Training June 4-June 10

Monday, June 4 - 16:01 ~1.5 miles  6:00 pm
Found a new place to run from the house...an ATV trail along the Wind River.  Through sage brush over mine and C's heads.  Ran the entire way.


Tuesday, June 5 - 21:00 ~2 miles 5:30 pm
Hot.  Horribly stifling.  85 degrees, I think.  Ominous clouds to the west.  Went along the Wind River again...found out that the trail ends in big rocks across the road at about a mile out, so may have to look into making a "loop" of doing the bit along the river, then hiking up into the badlands.  Ran the first 10 minutes, then ran a few minutes, walked 30 seconds...it was really warm and legs were tired.

Wednesday, June 6 - 22:56 ~2 miles  6:00 pm
Warm again.  Ran along the river with C.  Legs felt pretty good.  Ran a little bit beyond the boulders that close the path...just ends in an alfalfa field...Still a really nice little jaunt...training potential.  Walked a bit towards the end.

Thursday, June 7 - 22:08 ~2 miles 6:00 am
Woke up early to go for run today...have a program at the museum tonight.  Ran to the boulders and back.  Nice run...forgot how much I enjoy running early in the morning...you get the run out of the way, so that you don't lose motivation as the day progresses, and you start the day feeling refreshed and tired all at the same time, but yet with more energy.  For me anyways, for only 2 miles.  Oh, and the best part?  No wind.

Friday, June 8 - Rest

Saturday, June 9 - 20:42 ~ 2 miles 7:00 pm
Waiting for C to get back from his run...things ran a little late.  After prepping supper ( have a new method I'm testing for cooking tofu), decided to head out without him.  He got home right as I got to the bottom of the driveway.  Nice run out.  Legs felt pretty fresh after a day's rest.  The run back was into the damn wind...and I almost gave up and walked a couple times, but didn't.  Ran the entire way to the boulders and back.  


Sunday, June 10 - 21:22  ~2 miles  4:15 pm
Windy.  Very, very windy.  Out of the North.  So, I had the wind to my back out to the boulders, and then ran into it the whole way back.  Stomach was not cooperating for the run either.  The 101s are performing well.  Legs felt pretty decent.


Overall, a very positive and solid week.  Next week looking to start working in some 3 mile runs.  Next Saturday is the High Country Challenge.  Looks like I am going to be signing up for the 5k, even though I really had asperations of doing the 15k or 10k.  My body just is not getting back into running as quickly as I would like.  However, consistency will pay off.  The real goal is being able to run half-marathon distance by August 18th.

Training May 28-June 3

Monday, May 28 - Rest

Tuesday, May 29 - 16:18 ~1.5 miles 3:45 pm
Warm, windy.  Run 5, walk 1, Run 5, walk 1, Run.  Ick.  Not feeling the best, and lacking in motivation.  Went with C through the park.

Wednesday, May 30 - 15:14 ~1.5 miles  5:30 pm
Warm, breezy.  Run 5, walk :30, etc.  Feeling a bit better than yesterday.  With C through park.


Thursday, May 31 - 16:00 ~1.5 miles  4:40 pm
Deceptively warm.  Run 10, walk :30, run through end.  Improvement.  Through park with C.

Friday, June 1 - Rest (Travel to Utah.)

Saturday, June 2 - Rest.

Sunday, June 3 - 17:09 ~1.75 miles 6:00 am
Run from house into waterfowl preserve.  Bugs.  Cool but humid.  Made me miss Nebraska.  Ran the entire run...no walking!

Totals:  6.25 miles 

Overall, rocky week of starting training, but will strive for more consistency with the next week.