Easy Run Decent Pace

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Quote of the Day "Most people quit because they look how far they have to go, not how far they have come" Unknown

Aug 26

I have been getting some great advice from my dad (Phil Peterson) and so far I feel it has been a great challenge of the advice he has given me. 

I asked how he usually went on easy days, so I decided to go out at a decent pace and go up towards the mouth of the canyon and try to hold it, I was able to go the whole way around 7-7:30 min pace (no garmin yet :( lost the charge cord dang it)

I am staying up on my core work outs afterwards and I feel like that is really keeping me strong. I am still having issues with my calves but I hope they slowly start healing good  soon!

I am staying pretty steady at 170lbs lately but it sure feels nice! 

Aug 27

For todays workout I am going to start doing some longer tempo to see how long I can last as a test for the marathon on tired legs :) We'll see how that goes. 

I'll Update that later after it happens. 
Today I will be running 8-10 miles tempo at 6-6:30 per mile. I feel pretty good so this should be fun!

Long run day!

<Almost 3 hour run day> 

Got up early 5am- Aug. 24th 2015

Ran 45min in the morning. Did sit ups. Went to work then ran about 1:55 minutes after but felt very sore still and it was 97 degrees out so I couldn't go as far as I wanted. 

Today I will be doing a ladder workout.  1 mile 1200 800 400 200 × two sets. 
Here are my times from the work out today.
1 mile- 5:20 (5 min rest)
1200m- 3:39 (3 1/2 min rest)
800m- 2:34 (2 min rest)
400m- 71 (1 1/2 rest)
200m-29 seconds 

2nd set rest 6 min rest

1 mile - 5:34(5min rest)
1200m- 3:40 (3:30 min rest)
800m-  2:34 (1:30 min rest)
400m- 70  (1 1/2 rest)
200m - 28.74 
mile cool down and warm up :) hardest workout this year! weigh 169lbs afterwards :D

I am starting to feel a lot better, finally feels like my achilies is healing, doesn't bother me as much anymore. I bought these copper compression socks. Now all i need is to heal my calves and I will be about 100%. I also took a Espom salt bath that seemed to help, also icing. :) 

Also I am on a diet from Muscle Pharm called the Bizzy diet. Suppose to be a 22 day program but I might keep going until I get down to my race weight which is in the 150lbs. Currently I am about 170lbs. 

I am very excited to see where I am going this season because I am putting in a lot of work and trying to do what I can, currently putting in about 70 miles a week. I don't feel too bad yet, a little tired but I was looking forward to being like that. 

Thank for reading! I will update the workout later today. 

Getting Serious Once AGAIN!

It has been a long time since I have posted anything in here and over the last couple years I have learned a lot and will continue to learn it seems.

Over the last couple years I have ran some good races and even won a marathon Huntsville UT(with the exception of no elite male runners than than me), but a win is a win! I do need to mention there was some great elite female runners! I also gained a huge PR of 2:42:30 for the marathon in that race.
I also got a huge PR in a half marathon of 1:10:32. I feel in a couple months I will be back in that type of shape, just need to continue my motivation and determination.

I also have some injuries that are getting annoying, such as, achilies problems and now starting to get on the side of my calfs micro tendon tears ( it feels, ex. shine splints).

I feel like I should be able to get some sort of sponsorship with the times I run and ability, but I do know I need some help with people to follow me so I am going to start working on that as well :)

I also feel it will be a fun journey to see where I can go and what kind of shape I will achieve. The WILL is there but I need to continue to work through failures and not stop but embrace fear and use that to strive onto success.

I give many thanks for every person that will start to follow me on this new and exciting adventure towards my dreams!