dawson's running history

I was really hoping to break 2 hours on this race, but I guess it wasn't meant to be.  At the half-way point I was right where I needed to be.  Once the main downhill started, however, something started to go wrong.  First, one hamstring started to cramp up and then the other.  I acctually had to stop and stretch them both out, which wasted a lot of time.  A little later, one of my quads started to tighten up as well.  I was able to finish strong, and the good news is that I was able to shave off almost 17 whole minutes off of my time for this race last year!  I know that I need to look at the positive, and not worry so much about a PR.

I planned to take a week off after the race, but my wife and my sister in law were planning to do a few miles this morning.  I decided that since they would be going at a slower pace, it would be good to do a nice easy run.  It felt good, and was fun to run with other people.

Man, my body is still hurting from the race!  After the first mile and a half, I decided to keep this one short.  I don't know what the deal is.

I wanted to get up and do a speed workout this morning, but my body had another iea and decided to slep in, so I ran at the gym.  Still very sore and stiff, so I take it easy.

I am running pretty slow this week, which is very frustrating to me.  I know it is natural to feel it after a race, but this is rediculous!

Ok, so I started out at 5.5 miles per hour, and in a few minutes worked my way up to 6.1.  None of this is out of the ordinary for me.  In fact, I would consider that a bit slow.  So, why did I have to slow down to a walk so I could make the ache/stitch in my side go away?  It was killing me.  After a couple of minutes, I was able to SLOWLY get it back up to where it should be (up above 6 miles per hour).

Today was so crazy hot, that by the time I got up and thinking about a run, it was seriously like 90 degrees!  I decided to run at the gym instead.  It wasn't as fun, but at least I did something.

I wanted to run with the St George Running Club this morning, but when the alarm went off, my body had other thoughts, so I ran after working out at the gym. 

The old 3 mile run during my break at the gym.  I can't remember my exact finishing time, but I think it was about 29 1/2 minutes or so. 

Even though I started off a little slow, I was able to get bak up to the speed I was used to before the last race.  I have noticed that for the past month or so the first mile of a run is pretty hard for me.  My shins hurt and I kind of get a pain in my side, but it goes away within about 1 1/2 miles or so.  I guess I will just have to watch it closely and see if it gets any worse.