endurance

bear crawl. get your ass up the hill.

tj attacks.

king of the hill.

pcme:

20 mile run friday morning.

i began my day with a text message from my sister at 5:30 am reading, "i am ready when you are." what this actually meant was she was awake and ready to drive me to my destination. i prepared myself with some light stretching, light clothing, new shoes, hella rap music on my shuffle, a pint of water, some fruit bars, and some gum. as we drove to the summit of emigration canyon i started to get nervous for this distance: 20 miles. i had not yet run more than 16 miles, and although adding 4 miles is not substantial, i was still nervous as to how i would do. i purposefully was dropped off at least 15 miles away from my house, so i could not find an excuse to not run this distance, and if anything allow myself to wander far away and force myself to get back. i had no phone, no garmin, no watch. just a desire to run, a 5 hour energy, and a plan of attack. the start of the run was easy: all downhill for 8 miles. i have a vendetta against running emigration due to my last shit show performance (5 pit stops in the canyon due to too many dates and too much water). i started the run at 6:30, and i made it to foothill and 8th south in 55 minutes. after a brief discussion about the time and my short shorts with a fellow runner i preceded to east high's track and pounded out 2.5 miles before the sun peeped out. once the students of the school made their way to the track i left and wandered around downtown up through the avenues and finally back to my house. i mapped out the run: 20.3 miles in 2:50. it was a steady pace, a hefty dose of good times, and a lot of recovery. i am currently 5 weeks out from the marathon, and am still just as nervous even with this performance behind me. shout out to ryan, and danya for their inspiration. when my legs wanted to slow down i thought of those two crushing what they do best and pounded through it. eventually i will have 26.2 miles under control, and will move onto bigger and better, more challenging events.

dustin, tj, dani, melissa, sam, brad, jesse, cody:

sugarhouse park hill jam:

warm up 5 burpees, slow walk up hill

5 rounds

workout:

5:00 hill sprints

3:00 rest

5:00 bear crawls up hill, walk down

3:00 rest

5:00 hill sprints

3:00 rest

5:00 backward hill climb

3:00 rest

5:00 hill sprints

cooldown: shit talk about some sort of funny looking shoe.