Ran the Scottish Sprint in Payson this morning just before the Scottish Festival and games kicked off. It was a teeny tiny, rinky dink race.. I cracked up laughing as I walked up to the race start. So did my husband. :) If he notices how small it is, then it was small! ha I woke up late, had to get kids ready to come with (we met my family after in Payson Park) I barely got my bib pinned on. I didn't eat before and my Garmin would not turn on! Zero warm up.I kept thinking: this ought to be a good one. I ran watchless for the first time in 3 years! I registered for this race just to use as a speed workout, as I was going to be spending part of the day in the Park for the Scottish festival with my family. First mile and a half are a really big uphill that met up at the mouth of Payson canyon, then it turned east. Then, there was still some incline. During the first mile some bikers passed and a guy on a bike shouted something at me, so I took my headphones off and he said go catch those boys! I recognized him from the gym. I tried! I passed 2 of the 6 men that were in front of me. I almost passed a 3rd at the finish line. My husband snapped a photo of it because I was on his butt and almost chicked him right at the finish. We had a good laugh about it afterwards. I was surprised with my time as this was a MUCH harder course then the Lehi round up 2 weeks ago. (6:40 avg pace today) Looks like those few bouts of speed work I have done are already improving my fitness. I felt much better today cardiovascular wise, than I did at the Lehi round up too. Bottom line: Do your speed work fast running bloggers! They cause your fitness to take leaps! I am a believer in pushing yourself on those fast days to where it is very uncomfortable. And this is why. It can pay off in even small amounts of time. I feel like I am not doing to bad for not running the whole month of May and half of June. :)
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