Run and Be Happy!

My first day back running after Utah Valley - it has been 10 days since I ran the marathon, and I was ready to come back.  I probably should have just done an easy run, but all of my friends were going to the DSC track for speedwork w/ the St. George Running Center group, so I decided to join them.  I told myself I would take it easy, but I think I may have pushed it a little too much.  My left side is already feeling a little tight - I need to make sure to stretch it out today.  I had no watch which maybe was a good thing today - it felt like I was going fast, but my actual pace was probably not that fast.

Here's what we did:

1600 warm-up

1200 - fast/slow every 100 meters 

1600 x 2 w/ 800 recovery jog in between

800 x 2 w/ 400 recovery

400 x 2 w/ 200 recovery

400 recovery

3 x bleacher stairs - up&down 

Ave pace-8:15 - Indian Hills loop - my legs were still tired from Tuesday speedwork (& the marathon I think).  But I do love early morning runs w/ my friends.  :)

Trail loop, pace ave 8:15 - another day w/ heavy,tired legs, trying to get back into the swing of things.  This run was pretty hot, but felt a little better on the trail w/ the cool air coming off the river.

14 mile run w/ St George Running Center group.  We meet w/ the group and got dropped off in Dameron Valley - the ride up was fun and reminded me of the old cross country days - lots of people piled into our suburban at 5 a.m. ready to run.  This was a lot of fun to start out a run w/ a big group.  Paul also ran this and it was the furthest he has gone ever.  He did great.  My friends and I took it pretty easy for the first 5 miles, which felt good - It seems to always take me a few miles to warm up.  After that, we started to pick up the pace.  By the end, I was feeling awesome and sped up a little more coming into St. George - my last 4 miles were each between 6:48 & 7:08.  Overall the pace was 7:45 (not counting 1 pit-stop).  It felt great running downhill and now today my legs are only a tiny bit sore - I guess that means they are adapting to this new obsession of mine.  :)

After the run, I felt a little sick in the stomach all day - I think it was either the JellyBelly Beans & or the Sodium S-Cap pill I had - most likely the beans- will not eat those again.