Just do it

Swam freestyle for 35 minutes then did sidestroke and breast stroke for 10 minutes and another 5 mins of freestyle fast.  Pretty much super boring.

 We also did core and some leg work. 

Did some speed work at Liberty.  We ran fartleks of 3 mins hard 1 min jog 7 times.  I admit it was rather beastly because I was keeping up with my teammate Oliver who is faster than I am.

Did some training with the Arnold Air Society candidates which consisted of lots of lunges and squats followed by some wind sprints.  It was about 2 miles total.  Then I went on a 9 miler by the U.  My legs felt like crap.

I meant to run 6 this morning but my beanie fell out of my pocket so I had to backtrack to get it.  My legs felt like crap today too unfortunately.

Ran over to Sugar House and then did some speed work.  Coach had us run fartleks of 2x10 minutes.  I kept about a 6:02-6:05 pace.  Although Sugar House park is quite hilly, it is pretty easy to catch even splits due to the recovery portion on downhills.

This week is supposed to be a taper week at about 30 miles so I am takin it pretty easy.  I was also planning to run everyday instead of cross training one day.  I should have cross trained because I felt some pain in my tendon.  Looks like I will be swimmin tomorrow... Bleh

Cross training day to give my leg a break... Not literally... I usually go for 50 minutes but I had no desire to swim back and forth for 50 min so I decided to do some interval stuff.  I did 2x300 at about 4:57, then I did 4x200 at about 3:13 followed by 5x50 at 42 seconds per.  It was a bit tiring but I was able to keep my splits almost exact.  I guess runners have a knack for hitting splits with all the speed work.

Felt good at the beginning but then the tendinitis began to flare up and was really hurting toward the end.  Lame...

I think this is the lowest amount of mileage in a week that I have had for quite a while.  Initiation night in ROTC so it involved a hike up the trail behind the U.  Pretty cool up there.  Did a bit of running so I counted a mile.

I decided to play it safe and cross train again today.  I should be running tomorrow.  Hopefully the ice and Tiger Balm will have done its job.  Today I just used the spin bike for 50 minutes and then swam 10 laps... I also chillaxed in the hot tub.. Real nice.  I was sweating like a beast creature on that bike...

No tendinitis today :)  I ran over to Sugarhouse Park and did two laps on the inside.  I then did a half lap on the outside to get my mileage up to 6.  Felt good to be out running again :)

Ran around Sugarhouse park again today... The snow was a bit challenging.  My ankles were scared.

Did some elliptical today. 50 minutes and 7 elliptical miles.  Figured I would continue to play it safe this week.  Then I did some core and push ups and pull ups.

Super early run right before our road trip.  I knew that it wouldn't happen if I didn't get up before 5 so there I went!  Good run.

California running! I ran in Vista which is hill central. I was actually planning to do 10 miles but I was retarded with math.  What happened was I went .25 out on one road and realized I didn't want to go that way so I came back and went another.  That equals .5 miles right?  Well when I did my 5 miles out i thought, "Hey!  I need to go a bit further to compensate because I won't be running that same road again!" So for some reason I decided I needed to go out to 5.5 miles instead of 5.25.  I guess it didn't compute that the other road added up to .5.  So basically I got back just under 11 and figured I might as well get there.  The whole 5 miles out I was crying on the inside because it was all downhill but it ended up being a good run :)

Dark and rainy this morning.  Had to go at about 5 am because we were planning on leaving at 6:30.  The problem with where I was running is that the roads are somewhat busy and there aren't really any shoulders.  I would say it was quite scary.

Last run in Cali... Decided to take a different route today.  Probably the scariest run I have ever had.  I basically ended up on a highway with no shoulder in the rain and dark.  I was completely drenched and scared for my life.  2 of my miles were a 6:30 pace just because of that.  I survived luckily.

Back in Utah again.  Ran up to Hogle Zoo and down.  My legs were burning on the way up there.  Then on the way down I was keeping about a 6:35 pace for the last 4 miles.  

First time running in a week due to arch pain.  I really don't know what the problem is.  Felt okay on this run but it's still there.