Winding down - sort of

Well, today probably was my last hill/interval/tempo run for a while. This was sort of a litmus test for me before STG this Saturday. I do a 'hill run' that is up and over a big hill by my house and then I turn around and come back. One way is .75 miles so round trip is 1.5. I call an out-and-back one leg and I got up to 4 legs before TOU (Top Of Utah - in Logan) and broke my personal record there by 8 minutes. To qualify I'll have to take off another 7 minutes.

I did three legs today. I was even a second or two faster than last time I did this workout so I'm pretty confident for this weekend. I wanted to do 4 again but the thought kept going through my head that I'm usually saying the week of a race, "just get me to the start line healthy". So I decided somewhere on leg 2 that I would just do 3. Besides, I want to get to work early so I can leave a bit early Thursday because the "U" game starts at 6 and I'm in Orem, and I think skipping one leg won't hurt the rev in my engine for race day.

I was kind of sad this morning while I was stretching. It's been unusually warm this late in the year and has been perfect for running so I'm a little bummed that this adventure I've been on is coming to a close. I'll discuss this later, but basically I started training Christmas Eve '07 to run the Grand Slam (see link to the side) which is 6 marathons in the state, plus we did a crazy mountiain 10k in Park City. Here I am, stretching the hammies and the IT Band realizing that almost 1,000 miles later it's almost over. Not sure what I'll do next (as my wife so graciously asked after an all-too-important event: ok, what's next?). For now, I think I want to sit back and enjoy this for a while. Hopefully, that's what this weekend will be -- hangin' in St. George with the fam, swimming in the pool, couple of ice baths, listen to some of conference.

BUT -- That's only after we take care of bid-ness! Gotta go get that 7:15 (or faster) first! Can't get ahead of myself. Woooooo, the blood's flowing just thinking about it. Nope, not ready for this to be over yet. Time to go grab my prize.

This will be the first time STG will have record of me crossing the finish line!

It'll be great to qualify first time out!! :)