Journey from 238.5 lbs to 2:38:30

Ran from Work to the Mouth of provo Canyon with Wes at lunch.  Was a nice day to be running, a little headwind.  Did one mile at 5:58. 

Did a run with Matt, Scott, Jody, Reed and Melanie around Orem.  Great day for a run. 

10 miles loop in Lehi with Scott, Matt, and Chad.  Legs feeling pretty decent, though right hip seems a little out of place. 

Met up with Scott, Matt, Reed, Skip, Toni, Walter, Fritz, Jake and about 25 other people to run the Riverton half course plus some more mileage afterwards.  Felt pretty decent through most of this run.  Was a lot of fun to run with this large group and try to keep up with the speedsters.  I averaged 6:39 pace for the run.  

I was so warm after the first 13 when we got back to the car, picked up a new shirt and gloves, due to the 4 pounds of water stored in my shirts/gloves, I ran shirtless for a half mile or so to cool down.  Comfortable for me for  a few minutes, very uncomfortable to everyone else around me, and those driving by.   Sorry world for subjecting you to that.

 I had thought about making this a 100 mile week, but then it was either having some sense and building back up to it, or lazyness and not getting out for a couple of two a days. Not really sure which.  But then calling running 85 miles in a week lazy, not so sure about that either. 

Ran with the crew, tried some speed work.  During the first 800 my right leg froze up, tight quads, tight hammies, and the knee started to tighten up.  I could tell that the quads were causing the knee pain.  

Did 10 in the morning, south on the jrt, then ran the bst with Wes.  Knee wasn't getting any worse after spending a long time yesterday massaging out the knots in my quads.  Seems to have helped alot.

Ran with Scott, Jody, Melanie, Reed and Brandon.  Was a nice day for a run.  Leg still not getting worse.  

Did 10.5 in the morning and 5.5 on trails in the afternoon.  Muddy, icy, mess up to rockpile

Ran 20 south on the JRT with Scott and Toni.  Was a pretty decent run.  We did around four miles of temp work during the last 8 miles.  Completely bonked at mile 19.  

Loop in Alpine with Scott and Reed.  Muscle tightness has shifted to a new muscle for the 3rd or 4th week in a row.  Inner thigh now on both sides.  

Ran with Scott and Matt in Lehi.  Left leg quit working going up the gully, upper right quad still tight.   Great morning for a run, a little icy in a few spots.  

Did a 5:47 mile at mile 5.  Then a 6:27 mile at mile 7.  Right hammy and quad were tighening up, probably due to si joint being out.  Left leg still doesn't feel right either. When I stopped to turn around my right leg quit working, could hardly walk, got my SI joint back in and then leg had power and no pain.  Would be nice if this thing stabilized in the right place.

 Did 8 on the BST above Lindon in the PM.  Some Mud, puddles, snow, but who cares, the trails are awesome.   

Nice easyish run with Scott and Reed in Alpine.  We found ourselves doing a couple of miles in the 6:40 range so had to slow down a couple of times.  Great morning for a run.  Right leg, hamstring and upper inner thigh still got tight around the 5 mile mark.

Ran 7 with Seth Hales on the BST in the PM 

Ran 12 with Scott, Chad and Matt.  South on the JRT.   Legs felt almost good for most of the run, just a little residual tightness.

Met the large group at JulieC's house in PG this morning.  Was a bit more nippy than most of us thought it was going to be.  We started out slow and did a nice progression run for many miles.  At around 11, my right hamstring and quad started tightening up, again, this is getting very old.  Keeps slowing me down and have to back off for awhile.  It eventually loosened up a bit and I was able to pull out a 5:56 mile at mile 19.  Had five miles around a 6:30 pace, would have been nice to keep the faster pace with the speedsters longer, but the legs won't have any part of it, for now.  Good times with good people.  Thanks JulieC for the course, organization and food.  

I averaged a 145 heart rate for 20, the 5:56 mile, the heart rate was approaching 170 by the end of it, so probably could not maintain that for much longer than I did, but had plenty of cardio left in the tank for most of the run.  

Met at Chris's house to run with Chris, Reed, Bill, Melanie, Calvin, and Jody.  I think that was it.  Very cold this morning.  Much better to run from AF than Lehi.  My streets were covered in snowy ice, but AF the roads were nice.  Did a couple of loops through AF and Highland. Right leg still tightening up after a few miles, hammy, quad and inner leg all start to tighten.  

Did 10 miles with matt in Lehi.  Leg didn't get too tight this morning.

Went part way up lake mountain this morning. Turned around a little after the snow wasn't packed down anymore. Did 6.75 miles, Climbed 2193 feet in 41 minutes, Mile 1 10:18, mile 2 11:03, mile 3 12:12, .31 4:52., then made it back down in 20 minutes. Mile 7 was at a 5:37 pace and the next half mile at a 5:21 pace. Awesome day to be on the mountain.

 Ran 10.29 in the PM with Wes.  Circled Geneva.  Apparently it is 10 miles to go around Geneva, that is if you go the way we did.   Ran a 6:12 mile at mile 16 for the day, with a 5:49 half.  Incredibly warm this afternoon.  

Ran with Jody and Toni in Orem this morning.  Wind was a nice touch.  Right leg tightening up after yesterday.  It actually felt really good all day yesterday, but IT band is tightest, then hammy a little and quad. Nice progressive run. 

10 miles south on the JRT with Matt.  Nice morning for a run.  Ended up being warmer than I thought.  Right leg still full of tight spots from Wednesday.  Need to spend more time working it out today.  Meeting at my house at 7am for an out and back on the JRT.  I'm thinking of doing 20-22 miles.  

Ran 22 south on the JRT into saratoga springs.  Started the day with Toni, Matt, Chris, and a couple of Scott's friends that showed up, Davey, and don't remember the other guys names.  Davey, me and Toni had planned for 22.  Everyone else was doing around 12-16 I think.  Day went pretty good, weather was warm, headwind for at least 20 of the 22 miles.  I just love it when the wind switches directions just as we turn around.  It is my favorite.  We had 7 miles around or under 6:20 pace.  Total time was 2:29:30 for 22.  It was really difficult to get going again today after a couple of potty stops, felt like a 90 year old man for a quarter trying to get things moving again.  Feels like a slight groin strain that has been popping up all week seems to get worse when I stop for a few minutes, but then loosens back up.  The right hammy started getting a little tight around 5-6 but then seemed to loosen back up.  Most of the tighteness/soreness I had yesterday was pretty much gone for most of the run.  My left foot felt very constricted today, though my shoe seemed to be loose enough, it sure doesn't feel like it, feels like I have some compression inflamation starting in there.

My right big toe got infected in the cuticle, can hardly walk, let alone run. did some "cross training"  abs, legs, yoga

Toe getting better, more cross training, abs, legs, yoga, cardio

Overdid the squats, now top of hammies are very sore, tight 

Ran with Matt from his house.  Toe is mostly fine, left foot is still a little inflammed from Saturday's run.  It didn't get worse, need to try icing that spot I guess.  

Ran 7 miles out to Utah Lake with Wes.