Scott's Running Blog

Easy run during the afternoon. It was about 75 degrees with a nice breeze to keep me cool. Average pace on an out-and-back down the Kuhni Road was 9:36.

I ran for 55 and a half minutes.  The pace was pretty easy, so I'm going to guess that it was about a 9:30, which calculates to 5.8 miles.  The weather was fantastic, and two of my kids followed me on their bikes so the time went quickly.  I hit a nice rhythm when I sped up over the last half of a mile, which felt fun.

Ran the Spanish Fork River Bottoms road heading east until I went back into the subdivisions on the hill at Oakcrest road.  Easy pace, finishing 4 and a quarter miles in 23 minutes (about a 9:10 pace).

Ran the most boring 4 miles of my life on our treadmill last night at 10 p.m.  I watched "The Two Towers" while I ran, but that didn't seem to help much.

Ran east from Novell and up the hill across the Springville Highway.  I stayed on Slate Canyon Drive instead of heading up towards the eagle gate.  It was a nice run with great weather.

I played with Novell's ultimate frisbee team tonight in the Provo Corporate games.  I'd expected to get a much harder workout than I did.  There were only four teams, and the games were limited to 30 minutes each.  It was pretty clear from the beginning that we had the best team, and we were the only team with subs.  It was a lot of fun to get some sprinting in, and we took first place.

I ran from my home down to the auto shop that is fixing my car in order to give them my keys.  I should have left a little earlier, as it felt pretty warm on my run home.  I passed a snake that must have disagreed with my assessment, because he had crawled out on the path in order to sun himself.  I also saw a lot of yard sales today, including one that was selling golf clubs.  I could see myself really enjoying golf someday.

It was a fun run.  The most encouraging part was knowing that I could have easily run more at the end, which is better than I'd expected after only two weeks.

Easy treadmill miles

Planned to bike and run.  I got 25 miles on my bike (Out to West Mountain and back), but ran out of time to run after doing the weekend chores.

It was wet and a little rainy, but nothing extreme.  My official time was a 24:41, which is a 7:57 pace.  However, my measured (watch) time was a little slower (24:50) than my "official" time, and the course measured short on my watch (3.07 miles).  If I adjust for those two factors then my actual pace was an 8:05.  The pace throughout the race felt sustainable, and I even considered running faster a couple of times. I was running with a neighbor, however, and so elected to stay the course.  I started my end-of-race kick with about a third of a mile left and started to taste my breakfast.  I backed off the pace slightly, which I rationalized to be okay because I was locked into my finish position at that point.  I think I'm still scarred by the time that I threw up in the last mile of the Logan Marathon. :)

After the 5k I ran the 1 mile race with my kids.  They all had a great experience, and none of them had to walk.

Ran the lake view run.  My watch didn't lock into my position until I was 3 miles into the run.  I don't know why that's relevant to this report, except that it was a little frustrating. :)

Lunch time run in the low 60's.  Was a bit windy, but nothing like Spanish Fork Canyon in the morning.  I averaged an 8:49, with splits of 8:57, 8:54, 8:49, 8:34.  

Ran east from my home and down through the river bottoms with a neighbor.  Very relaxed and conversational pace.