El Burro Blanco

14.25 miles this morning with Clyde. We flirted with the idea of doing some tempo miles but Clyde's ankle is still not ready for it. We did the tempo loop and just extended it a mile by Clyde's house. 7:07/mile overall. Crazy muggy this morning.

6.10 miles with the girls for practice. We ran the Webb Hill extension today. Solid run by the girls. I now have my top 5 all together since two were gone with family vacations for a while. Cautiously optimistic about the girls this year.

7 miles with the boys today. We did a 3 mile warm up and then 6x2:00min. dirt repeats by Hidden Valley. Solid work from the boys today. Last day of kids club after. I am glad we did this next year. Hopefully we can build on this.

3 miles this afternoon with the team. Lots of homework today so no time for more.

4 easy miles this morning with some of the team. Did our fundraiser car wash today. Made a fair amount of money.

3 more miles after the car wash with some of the team. Quite hot this afternoon.

Ran with boys today. We went and did a tempo run out by Little Black Mtn. this morning. We did a 6 mile warm up and then did 2 miles just a little faster than 6:00/mile pace with a 2 mile cool down. It was a great workout considering we had lots of clouds and not a ton of hot weather. Nice solid trail run today to finish off the week.

3 miles easy this morning with the team.

6 miles in the afternoon with the girls. We did Hidden Valley dirt trail repeats. We did a 2 mile warm up, 3x3:00 min. hard/3:00 min. easy and then cooled down back to the school.

This is going to be a crazy week. Busy with school, work, and cross country.

4 miles in the morning with the team.

3 more easy miles this afternoon.

Very busy!

Easy 3 miles in the morning. I am very tired lately. Physically and emotionally drained.

First meet of the year tonight. Boys took 1st and girls took 2nd. Not a bad start to the season. Lots of room for improvement still. 

3 miles in the morning with the team.

A solid and extremely hot 8 mile run in the afternoon heat. Temps were above 110 degrees. The boys were troopers and gutted out this run.

3 miles easy in the morning.

6.75 miles with the team in the hot afternoon. We did a warm up to Webb Hill and then did baby meat grinders. 7x1:00 min. hard + 4x:30 sec. hard with the cool down back to the school. The kids are animals and ran very well. Me on the other hand, not so much.

Got up early and went the Varsity boys up to Pine Valley for a good solid 10 mile trail run. We met up with some of the guys who were at youth conference so it was a great excuse to get out of the heat. Temps were nice and cool plus we saw a few deer. Lots of fun. 

Not my best week ever but I was extremely busy finishing up the summer semester of school and getting ready to come back to work. School starts next Wednesday. Yeah!

3 easy miles over to Hidden Valley. Got a little rain this morning which was very much appreciated.

Ran 7 miles with the boys over to Little Valley area. The wind was blowing and it actually helped cool down the temps. I think more of the kids are getting used to running in the heat. Still very hot. We did 6x:20 sec. strides at the end of the run. Solid way to start the week for the team.

6 miles total this morning with the girls. We did a 2 mile warm up, 2 mile tempo run and then 2 mile cool down. Solid run this morning.

3 miles this afternoon in the heat. Yeah!

3.25 miles in the morning.

First official day of school. Lots of stuff going on. Easy 5 miles this afternoon to Little Valley Park with some of the boys.

3 miles in the morning.

6.75 miles in the afternoon. 2 mile warm up, 6x1000m dirt repeats by Hidden Valley Park with the cool down. Cut the workout short due to the crummy wind and weather. Everyone pushed through the workout though. 

3 miles in the morning.

5 miles in the afternoon with the Varsity boys over to Little Valley and back. Warm but bearable today.

7 miles this morning before the meet. Started at the high school and did by Man of War Bridge loop. Got to the trail and picked up the pace. Pushed the uphill and felt good afterwards. 

Now I got school started and things more organized, I should have a little more time to run.

Easy 3 miles in the morning with the team.

Got the kids off and then had an internship orientation for a while. I was tired from a long day and needed to get a run in. I ran over by Little Valley and back for a total of 7 miles. Slight cloud cover made it enjoyable. This is going to be a busy year.

Met up with Dave at 5:00am this morning. We were missing the friggin' tri guy. Dave wanted to do some tempo miles so we did our usual warm up and then got started. It was 80+ degrees this morning and I was drenched from the get go. We ended up doing 5 tempo miles which felt good and then cooled down back to Clyde's for 13 total miles. 

Did the workout with the boys this afternoon. We did a Fartlek workout at Little Valley (1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:4, 3:3, 2:2, 1:1). Very good workout for the boys. Happy with how it went. 7.75 miles total. 

3 miles in the morning. Little bit of rain.

5 miles this afternoon in the mud and yuck out in the desert reserve. It was awesome! The kids really needed this run and enjoyed it.

3 miles in the morning.

5 miles this afternoon running around getting things ready for the time trial at Bloomington Hills North Park. Thick, long grass so times were not fast but it was a good workout for the team.

3 miles in the morning.

4 miles in the evening.

Way too busy right now.

3 miles in the morning to the bridge and back.

10 miles this afternoon and evening. I ran 6 miles with some of the boys and then tacked on another 4 miles after trying to finalize a 1000m dirt trail out in Industrial Park. It is really hot out there.

13 mile run with the Circle. Clyde ran the warm up and cool down with us since he was still recovering from the half. We did a 3 mile warm up and then a 7 mile tempo run, with a 3 mile cool down. The tempo was much better today than last week due to the cooler temps. It was almost 20 degrees cooler today. I was extremely thirsty after wards. Nice push with Dave.

8 miles this afternoon. I was trashed so I only did a little bit of the workout this afternoon with the team. I ran the warm up and cool down with the boys and then did 4x1000m repeats with some of the B group boys. Decent run but it was blazing hot our there in Industrial Park. Glad this one is over. The boys looked strong again.

3 miles in the morning.

5 miles in the hot afternoon with some of the girls. The old gray mare he ain't what he used to be! Plain tired.

3 miles in the morning.

7.25 miles with the boys at Bloomington Park. We did 4x2:00 min. pickups and then 5x400m repeats at I pace. Nice and toasty this afternoon. Solid little workout. I am getting too old for this.

6 miles this morning with Kale and Brigham over to Coach Powell's house and back. Nice morning for a run.

6 miles this afternoon over by the Thatcher's house on some sweet trails. I need to get out there more.