El Burro Blanco

19 total miles with Steve this morning. Did our Sunriver loop, out along the Desert Parkway, looped by the high school and then caught the River Trail. Loads of memories. Quite chilly. 7:20/mile. Steve is amazing!

Got up early and ran from the hotel through Hacienda Heights and City of Industry. Ran along the busy roads on the sidewalk dodging lots of cars. 5 miles in I found a paved trail along the river. I was happy to get away from the traffic. Ran into a farm of pigs and horses. Kind of weird seeing this in the city. 7:20/mile. I will never move to California.

3.10 miles running the Footlocker course with the TEAM.

7 quick miles before heading over to Footlocker for all of the races. 7:30/mile. Got yelled out by someone driving by me. Don't understand how people think it is fun to yell at runners. Oh well. It must be the short shorts they enjoy. TEAM ran well. Hoping for a couple kids to do a little better but a ton of positives. Ran it's time to get ready for track.

7 miles this afternoon running from the house over to my parent's house. Temps were perfect. 7:12/mile. Set up Christmas decorations today.

15 glorious miles with Steve this morning along the DC River Trail. Did 3 miles in the middle of tempo. 5:48/mile. Not very strong today. Must have been the chili I ate last night. 

Saw a ton of deer along the trail which was kind of fun.

14 miles by myself this morning along the River Trail. Saw a bunch of deer again. No watch. Just enjoyed the run. Saw a ton of people out this morning. Almost caught Steve from behind.

1.5 miles this evening while the kids rode bikes. Loads of fun.

14 total miles this morning with Steve. Ran along Dixie Dr. and then finished up with 10x:30 second hill repeats by the house. Steve is an ox right now. Nice to have him around to run with.

10 miles along the DC River Trail this afternoon. 6:44/mile. Saw a huge 3 point buck right along the side of the trail. Crazy stuff!

Slept in a bit today because I can and did a solo 20 mile run over towards the old stomping grounds in Ivins. Felt tired throughout the run but suprisingly the pace was honest. 7:01/mile with one or two quick water stops. Good way to end the week. The weather was perfect. 50 degrees and sunny. 

Got some solid workouts in this week. Time for a long run on the trails next Saturday.

6 miles in the morning. 7:12/mile.

4 miles in the afternoon.

15 total miles this morning with Steve along the River Trail. Did 5 miles worth of tempo today. 6:04, 5:48, 5:40, 5:45, 5:51. Stopped and threw up after wards. Felt much better after that. Tempo went okay today. Got to start somewhere.

1 mile this afternoon between helping the sprinters and hurdlers with weights.

10 solo miles this morning on the Sunriver loop. 7:08/mile. Nice temps.

4.5 more miles this afternoon on the trails.

Didn't get much sleep at all last night. Almost called it but got out the door with Steve. First 6 miles along Dixie Dr. were not pretty but the last 6 miles coming back were nice. Really drained after wards. 7:23/mile for 12 miles total.

8.5 miles this afternon while trying to help one of my former runners, Sage, with his workout. Warm up, 6:15, pushed him in the last 800 (2:30) of his 1600, 6:26, pushed him in the last 800 (2:29), 6:20 and then watched him run a fast 400m finish. 2 mile cool down. So great to catch up with him and see how well he is doing.

Going to be tired tomorrow.

3 miles with the TEAM at the school yelling at cars. Loads of fun.

7 more miles when I got home around the Bloomington Loop. Really windy.

10 miles total for the afternoon.

10.5 miles with Sage this morning. We ran from the high school and did my 10 mile loop. A little bit of wind made it tough during some spots. Loads of fun talking with him about school and life in general. 7:04/mile.

7 miles this afternoon with Katey along the River Trail. Good stuff. Proud of her for getting back into a routine with her running. She is doing awesome!

Solid week again. Wanted to go a little longer today but all the family is in town so we had a ton of festivities planned this morning. Next week will be nice with the Christmas break to get some solid long runs in.

6 cold miles this morning. 20 degrees. 

6.5 more miles this afternoon with the boys over towards Little Valley. 7:20/mile. Plyombata after wards.

15 cold miles with Steve this morning. Legs and stomach were not great and Steve was nursing a little calf strain so we just kept the pace honest today. Chased the deer in the field along the trail. Almost caught one. Felt like the Tarahumara folk.

A few more miles this afternoon while we did the Chocolate Milk Challenge and White Elephant Gift exchange. Ran a 6:19 and placed top 5. My training is paying off. 

5 miles at midnight running with the TEAM out in Warner Valley. Got a bunch of lights and had a blast. It actually was pretty warm.

5 more miles this evening running through Bloomington. 7:08/mile.

16 wet and soggy miles with Steve this morning. Did a loop from the house up around the Skyline Trail and then back down Main St. Very wet and cold but did it. Warm shower and oatmeal after wards.

6 more miles running with the girls on their Fartlek workout in the rain. Solid group of boys and girls today.

9.25 mile Sunriver loop. No watch.

Long run tomorrow. Probably will get wet again!

18.5 wet and soggy miles mid morning. Slept in to see if the rain would die down and it did a little. Ran from the house, did the Sunriver section, out along the new parkway, down River Rd., Brigham Rd. and then caught the River Trail back to the house. Stomach was not feeling super great due to trying the Man vs. Food Challenge and Ricardo's yesterday. I almost did it. January 2nd at noon will be the rematch.

6:58/mile. Happy with a solid 90 mile week. It has been a long time since I have ran 90 miles in a week. Merry Christmas everyone!

15 miles along the River Trail before we left for the frozen tundra (Logan). No watch. Just enjoyed the perfect temps and sunny weather.

Waited until the early afternoon before it warmed up in Logan and went out in the 15 degree weather. Actually wasn't too bad once I got going. Didn't look at the watch but just enjoyed skidding all over the road. Went up to see the new high school (Green Canyon) and then came back by the university. Lots of memories. 7:11/mile for 12.20 miles. Surprised with how well I felt. Beard was frozen though.

1 more mile around the indoor track at the Logan Rec. Center while Katey ran. Did most of it with Oliver. He is actually a pretty quick little runner.

16 total miles this morning. Much warmer today. It snowed last night so it was nice this morning. 27 degrees when I started today. Ran from the in-law's house and went over to Providence and ran 5 miles with Lily who was in town with her family. Ran back through the university remembering the good old days. Roads were a little slippery this morning but it was another memorable run. 

I heard it was 55 degrees and sunny yesterday in St. George. Sure glad I live there.

Ran 13 cold miles again in Logan. 7:10/mile. Ran up towards the new Green Canyon High School. Crazy to see so much growth in Cache Valley. Looking forward to warm weather again in St. George.

It was a very warm :) 8 degrees this morning. Went to Smithfield and back. No watch. 10 total miles.

Did another loop out towards Green Canyon High School and finished up running around the Utah State campus. Always fun doing that. Loads of memories from going to school up here. 13 miles total. Hoped to get a few more in but lots of family stuff.

Happy to end 2016 on a very positive note. Got my base mileage back to where I would like it to be with a few workouts. Excited for 2017. Hoping to race a little more. Happy New Year everyone!