Dee's running blog

Ran from my cabin in Island Park went down F Street to the lake ran along the lake and then up to Cowan Road.  Went down Cowan a ways and then back to the cabin.

Ran the Sawtelle Half Marathon in Island Park.  Got there early and hung out with Mike, Sean, Todd and Nate.  Sized up the crowd.  Looked like a faster crowd than in years past.  It turned out that the winner ran a 1:19 and second place was 1:20.  I know from several years of experience on this course that it is difficult.  I went out fairly easy looking to run a 1:50.  The race went as expected with me coming in just under it.

1.  7:42

2.  8:16

3.  8:49

4.  8:03

5.  7:59

6.  8:03

7.  8:08

8.  8:37

9.  8:52

10. 9:25

11. 9:10

12. 8:20

13. 7:51

Went up to Ogden High and ran on the track.  Did a nine minute warm-up mile, then a 400, 2 800s and then a 400, followed by another slow mile.  Very hot.  94 degrees when I started, 93 when I finished.

Ran the Ogden River trail from Peak Performance up to rainbow Gardens and back.

Did the toll road loop with Todd.  It was warm and a fairly difficult run for some reason. 

Ran with Todd, Mike and a couple of other dudes.  Left a house north of the Ogden river trail.  Ran down to the trail by Rainbow Gardens, took the trail down to Washington and then returned back. 

Left my cabin in Island Park and went down Cowan road to the old Shotgun road and then turned back. 

Left my house with Todd. Went up Jefferson to Burch Creek and then up Chambers. Crossed at St. Joe and then down through S. Ogden and the Terrace.  Crossed back at Hilltop.  Pretty sore from a lot of waterskiing over the weekend.  Loosened up towards the end and dropped under 8 minute mile pace the last couple of miles.

Did three miles in theneighborhood at a nine minute pace

Participated in the Spudman triathlon in Burley Idaho.  This was my first real triathlon and so it was a good learning experience.  We started with the swim which was 1.5 km in the Snake River.  I'm not a swimmer and havent' trained much for this event.  Luckily there was a bit of a current.  I swam it in 20:23.  Looking at the standings for those around me in my age group most of them swam it in 15-18 minutes.  Definitely some work for me to do there.  I was over 5 in a half minutes in the first transition.  Those around me in the standing were 3-4 minutes. Another area for improvement.  I then did 40k on the bike in 1:12:25.  I totally underestimated how difficult the run would be following the bike.  We started out climbing a small rather steep hill.  I felt like I was running in mud.   After about a half mile my legs started feeling better.  I didn't feel good or like I was running well but I was passing a ton people which made me feel like I must be doing okay.  According to the official time I did the run in 50:58.  The miles were as follows.

1.  8:30--It felt like 10:30. 

2.  7:55

3. 8:30--I remember being very hot during this stretch.  Walked through an aid station and drank and dumped on me several cups of water.

4.  8:15--Feeling okay.  Was passing a lot of people.  Set a goal to pass a net of 50 people the last 2 plus miles.

5.  8:44

6. 8:05--I was feeling pretty good so started pushing it.  Plus I was trying hard to get to 50.

.2--59--Sprinted hard the last stretch almost puked at the finish.  Total number was 49 passed and I was passed once. 

Was hurting pretty bad after the finish.  Hooked up with Todd and Shane and jumped in the river to cool down for a while.  Started feeling much better.  Overall a really great experience and am definitely looking forward to doing more of these.

Ran five in the nieghborhood.  Swam first and then ran up Jefferson to Burch Creek, crossed Washington at the Armory and then went through the Terrace to 500 W down to 4800 S. and then down past Bonneville and crossed at Hilltop and back home.  Stayed in teh 8:30 range for most of the run.  Legs felt a little tired following the swim. 

Ran from my cabin along river road and then up to Cowan Road, out to Yale-Kilgore and back.