Garek B Running

So 10 days ago Coach and I agreed that I need a break to refocus and rest. So the last 10 days I have not run at all. Today was my first day back.

Ran down to school. Then from the school we did adventure run to the JCC then up Dry Creek until we hit 5 then turned around and ran back. Legs fel tired and going downhill did not feel good. Besides that I felt fine.

Great run today!! Started on the south side of the Parelys Canyon bridges and ran down Wasatch until we got to Coach's house. Felt really good but the downhill was brutal.

Shoutout to Sarah who hit 71 this week which is Awesome!! Also my boy Connor Baller is at 116 monthly views so he must be doing something right! Overall a great run and the weather here is awesome!

Ran down to Sugarhouse Park and did a fartlek workout. The breakdown was this...

1 minute on-1 minute off-2 minutes on-1 minute off-3 minutes on-2 minutes off-4 minutes on-2 minutes off-5 minutes on-3 minutes off. Then we went back down the ladder and then ran back. Added to 10.5

Jogged down to Liberty and did 2 laps of fireman. Then we jogged back to the school. I felt really good and I worked to push to the front every time. HUGE shoutout to Sarah! who has been working her butt of this week and last week! Can't wait to see what she can do on Friday!

Ran up to the Utah Track and did 6 J's. (sprint 200 meters then jog 200 meters). After that we ran towards Shriners Hospital then ran back to the School Shriners way. Added to 10. Felt great during the J's I really worked on pushing the 200 meters. 

Ran down to Sugarhouse and did 2 laps around the park then ran back. On the way back I was moving really well! My last four miles were 6:04, 6:01, 5:51, and 5:38. Good luck to everyone racing at the Oval tomorrow.

I was only to squeeze five in. Looks like a long run tomorrow! 

Got 6 miles in on the Shoreline Trail. Really good run, felt great, and the weather wasn't that bad but it was a little cold.

Ran up and around the VA hospital then down to the cemetery across the street from the staduim. In the cemetery we did a lap then 5 hill strides then finished the lap and ran back to the school along 13th. In the cemetery my foot started to ache a little but overall it was a really really good run.

Today's run was awesome. Bill (Coach) told me to run an 8 miler in under 55 minutes, which is a little below 7 minute pace. I decided to run the adventure run above the U campus and then back through the U. I ended up doing 8 miles in around 48 minutes so I was really happy. I'm pretty sure that my average pace was right around 6:05 but my last three miles were all sub 6. My foot hurt a little when I was starting but after a mile it loosened up and felt great. Good luck to everyone racing at Simplot!!

Shout out to Stewart Sheely who (according to instagram) killed his workout today which is awesome. Go check out his blog strrt.fastrunningblog.com. Also Shout out to Sarah and Chris who are going to wreck it at Simplot! Also Shout out to Matt Todd because he's just a cool kid. 

Ran down to Sugarhouse Park and did 8 strides. Then ran the State Course but did it one minute on one minute off. It was rough, I wasn't expecting it to be that hard but by the time I was done I was exhausted. Ran back to my house and added to 10.

Ran 4 in the morning! It was really windy!!!

In the afternoon I ran down to the school then did the Shriners run but instead of turning around we ran down to City Creek then down Memory Grove, then up South Temple, then across on 13th until we got to the school. Added to 10. My feet hurt the first 2-3 miles then felt fine.