Journey from 238.5 lbs to 2:38:30

Quads are kind of trashed from Saturday, so pretty hard to walk downstairs, and hurts to walk at all, so I figured I'd go try to run 10 with Reed and Scott.  The first mile was pretty painful at a 8:06 pace, but we were able to pick up the pace and ended the run at at 7:06 average with a 6:33 thrown in at the end.  Feels fine to run once I am warmed up, but still hard to walk.  My left knee, on the inside of the leg, I think from the sartorius or one of the other quads that attaches on the inside part of the leg is getting a little inflammed.  The knee is getting a little sore there.    

Ran a nice easy 6 with Wes on the Lindon loop.  Up is fine, straight is fine, down is painful .  

Ran 10 south on the JRT with Reed, Scott and Matt.  Nice to have the group back together for a run.  Legs still sore, knee is much better, spent an hour massaging it last night which seemed to help a lot.  Did a few, short sub 6 pickups for a bit the last mile to see how things felt. 

Did a 10 mile 1800 foot climb, mostly on sections of the timp trail half course.  33 and 51 still have snow on them in places above the rock pile.  Wore the Lone Peaks.  Very comfortable, though the calves were complaining a little, feet were happy.  

Ran 8 with Scott, Matt, Jody, Reed, and Brandon.  It is Brandon's birthday, so he was running at least 36k.  I decided to do some extra with him.  We then ran up to Bridal Veil Falls, from the soccer park, at which time I could tell I was very drained so I turned around as he headed up to Vivian.  I had a nice slow run down the canyon, trying not to strain my right quad any more than it was strained yesterday.  and I was tired and didn't feel like trying to run any faster.  The race, plus this weeks mileage and yesterday's climb certainly caught up to me this morning.

Ran 8 with Scott and Matt in Alpine.  Legs very sluggish.

Ran 6 in Lindon with Wes.  Still a little sluggish, mile 4 was at 5:46, headwind first 1/3, then aided 2/3.  Felt good to go fast, hips are not working properly, again.  Frustrating.   

Met Scott, Reed, Brandon, and Reed at Timp High school to run down to meet at runner's corner for their waffle run.  It was a nice 4 mile warm up.  We ran the next 9 or so at an avg 6:29 pace.  Ate waffles, ran like a 90 year old man for a mile until the body decided to start moving again.  Our fastest mile included a 6 min pace up a very steep long hill.  Was a nice push.  

This concludes my first month without missing any days running (Sunday's excluded).  It feels nice to be consistent, and not hurt enough any day to just get out and run.