Husband to speedy wife Allison and father to Camryn (7) and Brandon (5). Graduate of Weber State University where I played on the tennis team. I love to run, help others get faster, and always learn about the sport I love. My wife Allison and I have a blog called AZ Parents on the Run about our running lives with kids.
AM: 10 miles with a couple easy then some strides then 6 x 3/4 mile with a 1/4 mile jog between. I ran them all 4:06-4:09. I was really tired by the end. I was happy to get all of them under 5:30 pace.
Mixed bag today. Warmed up 3 miles then I went straight into a 4 mile tempo in 24:48 (6:12 avg.) which was meant to be marathon pace. My legs were tired so it was much more difficult than it should have been. After the tempo I did 8 x 200 w/200 jogs in about 36-37 avg. those felt good. I'm trying to get some speed and power back so I'll be mixing in some shorter quicker stuff. Good day of training overall. Much needed day off tomorrow.
Gilbert Peeps 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:17:05, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
9.00
This was a small local race that was close to home with a carnival for the kids so it was hard to pass up. It was myself and a high school kid together in the lead for the first mile in 5:34 and then he fell off after that. I was able to pick it up the second mile and ran 5:28. The third mile was tough but I was able to hold it together ok and ran 5:32. The last .1was 29 seconds. I'm pretty happy with the time. I just started getting back into the workouts so this shows that I'm improving pretty quickly. The course was flat and pretty fast with the exception of a few hairpin turns. My wife won the women's race and the kids had a great time so it was a good morning.
