AZ Run Dad

This is always a great race. I ran a 7 second PR but I went out aggressively so I was kind of slow in the last 5k. I just raced and only looked at my watch when it beeped for the miles. This is always my best approach to racing. Anyway first mile is uphill before a few solid downhill miles followed by a couple miles of rollers leading into a nasty 1/2 mile hill at about 7 miles. After that the last couple miles are overall down with a couple of bumps. I got passed by Sara Hall just after a mile and was pretty much 15-20 seconds behind her most of the race. Splits were 5:38, 5:11, 5:25, 5:16, 5:22, 5:37, 5:40, 5:52, 5:31, 2:03 (.4) for the last part. I'm happy I went for it today I just faded a little too much in the last 5k with the big hill. I wanted to run about 30 seconds faster but I'm still happy with this. Met Jeff and Jon Coyle from Idaho (super nice guys) and saw tons of running friends. Always a great morning at this race!

AM: 6 miles

PM: 4 miles with Ariana on the way home

AM: 10 miles

PM: 4 miles

Mostly easy all week to fully recover from the 15k and get ready for a few more tough weeks of training before the marathon.

12 miles around the neighborhood + 6 strides. My legs felt pretty good today so I was able to run a few miles under 7 minutes for the first time this week. I got a relatively late start because my Dad felt bad when I told him I had to get up at 2:15 to get 12 miles in before work so he opened up for me. I slept on until 3:30 and it was great. The neighborhood is much livelier at 4:30 than at 3. 6:44 AP

15 miles in Fountain Hills: started out by myself at 4:30 then picked up with the rest of the group who had twelve on the schedule. Started pretty easy but ran the second half pretty strong. I felt good today. Not that I have been running this run hard but today was my fastest pace on the route by far. The best part is that it felt really good and I had a lot left. About 1500 ft of gain today. AP 6:43

12+ miles: Got up early and got this in so I could follow the Gate River 15k where my wife was running. Easy run with some strides the last couple miles. About 7 min pace. Tomorrow is a long run with a nice MP chunk. Looking forward to that one.