El Burro Blanco

9.5 miles this morning with Steve. Cooler temps felt really good. Did our Sunriver loop. Ran along part of the trail down by the river and couldn't hardly see anything. Good morning though. 7:39/mile.

4.5 more miles this afternoon with the warm up, timing, and actually running some of the 2nd Michigan. Happy with how the workout went for the TEAM. The younger group stepped up big today. Excited to see their progress. Hit two road miles at 5:40 and 5:44. Felt pretty good actually.

5 miles this afternoon with the boys for some recovery miles from yesterday's big workout. 7:22/mile. Didn't run this morning due to getting ready for a big presentation at Arrowhead Elementary.

13 glorious miles early around 3:40am. Went out along the new parkway and it was awesome looking at the stars. 7:09/mile. Actually felt pretty darn good considering I was really tired. Needed to go super early due to heading up north to visit Weber and Davis School District to meet with some of their staff to get ideas from them on how we can be better down here in WCSD. 

10 miles with Steve on our Sunriver loop. My stomach was not happy this morning for some reason. Cooler temps mean it is awesome I live in St. George. 7:34/mile.

3 more miles in the afternoon at the team's race. Lots of positives from the TEAM today.

8 miles on the the lower section of the Jem Trail near Virgin with the TEAM. Perfect temps and perfect time.

6 more miles when I got home. Norah rode her bike along the River Trail with me. She was awesome. She would stay in front of me and I would chase her and she kept me going. Good little push for 3 or so miles. She is awesome! Love these kind of days.

10 perfect miles this morning out along the new parkway. Felt great this morning. 6:57/mile. Not bad for a Monday morning.

6 miles this afternoon with the TEAM doing mile repeats. Much better from everyone today and perfect for the last big workout heading into NXN-SW. Excited to see how both TEAMs do.

8 more miles when I got home running with Steve along the River Trail. 7:10/mile.

6 cold miles this morning along the River Trail. No watch. Just enjoyed it.

6 miles with the TEAM out near the Zen Trail. Added 4 more miles with Hayden after everyone left. Fun running with him.

10 miles this morning with Steve towards Vernon Worthen Park and back. Lovely conversation as usual. 7:15/mile.

1 mile this afternoon after a lot of meetings today. 5:35.

6 miles this morning towards the solar power place in Bloomington. 7:18/mile.

2 mile warm up with the kids before the Harambe Mile. Exciting stuff today!

3 miles before meeting up with Jaiden.

Ran 8 more miles with Jaiden out in Warner Valley. 7:20/mile. 

Went to Jaiden's house after for a home visit from SUU. Nice getting to know Coach Houle a lot better and talking with Paul. First time being a part of this experience with a home visit. Breakfast from Jaiden's parents was yummy. Excited to see what the future holds for Jaiden.

Ran 7.25 miles with the TEAM this afternoon. Did 8x400m with 4x200m finishes. Excited for this weekend. 

Banquet was tonight and it was awesome. Always nice to celebrate each year. Jaiden signed his NLI to run at SUU. It was fun because everyone gave him a standing ovation. They are getting a special one.

Ran 12.10 miles this morning with Steve along the River Trail. Absolutely perfect morning. 7:17/mile. Cannot beat this weather right now.

5 more miles this afternoon. Perfect temps. Excited that both TEAMs are in the championship race this weekend. Should be fun!

8 miles this morning. Went over to Dixie Dr. for a different route. Ended up doing 2 miles worth of Fartleks. 6:59/mile.

4 more miles this afternoon with those going to Nike. Excited for the weekend.

8 miles this morning. Much cooler temps. Felt pretty good and ended up with 6:39/mile.

3 more miles outside of Kingman on a sweet dirt road we found.

10 miles in Chandler this morning. Felt really good. Enjoyed the cooler temps. 6:55/mile.

3.10 miles running the course at Nike Southwest.

11 miles this morning before the races. Same route as yesterday through Chandler except a little warmer temps. 6:35/mile. 3 1/2 miles of Fartleks towards the end and felt really good. Happy to end the week this way.

Boys and girls ran decent at Nike. Wind played a big factor but lots of positives from today.

9.75 miles this morning on my Sunriver loop. 7:28/mile. Lots of stomach fun this morning. Fun start to the day.

5.75 miles this afternoon with the girls. Great talk with the TEAM and hope to see some positives as we finish up the next couple weeks. Chilly afternoon after a lot of rain throughout the day.

Long night so I just ended up doing the workout with the TEAM at practice in the afternoon. Super pumped we have so many kids willing to continue working day in and day out. Love what I do.

We went to Webb Hill and did 10 x 1:00min. uphill/downhill repeats in prep for Footlocker. Excited to see so many kids stepping up. Pumped for next week.

14 miles this morning off the loop off Navajo Dr. in Bloomington. Did it with Boston. Excited for him to go on his mission in less than two weeks. Chilly at first but perfect once we got going. 7:44/mile. Not bad considering the big climbs throughout. Fun stuff.

5k in the afternoon. 6:50/mile.

10 miles with Steve this morning. A little chilly but overall felt okay. Legs were a little tired from yesterday. 7:39/mile.

6 miles right after helping Jaiden with his Footlocker prep workout.

Slept in since we have a break, read a little and then went for my run at 11am. I am fortunate to live where I live. Short sleeves and short shorts today. Did the Bloomington Loop and then caught the River Trail. 6:39/mile for 14 miles. Perfect day.

Feeling stronger everyday.

20 total miles early this morning with the one and only Steve Hooper. We went from Bloomington and ran all the way out to Santa Clara. Great conversation with a nice chill in the air. Saw three coyotes down by the river which was pretty cool. Pushed it the last couple miles. 7:07/mile. First 20 in a long time.

This was one of my best weeks of running all year. Positive stuff happening right now.

Neck was super jacked from sleeping on it wrong so I worked it out this morning.

Did 5 miles total this afternoon while doing the small workout with the TEAM. Solid group still coming out. 8 x :30 sec. up Montezuma's Hill and then a push back down.

15 cold miles this morning with Steve along the River Trail. Threw in 3 miles of tempo for good measure. Neck is still tight but ended up doing 5:41, 5:42, 5:41. Nothing fancy but positive.

5.5 miles after school with the TEAM along River Rd. 7:22/mile. Excited for Footlocker. Neck is still bugging me.