Year to Date Miles: 481 (as of 4/3/2021)
Introduction
March saw some incredible gains -- and a return to racing. I completed three races in March: the March Madness Half Marathon, the Lucky 13 10K and the Riverton Half Marathon. All 3 races saw me hit times I haven't seen for at least 5 years.
This is mostly a result of a bit harder training and eating smarter. In previous years I did a fair amount of hoping I'd do the harder workouts. However, this year I actually have started to do the harder workouts.
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Training Updates
When there isn't a race (or I am not recovering from one) I'll do at least two "tough" workouts per week -- excluding distance. This may include a tempo run, some sort of rep / hill / interval workouts or even strides.
I am finding that is just enough stimulus to improve my speed. Each race or time trial I do, I am finding my times are coming down. And it does make training a little harder. When I set out for a "5K-paced" run for instance, it feels easier than it should and I wind up going faster.
I am not killing myself with doing a lot of miles either. Approximately 35 - 40 miles per week. If I were to start to consider running a marathon (which does cross my mind once in a while) I'd definitely have to bump up the mileage.
I am still dealing with an upper hamstring issue. It hurts but once I am warmed up, it seems to hold up. Eventually it is going to catch up with me.
Also March saw me get caught up in another streaking challenge. It was put on by one of the Facebook groups that I am on and it was more or less run "something" every day for the entire month of March. It was an interesting challenge and I took it on. I wound up running 32 times during the month for about 165 miles. I am not a huge fan of running streaks but with the weather being as nice as it has been, I could not take a day off from running. I continued the streak and stopped it on April 2nd.
Upcoming Races
04/10: 2021 Eggs Legs Race 10K - West Jordan, UT (Confirmed)
04/XX: 2021 Salt Lake City Half Marathon - Salt Lake City, UT (Confirmed) - Virtual
04/24: 2021 Recycle Run 5K - Bountiful, UT (Maybe)
05/01: 2021 Provo City 5K - Provo, UT (Confirmed)
05/15: 2021 Ogden Half Marathon - Ogden, UT (Confirmed) -- Virtual
06/19: 2021 Lamoille Canyon Half Marathon - Lamoille, NV (Confirmed)
06/26: 2021 Taylorsville Dayzz 5K - Taylorsville, UT (Confirmed)
07/03: 2021 Riverton 4th of July 10K - Riverton, UT (Confirmed)
07/10: 2021 Farmington Days 10K - Farmington, UT (Confirmed)
08/15: 2021 PC2PG 10K - Lindon, UT (Confirmed)
12/04: 2021 Laughlin Half Marathon - Laughlin, NV (Confirmed)
02/27: 2022 Las Vegas Half Marathon - Las Vegas (Confirmed)
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