4 is better than 2

An easy 8 this morning.  Actually was a little tired to start, but by the end I was feeling pretty good.  

Met up with Mike and Taha this morning at Sugar House park for a dose of 2 minute reps.  I was actually hoping for 4 minutes, but I was outvoted and quite honestly grateful for it.  I felt lousy on the warm-up and even worse during the first 3 reps.  I actually got dropped on the first two, what a disappointment.  Taha bailed after the second rep leaving me to either suck it up or get dropped by Mike.  After the 4th rep I felt like I was moving much better and I actually got stronger each rep after.  The last couple reps ended on the uphill sections of the park, but I attacked aggressively just to get to the top.  Overall it turned out to be a good set, and much faster than last week.   

Easy run up city creek canyon, it was a bit warm this evening, but it was nice to run the canyon.

Ran down to Mike's house for what I thought would be an easier run than

it turned out. We did five hill repeats in the sugar house area, the

reps were maybe a minute long, but the hill was steep. The goal was to

maintain good form and try to accelerate through the reps. I felt fair

early on, but better as I got to the end of the first five. It was

really hot already and I was struggling with the heat a bit. We ran

from there down to Sugar House park did 2 laps and then 5 more hill

repeats on the sizzler hill. These were all pretty good, but the heat

totally cooked me. We ran home, but it was all I could do to get back

up the hill to my house. I was a little nauseated from the heat and

immediately got in a bath of ice to cool my core down. I really need to

to do a better job hydrating, the heat has always been an issue for me

and today I suffered.

Much better this morning, not nearly as hot. Ran very slow and easy. I would like to say I could taper for Draper, but taper from what? I will be there with the intent of just trying to run a good solid race. I have the San Francisco half next weekend so I am more interested in putting together a good effort tomorrow with a little extra mileage, it will be fun none the less.

PM 3 miles easy around wheeler farm - nice slow and easy - loved it! 

Lately I have been experimenting with how to run even slower in a 5k, today I made my first attempt at walking - not once, but twice. I can honestly say it is a very effective way to run slow. I cannot really say what went wrong other than a major case of wussitis. I came through the first mile in 5:06 feeling fair, not great, but not bad. I came off the hill and just decided I had enough. I stopped and grabbed a drink, and then tossed another over my head, then the guilt set in. I took off again and ran with Bill for a little while, but wussed again a few minutes later. I walked for a little more and then took off running. I keyed on keeping Bill in sight and just cruised in. Like I said, I cannot really say what happened, mentally I just completely imploded. To say that I am frustrated would not even begin to cover what I am feeling now, but I will get back with it and try to determine why I caved so early. I walked for about a minute total, maybe a little longer so I can honestly say my pacing was probably not too bad, just not all together. Congrats to all the other bloggers who had great days, and a special thanks to Sasha, Paul, and Cody for entertaining me during our warm-up.