Don't wanna be FAT!

Between my late nights the last several nights and my heavy week last week, I was feeling it this morning. I also had to be to work earlier than normal so by the time I got out of bed I only had time to run 6. Maybe if I can get motivated enough I'll get out again tonight and run some more. I didn't get down to 7 pace until 4.5 miles into the run. Left calf is sore. AP: 7:32.  

I caught some kind of stomach bug. I have felt awful the last couple of days and have not gotten out on my runs as a consequence.

AM 9 I'm feeling better, not 100%, but much better than the last couple of days. Got out for an easy 9. Calf started hurting at about 5.5. Feels like something I will need to be cautious with. AP: 7:09.

PM 5.  Staying at a cabin with my wife's family up Tollgate Canyon (inbetween Rockport and Park City).  Decided to double because of missing a couple of days of training due to being sick.  My calf did not feel good at all during this run.  The run was all up and down on the dirt roads around the cabin.  Iced the calf earlier that day and afte the run I sat in the hot tub for a little bit.  I think it was actually the hot tub that helped it start feeling better.  AP:  7:47.  

Plan was to do 10 but with the difficulty of the terrain (still up at the cabin) and the plan to race hard the next day I decided to cut it short and only did 7.58. Calf was feeling much better on this run. AP: 8:20 (felt much harder).

Got there really early because I wasn't sure how long it was going to take to get there from the cabin and I wanted to at least run the course as a warm up before the race.  So I got the course in and then added on a little longer getting 4.13 miles in total for a warm up.  Then I did some strides and got to the start line.  My calf was feeling a lot better I was very pleasantly surprised at how good it felt.  

My race plan was to stick right on Teran for as long as I could and then try to outkick him if I was still with him.  So he went out a little slower than most expected and there was a group of 6 or 7 of us at the mile mark as we came through in about 4:53.  Then Teran and I took off running shoulder to shoulder and the 2nd mile was a 4:39.  I'm not sure how much we gapped the group but I couldn't feel anybody near us by the time we reached the 2nd mile marker.  Then I got a little impatient and went to the lead.  Teran sounded like he was struggling (grunting and such) so I tried to break him but he stuck right on back of me.  He came around me making a big push as we turned onto the trail.  I couldn't match his move and he got maybe 15 meters on me.  At about 2.8 I looked back and saw that Jason Holt wasn't far back.  I know how hard Jason finishes races, so I knew I needed to get moving if I wanted to hold on for 2nd.  Saw I got rolling again and I started to make up good ground on Teran.  It got me excited and I thought that I might be able to get him.  When I got to within 5 meters (about 100 meters left in the race) he turned and saw me and he had another gear that he switched into.  He got me by just under 3 seconds.  I felt better about this race than the Murray Fun Days 5k because I felt like I fought harder.  

After the race it was good to get 4 miles in with Josh E., Fritz, Jason Holt, and Nate Hornock and his brother for part of it.  Then I added on another 1.25 miles on my own for good measure.  

I would really like to beat Teran one of these days.  He is one heckuva fighter.