El Burro Blanco

Met up with Dave this morning to start the new year off on the right foot. It snowed last night in St. George so the roads were slick. I tried going up Red Hills Parkway and nearly slid off the road. I got stuck at the top and started to slide backwards. I ended up sliding until I turned around and went forward in the opposite direction. Quite the start to the year.

We ran from Dave's house and caught the trail behind his house. Did Bracken's Loop and some of Prospector. The snow on the rocks made it absolutely beautiful. Ended up hitting 11 miles total. Great morning.

Ran from my house and caught Barrel Roll again. I ended up going the opposite direction today which made it a lot of fun. Tons of mountain bikers out. They seemed to be friendly today. That was nice. Perfect day for running. 13.1 miles total.

Met up with James today at the DC to do a loop. We caught the Bloomington Loop, went up through Bloomington Hills into Little Valley and then went to the fields by Staheli Farms. We came back down along Stone Cliff and then caught the trail again. Great loop with mighty cold weather this morning. I had icicles on the beard and moustache this morning. Pretty cold run but great to have the company with James. 19.35 miles total for 7:15/mile. Solid end to the week.

Happy with two great consecutive weeks in a row with my running. I guess having no work will do that. I look forward to getting back to practice with the team and getting in to more of a routine though.

On a side note, I am almost finished with reading Unbroken. Louis Zamperini's story almost doesn't seem real. I need to finish so I can go watch the movie.

6 miles in the afternoon with the boys. Good to be back with the team. I am really excited for track this year. Should be a great year with both the boys and girls teams.

8 miles in the morning from the house over into Santa Clara. Felt pretty good.

4 miles with some of the girls today. Felt good. Plymobata after practice. Did another 3 miles with Madsen after to the Spectrum and back.

Did an easy 3 in the morning with the team. No time for a run after school due to a track meeting with all of the other coaches. Looks like we will have some fun meets.

8 miles in the morning again. 3 before running with the team. 3 more with the team. 2 more after that. Busy morning :)

5 miles with some of the girls and then tacked on another 2 miles after wards.

7 miles in the morning by the house into Santa Clara. A little chilly but not bad.

4 mile Kenyan Run in the afternoon with the team. Plyombata after wards.

Met up with Dave, Stephen, and Aaron and the DC. We did the same loop James and I did last week but just in the opposite direction. Perfect morning with the guys. They cut it a little short but I extended to get my 20 miles for the day. These longer runs are getting easier. Still a little sore but I am feeling stronger. Looking forward to the 50k or 50 miler in March.

Solid week considering school started back up. Just need to plan and schedule so it all can work out.

8 miles this morning over into Santa Clara in my new pair of Nike Pegasus shoes. Love them.

6 miles this afternoon on the ridge behind the school with the boys.

6 miles this morning.

2 miles on the warm up with the team before the Kosmin.

6 miles this morning. 3 with the team and then 3 by myself.

8 miles on the trails off of Navajo Dr. Good pace with the boys. Love the new shoes.

3 easy miles this morning with the team.

5 miles this afternoon. We did dirt hill repeats behind the school. I did the first six with the girls and then the last two with the boys. Good stuff.

12.5 miles this morning along Snow Canyon Parkway. Pushed the last 6 miles at Tinman pace and got the average to 6:38/mile. Felt good pushing the body a little bit.

4 more miles this afternoon with the team. Nice Kenyan Run. Beautiful weather today.

Awesome trail run on parts of the new Red Mountain 50k course. It is going to be pretty sweet. Not fast but a beautiful course. I ran from the house and then caught Rim Rock, Rim Reaper, Rim Ramble, Barrel Roll, Precipice, and Black Brush today. I tried some new stuff with hydration and I think it worked. Absolutely gorgeous this morning. The legs were a little flat but that is okay. I wanted to see how I would respond after a bigger mileage day yesterday plus 6 miles of Tinman. Felt good to get a long run in on the trails. I tried meeting up with some of the boys but I just missed them. I saw them going up on Barrel Roll when I was coming down.

21.5 miles total. Great way to finish the week. 3 straight Saturdays with 20+ miles. Very happy with this. Feeling stronger everyday plus older everyday.
 

Up north helping a friend so we ended up staying in Layton. I ran out towards Antelope Island. Almost made it to the entrance. Yucky air! 6:50/mile.

7 miles total this morning before school. Temps were quite nice. Good to get this morning stuff going.

6.5 miles this afternoon. Ran with Laynee for a 15 minute tempo run out in Warner Valley. She did very well. Overall the team did awesome today. Should be fun this spring.
 

6 miles this morning. A little colder today.

Crazy trail run with the boys. I got 8.6 miles. We ran out on Prospector and Bracken's Loop today. Awesome to have such a big group.

5 miles this morning. Chilly!

6 miles this afternoon plus plyombata. Did the dirt hill ladder workout on Webb Hill pushing Laynee and the other girls. Good stuff. Actually felt pretty strong.

5 miles this morning. Really chilly!

6 miles this afternoon. 4 miles with the team doing a Kenyan Run and then tacked on another 2 miles after practice.

Ran from the house and met up with Steve at the bottom of Barrel Roll across from Jacob Hamblin. We ran the first two loops of the Red Mountain 50k. Glad I ran it with the race director so I know where to go on race day. It was basically the same run I did last week on the trails but I was slightly mixed up last week. Lots of fun this morning. Beautiful weather and scenery. It was amazing! 19.3 miles total.

Another solid week of running. Happy with some solid workouts and another long run to end the week.

4.4 miles this morning before school.

Early out and a long meeting at the district office.

Needed to let out a little frustration so I went to the DC and decided to do a slight 8 mile progression run. First 4 miles out along the trail were at 6:22/mile. Pushed the last 4 miles back and ended up with a 6:05/mile overall. On the way back, a lady on a bike said, "Really nice form." I looked around and knew she couldn't have been talking to me. I guess she was looking at me. Maybe the form does look good after all.

3 easy miles this morning.

7.25 miles on the trails out by Leeds. Ran with the girls and then went and picked up some kids after practice. Thought I lost a couple of them but fortunately I didn't.

5 miles easy this morning.

7.15 miles total this afternoon. We went up along River Road and did a tempo run back towards the school. Just wanted the boys to keep it relaxed. 3.5 miles for 20 minutes. 5:49/mile. Big group that was tight together made it an awesome run.

3 miles this morning.

4 miles on our Kenyan Run today. I am tired. Lots of stuff going on at work.

Was super tired this morning so I slept in. Much needed.

Ran 6.5 miles total this afternoon. Did 3x800m Webb Hill dirt repeats with the girls. Pushed Laynee on these. The rain made it a little sloppy but it was a great workout.

Was planning on doing at least 28 miles today out off of Navajo Dr. while playing on the mountains out there. I was a little nervous about the trail conditions due to all of the rain yesterday. I parked the car and got going and only ran in to a few muddy sections on the first loop. The first 14.5 miles went well and I was feeling pretty good. I got some fluids and food and then headed out for the second loop. The trail conditions were a lot more muddy on the second loop because the sun came out and warmed everything up. Only had to hit one potty stop and then really just tried to keep it relaxed. I haven't done a long run like this in a while. Felt pretty good about everything though. 28.2 miles total in 3:46. I think it could have been faster if I wasn't messing around with the mud.

Really glad I had the music today because I was flying solo. I have a bunch of older music on my iPod and probably need to update it. Great way to end the week though. Came home and walked with the family for a little bit to make sure the legs didn't tighten up.

Another week down. Feeling more confident about the upcoming 50k. Should be fun.