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Easy with Fritz and Nate from HIghland at 8. Nice morning in the 60s. Run was just over 1:30 so we successfully ran slower than 7:30 pace. I wasn't really feeling it this morning.

AM

6 in 45 minutes at 5:45. From home up memory grove and back. Felt ok. First day of kindergarten for my oldest so now 6:30 is the new 7.

Lunch

5.05 in 40 minutes of BST wandering. I have a mammoth blister on one of my toes and I just killed it on Saturday's long run so I was hobbling around this morning before the run. It worked itself out after the first mile.

U of U track workout. Left just after 11 and did 5x1600 in 5:36, 5:51, 6:08, 6:11, 5:55 with 400 recoveries. Wasn't really feeling it. The wokout I based it on would have had me do 6x1600 at 5:51 (T), but I thought I could go a bit faster with 5. I wanted to quit after two but pushed through. My toe is still quite painful which causes me to limp when walking but I don't think it affects me much.

Sweet relief. The pain in my toe nail was bad enough that I visited a doc yesterday afternoon. It had a pretty good sized blister underneath the nail and he pulled it off and gave me antibiotics. The reason I have six really bad toe nails, according to him, is because of tight calves. They are not able to lift my feet off the ground entirely so I curl my toe nails under to lift off. The beating on the nails is exacerbated by downhill running which has caused the last two nail injuries (timp half and emigration last weekend).

He told me to give it about a day so I decided to not do a morning run and do the treadmill at lunch in case there were any issues. I wore my crocs on the treadmill for the first time to make sure the toes had space. The toe felt fine but the crocs were really getting hot and burning up so I hopped off at 3 miles and put on my old Brooks. Finished the workout in 59:52 for 10 miles with a 1.5 incline vs. the 1 I did last week. Hopefully the last treadmill run for 8 days or so.

Easy miles at lunch going through the U and down Guardsman/1500E. Mid to upper 80s and I was slower going back up the hill. 28:12 out and 32:06 back.

Very frustrated with my continued inability to wake up early and get a run in. Two mornings in a row I've gotten up and out of bed and then talked myself out of it. Toe feels good as new :)

Easy up Emigration during lunch. 59:38 total. Felt much better today than yesterday in the heat. Upper 80s but the canyon is cooler and has some ventilating wind.

Bear Lake. No long run because of Bear Lake Monster Half on Monday. I ran 7 miles at noon to meet my family at Rendezvous Beach. Appropriate name. 6:56 per mile out or 48:24 total with temp in the mid 70s. Then 7 miles back. 7:29 back or 52:19 total in the low 80s. Last mile back was 6:45 uphill with 81 degree weather. Felt strong.