This Month in Running June

Miles to Date: 824

Running Updates

Well, I am finally injury free.  It took most of April and part of May, but I am running at 100% now.  I did have to drop out of the Reno Half Marathon.  I had the hotel and trip all planned, but a few days before the race I dropped to the 10K.  I went for a training run 3 days before the race and I was hurting.  I wasn't really willing to drive 7.5 hours to Reno to walk through a race.  Fortunately that was the last race I bailed on.

I've been logging anywhere between 25 and 45 miles a week.  It all depends if I do my long run.  A few weeks ago as of this writing (6/29) I ran a 15 miler at a decent clip, so my endurance is coming back.  Do I have marathon dreams for this fall?  Potentially.  If the pieces come together and my motivation is there, I'll jump into one, otherwise I'll live if I don't do one in 2019.

I have definitely taken a hit with my half marathon race performance.  They just seem a LOT tougher this year.  I am not sure what is behind it, but the last few have been rough experiences.  I don't think it is a lack of training, but I suspect I am still trying to run them too fast and I wind up crashing and burning around mile 6.

We've been fortunate to have a mild start to summer, so I can still run in the afternoon, but as June is turning into July, the temperature has been rising.  I've been doing some heat acclimation training to help out, as I seem to have adjusted well when I spent last summer in Phoenix.

I am just happy to be running and racing again.

Upcoming Races

06/29: 2019 Jurassic Run 5K - Ogden, UT (Confirmed)
07/13: 2019 Farmington Festival Days 10K - Farmington, UT (Confirmed)
07/20: 2019 Handcart Half Marathon - Bountiful, UT (Confirmed)
07/26: 2019 Legacy Midnight Run 10K - Farmington, UT (Confirmed)
08/10: 2019 Bluffdale Badlands 10K - Bluffdale, UT (Confirmed)
09/07: 2019 Rock the Canyon 10K - Provo, UT (Confirmed)
09/28: 2019 Witch Run 5K - West Jordan, UT (Confirmed)
10/26: 2019 Ogden Halloween Half Marathon - Ogden, UT (Confirmed)
11/17: 2019 Las Vegas Half Marathon - Las Vegas, NV (Confirmed)
11/28: 2019 South Davis Recreation Center Thanksgiving Day Race 5K -- Bountiful, UT (Confirmed)
01/19: 2020 Phoenix Rock n Roll Half Marathon - Phoenix, AZ(Confirmed)
04/18: 2020 Salt Lake City Half Marathon - Salt Lake City, UT (Confirmed)
05/16: 2020 Ogden Half Marathon - Ogden, UT (Confirmed)