Running For Trevor

6 miles on Murdock in the sunlight, 8:05 pace.  Sore calves but other than that all systems are a go.

I slept all day besides waking up to eat candy and cake.  It was a pretty awesome recovery day!

7 miles with Julia on Murdock, 8:28 pace.  Even after 28 miles together we are not sick of each other....now that is true friendship!:)

I'm going to take it really easy all week.  My body is tired from the LR on Saturday and I just mentally need another easy week.  I think by next week I'll be ready to start some faster running again maybe.

7 miles up to Murdock on 1600, across and then back down 800 with a gym stop in the middle to pump some iron.  I got a new watch that actually works for my Birthday.  Yay!  I was so excited to run with it I ran the 2 miles up to murdock in a little over 15 minutes.  I really liked this loop....I am so bored with the out and backs on murdock.

7 miles on murdock with Julia and Janae.  Perfect morning run with friends.

9 miles in 63 minutes, 7:00 pace.  Up to murdock, out a few miles and then back down.  I definitely wasn't planning a workout this morning but I was feeling all bouncy and was just naturally running faster so I tempoed out the last 3 6:37, 6:25, 6:20.  Nothing too fancy and the last 2 are pretty aided but the effort felt really controlled so I think thats a good sign.

If anyone is looking for a good supportive shoe that is lighter weight I would like to throw out my plug for the Altra Olympus.  They are just as supportive as the Hoka (in my opinion) but you can actually run fast in them and they don't look funny. :)

5.5 easy recovery miles, 7:51 pace.  Ran up to the gym, did 20 minutes weights and then ran back down.

Headed up to Antelope Island tonight to pace my friend Janice for the 100.  I am pacing miles 70-90 and should start around 3am.  I've paced a lot but this is completely different...I'm excited and nervous!

19.5 miles pacing my friend Janice from miles 69.5 - 89 at Antelope Island! 13:14 average pace.

About a month ago Janice, Julia, and I ran 17 miles together.  At the time Janice was registered for the 50 miler and after talking about her training Julia said you should just do the 100 miler....I chimed in and agreed.  The next week she switched to the 100 miler and since we were the 2 that talked her into it we were committed to pacing her.  I'll admit I was completely nervous about this....I mean first of all I'm far from experiences on the trails and secondly what do you say to someone after they've already ran 70 freaking miles?

Julia paced Janice through elephant head and I started running with her at 3am.

Miles 1-4:  Things started out okay but after mile 1 there was an incredibly steep downhill portion.  Janice's IT band started bothering her at mile 46 so she was walking all of the downhills and running the uphill/flat.  We walked down the hill but it was so steep that it irritated her IT band so bad she could barely walk.  She was in a lot of pain and the first 4 miles of the run took us 75 minutes.  She caked her IT with icy hot took tylenol/ibuprofin and got a blessing from her husband.  Somehow after mile 4 she was able to run again.

Miles 5 - 19.5:  We ran the entire way.  There were miles clicking in between 10:00-12:30 pace and Janice never stopped.  Her breathing got a little heavy at one point and I suggested we walk for a minute.  She didn't want to.  Walking irritated her ITband more than running so we just carried on.  We talked the entire time, I reminded her to drink/fuel and really that is all I did.  She was absolutely amazing and it was seriously inspiring to see how strong she was this far into the race.  It was an absolutely incredibly experience and I was so sad to see it end as we ran into the aid station where we met her husband Greg to run the final leg of the race with her.  I finished running with her around 7:30 am and I cannot believe how fast those 4.5 hours flew by.  I am so thankful I was able to experience this and I am truly inspired by these ultra runners.  It is freaking amazing what our bodies are capable of.

Janice ended up finishing her very first 100 mile race in 22 hours and 19 minutes.  She was second place female.  She is seriously one tough cookie and I am so proud of her!

It was fun to see some FRB people out there.  I finally got to meet the famous Jen (neasts) she is adorable and it was so fun to hang out with her.  Also RAD, Kelli, and Scott W.  Congrats to Scott on his 100 mile PR.:)  I have absolutely no desire to run a 100 miler myself but it sure was a cool experience.