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.

8 miles this morning. 5 by myself and then 3 more with the team. Good start to the week.

6.5 miles again this afternoon. Mile repeats with the team. Ran the first couple with Rachel and Laynee. All right around 6:00. They felt relaxed and it was good to see them run these so well.

7 miles in to Santa Clara before heading up to Ogden for the assistive technology conference.

13 miles starting at 24th Street up to the old stomping grounds in Ogden. Brought back a lot of memories. Got rained on a little bit. The temps were the exact same as down in St. George. Awesome. 7:16/mile.

Another 4.5 miles along the Ogden Parkway after meetings. More memories came flooding back. I loved living in Ogden.
 

7 quick miles this morning again on Washington before more meetings and my presentation at the conference. I think the presentation went well.
 

Super tired from the long drive yesterday so I slept in. Much needed. 8.75 miles total this afternoon. Did a few 200s and then some 800s. Very excited to see the team this year for track. They are looking great already. Great group of young men and women to work with.

Ran with Steve on more of the Red Mountain 50k course. I think I have ran on every section now. Not a screaming fast course but it will be absolutely beautiful. I am excited to do it.

We ran the Black Brush and Suicidal Tendencies sections. It was perfect weather. Pushed for a few miles here and there. Overall felt pretty good. 21.25 miles total. Great way to end the week.

Got super sick yesterday and was even sicker today. Cold chills and then would get super warm. Ended up staying home from work. I hope I get over this quick.

7 miles this afternoon on Black Brush with the girls. Really fatigued from this sickness.

3 miles in the morning.

2 miles in the afternoon. Just did the warm up with the team.

3 miles in the morning.

Needed to go home after school since Katey was super sick. I guess this week is my sick week for the year. Glad it is almost over.

Hopped in with the girls to do the workout. We ended up having to go run on Webb Hill for the repeats because of the soccer game at the high school. Quite warm today. Still hacking up a lot of stuff.

Met up with Steve at the Summit and ran with him and then Billy Boy for a bit. Felt decent last night for the first time all week so I decided to go a little longer this morning.

We did the loop from the Summit all the way in to the fields and then back down the river trail. Ended up pushing the last couple miles pretty hard and had a couple miles under 5:40. 6:52/mile overall. Felt good to push a little after such a long week. I guess this happens sometimes.

Had work off today and decided to run the last part of the Red Mountain 50k. Started at the house and then did Black Brush and then all the way to the finish at Unity Park. Extended back to the house and called it good for the day. Finally starting to feel like I have some life again in the legs.

3 miles this morning.

6 miles this afternoon. Hopped in with the girls today for the workout. Did some 400s, 800s, and finished off with some 200s. Felt pretty good.

8 miles this morning. Ran some of it with the team.

Another 8 miles this afternoon. 5 miles easy with the boys and then tacked on another 3 miles over to the Spectrum.

3 miles easy this morning.

7 miles total this afternoon. Ran the workout with Laynee today. 3x1600m and then some 300m finishes. Hit 5:56, 5:56, and 5:55. She is looking really good right now. The rest of the girls and boys did awesome today. It is starting to really come togther. We just need to get rid of all this sickness that is going around. It is crazy!

4 mile Kenyan Run with the team. 8 more miles after wards looping around Little Valley. 6:43/mile overall.

Did a progression run with the team for 7 miles. Ended up starting with the top boys and then helped out the younger boys. Great run for the entire team. Happy with how it turned out. 2 mile warm up and a little cool down gave me 10 for the morning. 6:25/mile.

I got home and Oliver wanted to go run around the track at Snow Canyon High School. I pushed him in the jogging stroller and once we got there he wanted to run up and down the stadium steps. Fun to watch him. 7 miles total.

Decent way to end the week. Happy with this week more so than last week.

3 easy miles this morning.

7 miles this afternoon. 12x400m workout on track. Ran some with the girls and some with the boys.

3 miles this morning.

8 miles this afternoon out along the Arizona Strip going towards the mountain.

3 miles this morning.

3 more miles this afternoon. Needed to take care of the team time trial.

6 miles this morning.

4 mile Kenyan Run with the team and then tacked on another 3.1 miles to Hidden Valley with Mark.

Only went 3 miles this morning. I was going to run more before meeting with the team but I fell asleep in the car.

7 miles total this afternoon. Ran a ladder workout with Laynee and some of the boys today. 400, 800, 1200, 1600, 1200, 800, 400. Big workout to end the week.

Got up a little early and went to the running center. I ran 3 miles out and back along Telegraph towards the outlet stores. Got rained on a little bit but it actually felt pretty good.

Met up with Steve and James and did a big loop into Washington Fields. James and I extended around Foremaster to did 17 miles for the run. Ended up with 20 for the day. Cooler temps and not a lot of rain made for a great run. Happy with a 20 miler. 

Decent way to end the week but I need to get to bed earlier to make my mornings better. 

6 easy miles this afternoon.

8 miles total this afternoon. Ran 5x1000m with the team. Ran a couple with Laynee and the girls and then two with the boys. I think the speed is slowly coming back. Finished with a 3:04 on the last one.

4 easy miles this morning.

8 miles total this afternoon. Took the team over to Pioneer Hills on a new trail. I think they really liked it. Weather was crummy so we didn't go as long. I extended to get a few more miles in.

3 miles this morning.

7.25 miles this afternoon with the boys. We did a 20 minute tempo run and averaged 5:41/mile. Great stuff from the team today. Excited to see how they run on Friday.

3 easy miles this morning. Cold.

10.25 miles total this afternoon. 3 miles running with some of the new girls this afternoon encouraging them that running is awesome and is a great metaphor for life. Hopefully it helped.

7.25 more miles marking Barrel Roll for the Red Mountain 50k this weekend. The Clifton is a pretty sweet shoe. Glad to have got a pair to try on the trails. Very soft!

Slept in and decided on no run because of the 50k tomorrow. We had our first track meet this afternoon and it went very well. Lots of positives from today.

I signed up for the Red Mountain 50k and had a bunch of the team run the half marathon today to help support Steve and Kendra at the SGRC. The race course got switched to all the trails across from the Jacob Hamblin home. The 50k did loops on all the great trails out there. Rim Rock, Rim Reaper, Barrel Roll, Black Brush, Precipice, Suicidal Tendencies, and Upper and Lower Graveyard back to Unity Park in Ivins. It was awesome.

Started the race with Dave (he was running the 30k) and some of my boys. We had a couple guys with us on the first climb and I wanted to push the pace a bit. The first 5-6 miles we were pushing the pace and I knew I needed to ease off the throttle a bit. I ended up running a little bit with James on Barrel Roll which helped for conversation but then I was on my own the rest of the way. Got a little lonely but I really enjoyed the scenery. The course measured long at 32.5 miles. Such are trail races with a little extra distance.

I drank plenty of fluids, had 6 Gu's, and ate three bananas with two heavenly oranges. I also wore the Hoka Clifton and absolutely love them for the trails.

I just had a really fun time today and that was the goal. Getting out on the trails is just a nice stress relief. I am considering a 50 miler in the summer. Loads of fun today.

On a side note, 6 of the top 10 were from my team in the boys race and I had one girl place 3rd overall on the women's side.

Great way to end the week!

Legs are still quite sore after Saturday's race. Ran an easy 7.5 miles this afternoon while the team did the workout.

Ran this afternoon with the team out on the Arizona Strip on a new back entrance to Little Black Mtn. Lots of fun. A little warm.

3 easy miles this morning while timing the team at practice. Glad I took it easy the first three days of the week. Feel a lot better. Now a long drive to Logan in order to spend time with family.

Slept in a bit and did a long run all around Logan. Ran up to Smithfield and then back down main street towards Logan High and then back up to my in-laws house. 6:51/mile. Actually felt great to get a longer run in today.

Ran an easy 10 today. Did an out and back towards Smithfield again. Went on a fun hike on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail with the family. I cannot believe how nice the weather is.

Finished off the stay in Logan with a great run over to Providence and back. It was great running through all the trees. I absolutely love running in Logan. I am used to running in snow when I come up or in cold weather but it has been great the last couple days.

Happy to have had a solid finish to the week. Legs feel much better. Back to the regular routine. Whatever that is.

5 miles this morning. Nice and warm.

7 miles total this afternoon. 3x1000m, 4x400m. Hit some at T pace 3:18-3:20 and then the 400s were 1:12, 1:11, 1;10, 1:09. Little bit of cool down.

3 miles this morning.

8 hot miles out along the Arizona Strip. Did a little bit of exploring.

3 miles this morning.

7 miles total this afternoon. Did some 400s and 800s with the team. Yeah!

6 miles this morning.

4 miles this afternoon with the team on the Kenyan Run.

6 miles this morning before heading to Phoenix for the Nike Chandler Invite.

4 mile shakeout run on the canal trail in the middle of Phoenix. Warm today. Excited for tomorrow.

Slept great last night and ended up running 17 miles at a pretty good clip to wake the legs up from the long drive yesterday. Went up along the canal trail again and did an out and back from my brother-in-law's house. Eased in to the run and then got moving with some quicker miles. Ended up with a 6:30/mile average. Happy with this to end the week. Love running on this canal trail because it is a nice groomed dirt trail that feels great to run on. Absolutely covered in bugs after the run. People were giving me funny looks. Maybe it was my face.

The Nike Chandler Invite was amazing. The distance crew represented well. Rachel ran 5:31 for the 1600 in almost 80 degree weather! Kale ran 4:25 for the 1600 and almost won his heat. Laynee ran 11:22 in the 3200 to break her own school record. In the boys 3200, Jaiden placed 2nd with a 9:26, Josh placed 8th with a 9:33, and Sage placed 14th with a 9:44! Totally worth the trip down and happy to see everyone run so well.

3 easy miles with the boys this morning.

7.5 miles this afternoon in the gusty wind and heat. Did 3x1200m with the girls and then finished the workout 3x300m around :50 seconds and then 4x100m all out. I am getting old.

6 miles in the morning.

6 miles in the afternoon.

3 miles in the morning.

6 miles this afternoon doing some of the 400m workout with the team.

3 miles this morning.

6 total miles this afternoon. 5 miles easy + 4x200m finishes. I am slow.

Tired this morning so no run and then the Pineview Invite all afternoon. 90+ degree weather.

No watch this morning but ran along the Snow Canyon Parkway. Felt good to end the week with this run. Pushed a little on the way back. Felt nice.

8 miles this morning.

6 miles this afternoon. Did the workout with the girls and then pushed the boys on the last couple 1000s. Hit 3:02 for my last 1000. Maybe I will break 5:00 for the 1600 at the Panther Relays.

6 miles this morning.

7 miles this afternoon with the boys around the ridge. Hot!

8 easy miles this morning. No run this afternoon due to the meet.

3 easy before school. Tired!

Drove some of the team up to Cedar for an altitude workout on SUU's track. Took Norah and Oliver with me so I ran around with them while the team did the workout. Car wash this afternoon so I was trashed so no run :(

Met up with Dave at the DC and did a big loop into Bloomington and then all the way into the fields. Good to run with him again. It has been way too long. 7:00/mile overall. Happy to end the week this way.

7.5 miles total this morning. Met up with the team and did some 400s. Mine ranged from 1:18 down to 1:08 while I ran with the girls and then some of the boys. Hope I can knock some of this turnover for tomorrow at the Coach's Mile.

5.5 miles this afternoon running over to the Ivins Reservoir. Not a lot of water today. Lots of yucky mud though.

5 miles this morning.

5.5 miles this afternoon running around getting warmed up and cooled down at the Panther Relays. The Coach's Mile was epic.

I ran the first lap behind Greg Harris and then made a move on the second lap and took the lead. I was feeling good but I knew Dave would come back on me. He caught me with about 40 meters to go and lead for a second or two. I fought back and beat him at the line. Dave said he beat me but he hugged me from behind at the finish line. That means I win. Plain and simple. Coughed for the rest of the night and the legs are tired. The old gray mare he ain't what he used to be!

Lots of fun today having the runners yell at me all the silly stuff I say to them. One of the funnest parts of the track season is always the Panther Relays.

3 miles in the morning.

5.5 miles this afternoon. Went towards Sunriver and finally caught back up with the team due to having meetings that went late.

6 miles this morning.

4 more miles this afternoon running with the girls. I tied up all the girls with yarn and worked on them staying as a group. It was something different and unique but it helped some of the younger girls realize that they are capable of pushing themselves more. Hopefully it helped them out. Kind of fun to hear them joke around and say "Owwwww" the whole time. I think I will tie the yarn a little different next time.

9.25 miles this morning. Did the Webb Hill loop before practice and then ran with the team. Track meet for the rest of the day so no time for a second run.

Same loop as last week with Dave. I got up pretty early to get this in though. Kept it relaxed and just enjoyed the run. Pretty when it is early in the day. 7:04/mile.

4 miles this morning.

Lots of wind this afternoon so I was glad we were doing the Fartlek workout. 7.5 miles total which included 10x1:00 min. in between. Happy they had water on at Little Valley. I needed it.

5 miles this morning. Windy.

Planned on going to the JV meet in Hurricane but it was Hurricaning. Lots of wind but ended up running 5 miles total with the team.

6 miles this morning. Windy.

6 more miles this afternoon. Still windy.

6 miles this morning. Wind is finally starting to die down. Yeah!

6.5 more miles this afternoon. Some of it was with the team.

Tired.

Woke up early and got my run in before the track meet today. Started at the house, went out along the Highway, back around Unity Park, ran along Snow Canyon Parkway while weaving through Ivins, ran all the way down Bluff St. (needed a bathroom break at Bluff Park), caught Dixie Dr. and ran back through Santa Clara and Ivins. 24 miles total at 7:03/mile.

This was kind of a cleansing run. Every once in a while I do silly things like a longer run after a long week. It helps clear my mind. Life is busy with work, family, church, coaching, and running. I feel like I am doing better managing time but I am still busy. Happy with how the team ran this weekend. Some boys didn't have their best races but that is okay. I really want everyone I coach to be successful in every race but it doesn't always work out that way. I guess we all just need to stay the course.

6 miles this morning.

6 more miles this afternoon. Did the warm up and then sets of 400, 200, 200 w/recovery. Good push for the kiddos.

6 miles this morning. The weather is amazing!

7.5 miles this afternoon. Fun to have Laura Dalton (Thompson) come back and run with the team today. She is starting her first teaching/coaching job this fall. I am excited for her and really pumped to see what she can do. She is nervous but will do great.

Did 2 mile warm up, 3x1000m w/Rachel, pushed Tanner for his last 300m, ran 3x1000m, 1x300m, and 2x150m with Laynee since she had to take a test after school. Seriously one of the best workouts of the year for the entire team. Very positive stuff heading into the main championship part of the season. 7.5 miles total.

6 miles this morning.

No run this afternoon due to the JV meet.

3 miles this morning.

6 more miles this afternoon. Windy.

6 miles this morning.

No run this afternoon due to the meet. Lots of wind.

6 miles this morning. Good start to the week. I am going to try and have a little better week than last week.

6.5 miles total this afternoon. Warm up, strides, 6x400m with the girls. Wanted to push them a little bit today to show them they are in great shape. They finished with some 300s and then I hopped in with the boys to help them finish off the workout. Really warm today.

6 miles this morning. Legs were a little tired from yesterday. I am getting old.

6.5 miles this afternoon with the boys looping around the hill. Very hot but a slight breeze really helped.

6 miles this morning.

6 more miles this afternoon with the team. Hopped in to help them with the workout. It seems like now they are helping me out.

6 miles this morning.

4 miles around Provo with the distance kids to shake the legs out. Should be a fun weekend.

10 miles this morning before going over to the BYU meet. Long day but some good stuff come from it. Still a little work to do before state in two weeks.

While running this morning I realized that living up north would be tough due to all of the traffic.

13 miles during the meet. I planned on running throughout the day to get my 13 miles. Mission accomplished. I would warm up and cool down with the kids but I also got invited by Timo to go run with a few of the coaches and their distance runners. It was fun talking with Timo, Jody Benson from Timpanogos, Chase from Riverton, and Danny from Provo about training and the upcoming cross country season. I think the boys had fun running with the Timpanogos guys.

Good end to the week. Just trying to not worry about a lot of personal running stuff through track but just to get the miles in.

5 miles

5 miles easy

6 miles easy

Ran from my house to my parents in Little Valley.

5 easy

5 easy

4 easy with the team in Nephi.

Sick still

Sick still

10 miles from the school into Bloomington and then back down the trail. Still not feeling great.

10 miles out along the parkway from the house.

Sludged through 6 miles this morning.

Ran with Dave, Steve, and another guy from the running center out along Prospector. I finally started feel like I had some life in my legs. 12 total miles. Need to get out of this funk.

Ran from the house out through Kayenta and then to the Shivwits Indian Reservation. Legs felt pretty good finally and I just enjoyed the run. 7:17/mile. Finally a good start the week. It has been a while.

10 miles out along Snow Canyon Parkway before leaving for youth conference. No watch.

I am up in Park City for our youth conference so I woke up early and ran from the lodge up into Park City. The temps were chilly at 38 degrees but the mountain air felt great. I can't believe how pretty it is up there. 7:20/mile.

10 miles from the lodge again in Park City and then caught the trail to run back to Jeremy Ranch and back. 36 degrees this morning! Love the mountain air though.

10.05 miles this morning with Dave from the DC. We did the old tempo loop. Felt pretty good this morning. Fun talking with him about stuff for the upcoming season. It should be exciting. 

Met up at the store and ran with Steve and a few other guys. We went to Hells Canyon, out into the fields over to Treasure Valley Park, over to the new bridge, up to Telegraph and back to the store. Felt pretty good throughout. We eased into it and then had a few miles under 6:30. Picked it up at the very end with Steve. The weathe was perfect and I did the 15 miles with 6:58/mile.

Solid week of running for me. Steve is trying to convince me to sign up for the marathon. I might do a trail race instead. I just want to enjoy the summer so I need to get a race lined up to have a solid summer.

Ran 10 miles total this morning to start the week of on the right note. First day of XC and it was good. Lots of kids out and it looks to be like another exciting year. Pretty excited to see how it all works out.

4.5 miles this evening running the back way to Unity Park. Had a nice picnic with the family at the splash pad.

10.5 miles total this morning. Ran a little before practice and then with the girls towards Little Valley. Another easy 3 after practice over to Hidden Valley Park. It is getting warm.

10.75 miles total this morning. 2 before practice, 5.75 with the boys around Webb Hill and then 3 more after practice with Kale to the Spectrum and back. These summer mornings are amazing. Absolutely love them!

5.15 miles pushing the kiddos in the jogging stroller this afternoon for #nationalrunningday. Tough pushing 80 pounds around that long. Glad Norah got out and ran some of it with me.

8 miles total this morning. Slept in a bit so I tacked on a few more after practice. Lots of positives from this week.

5 more miles this afternoon. Ran from the house and met the family up on the Toe Trail right along the base of Red Mountain. Oliver wanted to ride his bike home while I ran back. He is an animal on that Strider bike. Really been fun getting out with the kids while they ride their bike.

Did a little before practice and then 4 more with the girls. I am very optimistic with how the girls can do this year. Probably the best grouping of a girls group this early in the year. Very young group but hard working. Fun to see some of the newer girls stepping up. 2 more miles when I got home with Norah and Oliver rode their bikes over to Unity Park. They are animals. 8.5 total miles.

Met up with Steve and the running club at Man-o-War for the run. Felt really muggy and humid from the start and the amount of sweat on my shirt and shorts was a great indicator. Ran along the River Trail to the fields over to Little Valley and then back along the River Trail. Pushed the last little bit again and ended up with 6:49/mile. Felt good and strong. Best week of running in a long time. Aaron Metler wants me to sign up for the marathon so we can do workouts this summer. Maybe. I am getting to get this body moving again.

Solid week of running and very happy with how the team is looking already. Lots of positives. Just got to keep it going.

10.5 miles total this morning. 2 before practice, 6.5 with the boys on the ridge "Racing the Ridge", and 2 more miles after I got home over to Unity Park while the kids rode bikes there.

5 more miles in the heat this afternoon. Slight breeze helped but first day with ice cubes in the hat plus a water bottle. Tis the summer season.

6.5 miles this morning with the boys on the "Little Ridge" loop. Couldn't do more because I was busy getting stuff ready for the youth camp.

6 more miles this afternoon. Norah is awesome and wanted to ride her bike alongside me. It was overcast and absolutely perfect weather and I wish I could have gone longer but had other engagements. Norah is quite the biker.

10 total miles this morning. Ran with the girls today. Solid group again. The cloud cover was amazing. We were out on the Arizona Strip so I did a little bit of exploring after wards. Lots of trails out that way.

Ice in the hat and water bottle again for this afternoon's run. Super hot. I didn't eat enough for lunch and I didn't feel great. Ran up towards Snow Canyon State Park and back home. The wind helped a ton but still was toasty. 7:02/mile for 6 miles.

10.5 miles total this morning for our Adventure Run. Ran a little before practice and then ran with the boys. They are looking very strong right now. Just need to keep everyone healthy and it should be another exciting year. Very impressed with how the team is running in general. It was quite humid this morning and I was wringing sweat out of my shorts and shirt. I may have grossed out some on the team. Hopefully they come back :)

4.3 miles this afternoon running around Ivins while Norah biked alongside me. Went a touch later so it wasn't as hot. Norah is quite impressive on that bike in the heat. She always want to go farther but I have to calm her down. 7:30/mile.

The body was tired so I just did the run with the girls. A little warm but not too bad.

Ran with Steve and Dave this morning from the church by the high school and then went out to loop on the Southern Parkway. Nothing crazy fast but a good solid long run. Always fun to run with these guys. 

Solid way to end the week. Glad I was able to get in some quality runs with the team and then have some fun with the kids while they rode bikes alongside me. Keep chugging along.

7.5 total miles this morning running out in The Boneyard with the boys. Excellent work from them.

7 more hot miles this afternoon to the Bear Park. Katey and the kids went there first to play in the splash pad and I met up with them. Nice and toasty this afternoon.

8.5 miles total this morning. Ran with the girls to Little Valley and back. Nice to have the splash pads close by.

5 more hot miles in the afternoon. 7:11/mile. I love my water bottle.

9.2 total miles this morning. Did this run with the boys out by Warner Valley. We did a 1.5 mile mini tempo pickup to see how everyone is doing. Lots of positives. I hung back and ran with some of the younger boys. Really happy with how they are doing.

4 more miles this afternoon while Norah rode her bike. It was a little windy so that helped. She is a trooper. She continues to want to do this so I only encourage her. She motivates me.

9.65 total miles this morning. We went off of Navajo towards the Bloomington Caves. I am disappointed to know that I need a permit to squat with a headlamp. Not happy about this. Pretty good clip today.

5 more hot miles this afternoon. No watch. Temps were over 100 but the app said it felt like 94 degrees. That is what got me through this run.

8 total miles this morning. Ran with the girls out in Warner Valley. Found a cool dog skull by the bathroom near the fence.

Came home and ran while the kids biked over to Unity Park. Oliver loves to stop and smell all the roses.

We stayed with my Mom last night and I ended up doing the run by myself this morning. Looped from my parent's house out on the Southern Parkway again like last week. I accidentally slept in a bit and didn't get out the door until 7am. I was nervous but it was cooler temps again so I lucked out. I made it through and the magic elixir at Little Valley Park was icing on the cake towards the end of the run. 19.2 miles total at 7:00/mile. Started out slow and picked it up which helped drop the average.

Hopped in my parent's pool right after and stretched in there. It helped a ton. Also swam with the kiddos a little bit. They are so much fun right now.

9 total miles this morning. We had our first workout on Webb Hill today. 8x:30sec. up the hill. Only had Joe and Sage chuck this morning. Jaiden was close.

5.55 more miles this afternoon making sure Laynee was all squared away with her workout. Did another 6x:30sec. up Webb Hill. Hot and windy.

10 total miles this morning. Ran out in the Boneyard with the boys. I landed on a rock and almost broke my ankle. I kept running even though it was still pretty tender. I hobbled around during kid's camp. I got some Ibuprofen and put some ice on and it felt a lot better.

No run this afternoon due to travel to a conference in Layton plus I wanted to be safe with the ankle.

Ran from the hotel out towards Antelope Island. A little warmer than I was expecting being up north but it ended up being a decent run. 12 total miles with 7:00/mile.

Conference for the rest of the day then met up with my brother to eat at the Mandarin in Bountiful. I highly recommend it.

Ankle felt a lot better today. I find a nice bike trail that went north and south from the west side of I-15. I took this and it made for quite an enjoyable run. Lots of trees over hanging the trail and a slight breeze cooled the temps off. On the way back I had two ladies on a bike and they were trying to pass me. I did .5 mile pick ups with equal recovery all the way back to the hotel. I hit 5:20 - 5:30 pace on the pick ups. Nothing great but it did feel good having the body move fast again. 13 total miles. Good workout today.

Ran a touch before practice and then did the warm up and jogged around encouraging the team with their Fartlek run. Lots of positives to take away from today. I keep getting more excited to see what this year will bring. Should be fun.

No run this afternoon and just enjoyed a little aqua jogging while the kiddos swam in the pool.

Met up with Dave and James at the DC and ran out towards Santa Clara, Ivins, back along Snow Canyon Parkway, and then back down Bluff. The pace was slow at first but it was good talking with the guys. We picked it up the last few miles and it felt really good. Happy to have lots of water at the end of this run. 19.5 total miles and just beat the 7:00 minute guy.

Decent work and lots of good running. The temps are starting to zap me more. Need to really push the fluids.

We up North with family all week. It should be a lot of fun. Plus, I will get some runs in a bunch of places I haven't ran in a while.

Started at my in-law's house in Logan and ran up towards Skyview High School and looped back around. Got back to my in-laws and went around the neighborhood for 1.5 more miles to get 15 total for the morning. 7:06/mile. Good start to the week. I cannot believe how hot it is up here. I was hoping to get out of the heat.

Went the opposite direction from my in-law's house this morning towards River Heights and Providence. I ran through every sprinkler I could find and that helped cool me off. I ran up Logan Canyon to sit in the Logan River and ice the legs off. It added an extra mile but was totally worth it. 7:07/mile.

Met up with Cody Draper at King Park which is at the mouth of Green Canyon. I ran from my in-law's house up to the park to get a little extra mileage. Cody ran Logan Peak last Saturday so this was his first day back running. We went straight up the canyon and stopped at a natural spring for some water. Very good stuff. This trail is mostly single track and absolutely incredible (outside of the fact that we saw way too many mountain bikers on the trail). Good to see Cody again and nice to on a sweet trail with great company. I caught the Bonneville Shoreline Trail back to my in-laws and got 15.3 miles total for the morning.

I guess Jon Allen was in town and is retired from running so I didn't get a chance to see him. He had Cody tell me "Hi."

Until next time Jon.

I am in Logan until today and wanted to go see Ephraim's Grave. I have never been to it but decided it might be fun to do plus get some sweet trailing in as well. Old Ephraim was the last know Grizzly Bear killed in Utah in the mid 1920s. He was 9 feet tall and over 1000 pounds. His skull went back to the Smithsonian once they killed him. He was known for eating lots of sheep, cattle, and lots of other creatures. I talked with my father-in-law and he gave me some suggestions on where to run. I figured it would be a memorable run. Memorable it was!

I started up Right Hand Fork Canyon and started up RIcks Canyon and caught the Steel Hollow trail. This was some sweet single track running climbing up the mountain for just over four miles. I turned left on Long Hollow Road and dropped quite a bit until I came to Ephraim's Grave. It was pretty impressive to see the rock statue out in the middle of the mountains. I was praying I didn't come across the second Grizzly Bear ever in Utah on the rest of my run! I was going to climb back up and come around Cowley Canyon but I just kept going on Long Hollow Road. It was a dirt fire road that came back to Logan Canyon and the main highway. I didn't think it was that far but it ended up being 9 miles when I thought it was going to be 3-4. I got to Logan Canyon and just came down the highway on the shoulder. It helped because I stopped in the Logan River a couple times to cool off. It was much needed. I finally got back to my car and noticed I ran 23.3 total miles. It was quite the Adventure Run but I survived and saw some amazing country. If I went back around Cowley Canyon the run would have probably been 15 miles. Oh well! Saw lots of animals but was not smart because I left my GU gel in the car and forgot my water bottle.

Sweet run but will do a few things different if I ever go back up that direction. Now heading up to Huntsville for the rest of the weekend.

Met up with Cody and Mike McKnight at the North Ogden Divide to run Ben Lomond Peak (9710') and Willard Peak. I was excited to do this run because it has been a while since I have done. They were nice enough to drive down from Logan and meet up for this run.

Lots of people on the trail but it was fun trying to catch some on the way up and also on the way down. Got to the top and I forgot how awesome the view is. It was incredible. Cody and Mike convinced me to go over to Willard Peak. I have never done it before so it was worth doing. In one of the valleys we saw about 40 head of mountain goats. It was amazing! A little bit of bushwhacking up to the top of Willard Peak and then we came back down. I had some family things so I wanted to get down the mountain really quick. I kind of pushed the pace but it made for a really fun run back to the cars. The cool breeze and mountain air were just what I needed.

The last three days have been all on the trails and my legs are pretty trashed. I was nervous for today and how they would hold up but they felt pretty darn good. Great run today and even better company.

I will probably just do an few easy miles in the morning and then go watch my sister run the local 5k. I think I would need a wheelchair if I ran a hard 5k tomorrow. Have a great 4th of July everyone!

The last three days have kicked my behind so I slept in and watched the kiddos while Katey could get some much needed rest. The pregnancy is starting to get really uncomfortable for her.

Sick.

6 miles into Santa Clara and back while Norah rode her bike. A little warm but felt good to go slower since I am not feeling well.

27 miles on the Virgin River Rim Trail up on Cedar Mtn. Dave and Steve planned a long run late last night. We occasionally like to do crazy things. I still wasn't feeling great but thought it would still be worth it. It was great weather and some incredible views. I should have stayed home though. I started to feel yucky 10 miles in to the run. I dragged myself for the next little bit and then my hamstring tightened up. I finally just bushwhacked it up to the highway and did the walk of shame until the guys came and picked me up. 

You can read Dave Holt's blog for more information. I almost hung up the running shoes after this one.

Sick.

Sick still.

Needed to get out of the house so we got up early and went hiking in Zion for a little bit. I still wasn't feeling great but it was better than nothing. Glad this week is over. It has been a long one.

7 miles this morning. Did a little bit of the workout with the team. Felt okay.

Needed to find my mojo again so I went and looked for it on Barrel Roll. Ended up running 8 miles in the heat of the afternoon but it seemed to clean the system out. Just enjoyed the trails and ended up finding some albino lizard that scared the heck out of me.

10 total miles this morning. Ran a little before practice and then ran 7 miles with the boys looping from Little Valley Park. Actually kind of a fun little route. I was super dehydrated this morning though. Just plugging away.

Running with the team and watched the workout on the track. Very happy after today. Went and remeasured the possible new spot for our mile repeats. 9 miles total.

11 total miles around Navajo Lake this morning with the team. Always nice to get out of the heat and run some single track at higher elevation.

6 total miles this morning. Tried the new route for the mile repeats. It was okay but I think Mark and I found a better one. Ran 7:33, 7:32 with some of the new girls. Positive stuff from everyone again.

4.5 miles this afternoon enjoying the heat.

Ran from Toquerville back to the store this morning. Actually felt pretty good despite all of the lovely rollers. I felt llike I was running in the Midwest even though I have never ran in the Midwest. I heard they have lots of rolling hills. Ran with Bill, Dave, and James. Pretty warm morning and of course I was a sweaty mess. Good conversation and good running. Cannot ask for a better way to end the week. Lots of memories were made. 7:00/mile.

5.5 miles this morning. Hopped in to do some of the dirt hill repeats with the team. Didn't have time to do more running due to meetings at the school and helping out some new teachers.

7.5 miles with the boys out to the Boneyard. Cloud cover felt nice.

10.5 miles this afternoon on Snow Canyon Parkway. It was breezy and overcast for perfect afternoon running weather in St. George. I made it to the turn around point and the clouds went away and it got muggy. I had to stop at the softball diamonds and soak the shirt and hat. Glad that was available.

6.5 miles this morning out in Warner Valley. We did a tempo run. I ran with the girls and mainly ran with Laynee. Good stuff from the group.

6 miles this afternoon in the heat. Ran 3 to The Spectrum and then 3 more with some of the boys to the Farm. It needs some work.

8.5 total miles this morning. 6.5 miles with the boys around my parent's house and then hopped in the pool afterwards.

3.5 miles this evening with my sister. Lots of fun seeing her run.

12 total miles this morning. I did a mile before practice and then did mile repeats with the team on our new dirt mile. I like this location much better. Ran with Laynee with the first two and then the last one with some of the younger boys. Solid effort from everyone. Happy with the turnout despite the holiday. 4 more miles after and then hopped in my parent's pool to stretch. Felt great.

10.25 miles with the boys around Little Black Mtn. Perfect weather and nice pace for the loop. 7:19/mile. Talked the whole time.

Nice to have a 70+ mile week.

5 total miles this morning helping run around for the workout.

9.5 total miles this morning.

3 before practice and then 6.5 miles out towards the Boneyard. Last day of kids camp. The future looks very bright for cross country and track.

8 more miles this afternoon. Ran from the high school over to Little Valley to run with the team and then back to the high school. Nice and toasty!

8 miles this morning. Did a touch before practice and then ran the progression/tempo run with the girls. They did well and it is nice to see Laynee really coming on.

4 more miles around the Monarch Loop at Eagle Point for the first run at camp. 10,000 ft. never felt so good!

4 miles this morning looping around Puffer Lake putting out cones so the team doesn't get lost. 

8.25 more miles with the boys around Puffer Lake. Super impressed with how fast we did it this year with many more guys. The girls had a large group as well. Always nice to swim in the cold lake after wards.

4.35 miles this afternoon on the Monarh Loop. I cut back to run with the younger group and it was fun talking with them.

6 miles this morning going to the top of Delano Peak for our annual goal session. It blows my mind how beautiful it is up there. Very happy that my Dad hiked up the backside this time. Lots of fun being up there.

3 more miles this afternoon. Ran a little with Oliver and Norah and then did the 3 man relay. I am happy to report that the coaches won this year! It is going to be a great season.

6 miles towards Blue Lake. Saw about 60 head of elk with a huge bull just standing in the middle saying, "I am the man." 

Really happy with the way camp went. Great stuff from the team. 80 people was a lot for the camp but it was worth it.

6.5 miles this morning running with the boys out in the Boneyard. This week is going to be busy getting ready for school to start next week.

3 miles in the morning.

7 miles total this afternoon. First afternoon practice which is always an adventure. The team actually did quite well considering we did our dirt hill repeat workout. 6x500m for me. Really looking forward to an exciting year. 

3 miles this morning to the bridge.

7 mile loop from the high school, out into Industrial Park and then back through Little Valley with the boys. A little muggy.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon setting up for the 1st time trial of the season at BHNP. It was super hot and muggy but I was happy with how the kids ran. I think they were a little disappointed plus we have a bunch of sick people but the times were faster than last year for our first one. Some went much faster. Need to get to the Cedar All-Comers next Tuesday.

3 miles in the morning.

5 miles with the girls really working on grouping. They are getting better. They just need to keep it rolling. Nice and easy over to Little Valley Park. Picked it up a touch at head.

Biggest day for me in a while. It felt good. I have kind of decided that I am just going to focus on the new baby coming in a couple weeks and coaching the team. I will probably do a 2:50 pace group at St. George if anyone is interested in joining. I will be pacing my beautiful assistant Mark Madsen. I just need the rest of the year to not stress and just continue to enjoy running and then gear up for next year.

14 miles this morning down the marathon course for my first time this year. Napped in the bed of a truck on the way up so that was nice. I ran with Steve and Aaron for the first 10 miles and we were moving along with a nice clip. Stopped and got water and then went for it. I just wanted to do 4 miles of a nice push at the end. I hit 5:36, 5:31, 6:03 (up Winchester), and then 5:40 to finish it up. Nothing spectacular but it felt good to get the legs moving a little. 

4.75 more miles at practice this morning. I was trashed so I did the warm up and then jogged around while the team did our big fartlek workout. Very, very happy with the way it went. A great way for the team to end the week after the transition to the afternoon and running specifically in the heat.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon running with the boys.

Not feeling very well. Ended up sleeping in. I have been putting long hours in getting ready for school to start. Had our first meet of the season tonight. Very good things from both the boys and girls' TEAM. I am excited to see how everything shakes out.

3 miles this morning.

7 more miles this afternoon doing 3x1 miles with the girls at BHNP. Solid stuff from them. Nice grouping from the top 8 or so.

3 miles this morning. School started today.

5 miles this afternoon working with the girls on sticking together. They are getting the idea with this.

3 miles this morning.

2 miles this afternoon. Planned on doing a little more but we had to cancel the Desert Relays at BHNP due to THUNDER and lightning. Rescheduled for Tuesday. Laynee ran a great 1st leg and broke the old record by 20 seconds. Hope she can do that again next Tuesday.

Went out with the TEAM and did the Little Black Mtn. loop. Did a 3 mile warm up, 5 mile progression run with the last two faster, and then 2 mile cool down. I was very impressed with how the boys and girls did with this workout today. Had a little bit of adversity last night with the lightning but they did great this morning.

6 miles this morning. Thank heavens for the restroom at the park.

7 more hot miles this afternoon. The TEAM were troopers this afternoon due the ridiculously hot weather. Did the loop around the ridge and then did 8x100m strides. Good to get a solid double today.

3 miles this morning.

4 miles marking the course and running around for the Desert Relays. Very happy with how it went down with the entire TEAM. Tons of positives.

3 miles this morning.

6 miles with the boys.

3 miles this morning.

7 miles total this afternoon. We did dirt mile repeats. It was blazing hot but happy with how the TEAM did. I ran with the girls on the first 3 and was happy how they did and then did my own one to try and catch up with the boys. It didn't work. I am getting old.

3 miles this morning.

4 more miles this afternoon over to Hidden Valley.

Slept in because I was super tired from this week. Very stoked with how the TEAM did at SUU Invite. Fastest girl's TEAM we have ever had and fastest boy's TEAM we have ever had at SUU Invite. Boys dipped under 80:00 to be the first TEAM to do this ever.

Not really stressed about my running right now. Other things to focus on.

3 miles this morning.

8 more miles with the boys out to the boneyard.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon running some of the warm up and showing kids the course for the time trial. Jogged around and then cooled down with some of the boys.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon with the girls. A little bit of cloudy weather made for a great day.

3 miles this morning.

Did our annual jumping over hay bales in prep for the Grass Relays today. Did 8x800m repeats. I ran with the girls on the first four and hung on for dear life on the last 4 with the boys. Good stuff from the TEAM today.

The baby could be coming any day now. 4 easy miles up at the state course with the TEAM. They changed the finish a little and I hope they fix it because it is really weird.

8 miles with Mark this morning from the hotel before the Grass Relays. Fairly happy with how things went today. Couple of the guys were off and a little sick. Extra motivation for the rest of the year. Happy with how the girls ran today though. Young but continue to impress and improve.

3 miles this morning.

Only had time for 2 mile this afternoon. Meetings all day with parents plus after school so I got to practice late :(

5 miles this morning.

5 more miles this afternoon and evening at the meet and then while the Varsity kiddos did our Woodbridge workout.

6 miles this afternoon looping around the Ridge with the boys. Windy but it made for cooler temps.

I've only had 10 meetings so far up until this point.

3 miles this morning.

5 miles this afternoon.

4 miles this afternoon. Long day of travel yesterday made me super tired.

Spent the day doing stuff with the kiddos. Need to get going on a better pattern somehow.

7 miles this morning. Time to get going again and remember why I love running.

6 miles this morning.

6 more miles this afternoon doing a Fartlek workout over at Little Valley. Time to get the body moving again.

5 miles this morning.

4 miles easy with some of the girls this afternoon.

6 miles this morning. Cooler temps :)

4.5 miles warming up and running around watching the Snow Canyon Invite.

3 miles in the morning.

7 miles in the afternoon out off of Navajo Dr. Cloud cover helped with the heat a little today.

3 miles this morning.

5.5 miles this afternoon. Nice and toasty. Did a small ladder workout with the girls. 200, 400, 800, 400, 200. Nothing fancy. Just nice to get a little turnover.

6 miles easy this morning.

10 miles in the afternoon out to Arizona and back. 6:56/mile. Good start to the week.

Ran 10 miles from the high school and went around the Bloomington Loop and back along the River Trail. 6:51/mile. Another solid run.

6 miles this morning over into Santa Clara. No watch.

6 more miles this afternoon from the high school, caught the trails and went to Sunriver and back. No watch again.

4 miles this morning. Still warm.

8 miles this afternoon while Norah rode her bike alongside me. It was really fun talking about lots of stuff and playing Simon says. She only needed to stop and rest three times. Super impressed with her. We kept it fairly flat running over to Santa Clara.

Slept in this morning due to all the rain and wind.

Ran 10 miles in the afternoon. Slight drizzle made for an enjoyable run. Ended up chucking up my lunch/dinner. Not so fun but I survived.

Met up with Steve at the DC. I got a mile done by myself before he showed up to test the trail. It was super icy and slick. We ran 15 miles from the DC, out to the Fields, through Little Valley, back up around Bloomington Hills, and to the DC. Quite the adventure. It has been far too long not running with Steve. He is quite the character. Missed out on having Dave with us.

Great week for me. Happy with the effort!

5 cold miles this morning in to Santa Clara.

7 slightly quicker miles this afternoon out along Snow Canyon Parkway. 6:35/mile.

7.5 miles this afternoon from the high school looping out in to Little Valley. 6:55/mile.

10 super cold miles this morning out along Snow Canyon Parkway. The kimchi from last was not sitting pretty.

3 miles this afternoon over to Hidden Valley.

Went for a little longer run this afternoon. Ran from the high school, looped out in to the Fields, and then back around from Sullivan Park. Pretty decent afternoon. Lots of construction though. 6:47/mile for the 14 miles.

10 miles after school. Went and did my Bloomington Loop and then back along the River Trail run. 7:00/mile.

15 total miles out along Snow Canyon Parkway. Left the house about 11am and it was 50+ degrees. Perfect weather! Kept it nice and relaxed on the way out and then on the way back did 15x1:00 min./1:00 min. easy Fartlek workout. Nothing spectacular but it did feel good pushing the body a little bit. 6:50/mile.

Another solid week.

12 miles from the house through Santa Clara and then to Sunbrook and back. Low 40s for the temps made it slightly chilly but overall a solid way to start the week. 6:50/mile.

13.5 wet miles this morning with Hayden Hawks from Ivins and then doing a big loop around Snow Canyon Parkway. Really fun to run with him. It is not everyday that you get to run with a collegiate All-American. 6:47/mile. Now we make the long journey up north to Logan!

It should be interesting running in the snow the rest of the week.

Ice skated around Logan for 10.5 miles. Lots of new snow last night. Fun run but not super fast because it was so slippery. I love the new shoes how they repel water and help keep my feet dry.

14 cold, windy miles this morning from the in-laws out to Providence and back. It was chilly during the run and then the sun came out after I finished. Of course. Roads were more dry today than yesterday. 7:12/mile. 

Took the kiddos to Hardware Ranch to see the elk. Lots of fun. Oliver thought the sleigh was Santa's sleigh so he wanted to fly really high. 

11 cold miles up in Heber. We are staying up the mountain and so my Dad was nice enough to drive me down. Got away after breakfast and presents because everyone was playing on their phone and so I decided it was a good time to get out. Happy I got out but my body never really warmed up in the 16 degree weather. I survived though. 7:24/mile.

Merry Christmas everyone!

10 even colder miles today in Heber. The temperature dropped to a balmy 9 degrees. I didn't have time for more miles but it was nice to get the legs moving again. Excited to get out of this cold weather. 7:08/mile.

Solid week of training with most of it outside in interesting elements.

10 miles in St. George again. It is good to be home. I have had a little bit of congestion the last couple days so I was hacking that up for most of the run. 6:41/mile. Suprised I went that quick to start the week.

Did the same loop as last week when I did it with Hayden. I ran with no watch today and just enjoyed it. Temps were around 25 degrees. Got some funny looks and comments from people as I ran by them due to me just wearing short shorts and they were dressed like it was the frozen tundra. 13.5 miles total.

8 easy miles while Norah rode her new bike alongside me. No watch and just enjoyed spending time with her being a Dad. Excited to get back to a routine. Body was tired today so I didn't go as far.

Decided to end the year on a positive note. Ran from my house in Ivins to my parent's house in Little Valley. 16 total miles at 6:55/mile. Only got yelled at by one short, squatty kid with a Dodgers hat. "Run faster and try and catch us." I caught up to the car at the stop light and then he didn't know what to say. Also almost got hit by a lady texting while driving. Everyone, please put down your cell phones while in a vehicle. It is not worth it.

Excited for 2016!