Joe Howells Fast Running Blog

Sat, Aug 22, 2015

Sat, 22 Aug 2015 06:00:00

TOU half marathon today! It was a blast! Running down the canyon i didnt feel to good. my quad was hurting from highland just the other day. After 5 or 6 miles it went away and i could pick up the pace. Final time was 1:15:17. A 5 minute improvement from last year! Going to take it easy for a couple days to get my muscles feeling better. Overall an amazing run.

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:00:00

Highland invite down at sugar house park. I ran a 16:30. A little dissapointing but its only the first race of the season so im excited. I was going for a 15:45 but just couldnt make it happen. Team took 12th out of 50 teams and only 10 points behind 11th. We beat everyone from our region. Felt good and excited for the rest of the season.

Sat, Aug 15, 2015

Sat, 15 Aug 2015 06:00:00

Went up by beaver mountain and did a varsity run/bike trail relay. Ran a total of 11 and biked 4. Felt amazing to get away from hyrum and run in a little different area. My side didnt hurt for the first time that week. Hoping it will be all better by the time we have our first race next week.

Sat, Aug 08, 2015

Sat, 08 Aug 2015 06:00:00

Easy long run today(if having hills that are pretty much mountains in your run is easy). Ran a 6 mile lope around Providence and then another 4 mile lope. Going an average of about 7:30. Felt pretty good other then a slight discomfort in my knee. I think that will go away.

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:00:00

Hill repets today! Wasnt a very steep hill but we had to do mile pace up it for 60 seconds. We did 12 total. First 8 felt good then the last 4 were killer. Average pace was a 4:40-4:45 going up hill then a 7:30 slow jog back down with no rest. Good workout.

Wed, Aug 05, 2015

Wed, 05 Aug 2015 06:00:00

Had tryouts today, a 10K race. Did the first three miles in a 5:30-5:40 pace. After that my right knee started hurting and i had to slow it down a lot. Final time was 36:16. Going to ice my knee today and see if it hurts again tomorrow. Other then that the run felt great.