"A man has got to know his limitations"

Went for 13 miles earlier today and then decided to also run with my group this evening for some more miles. Gave them a workout of 3x 1000 meter reps with 800m jog rest. Put in a faster 400m rep to give a bit of a mental break and then continued on. Wanted to do more but pushing things in the heat this early in the season didn't make sense to me. Especially when they have Wasatch back relay this weekend. I could have used 200s I suppose, but I generally like to save those during the peaking period right before a major 10k or even marathon. 

Later we had a discussion that kind of took off on a tangent but was interesting nonetheless. It was about the difference between one's LT and VO2 max. It later branched off into a discussion of running economy and how your running form plays a major role in it's makeup. It's a difficult subject to explain adequately in a few minutes but I think they they got key elements and points.  You guys did really well tonight in spite of the heat. Good job.. 

Oh yeah, we also discussed diet tonight. You guys wanted to know what my diet is like? Well ok, ok! I know I'm not the healthiest eater in the world but I think I do pretty good in most cases. Most of the time..  Tonight my wife Kim made us pork chops with apricots and glaze topped with sides of brown rice and broccoli.   The apricot glaze was awesome...  Dark Horse out. 

I almost don't want to categorize these as easy miles per say, mainly because it was almost 100 degrees F when I ran them. All on hilly terrain too.  Sego Lily and 2300 east route with 15 miles total distance.  I need to cycle back up to my previous mileage levels as close as possible but I am not sure whether to stick to the ten percent rule. It's important when venturing into new mileage levels, however I know I can handle the mileage as I've done it before. It's just the heat amongst a couple of other new variables I'm not sure about.  Well, I'll keep the pace easy most days and focus on distance for a while until I'm sure I can tolerate the mileage safely.     Dark Horse out...

Ten mile progressive run on the treadmill this evening. 1-2% incline with the last 4 at 5:30-5:45/mile. 80-85% mhr.  Very little time today as I had to get out quickly and do some more work on the motorcycle. Today I was replacing a generator cover and bar ends, however I still have more expensive parts to order and put on unfortunately. I shudder at the thought of what it would have cost to have had it done by the dealer though.    Dark Horse out.

Easy run tonight. Felt like I was jogging until toward the end of the run when the heat started to catch up a little. Went sub 5:30 on some stretches. Getting stronger and I can feel it especially in my quads going uphill with higher knee lift.   Draper-Draper parkway trail and back.