Cam's Running Blog

Cold morning run with Les.  

sinclair loop

skyline loop

skyline loop

skyline loop

south ogden loop.  longest run in couple months.

sinclair loop

skyline loop

Out combe and back

skyline loop

South Ogden loop.  Felt really good.  Did start to feel the hamstring a bit by the last couple miles, no pain just noticed it more.  Hope I can ease back into training slow enough to keep it strong.

skyline loop, up past beus trail and back.

Weber State track tunnel and back home.

Went and checked out Ben's TM.  Maybe ran a total of 1 mile on it.

Headed out to watch some of the WTC 10miler today.  Ended up running 6.5 miles, parts of the course.  Probably my best training run of the year so far.  Hammy felt great, didn't try to push the pace at all, and hit some pretty decent hills as well.  Fun to see some of the running friends that I haven't seen through the winter.

Avg-7:27

Regency loop

Ran on the TM in Louisville before flying home.

Miles4Midori 5k fun run.  Ran as a tempo run.  Fun times, low key race.  2nd overall in 19:20.

skyline loop

Skyline loop with Aubrey in the stroller

South ogden loop. Rainy this morning

Out to pipe and back

Decent run, pretty good head wind down the big hill into so ogden.

 Avg-7:30

Felt pretty good today, didn't push the pace and still avg faster than most of my distance runs this year.  Pavilion and back on pipe.

Avg-7:15

Regency loop

Avg-7:29

Out to hwy to kalispell, back around doc's hills backwards.

Short loop around eagle bend golf course

Out to end of river road and back with Lesley.

Went out and around Eagle Bend again today.  Started with the stroller for the first mile and then met up with Les as she was finishing her run.  Traded the stroller and went another 4.  Great weather, vacation has been awesome

Out to the dam on the river road and back.  Pretty nice morning again.

Avg-7:22

Short run today after getting back from Montana.  Felt crappy, not sure if it is due to travel, dehydration, or elevation.  Hope tomorrow is better.  Skyline loop.

Avg-7:35

Great run today.  Still not getting enough miles in for a marathon, but today felt 100% better than yesterday.  Went up to skyline, then out south ogden, and back on combe.  4 out of my 6 were under 7min/mile pace.  A few longer runs and I just might survive the ogden.

Avg-7:02

felt pretty crappy today.  Couldn't control the pace, either too fast or too slow.  only made it 4 out of the at least 6 I had planned.  Up with the girls every few hours last night didn't help much either.  Hoping to plan at least one long run in next week.

 Avg-7:05

Cold and windy morning.  Not fun.  South Ogden loop.  Could barely keep my eyes open at the 2.5mark with the wind blowing snow into my eyes.  Battling illness with the girls at home, and I'm afraid I'm starting to get the cough and congestion.

Trying to get over the sore throat and congestion I've had the past few days.  Nice to get out, didn't feel very great though.

Cold still lingering.  Think I'm getting to the tail end of it.  Skyline backwards today.  ran up the whole hill and felt pretty good.  Sad day for the Boston Marathon today with the bombing attack.  Heart goes out to all those involved!

Avg-7:37

TM run

Few miles on the TM this morning

Ran out to Ogden canyon and back on pipe today.  Nice morning run, little chilly, but felt pretty good.  Nice to get in a semi long run to gauge where I am at this point.  Another couple long ones and I might survive the Marathon.

 Avg-7:39

Out to pipe and back.  Not feeling too great, but got a few miles in after the long one yesterday.

Avg-7:58

Skyline loop I think.

Avg-7:44

out pipe to the pavilion and back.

Avg-7:19

end of pipe and back.  Felt great.  Tired for last 2 miles, but great overall. Planning a long run for early next week.

 Avg-7:15

Time-73:10

Sinclair loop this morning.  Feeling more tired than I thought I would after yeterdays 10.  Hope I can bounce back soon, and get in a couple more good long ones in the next couple weeks.

skyline out south ogden and around elementary school.  Decent run, legs felt heavy and tired.

Avg-7:25

Long run day.  Decided to get in my long run before my work week starts!  Got up and went out south ogden loop, then out to the end of pipe and back.  Couple laps around beus pond and then home.  Hit the half marathon mark at 1:36, just about where I am aiming for in the race, so felt good about that.  Started wishing for a gu at mile 10, blew it on that one today!  Overall, great long run, glad to get it in and done with.  Wish I was in better shape to be able to race Ogden instead of just run it.  We'll see how it goes though.  Legs felt good, and hammy didn't bug!!  Did a nice roll out with the massage stick after I finished.

Avg-7:21

Total-1:57.41

stroll over to the stadium tunnel and back with Les and the double stroller.  Nice to get out for the shake up after the long run.  Went by the park on the way home.  Coldish morning.

Nice run out south ogden, and up skyline.  Felt quick.

Avg-7:26

Skyline loop

Pavilion and back on pipe. Felt crappy. Couldn't get into pace, just choppy.  I think today was the last day for my Peregrine's.  I think after 500+ miles they deserve and honorable release!  They were a great pair of shoes to get me into minimalist shoes.  Loved them, but the cushioning just isn't there anymore.

short run out pipe and back.  Felt a lot better.  Must be the shoes.  Nice week overall with the long run.

Avg-7:20

got 2x6mile runs in today out to pavilion and back.  first one solo this morning, then a couple hours after breakfast, went out for another one with Jordan.  Felt decent on both.

Avg-7:24, Total-46:12

Avg-8:02, Total-50:09

pavilion and back

Avg-7:58

South Ogden loop.  Nice morning run.

Avg-7:13

Went for a hike today with a couple tempo runs.  Started with a tempo run to the pavilion.  Avg-6:53.  Then Lesley and I hiked up to Malan's peak.  After, tempo back home.  Avg-7:05.  Nice morning.

Met up with Jordan this morning at the vita course and did the old fernwood run from high school xc. Nice to get up early and get out. Didnt push the pace too much. Perfect weather this morning, great run!

Total-1:06.53

skyline loop

2 miles TM, 3.5 with Jordan and Lesley in Fruit Heights in the heat.

skyline loop

Ran toward Weber and looped around Dee on the way back.  Good shake me up for the race tomorrow.

Well, I have to say that this was one of the most fun races I have had in a long time. I wasn't in shape to PR and knew that going in. I didn't even run my fastest Ogden Marathon, but I ran a very smart race, and totally enjoyed it. I missed the gun because I was in the bathroom changing wet shoes out and vaselineing up. Jogged over to the race bag trailer as the race was getting started, even though I never heard any official gun go off. Last I heard was the two minute warning. I got stuck pretty far back behind the 4 hr pacer, but since I wasn't truly racing, I didn't freak, just started jogging and weaving through the crowds to the start line. Ended up weaving for a good two miles before I got into a space with a comfortable enough pace that was moving along.

Wanted to run the first half at 7:20-7:30 pace, and mostly held that, except for a few miles in the 7:30's.  Ran into a small group running together at around mile 7-8, and decided to stick with them for awhile.  They met my criteria for pacing.  Ran with them through about mile 15 and then picked up the pace with one of them.  Felt like I spaced out my GU consumption well with about 1/3 to 1/2 of a GU every 10k or so. Hit the canyon feeling fairly well, my right knee started to ache a bit, but I tried to ignore it and enjoy the river and scenery, as well as the company with Jon Moss.  Served me well, the knee took quite awhile to loosen up, but finally did as we came out of the canyon and hit the parkway.  Hit quite a few sub 7 miles through the canyon, which set me up nicely for a negative split marathon from half to half.

Probably would have died in the last 5k if it weren't for Jon pulling me along, so nice to have a running buddy for that much of the race.  Felt great about my finishing time. It's still hard to look at it when I know I have run so much faster in the past.  Just have to look at the training that I did to prepare for those marathons compared to this one, and there is no way I can't smile a bit about this one.  I've been trying to race like this for a long time, but it's so hard to hold back in the first half when you feel so good.  Glad I could relax and do it today.  Great run, and great fun even with the rain.

First half 1:36:37 (7:34, 7:23, 7:12, 7:24, 7:23, 7:28, 7:28, 7:17, 7:29, 7:33, 7:33, 7:26, 7:20)

Second half 1:33:46 (7:10, 7:30, 7:09, 7:10, 6:54, 7:05, 6:58, 6:53, 6:55, 6:29, 6:32, 6:43, 6:37)

Avg-7:10

Garmin got me at 26.41

School and back.  Hot, still getting over a cold from the last week.

Skyline loop with Aubrey in the stroller.  Nice to get out, getting too hot to run after work though.

skyline loop.  I officially feel like I am out of shape again.  From the marathon a month ago, took a couple weeks off after.  Then got sick for another week and a half.  Now trying to run 3 miles wipes me out!  Hopefully it's just from running in the heat, and not totally out of shapeness.

South ogden days tonight.  Wasn't in very good shape, but decided to give it a good push and see how my body responded.  I figured that I ran a marathon a month ago, so I should have some reserve.  But after a couple weeks off after the marathon, and then sick for a week and a half after that, I had only managed about 15miles total since ogden.  So I took off pretty quick and nobody came with, ran the first mile just under 6min pace, coming down the first hill I knew I didn't have it in me to keep up the pace.  Got passed for the next half mile and then coasted home.  Lung burning like never before.  Overall, a fun night with the family, especially running the kids K with the girls.  I clocked the race way short, which doesn't help my time, but oh well.

I officially feel out of shape.  Had a hard couple weeks at work with a weird schedule of nights.  Made it to the school and back with out stopping for a walk break today, and it took some effort, which is pretty sad.  Hopefully be able to get my base back in the next few months with the vacationing that I have planned.

In other news, NordicTrack has finally decided to send someone out to the house to look at the treadmill.  Only took 2 months to decide on that, we'll see how fast they actually get to the house.

Few days off of work means I can do a few morning runs!!  Trying to get in a routine.

Didn't feel like getting out today.  Headed toward Weber to go out and back, but the Dee was swarming with conventioners (Jehovah's Witnesses I think, by the look of the protesters out on the street).  I couldn't cross the street with all the cars going and didn't want to run through the Dee anyway, so I headed straight up to skyline, and around to shadow valley.  Actually felt pretty good.  Avg was a little slow, but being out of shape and taking on the big hill played a part in that.

Avg-8:08

Got a good routine going, three in a row!!  Not lots of miles, but that can come later, especially since I don't have any races planned yet.  Ran sinclair today, felt good, pretty warm out.  Wore my omni freeze sleeves, AWESOME!

Avg-7:24

Last run with Jordan before the move.  Started from Beus Pond and ran up vita course trail to bonneville shoreline, then up and around to beus canyon trailhead and back to the park.  Nice hike run, fun times

little run this morning, Sinclair loop.  Been raining this morning, but I didn't get out til 11 and missed the cool rain.  Darn.  Felt sludgy.

Avg-7:54

Run around Bigfork

bob marshall hike. Holland lake into Lick lake

bob marshall hike. Lick lake to Koessler for lunch, then to Doctor

bob marshall hike. Doctor lake to Lena lake

bob marshall hike. out from Lena lake

with Lesley from our hotel in Redlands.  nice to get out and not have to worry about the girls

skyline loop, pushed Aubrey in the stroller, walked a good portion of it.

skyline loop tonight.  felt good to get out a bit, but feeling out of shape for sure.  Don't know how im going to get back into it with the move and school starting up again, but we'll see!

TM run today
 

Took Aubrey for a stroller ride around town.  Went up past the Redlands temple and to the top of the street, back down and home.

TM run today, let Lesley get out for a run.  Used the TM more in the past week than in the past 4 months, nice to have in this new area before we learn the back road system better.  Still feel like I put more effort into less mileage on the TM, guess Im just getting out of shape though.

Down Citrus toward freeway, up to 5th and back.

Avg-7:50

Short run in South Africa on the TM, felt pretty good the last half, but it was flat and downhill.

Total-26min

Down to stater, over toward Mentone, and back on the backroads.  Felt good, still pretty slow going, getting the routine though.

Avg-7:54

Out citrus, up crafton to 5th and back home

Out 5th to canyon, down crafton to citrus and back home.

Out Highland through the orange fields to the dead end and back.  Didn't get out early enough and it was plenty hot, and I was plenty slow.  Hope I can keep running a bit after school starts next week!

New route.  around temple, down dearborn, lugonia, and back up wabash.

Avg-7:45

disneyland day!!  didn't make it out for a run before heading to the park

Same route. temple, dearborn, lugonia, wabash.  Got going a little earlier and it was great to beat the heat!!

Avg-7:15 (first run in a long time that isn't embarrassing to record my average)

Went to the fun run this morning.  So nice to have the church/temple in our backyard.  Registration started at 6:00 and we walked over at 6:35ish.  Finally decided at race start that I would run with the stroller and Lesley could run how she felt now that she is 29wks along.  Gun went off and started out at a nice pace which was faster than I thought. First mile 6:38, second 7:10, last .93 7:05.  Not a bad run with a double stroller!!  Felt great and had fun.  Rounded up to 3 even miles with the running around before and after race.  Should have done another lap after it was over, but didn't want to look too cocky!

TM run while I listened to lectures.

total-46:00

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stake 3 mile loop

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