Big update

A couple of weeks since the last update, so let me get this up to date.

I ran the Provo 1/2 on the 9th of August. It was "fun". I had a good bus ride up to the start, but things were a bit chaotic at the start and I was caught off-guard when the start gun went off. I was way back in the pack and it took me a good couple of minutes to get to the start. I pushed the wrong button on my Garmin so I didn't start tracking my time until the six mile mark. I wasted a bunch of energy weaving in and out of the crowd at the start. The first 8-9 miles were awesome. I was hitting anywhere from 7:30 to 8:30 miles for those first 9. At about 8.5 I started feeling like I wasn't going to be able to keep the pace. At 9 it started to get painful. So it would have been a sweet 15k, but unfortunately I still had 4 miles to go. Looking at the Garmin now I was able to keep 9-10 min miles over those last 4 miles but it felt like crawling. I guess it was to be expected given my training. I had some great speedwork, but crappy endourance stuff. So I went into the next weeks training thinking about needing more distance training.

The next weeks training was all running. I did a quick recovery run on Monday that felt good. Then Wed. morning I got up and did some Tempo work. It felt really good. Thurs. I did a quick couple of miles in the morning while Drew played at the park. Then on Saturday I did a 14 miler. It felt really good. There were moments on the run when I felt like I wished it wouldn't end. It eventually did and that was the longest I've ever ran.

On to next week.