Journey from 238.5 lbs to 2:38:30

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.