Hangin' Loose

No running today.  Did get in my 3rd day of the 3rd week.  It was a tough one and I wasnt able to finish the whole workout.  With the 28 I was only able to do 23 and that was it.  So this week I will just repeate the 3rd week again. 

Saw a post about Ogden's half being full.  And talked to someone in church on Sunday that is planning on running Ogden full.  And thought oh yeah I can still do that.  I will just change it from a BQ attempt another enjoyable race.  Something I am learning more and more is that running is something I enjoy doing and not something I have to do.  So I signed up for the Full with 14 weeks to get ready.  Totally doable and so I am going to shoot for it.  Doubt I will be ready for a BQ.  Or if I am going to even PR at it.  But I am going to enjoy getting back up to marathon speed and ready for all the other smaller races I plan on running this year.  With still SGM as my goal to BQ there.  Will get out tonight for a run in the snow.

PM-  Went for a 4 miler today.  Nice and recovery run in the wind.  Wasnt to bad.  Going to take it nice and easy for a couple weeks.  I got a 10k this weekend.   2 weekends after that a 15k and then another 10k.  So another 4 then 8 for weekend.  And slowly get it back up with 3 days a week running is the plan.  Should work nice and easy.  Ankle hurt first few houses then relaxed it more and it was good.  Seeing a Doc on Monday about it.

Ankle feeling good this morning.  Just finished up my push-ups for the day.  Did the 3rd week over again.  Since I felt I wasnt able to finish strong at the end of the 3rd day.  So was 14, 18, 14, 14, need to do 20 and did 24 for last set.  Gary hung strong next to me.

Ran a recovery run of 4 miles.  Nothing to bad.  First mile was a bit rough.  But felt good at the end of the run.  And alot stronger then Mon run on the same loop.  Will be playing some hoop tonight too.  Not sure if I will stay till 11:30 again that was a bit late.  But we will see.

Played from 9pm till 11:15.  And called it good.  Was alot of fun though.  Hit alot more outside jumpers. We had 4 on 4 all night too.  No rotations.

Did week 3 day 2 of the pushup challenge.  Felt really good during them and did 30 for the max set instead of just 25.  Will do day 3 on Sat.

Played bball in a game.  We couldnt make much shots go down.  And lost.  But I had alot of fun playing.  Ankle felt good.

Got plenty of sleep before this race.  Had a BBall the night before and felt good this morning.  So decided the push the pace on the race.  It wasnt going to be a PR for a few reasons.  Weather wasnt that great 1-2in of snow.  And then the 2nd half of the race was into the falling snow and a strong head wind.  Ankle was feeling ok for it.  Another good turn out for the race.  And as able to talk to Sasha, Jeff and Mary Ann at the end of the race breifly.  So here are the splits.

1- 8:05 Picked up the pace and lost my GF.

2- 7:43

3- 7:46

4- 8:17

5- 8:17

6- 8:22

6.2- 7:41

Overall time 50:20 Pace 8:04

Had a great time on that challenging run.  Felt good about it.  I tried to push it harder on the 2nd half and just couldnt find a good groove to run in.  With the snow or running on where everyone else was running it was icy.  And the wind.  Still alot of fun.  GF took 1st again with 52:15.   And our friend also came in 3rd for her AG.

Just finished up my push-ups week 3 day 3  was able to do the full set.  So moving on to week 4 now.  Did the max of 28.