El Burro Blanco

6 miles towards Blue Lake. Saw about 60 head of elk with a huge bull just standing in the middle saying, "I am the man." 

Really happy with the way camp went. Great stuff from the team. 80 people was a lot for the camp but it was worth it.

6.5 miles this morning running with the boys out in the Boneyard. This week is going to be busy getting ready for school to start next week.

3 miles in the morning.

7 miles total this afternoon. First afternoon practice which is always an adventure. The team actually did quite well considering we did our dirt hill repeat workout. 6x500m for me. Really looking forward to an exciting year. 

3 miles this morning to the bridge.

7 mile loop from the high school, out into Industrial Park and then back through Little Valley with the boys. A little muggy.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon setting up for the 1st time trial of the season at BHNP. It was super hot and muggy but I was happy with how the kids ran. I think they were a little disappointed plus we have a bunch of sick people but the times were faster than last year for our first one. Some went much faster. Need to get to the Cedar All-Comers next Tuesday.

3 miles in the morning.

5 miles with the girls really working on grouping. They are getting better. They just need to keep it rolling. Nice and easy over to Little Valley Park. Picked it up a touch at head.

Biggest day for me in a while. It felt good. I have kind of decided that I am just going to focus on the new baby coming in a couple weeks and coaching the team. I will probably do a 2:50 pace group at St. George if anyone is interested in joining. I will be pacing my beautiful assistant Mark Madsen. I just need the rest of the year to not stress and just continue to enjoy running and then gear up for next year.

14 miles this morning down the marathon course for my first time this year. Napped in the bed of a truck on the way up so that was nice. I ran with Steve and Aaron for the first 10 miles and we were moving along with a nice clip. Stopped and got water and then went for it. I just wanted to do 4 miles of a nice push at the end. I hit 5:36, 5:31, 6:03 (up Winchester), and then 5:40 to finish it up. Nothing spectacular but it felt good to get the legs moving a little. 

4.75 more miles at practice this morning. I was trashed so I did the warm up and then jogged around while the team did our big fartlek workout. Very, very happy with the way it went. A great way for the team to end the week after the transition to the afternoon and running specifically in the heat.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon running with the boys.

Not feeling very well. Ended up sleeping in. I have been putting long hours in getting ready for school to start. Had our first meet of the season tonight. Very good things from both the boys and girls' TEAM. I am excited to see how everything shakes out.

3 miles this morning.

7 more miles this afternoon doing 3x1 miles with the girls at BHNP. Solid stuff from them. Nice grouping from the top 8 or so.

3 miles this morning. School started today.

5 miles this afternoon working with the girls on sticking together. They are getting the idea with this.

3 miles this morning.

2 miles this afternoon. Planned on doing a little more but we had to cancel the Desert Relays at BHNP due to THUNDER and lightning. Rescheduled for Tuesday. Laynee ran a great 1st leg and broke the old record by 20 seconds. Hope she can do that again next Tuesday.

Went out with the TEAM and did the Little Black Mtn. loop. Did a 3 mile warm up, 5 mile progression run with the last two faster, and then 2 mile cool down. I was very impressed with how the boys and girls did with this workout today. Had a little bit of adversity last night with the lightning but they did great this morning.

6 miles this morning. Thank heavens for the restroom at the park.

7 more hot miles this afternoon. The TEAM were troopers this afternoon due the ridiculously hot weather. Did the loop around the ridge and then did 8x100m strides. Good to get a solid double today.

3 miles this morning.

4 miles marking the course and running around for the Desert Relays. Very happy with how it went down with the entire TEAM. Tons of positives.

3 miles this morning.

6 miles with the boys.

3 miles this morning.

7 miles total this afternoon. We did dirt mile repeats. It was blazing hot but happy with how the TEAM did. I ran with the girls on the first 3 and was happy how they did and then did my own one to try and catch up with the boys. It didn't work. I am getting old.

3 miles this morning.

4 more miles this afternoon over to Hidden Valley.

Slept in because I was super tired from this week. Very stoked with how the TEAM did at SUU Invite. Fastest girl's TEAM we have ever had and fastest boy's TEAM we have ever had at SUU Invite. Boys dipped under 80:00 to be the first TEAM to do this ever.

Not really stressed about my running right now. Other things to focus on.

3 miles this morning.

8 more miles with the boys out to the boneyard.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon running some of the warm up and showing kids the course for the time trial. Jogged around and then cooled down with some of the boys.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon with the girls. A little bit of cloudy weather made for a great day.

3 miles this morning.

Did our annual jumping over hay bales in prep for the Grass Relays today. Did 8x800m repeats. I ran with the girls on the first four and hung on for dear life on the last 4 with the boys. Good stuff from the TEAM today.

The baby could be coming any day now. 4 easy miles up at the state course with the TEAM. They changed the finish a little and I hope they fix it because it is really weird.

8 miles with Mark this morning from the hotel before the Grass Relays. Fairly happy with how things went today. Couple of the guys were off and a little sick. Extra motivation for the rest of the year. Happy with how the girls ran today though. Young but continue to impress and improve.