dawson's running history

This was my first marathon, and it was a good experience overall.  Don't get me wrong, I realy started to struggle with cramps in my calves and thighs at about 19 miles in, but I was able to finish, and even within about two minutes of what my goal time was.

Today was a 10-mile run.  I finished in just under 1:38.  I felt like my pace was pretty good until the last 2 miles or so, then I really started to slow down.

This was a speed workout.  I did a 1-mile warm up, and then did a ladder consisting of a 400, 800, 1200, 800, and 400, with a jog of half the distance inbetween each leg.  There was also a 1-mile cool down.

After I got back home, my wife wanted to go for a short jog, so I went for a 2 miler with her.  I was surprised how fast I got sore while jogging quite slow!

For the past few weeks, whenever I have to run at the gym and I know that I have to run for about an hour or so, I have been trying to hit 6.55 miles in one hour (half the distance of a half marathon).  Today I finally was able to get there!

Today I did not have a lot of time, so I had to do a short distance.  I decided that I would just go all out and see how fast I could run the three miles.  I was able to finish in 27:01.  Darn that extra second!

Didn't have a lot of time to run before work, so I could only squeeze this much distance out of 35 minutes.  Not too bad for me, but I know that I can do it faster.  I am sure that it is mental more than anything. 

Since I am training for a half marathon, and I knew that I wanted to go at least 11 miles today, I thought "What the heck, I will just go the whole distance to see what my time will be".  Well, my goal for the race is to finish within 2 hours, and I did it in 2:07:30 or so.  The problem with where I chose to run today is that the last 2 miles or so is uphill.  Not steep really, but steady.  Anyway, I figure that with the adreneline and excitement for the race, I might be able to come pretty close! 

Today was a speed workout.  I did:

1 mile warm-up

5-800's with a 400 jog inbetween

1 mile cool-down.

I was pleased overall with this workout.  I was able to finish the total distance of 5.75 miles in 52:52.32.

I was able to get a tiny bit further in an hour today than I did last time I ran for an hour.  Progress is progress no matter how small the amount. :)

Although I did not have too much time after work today (a 131/2 hour day!), I was able to go to the gym and run on the treadmill for about 40 minutes.  By the time the 40 minutes was up, I had gone 4.52 miles, which was a big feat for me!  I was very excited at the end of the run, and a part of me (a very small though) kind of wanted to keep going!  If only I would have had more time...

I have been taking Friday's off for the past few weeks, but today I decided to just do a nice, easy run.  It was kind of fun to just run with no goal in mind.

I decided to run part of the course for the Snow Canyon half marathon which is this Saturday.  I did the 10 miles in 1:30:57, so I was pretty happy with it overall.

Today was my speed workout.  Since the race is on Sat., we took it easy today.  After the 1 mile warm-up, we did 8 400's, with a 200 jog inbetween.  Then a 1 mile cool-down.  total time was 41:35 for the 4.27 miles.  My best 400 was in 1:48, which is pretty good for me.

Nice run today.  I didn't have a lot of time, but I was able to get a few miles in.

This will be my last run before the race on Sat.  It felt good to get a few miles in tonight.  I was able to finish the 3 miles in 27:14.  I feel as though I have been making some progress on my speed.

I really wanted to break 2 hours, but at about 10 1/2-11 miles my left quad (especially right above and to the right of my knee) started to cramp up on me.  The course had a lot of downhill in it and I think it was mainly due to the pounding.  My time from a half marathon that I ran in May was more than 2:19, so I guess this is a great improvement for me.

This was my first run after the half marathon on Sat.  I also did a leg workout.  I was trying to get the last of the soreness out of my legs.

I have been having a lot of pain in the arch of one of my feet.  Because of this pain, I had to jog nearly the entire hour.  I am kind of frustrated, but I am not sure if I need to give my foot some time off to recover from whatever this pain is.

Nothing like a run on Thanksgiving morning.  Had to do this one at the gym, as I had to go to work right afterwards.

Today I tried to go a bit faster on the treadmill than I have in the past week.  By the time I got the treadmill up to 6.3 miles per hour that pesky pain in my right arch was back with a vengence.  I did get me a Strassberg sock today though, so I am excited to see how that and some serious massage and stretching will help.

Today was a run out on the road, which felt good.  I didn't run full speed, but I think it was like 80-85%.  I have been wearing the Straussberg sock for two nights now, and I was quite surprised how much better it felt while running.  I think if I keep taking it easy and wearing the sock, I should be back to normal soon.

Three miles is all I had time for after work.  I feel like I have been slacking this week, but I was out of town until last night.  This morning I just could not get by behind out of bed.  Well, I will just do the best I can for the rest of the week, and hope that next week will be better.

Today is more like it.  The pain in my foot (possible PF) feels much better since I have been wearing the Strassburg sock (or as my wife likes to call it, the goofy sock).  As I ran today I could feel it a little, but there was very little pain compared to how it was last week.  I have only been wearing the sock since Sat night, so I know it will continue to get better.

I decided to take it kind of easy today.  Although my foot hardly hurts at all anymore, I feel as if my stamina has decreased somewhat.  While running on the treadmill, I an tired and out of breath at a slower speed than I was before the half marathon.

Today has felt the best so far this week.  I was able to get back up to the speed I was running before the half marathon.  By the time my hour was up on the treadmill, my foot ( PF) hurt a little, but nothing like it was two weeks ago.

Although this may look like a race, it is acctually just a regular run.  I didn't have a particular distance in mind when I set out from my house this morning, and I ended up running all over St George by the time I was done.  I guess you could say it was my impersonation of a "Forrest Gump" morning.  Anyway, when I got about 1 1/2 blocks away from my wife's work I had hit 13.1 miles, so I thought I would just walk the last little bit.  It felt good to get out and run a longer distance, and although my legs are tired and sore, it is a good tired. :)

Today felt pretty good.  I think I could have gone a little faster, but that just means I will be able to push that much harder next time. 

Just another run during my break at work, so of course it was on the treadmill.  I was silly and thought that I would be able to jog and read a book at the same time.  Yeah...that was a dumb idea.  It only made me dizzy to try to focus on the page while I was bouncing around!

I couldn't drag myself out of bed this morning before work, so all I could do was 3 miles on my break today.  I have been fighting off a cold, so I guess some running is better than just not going.

My back was killing me when I got up this morning.  I think I slept funny last night or something.  The strange thing is that while I was running is when it hurt the least.  Other than that, it was a pretty good run.

Today was a pretty good run.  I was supposed to do a speed workout this morning with the St George Running Club, but it was decided that it was too cold!  I guess I should just be grateful that I don't live up north!!!

I was able to push a little harder today, but it felt good.  I haven't really felt any pain from the PF that I had a few weeks ago, so that makes me happy.  So far it has been a good week!

Although I didn't have too much time today, I did push myself pretty hard.  It felt good overall.

I pushed even harder today, though not by much.  Every little bit counts!

Although I did not run with as much intensity, today makes six days in a row that I have run, which makes me pretty happy.  I think it has been a good week.

Today was a cold one.  In fact, I would have liked to have run more, but it was too cold.  On the bright side, I ran really fast to get home faster!

Today was in the gym, and I did not have too much time.  Otherwise it was ok.

I think that I will take it easy this week compared to last week.  I still want to try to get 6 days in this week, but I will not focus as hard on mileage.

I was able to squeeze out 40 minutes during my break today at work.  I didn't push as hard as I could have, but I am glad that I was able to do something today.

While visiting family in North Salt Lake, I decided it would be a good idea to go for an outside run.  What a silly fool I was!!!  I was running with my sister-in-law today, so she couldn't go very far, which was fine with me because it was bitterly cold.  I figure 3 miles in weather like that should be woth 5 or 6 miles inside for sure!