TRI GUY

Couldn't have asked for better weather this morning for the race, especially after what had been forcasted.  This was my third time running this race.  Two years ago I finihsed in 1:40, last year I was 1:31:24, this year my goal was to get under 1:30 so I felt good with a 1:29:30.  Even though the course was short, I think it was about the same as last year so I feel good about taking almost 2 min off last years time.  I was hoping to feel a little stronger over the last five miles than I did.  In the past I've run easier until the top of the hill and then gone as hard as I could the last five.  Going a couple minutes faster over the first 8 this year slowed me down over the last 5.  I was actually only 10 seconds slower over the last 5, but I just didn't feel as good as I have in the past coming off the hill. 

Race Splits Mile1-6:35  2-6:35  3-6:43  4-7:02   5-7:11  6-7:25   7-7:44   8-6:53   9-5:58    10-6:26  11-7:11  12-7:34   13-6:15  Total 1:29:30

Ran the SGTRI run course later in the afternoon.  Easy pace, but the legs felt good.  I guess I didn't go hard enough this morning at the race.

I finally got out tonight for a short run. I hadn't run since Saturday because my Grandma passed away Saturday so I have been with family and such. It feels like I haven't run in two weeks but I realized tonight thatI had only missed 4 days.

The SGTRI turned into a duathlon again this year, but what are you going to do. They delayed the swim for 40 min before canceling the swim because of wind and changing the race to a run,bike,run. I was doing the olympic distance so we started with a 5k run, followed by a 40k bike, followed by a second 5k run. I'm not sure how I ended up over all but it wasn't to high with a time of 2hrs and 12 min, but it felt like a good workout. We ended up swimming the course after the race which felt really good seeing how it was a warm one today.

Easy run in the fields tonight.

I met up with the triathlon club in Ivins and biked the Gunlock loop this morning. There were 6 of us in our group, but we probably saw another 50 riders out riding today.

So I guess this wasn't my best running week. I didn't run at all but I did get a good bike ride in on the ironman course this morning with the group riding for the computainer filming.

First run of the year up in Pine Valley tonight. Maybe the cooler weather up here will help me get out of my funk and get a little more consistant.

I ran with Baggs this morning in pv. We headed up toward the campground and then decided to go up the Gardner Peak trail to the old canal and follow that back over to the cemetery. It was a little rocky in places but overall not bad. I plan on doing more trail running this summer. Heading out on the cattle drive for the next two days so my next run will probably be on Friday or Saturday.