Don't wanna be FAT!

Slept in the tent again last night and had a parade to get to so I didn't run until 1:00 in the afternoon. I pushed Payson in the stroller on this one. It felt hotter than I thought it would it was only upper 70's so I didn't think it would be bad. But, I guess I am spoiled and used to running in the lower 60's in the mornings. My back and shoulders ended up getting sun burned.  Also, my left achilles tendon started hurting quite a bit.  I may take a day off and ice that and try and get it better.  This was one of those rare runs where I felt better at the start of the run than at the end.  Stroller miles AP:  7:05.  

I took yesterday off as I woke up feeling super wiped out and I wanted to give my achilles tendon one day of rest after it was sore on Monday.  This morning I was hoping to do an 8 mile builder.  I made it through 2.5 miles of the builder before my lower calf started tightening up.  So the pain has moved up from the achilles tendon to the lower calf which I think is a good thing.  It wasn't super sore just tight, but I decided to stop the builder after just 4 miles because I want to play it safe.  This year I have been very conservative at any signs of unusual soreness.  I think it has paid off in the long run as I have gradually been getting better and haven't had to take more than 2 days off in a row for an injury yet (knock on wood).  

So I did a 2 mile warm-up with 4 strides.  Then 4 tempo miles:  5:17, 5:14, 5:20, 5:22.  Then 6.1 miles at an average pace of 6:41.  

I'm just hoping to stay healthy and motivated for 1 more month.  It would be a terrible blow to get injured now.  

Easy run.  Lower left leg felt good this morning hopefully it will be good to go for the Layton Classic race on Saturday.  AP:  6:47  

10 easy miles. Everything is feeling good. AP: 6:55

Woke up at 4:30 this morning and I kept waking up after that so at 5:30 I decided to just get out of bed since I wasn't sleeping anyway (my alarm was set for 6:00).  So I got over there and ran the course.  Then I got my packet and got my number put on my jersey and made a pit stop then jogged around a little more and did my strides.  

My race plan was just to go out and try and draft off the leaders through 5 miles and then try and make a move.  I didn't stick to the plan and I paid for it.  I stuck to it through 5k just sitting in the pack but then as we turned to go down the hill Jake made a big surge which I matched but then instead of slowing down and sitting I made a decision to just keep pressing.  It didn't work Jake was right there the whole time and Coyle and Jason both ran smart and instead of surging just slowly worked there way back up to us.  I got passed by both Coyle and Jake with about 1/2 mile left and didn't go with them.  I battled with Jason over the last 1/2 mile but then he turned on his major kick and passed me with about 50 meters left in the race.  It was a very well run race by the 3 that beat me.  I made some mistakes and now feel bad about complaining about taking 2nd place in past races.  2nd place definitely feels better than 4th :)!  

Mile splits were:  5:05, 5:27, 5:29, 5:00, 4:48, 4:55, 1:58 (for the last .38 on my watch).  

Ran 7 more miles after the race.  Got over 20 miles in for the morning with a great workout in the middle and I saw a lot of friends so overall it was a good morning.  Just a little disappointed with the race, but better to learn a lesson about sticking to the plan now than later in a bigger race.