El Burro Blanco

Last little workout this morning with Dave. We discussed interesting topics regarding cross country. It is great to coach and compete against his team. I have a lot of respect for Dave and what he does for the sport and his program. I really try and emulate him. No more mushy stuff and now to the workout. Plan was to do the 10 mile loop with 2x2 miles at marathon pace or faster. 5:29, 5:26 for the first set and then 5:27, 5:23 for the second set. Not bad. Good little push for the last workout before the marathon. 

Now just need to rest up and pray the weather stays cool. It looks like great weather for this weekend. Hope everyone runs well.

Easy 3 miles in the morning with the team.

Another easy 3 miles with the team at Little Valley while they did the workout.

Easy 3 miles in the morning with the team. Cool temps.

Another easy 3 miles with the team in the afternoon.

Easy 3 miles in the cold weather in the STG.

Team did well at Cedar Invite. Very happy heading into region and state.

Happy with the result today but slightly disappointed a little. Ran with Dave the whole race until mile 21 when the calves tightened up a bit. I really hoped to go with him. He ran a fantastic race and I am very happy for him. "Old man" PR so I will take it. Fastest this old body has moved in almost 6 years. Full report later. Great job to everyone today for an incredible race. It was very fast today. Happy to run with Mike Nelson for a little bit and see him crush his PR, Dave almost running a PR, Ben Vanbeekum finally breaking through with even a potty break (turkey caught me at 24), Mark Madsen gutting it out to get his sub-3:00 hours and Clyde for rocking out a 2:33 even with all those dang bike miles.

Easy 3 miles this morning with the team. The legs are still shot.

3 miles in the morning.

3 miles in the afternoon. Legs are loosening up pretty quick. The plan is to take the next 2-3 weeks by doing whatever and then I will gear back up.

3 easy miles this morning with the team. Actually felt pretty good.

3 miles in the morning.

4 more miles in the afternoon. Feeling alright.

3 easy miles this morning. Great recovery week going on!

Up in Salt Lake for a Greek wedding. Ran from my aunt and uncle's house in Sandy and ran towards Jordan High. Calves were suprisingly still tight. Oh well.

Slept in and ended up running 4 miles this afternoon with the team. Felt good.

Up late and did not sleep well. Did not run this morning. I guess I am stressing about today when I probably shouldn't.

8 miles this morning with Steve and Clyde. Needed to get to practice so didn't do the full 10. Clyde is an interesting character. That is for sure!

3 more miles with the team this morning.

5 easy trail miles with the boys up on the ridge behind the school.

5 total miles with the team this morning. Did some of the hill repeats with the team and watched them while they did the relay. Happy they are loose and relaxed right now. I need to take a lesson from them.

Ran again with Steve and Clyde again this morning. Team ran together over by the Thatcher's so they were taken care of. Ran from Steve's house and did a fun 10 mile loop. It wasn't fun at first because I couldn't see anything. Once the sun came up it started to get loads of fun. The quads got a great workout today climbing up hills. I needed this trail run big time.

Superfly is truly one of a kind! I am glad to call Steven more normal than Clyde.

Only had time for an easy 7 miles around Ivins because we headed up north to celebrate my neice's birthday as well as spend time with family because my grandmother passed away yesterday. It was a bitter sweet weekend but it is always nice to spend time with family. Nice to put things back into perspective.

4 easy miles this afternoon.

4 miles once we got off the bus up at state. Ran around Liberty Park twice and then did 6x100m strides.

Woke up and ran with Mark this morning before we went on a short run with the kids. 8 miles around Salt Lake with Mark and then 1.5 miles with the team around Pioneer Park. Started a pretty cool new tradition this year.

Varsity boys ended up taking 1st place and are first time state champs for XC! All 7 boys were in the top 33. They didn't run fantastice but I was very proud of them. Pretty exciting stuff.

Varsity girls ended up placing 5th overall which is the highest they have ever placed. Very happy with how they ran today.

Exhausted from the last couple days of travel. Needed a break.

4 easy miles with Katey around Ivins. Perfect weather and a lot of fun running with her.

Ran with Steve and Dave this morning from my house. We went over and ran Barrel Roll. It was loads of fun. Glad to get out on the trails. This is the end of my 3 week post marathon break. I am seriously thinking about running the Phoenix Marathon the first part of March. It would be nice to train over the winter for something fun in Arizona.

6 miles in the morning. 3 by myself and then 3 with the team. Back to doubles.

7 miles in the afternoon. Warm up and then 15 minute tempo run in the really windy weather. I had the boys draft off of me and then push the last 3-4 minutes on their own. The team did well in the crummy conditions. Cool down after wards.

Tabatta and then 3 miles in the morning.

6 miles in the afternoon on the trails with the boys.

Big boy run with Dave, Steve, and Clyde this morning. Nice out with the cloud cover. Got rained on a little bit. Didn't get to the workout this afternoon due to a 3 hour meeting with a parent :) The life of a teacher.

3 easy miles in the cold morning with the team.

5 more miles this afternoon on our annual Halloween Indian Run. I dressed as Toothless from How to Train a Dragon. Everyone thought I looked like a dinosaur. Fun afternoon. Hard Tabatta session afterwards. Used 10 lb. weights. I am trashed.