Journey from 238.5 lbs to 2:38:30

South on JRT

South on JRT

south on jrt

8.7 in morning

6.3 on trails 

8 in morning

5 at lunch.  1st run on Altra Lone Peaks.   

10 mile loop from house through lehi

15 mile loop through lehi

trails above orem

Loop through alpine

Loop through lindon

Alpine loop

JRT north, found new section of trail heading north, adds about .5

Ran with fast group today.  Did 15 from soccer park up to vivian.  Averaged 6:45 for 15.  

7:25

7:09

6:55

6:45

6:52

7:02

6:28

6:57

6:56

7:28

6:08

5:53

5:43

6:51

6:41

6:57 

Ran up American Fork canyon with Brody, Scott and Melanie, trying to escape some of the bad air.  On the way back down I ran a 5:22, 6:20, 5:49, 5:17 the last four miles.  Felt good to let the legs go for a few miles.

Ran 10 in the AM with Scott, North on the JRT.  Air was bad.  

At lunch went to Deer Creek Dam and ran up the trail for a 6 mile out and back towards midway.  First time to see the sun in awhile.   

Ran 10 going south on the JRT in the AM.  First four miles were brutal trying to wake the body up, was very sluggish and unmotivated, but slugged out 10 anyways.  Sky was starting to clear, could see some stars.

Ran 6.27 on the BST from the gun range towards PG.  Trail was in fantastic shape, a little snow on most of the trail.   Sun was out, and the arctic wind was a nice touch. 

Ran into Alpine with Scott, Reed, Mel and Toni.  Did some faster miles partway through.

6:06, 6:16, 6:11, 6:20

Roads were a little slippery in spots.  Another arctic wind run when heading north.  

Ran from Home Depot in Lindon to Vivian Park.  Felt pretty bogged down like I was starting to bonk around 19, but after Stinger, energy came back for the last few.  Splits from mile 13

6:57, 6:56, 7:05, 6:59, 7:15, 7:02, 6:42, 7:05, 6:51, 6:43

Did a Lehi Loop with Scott, Jody, Bill, Reed, Matt.  Felt surprisingly good after the long run yesterday.  With about 2 or 3 to go Scott and Jody kicked it under 5:50 pace and I couldn't keep up anymore.  Fatigue finally set in. 

Did loop through Alpine, Cedar Hills, American Fork and Highland with Scott, Toni and Matt.  Great morning for a run.  May be longest monday run ever.

Did a nice 10 mile loop with Scott that magically turned into 13 by the time we were finished with it.  Finished with an average pace of 7:00 through the hills of Alpine and Cedar Hills.

Did a 10.25 loop through Lehi and AF with Scott, Brody, Matt and Reed.  Averaged 6:46 for the 10.  

Ran a loop through Alpine with Scott and Matt.  Felt sluggish to start, but by finish was feeling fantastic.  Haven't felt that strong at the end of a run in a very long time.  Kind of surprised due to higher mileage last couple of weeks.

Ran 12 with Jody and Scott, Lehi Loop.  Felt pretty good this morning. This lower mileage week has me feeling like I'm hardly running.  Nice to be feeling more and more refreshed as I run this week.  Averaged 6:56 for 12.  

Ran a 16 mile loop with Scott, Brody, Jody, Tony, and Matt.  Average ended up being around a 7:00 pace.  Was starting a nice bonk the last couple of miles.  A nice finish to my highest mileage month ever.  We are meeting at the Orem Soccer park at 6am Monday morning.  We had a very strong headwind going North, East and West, and then back North again. South was our only break, odd wind patterns this morning.