6 Days of Half-Marathons

Realizing that my goal of running 1000 miles for 2018 was about 80 miles away. I decided that I should run a half marathon or more each day of the week Monday through Saturday. This effort would give me the necessary miles to accomplish the goal. So I set to the task on Monday Oct. 29th 2018 and proceeded to hit the Half Marathon mark each day for 6 days. In the process I hit my highest distance of any previous week, 90 Miles.
 
 

Day 1: My Prospector Loop Half-Marathon Course

I started with my favorite Half-Marathon route which takes me down Prospector Trail, connects in to Church Rocks, then up on and down Highland ridge. I have run this route many times in the past and it has a warm spot in my heart. The weather was great if a bit chilly, but clear and dry. The sunrise was a wonderful treat as usual.

Elapsed Time	Moving Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
02:35:19 hours	02:28:41 hours	13.61 mi.	10:55 min/mile	5:04 min/mile	1,075.46 ft.	2,301 kcal

Before breaking my collarbone I was ahead of my goal pace to run 1000 miles this year by about 120 miles. But while out of commission I lost all that and fell behind pace a bit. Now after a few strong weeks I am ahead by about 100 miles again. And I now have about 70 miles left to hit 1000 for the year... 6 half marathons look like they will get me there well ahead of schedule. So I am going to attempt to run at least a half marathon distance each day this week... we will see how it goes 😉

Day 2: My Prospector Loop Half-Marathon Course Again

I ran the same route again the next day with similarly great weather conditions, and another great sunrise. But after a sluggish run which ended up with me completing the course in a decently longer time than the previous day I decided I should mix it up the next day.

Elapsed Time	Moving Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
02:50:39 hours	02:41:58 hours	13.76 mi.	11:46 min/mile	2:43 min/mile	1,040.68 ft.	2,318 kcal

HalfMarathon #2 was a bit sluggish but at least I was able to get a PR on one segment. But the morning was wonderful cool and rewarding.

Day 3: Church Rocks Repeats Half-Marathon

My favorite trail in the area has got to be Church Rocks. So I decided to run some repeats on Church Rocks to get my Half Marathon in for the day. Again I was blessed with great weather and found that it was quite difficult to do the repeats. Either I didn’t like this trail as much as I thought or my body was not liking having been put through 3 half marathons in a row… either way my time to complete the half marathon had was

Elapsed Time	Moving Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
03:07:25 hours	02:44:04 hours	13.56 mi.	12:06 min/mile	4:20 min/mile	1,637.80 ft.	2,348 kcal

Day 4: Mayors Loop Half-Marathon

Given my sluggishness on the last two days I decided to mix it up again and head to a nice flat and smooth route. The Mayors Loop in St. George fit that bill. This run was the ticket, I was able to kick my speed back up a bit and completed that days Half-Marathon in less time than my run on Day 1. It felt great and seemed to get me back on track. I started this run a bit earlier than the others, so I got a little more time in the dark and I had the opportunity to spot several shooting stars during my run, this was the first time I have ever seen a shooting start whilst running.

Elapsed Time	Moving Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
02:32:27 hours	02:20:48 hours	13.26 mi.	10:37 min/mile	6:33 min/mile	222.44 ft.	2,162 kcal

Mayors Loop cool and faster for Justin. Get better my friend. Shooting Stars🌠, Foxes 🦊 and Bunnies 🐰 4 down, more to go. Note to self, if you run faster your headlamp battery lasts for more miles.... Let No Rest November begin!!!

Day 5: Pushing Tin Repeats x 7

The T.R.I.P. group that I am a member of, was starting their Pushing Tin Repeats: Last One Standing event at 7 PM that evening, so I took a little bit longer rest and waited until that evening to run my Half-Marathon for the day. I arrived at Pushing Tin a little after 7 PM and got started. One of the club members had brought out a table so we all brought items that we wanted to eat during the event. It sure was nice to have that aid station to keep up my calorie intake and electrolytes on a regular basis. But as the crowd grew it was also easy to stop and chat with others at the aid station, that was fun and added to the event, but definitely impacted my overall speed both days during the event. But it was also great to have some others to run with during the event, and they usually got me to pick up my overall pace.

Elapsed Time	Moving Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
04:40:39 hours	03:10:02 hours	17.02 mi.	16:29 min/mile	3:19 min/mile	1,559.06 ft.	2,983 kcal

Great run this evening as part of the TRIP group 24 hour Pushing Tin Repeats event. Awesome to be out running with so many great runners. They were blowing by me... good crowd!

Day 6: Pushing Tin Repeats x 6

The Pushing Tin Repeats event was still going on so after getting some sleep for the night and then attending to some familial duties I drove back out to Pushing Tin and started pushing some more. It was a different experience than the night before with the sun out. Demanding a bit more from me than the night had. But with plenty of electrolytes I was able to push through and just barely got my Half-Marathon distance in before I realized that my wife was awaiting my return home. So I ended the Pushing Tin event with 13 repeats on the loop and 6 days of Half-Marathons.

Elapsed Time	Moving Time	Distance	Average Speed	Max Speed	Elevation Gain	Calories Burned
04:43:01 hours	02:58:27 hours	14.66 mi.	19:18 min/mile	5:58 min/mile	1,348.43 ft.	2,565 kcal

Final tally was 13 loops. Great time out there on Pushing Tin.

This journey was an amazing experience, pushing my body in a way it had not been done before. And I guess that is part of my reason for running, to explore what is possible to achieve with a bit of determination and a set goal. Even though some of my runs were sluggish and took a bit longer I spent that time listening to some of my favorite books The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. So every second was that much more enjoyable along the way.