El Burro Blanco

Happy February everyone. No one reads my blog so I am talking to myself. 6 miles this morning over to Santa Clara. Stomach was not happy this morning. Survival mode though.

Couldn't go to practice because we had a faculty meeting where we talked about testing ethics. Yeah! Ran after the meeting where it was super windy. Went and did my Bloomington Loop 10 miler. Head wind for the entire run. This always happens while in St. George. It doesn't matter what direction you go. Lots on my mind today. Ended up going 6:56/mile.

4 miles easy this morning. Cold.

6.5 miles this afternoon. Did some 1600s on the track with a number of different groups. Hit 6:05, 6:17, and 5:31. Fun to hop in different groups between the boys and girls. 2x200m starts after wards. Cool down for mileage.

7 miles total this morning. Did 3 with the TEAM. Really chilly this morning.

4 miles this afternoon with the girls. Loads of fun. They are so dang funny.

4 more cold miles this morning.

7.5 miles this afternoon. Did 3 sets with the girls of 2x200m and then an 800m at 1600m pace. Tough workout for the TEAM but they responded well. Excited to have a former runner of mine come back to help the girls. 

8 miles total this morning. 4 of it with the TEAM. A little warmer today.

Big long run to finish the week. The Red Mountain 50k is in a couple weeks so I decided to go hit the trails to prep a little bit. Ran from the house over to meet Steve across from Jacob Hamblin. We then did the Rim Rock and Rim Runner loop. Fun section of the race. Got back to the cars and planned on hitting the same loop but doing it quicker the second time. Mission accomplished. Legs felt good today. Had to extend a little at the end to get 23 for the day but super happy with how it went today. Nothing crazy but just over 3 hours for the run.

Happy to hit 80 for the week.

7.5 miles this afternoon.

Did some 1600m repeats with the girls again. They are doing very well right now. Yoga after!

4 miles this morning.

10 miles out on Prospector with the boys. Absolutely gorgeous afternoon. Perfect weather!

4 miles this morning.

6.5 miles this afternoon with some of the girls. Did a 2 mile Power Run down River Rd. Lots of positives. Nice and toasty.

7 miles this afternoon. WARM.

10 miles along Snow Canyon Parkway this morning. Absolutely perfect. Love the Red Mountain when the soon hits it in the morning.

7.5 miles this afternoon. A couple fast 400s, some 800s, and then 200s with the TEAM. Good stuff. The weather is absolutely amazing right now.

Went and did another long run on part of the 50k course across from Jacob Hamblin. I had a big mileage day yesterday with a workout and wanted to run on tired legs today. The temps were quite warm but it was absolutely gorgeous today.

I was feeling really good and cruising along when at 5 miles my foot clipped a rock and I went down hard. I cut up my hands and both knees pretty bad. I seemed to skid for a little bit but once I stopped I checked myself over and didn't look great. I licked my wounds and kept going. I finished up the Rim Rock and Rim Runner look to get to 11 miles and grabbed my second bottle at the bottom of the hill. I chomped down a guy and started going back up to hit the Barrel Roll Loop. The temps were super hot and I just kept trying to cruise along. At about mile 17 I felt pretty flat but kept seeing mountain bikers so I would chase them down to keep me going. I was a bloody and dusty mess so I got some funny looks. I got down with the loop and actually felt pretty good the last 2.5 miles back up the hill to the house.

I finished close to 23 miles and just over 3 hours 10 minutes which included the crash and burn. I got home and Oliver asked, "Dad, did you throw up on your shirt!" Lots of dirt. Scared Katey a little bit but a fun adventure on the trails.

#igavebloodandmudtoday

Went and did Barrel Roll right at noon since I was helping with putting up flags this morning. It seems like a bunch of people were over there today. I used to run on this trail and hardly see anybody. It was crazy busy with people riding ATV's, shooting guns, and mountain bikers. My legs were a little flat for the first couple miles but I started to get going after a while. I have really enjoyed spending a fair amount of time on the trails lately. 13 miles total.

4 easy miles this morning.

7.5 total miles this afternoon. Did some 1600s and 300m finishes with the girls. Very positive results from what I am seeing. Good to see them working so hard.

6 miles this morning.

6.5 miles this afternoon with the boys over to Coach Powell's house. Overcast made it perfect weather. Good talk with Josh.

4 easy miles this morning with the TEAM.

7 total miles this afternoon. Crazy windy so I tweaked the workout today. Ended up doing 400s and some 200s with the girls and some of the boys. Pretty happy with how it went. Yoga after wards.

Got to be a Watch Dog at Norah's elementary today. Funny how different elementary students are with high school students. Big difference! Lots of fun though.

12 total miles this afternoon. 4 with the TEAM and then 8 more in to Little Valley. I actually had to dunk my hat in water since it was so hot. Crazy nice weather right now! Went and iced the legs in my parent's pool after. 7:04/mile.

16 total miles this morning. Went a little earlier before meeting up with the TEAM and did some miles on the Virgin River Trail. Pretty cold along the river. Met up with the TEAM and did a progression run with the last couple miles as a good push. Felt pretty good. My hamstring was a little tight but I guess that is because I am old.

Happy with how the TEAM did today. Another solid week.
 

7 miles in the afternoon. Did some 1000s with the girls. Perfect weather except for a little bit of wind.

6 miles in the morning.

8 miles total this afternoon out towards Little Black Mtn. Started with the girls and then chased down the boys to finish up with them. Awesome day.

4 miles this morning.

No running this afternoon because I went and worked with the sprinters today. Being the Head Girls Track coach, I want to get to know all the girls. 

Tons of kids out this year for track. Should be very exciting on both sides.

8.5 miles this morning. Ran a little before meeting up with the TEAM. Ran with the TEAM and then tacked on some more with Sage and Boston.

7 miles this afternoon. Easy 4 with the TEAM and then another 3 miles towards Hidden Valley.

6 miles over to Santa Clara and back.

6.25 miles this afternoon. Hopped in with some of the boys to do 12x400m on the track. Plan was to hit all of them under 1:15 to see if I still got a sub 5:00 in me. Hit 1:12 - 1:14 on all of them. Positive workout. Super hot though.

6 miles early this morning over to Santa Clara and back before I needed to head over and clean the church. Legs were a little flat.

Met up with the TEAM to run Suicidal Tendencies because most of them haven't been on it before. 12 miles total. We opened it up a little on the way back and felt suprisingly good. I guess my body just needed to wake up.

18 total miles today.

6 miles this afternoon.