What ever it takes!

37 laps, 1:22 avg lap = 8:30 avg pace.  I got a slow start today, just had a hard time getting moving.  Also there was hardly anyone on the track this morning.  I think when there are more people I am motivated to run faster.

I've decided that my running stride has been motified quite a bit to compensate for my injured hamstring.  Much shorter strides and hardly any knee movement.  My doctor told me to go see a physical theripist, I really don't have time to be driving to Salt Lake once a week but maybe if I ever want to run normal again I should concider it.

Felt really good today so I decided to take advantage of it.  44 laps 1:14 avg lap = 7:40 avg pace.  Took the last mile easier around 1:20/lap but then finished with a 1:02 to even it out.

Someone in my department quit last week so I got upgraded to an office with a window.  Lucky day!

37 laps, 1:15 avg lap = 7:45 avg pace.  Last lap in :58.

Yesterday I went snowboarding at Brighton with 90 6th graders for the school ski day.  Tons of fun, beautiful day it makes me want to sluff work every Wednesday to go up out of the smog.  After I tied about 30 pairs of boots onto the kids and got them off to ski school I was able to get about 5 good runs in.  Pretty much stayed on the groomed trails to keep from getting hurt but I had the entire north half of the mountain to myself, it was pretty amazing.  I've never been before where I could make an entire run and not see a single other person.

Longer than normal run today, just because.  50 laps = 8 miles in 1:06:00 = 8:15 avg pace.

I went to the physical theripist yesterday.  I'm so glad I could pay someone to tell me not to do stuff that makes me hurt.  Really, duh!!.  I don't need someone with a doctors degree to tell me that.  He did measure my strength equality from left to right, and with the exception of my weak hamstring I'm within 98% from left to right.  Which I guess is a good thing so I don't run in circles.  Wait I do run in circles.   I wasn't able to run on the super expensve treadmill, I have to make a special Saturday apointment to run with LED lights on my legs.