The King of Controversy

Hey everybody, I’m back. Well, I’ve been home from my mission for a month already and have been running a bit but this is my first time back to the blog. I don’t really know if I’ll ever bring back my controversies but we will see.

AM - 4.25 miles. 35 minutes with fast finish. My sister woke up late this morning so she missed her long run with the team so she came out with me and got a short run in, at least.  The pace for me wasn’t very fast but I know my sister felt it. Hopefully, I didn’t kill her. My body is feeling good for only running a little bit on my mission, I’m still in okay shape. I ran a 5:30 mile my last week in the mission field if that gives you an idea of where I’m at. I gained like 15 pounds on my mission but it wasn’t bad weight. It just gave me the fat back that I didn’t have when I was a runner. So I’m not fat. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. A bit faster pace than yesterday but still a very chill pace. I ran up Foremaster hill. I felt good but running up foremaster was definitely tough. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 minutes. Late night run. It was fun but I was tired so not super fast. I am just so happy to be able to run as much as I have since I got home as I didn't run much on my mission.

PM - 4.5 miles. 32 minutes. A late night run by myself. I'm pretty busy with life so when I don't get my run in in the morning, it either doesn't happen or it's late. But it was a good run. I kept a fast pace because I was feeling fresh. I also just started using a new watch (at least new to me) although it is an old watch - the Garmin Forerunner 610. I actually haven't had a watch since I've gotten home so I've just kind of run and did whatever for a month. The new watch is great though. I have never had a Garmin which I regret because it is just so much nicer than my other watches.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 minutes with 3x1 min. fartleks with 1 min recovery and 1 mile race. I ran over to this Fun Run that my good friend, Logan Hall, was doing for a project to help homeless students in the Washington County School District. I honestly wasn't planning on racing this thing so I did a small fartlek workout before. I found out that Evan Boyer wanted to race though so I ended up racing him. I was already tired before the race but he was tired too so mid race, I surged and tryed to see if I could break him and for a little bit I thought I had but he didn't give up and gave a killer last 400 meters to beat me and I didn't have the guts to out kick him. It was fun to race someone again.