Fuel SMART,Train HARD, Run FAST.

8 miles on the Blvd. Nice and cool morning. Picked up the last 4 slightly to 7:15 AP. Felt fine. I need to pick up my other runs. This pace felt better than my usual lope.

Time to focus training a bit. I signed up to be the 1:30 pacer for the Haunted Half on October 20th. I have never officially paced a race, and I'll be alone. I probably should have picked a slower time to be safe. Oh well. Anyone want to come and run with me? Lately all my miles have been base miles without any speed or tempo. Time to pick up up again. In November I'm running the "Just Cuz Half" in Pocatello on the 3rd. I have several family members who are also running it. Then a 10k on Thanksgiving morning.

Today I slept in to get at least 8 hours for a change. Decided to run a tempo on the TM. I was so nervous to run faster today. I originally planned to do 4 miles at 6:30 pace which seemed decent, but I thought it would be harder than usual since I haven't ran in the 6's for awhile. 1 mile WU with stretching then on to the tempo. I had to pause for 3 minutes after a mile to KT my left knee that was bothering me a little. Jumped back on pace and before I knew it, I was at 4 miles with no problem. I decided to make it a 10k and pushed to speed up a little. Finished the last 800 meters in 2:50 and felt great! 6.2 miles in 40:00, 6:25 AP. I finished feeling like I might have been able to go 2 more miles, but it would have been a struggle. That was a confidence boost.  I feel good about this one today, because I've felt so slow lately. Maybe I'll push the tempo a little more next week.

*Wednesday morning, Mueller park trailhead in Bountiful at 6:00am. Everyone welcome. Bring a headlamp. Planning to be done by 7:30ish so however far that gets me. The theme is "Clash like a DI runway model." 

**On Saturday I'm heading up to the Huntsville Marathon. Anyone is welcome to catch a ride with me. I'm pacing the last 10k for Kam and heading home right after. Planning to leave around 10:30. Come support all of the FRB runners by helping pace or spectate! Race starts at 10:00am. 

Great run up Mueller Park this morning with fun and talented company. Allie and Cynthia Fowler joined for an early morning run. Today's dress theme was "Clash like a DI runway model." I certainly took it further than the others but they tried;) It was a good thing that Allie took a bath full of glo sticks last night because it was dark! The headlamps saved us from several near cliff jumps. I alone accumulated 74 pseudo falls. The leaves were pretty for the last 5-10 minutes of the run, but it didn't matter because we entertained ourselves. Allie told us about the time she tripped over a raccoon, her early morning bread making days, and how she met James. Cynthia talked about dog bites, witnessing a finger come back to life, and someone who had diarrhea:), I filled in the spaces with urology matters, Fabio, and the FRB!. Great run!

Great day today! I went up to watch the Huntsville half marathon. I met up with Kam and Angie at mile 21. They were looking good and holding on strong. Angie was leading the women's and Kam was in third place at that time. Helped pace for the last 5 miles. Kam ended up finishing in second overall in I believe just under 3 hours. Angie took the women's title in around 3:02 (unofficial). It was great weather today and fun to see everybody out. 9 Miles total today with an AP of 7:30.