Matt's training

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.