Still Running

I haven't posted here in a long time. I made a training schedule for myself to follow with some goal times. Today I ran .5 miles less than I planned, but I was close to my target time, 8:00 miles.

Today's Run, Other runs this month.

2 2 mile runs

Today and yesterday I ran 2 miles. Not exactly sure on the times because my watch failed me both days. :( It is charging now and getting ready for tomorrow's 3 mile run.

lazy week

This week I only ran two times out of four scheduled. Once on Tuesday, where I tried to get a 13 min 2 mile, but I got burned out at 1.5 miles and I was way behind on my time. Here is the GPS data.



Today, I ran 4 miles in 29:51 which I was pretty happy about. I am in St George, where I plan to run the marathon. I was worried about the air being thinner making it harder to breath, but I was able to take 2:57 off of my 4 mile run time. Of course, it helped that I ran the first mile down hill. I am proud of that 5:38 first mile though.

Edit: I just noticed that I actually ran about .3 miles less than this shows. It took a minute or two for the GPS data to actually sync up. I'll have to try stretching more. This is the first time I have had a problem like this. So technically, i probably would have gotten about 31:00 4 miles.

Long run Saturday - 4 miles

Today was the long run for the week. I did 4 miles in 32:36. I wanted to do an average of 32:00, but no luck. I plan to do long runs every Saturday. Today marks the beginning of a lot of painful Saturdays.

3 mile run

I started out this run today with a goal to finish in 22:30 or an average of 7:30 min miles. I didn't quite get my goal, but I am happy with my time, 22:47. That shows about a minute and 30 second improvement over my 3 mile run a week ago.

2 mile treadmill

Today I did a treadmill run so no Garmin GPS data. I don't know if it is the time constantly staring me in the face, the treadmill itself, the lack of incline, or what exactly, but I tend to do better training on the treadmill compared to on the hard ground. Of course, I usually do better in races than the treadmill because of all the adrenaline flowing through my blood.

So my time today was 13:33 compared to 15:48 just a week ago... Getting closer to that 13 min 2 miles.

3 miles

So today I set out to do 3 miles in 24:15 or less. I want to eventually get my 3 mile run down to 20 min, but as my wife says, you have to learn jog before you run. I guess in my case you have to relearn to jog before you relearn to run. I actually beat my goal time by 1 second, which I was pretty proud of. Especially considering that I did the same run two weeks ago and my time was 26:29.

The track I ran on is a nice trail just north of the medical center. I like running in the trees and being away from the city without having to go too far. The only downside to this area is that I got my wallet stolen last time I was here. I had to triple check that the car was locked, and I never even had my wallet out before I started my run. If I can ever feel safe here again, I think I will do a bit of my training at this park. With 2.33 mile long loops, I won't feel like I am running around in endless circles like at a track.