El Burro Blanco

Easy miles on the trails with the girls and then did 6x100m barefoot strides in the grass.

3 easy miles before practice. I drove alongside the boys for their tempo run today. It went great for them. A monster workout.

1st place overall with a time of 1:09:52. Happy with the race and the report will come later when I have more time.

3 easy miles this morning. Warm up with the kids and then setting up the course for kid's camp.

6 miles this afternoon. I did 3 miles to The Spectrum and then 3 miles with the kids over to Hidden Valley. Legs are pretty trashed from Saturday still.  

9.5 miles out off of Navajo Dr. with the kids this morning. Clouds helped keep it slightly cool. Knee was bugging me but I guess I am still just working out the kinks.

3 miles this afternoon with the kids to Hidden Valley again and then I did just over 6 miles setting up cones for the team's workout in the morning.

I am tired. 

Ran with Dave and Wildbull this morning. Missed having Clyde out but I guess he is sick. We did the DC loop in reverse and it was nice doing it this way. I felt pretty good and it was nice chatting with the fellas.

Did a 2 mile warm up with the team and then paced some of the boys for their 5k today which was at about 90% of goal race pace. It went pretty well but a few of them went out a little too fast. I think they learned some good stuff today. Cooled down back to the cars. I am excited to see what happens in a week with the team. Let the races get started!

3 more hot miles this afternoon with the team.

3 miles this morning before practice and then 3 more miles this afternoon with the team. My body needed a big rest today.

4.5 miles this morning with the girls. We did a warm up and then 4x500m dirt hill repeats behind the school. I was happy with how the girls ran. They are getting stronger and stronger each day. I couldn't do the cool down due to teacher meetings. It starts in just a little bit.

4 more miles this afternoon out along the Arizona Strip. Did 2 Tinman tempo miles on the way back.

Took the team out to Little Black Mtn. to do a 10 mile loop. Goal was for everyone to rock it out and rock it out they did. I started with the boys for the first 5 miles and then ran back towards the girls and finished with them. It was overcast and perfect running weather. Good way to end the week with the kids and excited to start the meets next week.

My body was tired all week so I needed the slight break from bigger workouts. Plus, my left knee has been bugging a bit. The old gray mare he ain't what he used to be. I will get going again next week.

Ran an easy 3 miles this morning before weights with the team. Did another 3 miles with the kids over to Hidden Valley.

6 hot miles on the trails this afternoon with the team. Bring on the afternoon practices.

3 miles with the kids to the Spectrum and then I went back for another 1.5 miles. Pushed it for 1.5 miles before meetings at school. Averaged 5:26 for the short tempo.

First meet of the season this afternoon so I was pretty busy with that. Team did well today but still lots of work to be done.

Big boy run with Bill and Clyde this morning. Missed Dave. Hope he gets feeling better. Ran 2.5 miles to catch up the kids since I was a few minutes late.

5 miles on the trails this afternoon with the girls. Did another mile wheeling off a section of the park for tomorrow's workout.

3 easy miles this morning with the team.

Big boy workout with the boys this afternoon at BHNP. 2 mile warm up and then 4x1 mile with 3:00 min. recovery in between with a cool down after wards. Ran 5:41, 5:40, 5:38, and 5:45. This is not an easy course to run but it was good to push with the boys. They ran me into the ground. Nice piece of the humble pie.

3 miles with the team to the Spectrum and then weights afterwards.

4.25 miles total this afternoon with 6x100m barefoot strides. 

Lots of stress and other things on my mind forced me to sleep in this morning. We had another meet today at Hurricane so I had every intention of just getting a fat 0 for the day. The meet went very well and I came home to the family and had a much better attitude. We did a bunch of family stuff and I decided I would head out later in the evening. I ended up getting out the door around 8:30pm. It was nice and relaxing just locking into cruise mode and just enjoy running. I hit just over 16 miles by the time I finished my loop. Decent way to end the day.

I need to be hitting better workouts but I am slightly unfocused at the moment. Hopefully I can work through it. I am happy how the XC team is doing though. It makes my day.

3 easy miles this morning with the team.

5.5 more miles this afternoon on the trails. Finished off practice with 6x100m barefoot strides.

3 easy miles this morning with the team.

Helped some of the girls out with the dirt hill repeats today. Did the first 3 with them and then hopped in with the boys for their last couple. It was really hot today and I felt bad for the kids. I wish they didn't have to train in such hot weather sometimes. Finished with 4x200m finishes and focused on my form.

2 miles before the the Big Boy run this morning. Another 10 with Bill and Clyde. Clyde's wonderful biking stories make me never want to get into the sport. It seems like too much of a hassle. Maybe when my legs stop moving I will buy a trike.

3 more miles to Hidden Valley with the team in the morning.

5 easy miles out on the trails with the team. Another hot one.

In order to give the team a break from the heat we did the workout in the morning. We did 5x1 mile repeats at BHNP. Josh pulled me along for the first couple and then I came back with the next group of boys. Solid workout from everyone. 8 miles total.

The weather was nice this afternoon because it was overcast and the temps were cooler. It was actually perfect running weather. I took a few boys down to the park and did the same work out with them since they had driver's ed. this morning. Very impressed with how they ran. Pace was a touch slower which helped but I was really tired tonight. Another 8 miles total.

3 miles in the morning over the bridge.

4.25 miles with the team this afternoon. Ran out along the freeway and then finished with 6x100m barefoot strides.

Up bright and early for this run. I wish I had more time but needed to be back to the school by 6:30am to head to the meet in Cedar.

I started at the high school and then ran out towards the airport. Pretty muggy this morning which was not how I wanted it. It rain a little on me though so that helped. I pushed the last 4 miles back to the school in 5:32, 5:30, 5:34, and 5:28. Solid little push to end the run. Happy with this run even though I wish I could have gone a little longer.

Team did very well at the meet today and I am encouraged to see how they continue to progress. We still have lots of work to do but we are moving in the right direction. Hopefully everyone can stay healthy.

3 miles in the morning with the team after weights. Got rained on a little bit.

9.5 miles with the boys out on the trails. A little humid at first but the cloud cover made for an enjoyable run. Great cloudy weather for the rest of the week?

3 easy miles with the team over to the Bridge.

8.5 miles with the boys today. We did a 3.5 mile warm up and then a 20 minute tempo run while finishing off with 4x200m finishes. It was a great run for them. We hit right at 3.5 miles for 5:42/mile for the tempo section. The goal was to work on running as a group today. They were chomping at the bit to go faster.

9.5 miles with Steve, Bill, and Clyde. Missed Brother Holt again. Cooler temps but the humidity was killing me. My shorts didn't have a dry spot on them.

3 more easy miles with the team over to the Spectrum.

4.5 miles this afternoon with some of the girls. Nice and easy on the trails. 6x100m barefoot strides to finish off practice.

3 easy miles this morning with the team over to Hidden Valley Park.

8 miles total this afternoon with the team. Dallin's dad brought over hay bales for the team to practice running over them for the weekend. We ran at BHNP today. It was super humid on the grass and it was pretty long. 2 mile warm up, 2x2 mile, 2 mile cool down. Solid workout from the team today. Really enjoyed seeing them have a great day even though it was pretty hot.

Went and ran the state course with the team. It was nice to get on it with them. Exciting place to be this time of year. 6x100m barefoot strides to finish off the day.

Woke up nice and early, 4am, to do a run with Dave. We stayed at the same hotel so that was convenient. We headed up towards Provo Canyon and just kept it nice and relaxed. We both couldn't believe how muggy and humid it was. Unbelievable! We planned on doing a controlled 9 mile tempo back to the hotel. I know I was running on tired legs. 6:03, 6:00, 5:44, 5:41, 6:08 (up the big hill on University Parkway), 5:58, 5:37, 5:45. Decent way to end the week. Legs were not happy with me after wards but I was happy to get a solid run in to end the week.