The Life Of Riley

New week & hopefully new knee.  The first 5 miles of the run I averaged an 7:59 pace. I have never ran more then 2 miles under an 8:00 pace so for me to complete 5 was very cool.  I backed off for the last 5 miles so I did not over do my IT Band again.  I felt good over all and I think all the stretching I have been doing and the 6 days of rest seem to have given my knee what it needed.  "Thank you God for another day."

Feeling good.  After last week I thought my knee might once again take me down, but the last couple of runs have felt great.  Today I warmed up for a mile and then kicked up my pace to 8:34 and ran for 8 miles then cooled down for 1.3 miles.  If I can get my pace to an 8:30 for the marathon I will be happy happy.  At the rate I'm progressng I think that I may even do a little better then that.  In 4 weeks I have increased my feel good pace by over a minute and I still have 14 weeks to the race.  If I don't over due it, I think I will beat any goal I have yet dreamed of for my first full.  "Thank you God for another day."

A little incline tonight. Decided to put in a few slow miles as to not overdue my knee. Went 5 miles at 6 mph and put the TR on a 5% incline. I felt like there was no workout being acomplished for the first couple of miles but once I got warmed up it felt great. After 5 I had a good feeling about it and I burt a bunch of calories. I kind of liked the constant incline. Ususally when I incline it is only for a mile or 2. I'm happy for this day. Hopefully a long steady run tomorrow.

Killed It!  11 Miles.  9 miles at 8:20 and 2 Miles at 8:13.  I'm getting faster.

Ouch.  Today I beat my 1/2 marathon time by 3 minutes.  I did it in 1 hr 44 min, and the last time I ran SLC half I finished in 1 hr 48 min.  I finished a tenth short of the 13.1 so I figure I can add 1 minute for the last tenth to make me beat my last time by 3 minutes.  I ran from my house in Payson to Mom & Dad's in Springville.  I ran in new Asics I purchased yesterday.  They felt great minus I got a pretty nasty blister on the inside of a couple of toes on my right foot.  I will be sad if the shoes continue to cause these blisters, I really like the way they feel.