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Sundays are the best for sleeping.  Rarely can I get more than 8 hours of sleep except for Sundays.  They are a thing of beauty....No nap needed today.

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Race: New Years Eve Rock and Run 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:18:14, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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Easy 3 on the Treadmill in the morning.  I took it easy as I am running the Striders Rock and Run 5K this evening in Ogden.  It should be interesting to see how the leg reacts.  I know, I know, be careful.  I will.  I am not to optimistic about running that fast, but it does depend on the competition and the cold/ice factor.  My main goal is to beat Bethany this race!

T-23:15 (7:45)

New Years Eve Rock and Run 5K in the Evening.  I had no idea how I would do as my training has been limited to pure easy miles due to the injury and recovery.  This race is a low-key fun run with more of an emphasis on the dinner and party then on the race, so it was no big deal.  Bethany and I dropped the kids off at my sisters and then we met up with Paul and Stacy.  Paul was going to run, but with his injury he was sidelined.  We chatted and killed time until the start.  Logan and Katie met up to cheer us on so we had a great cherring section. 

The race was pretty messed up right from the start as there was a random location chosen for the start.  "Everyone line up behind...uh...this crack in the road...yeah.."  It was funny.  Bethany and Stacy ran together and I was with the High School kids.  The race started at the corner of 25th and Grant and went up 25th street with a loop at the end returning back down 25th.  First mile has a good climb, second was basically flat, third was downhill.  I started out in a group of three (the leaders), me, a highschool kid sporting a footlocker shirt and a 54 year old guy who could really run.  We ran together to mile one (6:11).  I had forgotten how much a 5K hurts and wasn't really ready to kill myself today so I let the two of them pull away the second mile.  It was dark and cold and icy and I was out of shape.  I settled into a comfortably hard pace and got pretty complacent.  Opps.  By the end of the second mile (6:03) I was 100m behind 1st and 50m behind second.  I saw Beth and Stacy for a brief moment and yelled at them. (Nicely as in a friendly greeting way).

I couldn't believe this older guy was holding me off so I decided to go after him.  I was able to get moving over the last half mile (down the hill) and pass him for good at mile 3 (5:36).  I had no chance of catching the high school kid in my current shape and finished 5 seconds behind him.  Final bit in 25 seconds.  The garmin measured 3.09 so it was likely short.  The timing clock was all messed up at the finish and it appears on the website that the "official" results show the incorrect time too.  It shows me at 17:25 instead of my garmin time of 18:14.  It also shows the 4th place guy only 1 second behind myself and the older guy when he was closer to 2 mins behind.  This is the first time I have seen runnercard get it so wrong.  Results for what they are worth are HERE

I am pretty pleased with my results as my training has been sad and I have done 0 VO2Max work in over 3 months.  The best part of the race was that my leg did not hurt at all, during or after.  Less than a 1 on my pain scale.  I think I am finally in the clear and can continue to build my mileage back up.  I wish I could have won, but I didn't have the fitness today. 

After I finished I watched the guys try and get the software to scan in the results with it reading "rejected" for everyones barcoded bib. I laughed and left.  I ran back up the course to meet with Beth and Stacy.  I found them about mile 2 and they were chatting and having a good time.  It was funny.  I ran with them back to the finish and afterward, we ate and mingled at the dinner.  Blah Blah Blah.... you get the idea.  It was a fun way to end 2007.

T-18:14 (5:54) 177 ave 186 max

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A nice cold run to start out 2008.  I ran on the Jordan River Parkway as I am in SLC for the day.  I came down last night after the race and celebrated the new year at my in-laws house.  I hit the trail at 6200s and headed north 3.5 miles and turned around.  The trail was icy and snowpacked, but it was not a treadmill so I can't complain.  I felt pretty good, with a tiny bit of soreness in the quads from yesterday.  I kept it around 7:00 pace until the last two miles where I stepped it up to make sure to beat the 7:00 guy.  I followed it up with some nice waffles...mmmmmm. 

Happy new year.....

T-48:26 (6:55) 165 

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Easy 7 on the Treadmill this morning. I was still feeling sore from the 5K. Crazy. First time I have been this sore from a 5K. On a nerdy note, I put a temperature sensor in my garage last night with a wired outdoor sensor just outside the garage window to see how cold it really is in the garage in the early morning. It was 33 degrees in the garage and 7 outside the window. By the time the run was over, it had heated up to 35 degrees inside. I started out with a long sleeve shirt and shorts and after a mile, I needed to turn on the console fan to keep cool. By mile 6 I was sweating enough to shed the shirt. 35 degrees and no shirt and still hot. I definitely "run warm". Not warm enough to venture outside in single digits though...

T-52:10 (7:27)

PM: 1 mile to and from the Church for a round of bloody Church-ball.  It was fun but I was pretty rusty.  I played for an hour straight.

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Treadmill again.  When it is 0 degrees its no contest.  I was feeling tired today.  Probably from lack of junk food.  I have gone into sugar withdrawls from the holidays.  

T-52:10 (7:27) HR 155-165

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7 Miles playing the speed up / slow down game on the treadmill.  Fun stuff....I will be posting my running goals for 2008 soon on my short term goals list so stay tuned......

T- 51:32 (7:22)

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8 miles on the Jordan River Parkway.  It had just snowed a couple of wet inches on the trail and it was pretty slick.  As long as I stayed away from the footprints already there, I could get traction. 7 min pace was also about the limit to how fast I could go without slipping on the pushoff.  So thats what it was.  I ran into Brent on the trail and tried to recruit him for some extra miles, but he was already done.  Next time.  It should be a while until we are down to SLC again. The run went well, but I still feel out of shape and that I am working too hard for the pace.   I will get where I want to be soon though.  Still just building back up.

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T-55:30 (6:56) 170 ave 

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