The Life Of Riley

Oh no.  First race which I have not progressed my time and got a new PR, EVER!!!  I have not trained much since UVM and I thought I could just get a new PR in the half.  Don't know why I think it's that easy.  I started out way too fast, I was at 7:10 AP through mile 8 and then by mile 10 I was done.  My knees hurt, my feet hurt, my breathing was way labored and my brain puked out on me.  I have never had such a rough last 3 miles.  My pace dropped to 10 - 11 min pace for the last 3 and I have never before wanted to walk so bad.  The last 3 miles of this half were harder then the last 3 miles of UVM just 4 weeks ago.  A good lesson learned.  I can't quick training and think that it will just stay with me.  If I want to progress I need to work it.  Crappy race but great lesson learned...  :)

Left house at 6:00 am and ran from home to 6 miles up Payson Canyon.  Nice little run up but back down, I'm not sure I like the traffic on the windy road, made me a little nervous.  Nice and slow, I have lost some endurance and speed since UVM.  I need to pick it up and hit it hard again.  Averge pace was 10 min miles.  It was a slow chug up the canyon and I did'nt push myself on the way down.

New Black Brooks Launches  (Best shoe ever and finally in a decent flavor).  Just over 11 slow easy miles with Zac.  Went to the Provo River Trail at 2:00 pm.  Humidity was 1,000% and it was 95 degrees.  Oh, it was a tough 11 miles, maybe the toughest ever, lungs struggled due to humidity and some alergies from the wind blowing a bunch of gunk out of the trees.