El Burro Blanco

Wasn't feeling well most of the work so I decided to take it really easy to let my body recover. I ran a total of 30 miles this week. 

4 miles with the TEAM this afternoon and then added 8 more miles around Webb Hill after. 12 total miles for the day.

8.2 miles with Kevin this morning cruising around in Little Valley.

Ran from the house this morning and looped around Bloomington. Auto pilot and just tried to relax. 10.25 total miles. No watch.

4 more miles this afternoon with the girls down along Bloomington Hills Drive.

8 miles this morning looping Webb Hill with Kevin. 41 degrees so no clothes and just shorts.

4 more miles on the trails and hills behind the high school this afternoon.

10.25 miles this afternoon. Cloud cover and a little breeze made it a little cooler. Did the loop around Bloomington again. Solid run. Cruise control.

7 miles before meeting up with the TEAM cruising around Bloomington. 

Ran another 7 miles with the TEAM and the coaches off Navajo. Lots of fun this morning. Overcast and a little bit of rain. This is the reason you run is for days like this. 

14 miles total. Happy with this week after being a little sick last week.

3 miles at practice while the TEAM did their workout. Great start to many things to come.

8 more miles looping around Webb Hill. Cool temps.

7.5 miles this morning with Kevin looping through Little Valley and back along Brigham Rd. 

5 miles this afternoon helping some of the younger boys on their run.

8 miles solo looping around Webb Hill. Sluggish at first but ended up having a good run.

1 mile this afternoon as the TEAM did the workout.

3 miles this afternoon with the TEAM before the Root Beer Mile. Epic! Best White Elephant gift after with the track TEAM was a mounted deer. Kids loved it!

10.25 miles looping from the house out around Bloomington Loop. Got a little windy and a touch of rain at times. Felt pretty good. I miss the light during the early evening. 

9 miles this morning looping around Little Valley with Kevin. Almost 40 degrees this morning.

1 mile cruising around this afternoon.

Ran 8 miles this morning. No time for more. Looped around Webb Hill. Drove to Beaver and then to Salt Lake. Trying to do at least one difficult task a day. I ran 6.25 miles on the treadmill at the hotel at 9:30pm. Glad I had the place to myself since I was so sweaty. Kind of gross though. Solid way to end the week. Now I am ready for the two week break.

Ran from the hotel in Murray to the Jordan River Parkway and headed north on the trail. Temps were warm. Almost 40 degrees. It was nice. Cruise control. 14 total miles for 7:09/mile overall. Fun morning.

A car almost hit me in the cross walk because they didn't look right. Is it appropriate to give them a little tap on the back of their car for good measure?

Went from the hotel again this morning and headed south on the Jordan River Parkway. Amazing weather this morning. Almost 40 degrees early in the morning. Slowed it down a little bit. 7:26/mile overall for 12 miles.

10 miles this morning. It snowed a little bit and with the cold temps it was a glorified "skating" session this morning. Headed south again on the trail. The ice made for an adventure run this morning. Fun time here in Salt Lake but ready for warmer weather again.

12 miles from my place out to the new connecting road to Little Valley and then out around Crimson Cliffs High School and back through Little Valley. Cooler temps but I sweat a lot so it is no big deal. I warm up quick. 7:20/mile. Picked it up the last couple of miles.

Merry Christmas to everyone! I usually do a midnight run but fell asleep and woke up around 2am. I was planning on doing the same loop as yesterday but while running in Little Valley I ran into some of my former runners at 2:30am! It was fun seeing a bunch of them out running. We ran back to Little Valley Park and then about 25 of my high school runners were getting ready to leave. We ran together for a little bit and then I did some more miles with Spencer Klomp. It was great talking with him. He stopped at his house and then I ran back home from Little Valley Park.

13 total miles but the great thing about all of this was that none of it was planned. Totally random seeing all these runners. It makes me value my role as a teacher and a coach that much more. I truly believe it was a Christmas miracle. It was great seeing them all early this wonderful Christmas morning.

Christmas day wiped me out so I slept in this morning and had a great day with my kiddos. We played around and had an awesome time. I went out late Saturday night. Cooler temps and just cruise control. 7:28/mile for 9 miles. 

8 miles with the TEAM this morning out on the Arizona Strip. 7:05/mile. Pushed it the last 4 back. Great to see.

6 more miles running with Ethan Ashby. He got home from his mission a couple months ago. It was great catching up with him. 7:20/mile.

4 miles running around practice while the kids did a workout.

7.5 miles this morning with the girls towards SunRiver. It was cold but an enjoyable conversation nonetheless.

6 miles with Kevin this morning from Little Valley Park. 

Added another 4 miles with the TEAM as they did hill repeats. Found a great spot to do them.

Hopped in and did some 1200s, 800s, and 400s with Lily at the high school to help her with her workout. 5 miles total.