Training for Top of Utah 2011

Stomach issues caused me to stay at home and so it was treadmill time. Unfortunately it was perfect running weather here. Dang!

Officially in taper mode now... easy street!

Everything feeling good and I'm not going to do something stupid to screw up this close to marathon so it's "follow the plan" time. 28 miles planned this week.

Rain today...just wasn't feeling a tempo run in the rain...at least not after Saturday's soaking. Tread run with 30 second sprints every 5 minutes starting @15 after warmup etc...laddered the speed of them up to the fastest and thought the treadmill was going to launch me at the top.

Legs feel very good after the run! Tomorrow another 6.5er and then an easy 8 on Saturday with Mark...will probably do some MP miles on Saturday just to get some speed work in.

Nice morning for a run. Temp around 50...only light wind but a few small showers.

Was a little sluggish to start out due to running treadmill already 2 times this week...that really doesn't give you a proper workout. Hard to regulate pace here at the ridge but I tried to keep effort about the same the whole time.

Splits: 8:20, 8:33, 8:36, 8:33, 8:34, 8:38, 8:51(.5 mile and uphill)

finished by walking a bit and then glycogen replacement drink was accelerade. Just finished 3 homemade cinnamon rolls...Wow that was good!

Pretty miserable weather...windy, rainy and sort of cold.

Plan was to run with Mark and the club this a.m. however with my wife's bad back and the baby waking up just before 7(didn't want her lifting the baby(18 months old) out of crib and tweaking her back worse) I stayed at the ridge and ran even though I didn't want to run any hills.

This run was Super Easy from several standpoints...I ran slower than normal even though my legs felt like they were ready to fly...had to keep next week in mind. Stayed away from any bigger hills and forced myself to stay slow.

Did 7 miles and then walked a good 2/10ths of a mile home...drank some accelerade and then 15 minute cooldown jog and walk on tread to help with glycogen replenishment.

And now 3 waffles with some good honey...