace. 

I ran about 8 miles in 1:10:19.  My goal for this run is to travel distance.  I ran yesturday after work.  Todays run is in the morning.  Legs were tired when I started.

6.5 miles in 51:52 so little under a 8 minute mile.  Legs were sore I have increase my miles and intensity this week.

11 miles in 1:23:37.  The legs felt fine.  I looked back to July when I did this run a week before the Northwest Passage Relay, and I have taken a minute off that time.  I hope this means that I am in better shape, and I am ready to run a sub 40 minute 10K.

Six file in 48:15.  I just wanted to run easy and maintain a constaint pace.  Ran the first three miles in 24:06 the last in 24:09. 

I was planning on running 6 800; however, when I got to the track I found a JV football game was being played.  When I realized this workout was not possible I decided to make do with what I had.  I ran down to a dirt road that I know is about one mile long (acually it is 1.1. This road is pretty flat and has a road is divided in half (about).  I would run about a quarter miles between each intervol

Jogged a mile warm up

1st    2:52  Middle going south

2nd   2:48 South end to Middle

3rd    3:07 Middle going north (this is probly .6 of a mile

4th     3:12 North to Middle

5th     3:09 Middle going north

6th     3:14 North to Middle

Jogged a mile cool down 

ran 9.2 miles in 1:11:19 which is a 7:45 mile.  My legs are pretty sore after wensday and todays run.  My hamstring on my right leg is sore. 

I ran 8 miles.  The first 3 miles were pretty fast.  I did the first three in 21:50.  The last 5 I have no idea, my watch got stopped.  I didn't try to run that hard ether.  Started the run about 5:40 pm

I got up early, for a saturday, and ran 11 miles.  The hollow run my legs felt heavy and I wasn't able to run very fast.  I was wearing runners pants and a long sleeve shirt with golves.  It was cold when I started.  I ran the 11 in 1:41:03 which is 17 minutes slower than last saturday for the same course.

six mile in 48:03.  I just ran nice and easy.

I ran 8 miles in 65:35 minutes. 

I ran the first 2.5 miles in 20 minutes

The next mile I ran in 6:00 then ran a mile in 9:00 Then I ran another mile in about 6 minutes then jogged home 2.5 miles.

6 miles in 48:14.  This was a nice easy run, I just ran a nice comfortable pace.

ran 3.1 in 25:30 ran slow just trying to loosen my legs up for the race tomorrow

I started out with a 1.5 mile warm up then I stretched used the rest room.

Before the race I planned on running the first file in 6:15 to 6:20 and then see how thing went from there.  While I was talking to Cody before the race I decided that was a little fast and shoot for 6:30.  The first 2.5 miles are slight uphill so I didn't want to start to fast.

My watch doesn't keep laps so all splits are from memory

1: 6:30 (slight up hill)

2: 13:12 (slight up hill)

3: 20:10 about

4: 26:45

5: I don't remember

6: don' remember seeing mile marker

Finished in 41:51

I came into the race wanting to run a sub 40 minute 10k so I didn't meet that goal but I did set a PR by 21 seconds. 

Ran 6.5 miles in 49:48.  The run felt pretty good.

run 6.5 miles pushing a stroller.  It was good to be out again after being sick for the last week.

Ran 8 miles in 67:03.  Pretty slow.  Man I get out of shape fast, it doesn't help I am still have a lot of Phlem that makes it hard to breath.

6 miles in 48:42.  I just ran slow nothing to brag about.

7.5 miles in 63:14 I ran pretty slow but I was still tired when I got done.  I should be in better shape then this.

Ran 6.5 mile in 48:08 the run felt pretty good.  I wish I had a name of the run but it was just around town.  To 7th south up to 2nd east to 1st north to 6 east to 9th north to 1st east to 6th north to 5th west to 5th south and back to my house. 

Ran 8 miles in 58:56 whick is a 7:22 mile.  I ran the first .75 miles then stretched.  I ran the first 2.5 mile in 17:30 3 mile in 20:48, 4 mile in 28:45, 5 mile in 35:50.  I ran pretty hard and I was hoping to average a 7:15 mile.  The first 3 mile were a little fast 6:56, mile 4 was to slow (7:57).  Mile five was a good pace, 7:05, but the last three mile I averaged a 7:42 mile.  I ran the last mile in about 7:26 so I did speed up in the end.  I need to increase my endurance so I can hold the pace for longer. 

This was an easy slow day.  After yesturday I am sore.  I ran 8 mile in 70:32.  I was just traveling the miles.  Same course as yesturday.  (frontage road)

This race report is more for my son then me.  My oldest 9 year old ran his first race today.  The turkey trot was a four mile race that did two laps.  Kids 12 and under ran one lap, so 2 miles.  My son and I ran together during the first lap.  Curtis did really well, he ran the first mile in about 9 minutes, the first mile was down hill.  The second mile was a gradual uphill.  He was pretty tired, but happy.  He finish third in the kids and first in his age group.  He won a turkey.  He finished in 23:12

After running with my son the first lap I ran the last lap in 13:10.  The race was pretty small so It was a good race for my sons first race.  I took third in my age group and won a Pie.  OK I took third out of three, but I still got a pumpkin pie.

Seven mile in 52:31.  I ran the first 3.5 in 26:30 and the last in 26:01.  The course was an out and back course with more uphill on the way back.  Frontage road course.

ran 8 miles with Joe (Predog) in 63 minutes.  The pace felt fast but my time showed it was slow.  One of those days. 

Ran with Joe again this morning it is nice to run with some one.  I could tell he was holding back so it was a nice easy run for him and for me a marathon pace run.  Joe told me it was ten mile but when I drove the course it showed as 9.4.  We ran it in 69 minutes  ran 7:20 minute mile average my goal is to run a marathon in 3:10 a 7:15 mile. 

Ran 7.6 mile in 61 minutes and the miles felt realy long.  When I got done I didn't feel very good.  I had been home all day taking care of sick members of my famly.  I looks like I got it also.

It was good to run again.  Being sick wasn't fun.  Ran 6 miles in 45:36.  7:36 average.  I had to push to keep the pace.

I did 6 miles in 44:58 the last half was faster then the first (ran frontage road)  This is when Need another catagory between fast and slow  almost marathon pace (7:30) marathon pace is (7:15) at least goal pace.

I ran 6 miles in 52 minites.  I ran wensday night then thursday morning with a hard, core workout in between.  The miles felt like the last few miles of the marathon

6 miles in 55 minutes.  Slow but it least I did something.

6 miles in 51:44.  Same course as Monday.  Adam park loop.