Yes Running Is Fun

Tested out my new Brooks Ghost 6 today.  They are pretty awesome.  I love them!  Did my normal road run....dave's grave, hyde park and back...with an extra mile.  Went at a fast pace.  Felt great!  Especially the warm 40 degree weather.

Time- 1:19:00

Pace- 7:10 

Elevation- 952 ft

Calories- 1,739

Did a slower run today.  Did green canyon and then decided to go up the face.  I must say, I bonked on the way up the face.  When I got to the top, I just fell to the ground and started eating snow.  I was in desperate need for water.  The run down was very slippery and bumpy.  

Time- 1:59:05

Pace- 10:49

Elevation- 2,884 ft

Calories- 2,061

Did Green today.  Was going to go half a mile further than normal to end up getting 10 miles instead of nine.  But the trail after the fence was horrible.  So I turned around and headed back and after half a mile, I turned around and repeated the top portion to get the extra mile.  Went at an alright pace.  My legs were pretty tired from yesterday's work out.  Temperature was good.  All around a good day.

Time- 1:27:18

Pace- 8:42

Elevation- 1,453 ft

Calories- 1,672

Did my normal road run.  At work today I did leg lifts so my legs were pretty sore.  Didn't go extremely fast but not extremely slow.  Not a lot happened on this run.

Time- 1:13:58

Pace- 7:23

Elevation- 842 ft

Calories- 1,579

Today my legs were probably the sorest they've ever been on a run.  Today was definitely a training run to prepare me for the final miles of the Bear 100.  I did not want to run at all.  But I eventually finished and the pace didn't end up being as slow as I thought it'd be.

Time- 1:25:49

Pace- 8:35

Elevation- 1,100 ft

Calories- 1,592

Did another road run. I went a little faster today but my legs were still pretty dead.  Pretty uneventful today.  

Time- 1:20:20

Pace- 8:02

Elevation- 559 ft

Calories- 1,574

Today it snowed finally!  Green canyon had a good amount of fresh powder on it.  That made it a little difficult to get any speed at all.  My back is super super sore though.  The trail was pretty uneven which made it a little hard on the body.  But, it was still fun.  Went with Cody.  What a good guy.  He's a champ.  Very good run overall

Time- 1:59:37

Pace- 9:53

Elevation- 1,609 ft

Calories- 1,971

Took the day off from running and just did my cross fit class.  

Did green canyon today....simply put, the trail was awful.  Very slippery.  Couldn't get any good grip.  Had to truck through some deep snow.  Eventually i just turned around and did 2 miles on the road.  There were tons of snow shoers but that didn't help much.  Wasn't that great of a run.

Time- 1:45:13

Pace- 10:31

Elevation- 1,225 ft

Calories- 1,623

Did a long road run with Cody today.  Started at the tabernacle, took the back roads in river heights, providence and mendon.  Ended up about a mile away from the mouth of black smith fork canyon then headed back.  Had a killer side ache for a good eight miles of it.  Hit the wall with about seven miles left.  The weather was awesome.  Very warm.  Very good work out today...felt like crap towards the end but still great.

Time- 2:35:55

Pace- 7:48

Elevation- 1,541 ft

Calories- 3,169

Still recovering from Saturday's run!  Did my usual half road/half trail run.  Five miles on the road and five miles of green.  Trail was awesome!

Time- 1:25:41

Pace- 8:34

Elevation- 1,098 ft

Calories- 1,593

Did my usual road run.  Apt to Dave's grave, to Hyde Park.  Went at a pretty good pace considering how sore I am from Saturday still.  Also did an intense 25 min. cross fit work out.  My arms and body are DEAD.  Good work out day

Time- 1:17:44

Pace- 7:46

Elevation- 841 ft

Calories- 1,579

Since my body is pretty sore from yesterday's cross fit work out, I was planning on taking the day off.  Then decided I could do 5.  Then decided to just do nine but at a slow, easy pace.  Pretty uneventful.

Time- 1:14:40

Pace- 8:18

Elevation- 234 ft

Calories- 1,402

Did my apt. to green run.  Very sore still from adjusting to cross fit.  Did nine instead of ten...at a very very slow pace.  Also did 20 min of cross fit 

Time- 1:19:34

Pace- 8:50

Elevation-969 ft

Calories- 1,433

Did a longer run to make up for wednesday and thursday.  Still pretty sore but was able to push it and go at a decent pace.  The trail was pretty marked up with horse hoof prints.  Very annoying.  But it was a beautiful day and a great run

Time- 1:51:20

Pace- 9:16

Elevation- 1,617 ft

Calories- 1,969

Did a good run today.  Went up green and finished green at an 8:37 pace.  Definitely getting back into a good pace.  Then I decided to go up the face of green.  My knee started to hurt a lot on the way down.  I think I tweeked it a little on the horse hoof tracks.  Stupid riders

Time- 1:54:54

Pace- 10:26

Elevation- 2,738 ft

Calories- 2,024

Did my usual road run.  My knee still kind of hurted from yesterday.  Not a lot happened.  Also did about 20 min of cross fit today

Time- 1:23:29

Pace- 8:21

Elevation- 841 ft

Calories- 1,578

Did my apt. to green canyon run.  As I got further up the trail I stuck to the road cause I didn't wanna deal with the horse tracks.  Went pretty quick considering I skiied all day for work. Good run

Time- 1:16:07

Pace- 7:37

Elevation- 1,080 ft

Calories- 1,591

Did a very very slow run today.  My legs were dead.  My knee is still pretty sore.  Not a whole lot happened.  Also did a 20-25 min cross fit work out

Time- 1:18:17

Pace- 8:42

Elevation- 563 ft

Calories- 1,413

Woke up this morning and was planning on doing a short six mile run.  But as I got out I decided to push it a little bit.  Decided to mix it up a bit and do dry canyon.  I went up two miles, then turned around and headed down a mile.  Then went up a mile and came back down a mile.  I did this 4 times.  Quite the climb.  It has been a good long while since I've climbed this much in a day.

Time- 2:11:53

Pace- 11:59

Elevation- 4,126 ft

Calories- 2,109 

So I was going to take today off cause of how sore I was.  But a buddy of mine who I've been trying to get into trail running wanted me to take him on a run.  So we did green.  We were going pretty darn slow...after five miles he gave up.  I'm still proud of him.  I decided to finish the trail out and run home.  Even though it was slow, I still enjoyed the run.  

Time- 1:45:33

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 1,215 ft

Calories- 1,885

Did my apt. to green run. Started out really pushing it...but felt awful.  I then realized that last week I ran over 60 miles and climbed over 10,000 ft.  So I slowed it down.  Not much happened

Time- 1:28:02

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 1,142

Calories- 1,601

Did my usual road run.  Went to see Dave's grave.  Nothing really happened.  Also did 20 min of cross fit

Time- 1:14:04

Pace- 7:24

Elevation- 841 ft

Calories- 1,580

Ran green.  Fresh snow fall.  There were some tracks part way up but then I reached the part of the trail where I had to make the first tracks.  Didn't go to fast at all.  Coming down I pretty much went just as slow because the trail was very loose.  Wasn't my favorite run

Time- 1:38:35

Pace- 9:51

Elevation- 1,294

Calories- 1,630

Was going to take the day off...due to body aches, feeling a little sick.  But, my body woke myself up when i usually get up....so, I figured I'd run since I was up.  Did a flat, slow and shorter run than usual.  The roads were very icey.  Wasn't my favorite run.  Also did an intense twenty min. cross fit work out

Time- 1:06:07

Pace- 8:19

Elevation- 88 ft

Calories- 1,243

Was going to take the day off because I was feeling pretty exhausted the past two days.  But, I decided to do Green.  Starting out I felt great.  About two miles up, my knee was hurting a little...nothing to really worry about I thought.  As soon as I got to the top and headed back down, my knee and quad locked up and was in extreme pain.  I had to stop every half mile to stretch and get the pain to go down.  Then I'd kind of hobble/jog another half mile before stopping again.  Probalby will take all of next week off.  We'll see what happens

Time- 1:27:32

Pace- 9:43

Elevation- 1,209 ft

Calories- 1,470

Gave the knee a break and biked for about 50 minutes on the stationary bike

Still resting the knee.  50 min on stationary bike

Gave it another break.  1 hr on bike and 20 min of cross fit

Decided to test the knee out.  Did green...hurt a little but not too bad.  Still gonna take the rest of the week off

Time- 1:34:37

Pace- 10:23

Elevation- 1,200 ft

Calories- 1,485

Biked for 50 min and did 20 min of cross fit

Decided to try running.  Did the apt to green...only went up .50 miles up greeen cause the snow was super slushy.  So I turned around and went to the roads.  My knee felt great.  But....the top of my foot really started to hurt.  It actually hurts a lot.  Not sure if I'm gonna take more time off or not...cause I need to start training for Zion!

Time- 1:28:45

Pace- 8:53

Elevation- 666 ft

Calories- 1,572

Takin it easy!  Did a road run today.  Only did seven cause I don't wanna over do it with my foot.  The first mile sucked....but, I loosened my shoe up a bit and that helped a ton!  Also did a freakin intense cross fit work out.  Part of the workout was 6 straight minutes of burpee's....I'd much rather run a 100 miles.  

Time- 54:21

Pace- 7:46

Elevation- 490 ft

Calories- 1,099

Did another road!  Added a mile and did eight.  Foot felt good. Hurt after but no problems during the run!  Hopefully it will get 100% better soon

Time- 1:00:25

Pace- 7:33

Elevation- 591 ft

Calories- 1,258

Today ended up being a big work out day.  Woke up and decided to only do 6 miles so I can study for my stats test.  Also did a pretty intense cross fit work out.  Then Cody was going CC Skiing.  So i went to the ORP and rented a pair.  That was kinda fun..  It was my first time and apparently the snow wasn't the greatest for it.  Then right after that, I had a basketball game where there was only 4 of us...so there was a lot of running for 32 minutes.  Definitely felt the effects of today.

Time- 47:13

Pace- 7:52

Elevation- 214 ft

Calories- 935

CC Ski up green canyon with Josh and Dane.  Just took a day to do a more relaxing work out

Did a road run with Austin.  He's trying to train for Logan Peak and I decided to take one more easy day and go with him. Went up to campus and back.

Time- 39:50

Pace- 7:59

Elevation- 242 ft

Calories- 780

Did green canyon.  Felt good to get on the trails again.  The lower part of green was awful.  It was an ice rink.  Had to go pretty slow over that.  But it felt great.  Running is the best

Time- 1:29:06

Pace- 8:55

Elevation- 1,505

Calories- 1,655

Did my usual road run.  Went and saw Dave's grave.  The weather was amazing!  

Time- 1:19:39

Pace- 7:58

Elevation- 825 ft

Calories- 1,580

Was extremely sick all day.  Wasn't going to run but Cody's invite text to run with him was very appealing.  So I joined him and joe for their run.  But, I quickly realized I made a poor choice.  I was so exhausted....I felt bonked right away.  But I made it to seven and then called it a night.  

Time- 59:15

Pace- 8:27

Elevation- 843 ft

Calories- 1,175

Did a run today but probably shouldn't have.  I was EXHAUSTED.  So exhausted.  Still was a little sick.  But went from my apartment to BST and went up the upper canal trail.  Wasn't my favorite run.

Time- 1:31:46

Pace- 9:11

Elevation- 1,168 ft

Calories- 1,636

Took a flat, easy road run today.  Threw up 3 times in my mouth...no good.  Had a little energy but not much.  Went to YESCO and stopped by to say hi to Kevin, Cody and other friends.

Time- 54:29

Pace- 7:47

Elevation- 100 ft

Calories- 1,068

Kept today short in hopes of getting better by next week.  Just went up to Dave's grave and came home.  Feeling a little better...

Time- 55:08

Pace- 7:53

Elevation- 517 ft

Calories- 1,101

Did my Apartment to halfway up green run.  I'm still feeling pretty sick.  Maybe should have taken more than just Sunday off. I had no energy at all.  Felt so miserable.  But I got some miles in.

Time- 1:29:29

Pace- 8:57

Elevation- 1,099 ft

Calories- 1,592

Did my normal road run.  Except...I actually had some energy!  It felt good to not drag my feet for 10 miles.  Still not 100%...but I'm hopeful the sickness is leaving!  Also did a fun endurance cross fit work out.  It felt good to destroy everybody on it.  Sit ups, jump ropes and two 400 m runs and one 800 m run.  So I got an extra mile of running today from cross fit

Time- 1:16:46

Pace- 7:40

Elevation- 847 ft

Calories- 1,579

Finally getting back to 100%.  Wasn't quite there yet but I'm getting close.  Went on a run with Cody and Joe.  Went from first dam and did BST north.  Halfway point was the top of SV hill.  Cody cracked a pretty funny joke as we were peeing on the top of SV hill.  Weather was amazing.  Shorts and a tee shirt.  

Time- 1:45:06

Pace- 8:05

Elevation- 1,782 ft

Calories- 2,139

Did a slow road run today.  Legs were pretty dead.  Also did a pretty intense cross fit work out.  Ladderes, burpee's, wall balls, row's.  It was pretty fun.

Time- 1:18:05

Pace- 8:41

Elevation- 361 ft

Calories- 1,405 

Did a shorter run today so I'll have good legs for my long run tomorrow.  Did apt to green.  But only went up 1.5 miles up green.  Turned around just as the trail got super icy.  Not much happened.

Time- 1:08:40

Pace- 8:35

Elevation- 857 ft

Calories- 1,273

Was up all night coughing.  Still sick. Decided it'd be best to not run today (especially with it raining like crazy) and get 100% better for next week

I actually felt really good today.  I'd say I was at 90%.  My sickness is finally....finally leaving.  Did my apt to BST to Upper canal run.  Didn't go at record pace but I did go at a pace that I haven't done for a few weeks.  It feels good to have some energy.  The weather was amazing.  Shorts and tshirt run.  

Time- 1:22:09

Pace- 8:13

Elevation- 1,207 ft

Calories- 1,633

I'm finally getting better!  Was able to go at a fairly quick pace today.  Did my normal road run to Dave's grave and Hyde park.  A little rainy but overall, great weather

Time- 1:13:31

Pace- 7:20

Elevation- 846 ft

Calories- 1,581

Started at the temple and did the canal trail.  Went up to the BST and headed over to green.  Decided to go about half a mile up the face.  I forgot how brutal of a climb that is.  Didn't go to fast.  A nice recovery pace.  Gonna be more sore tomorow.

Time- 1:28:49

Pace- 8:53

Elevation- 1,330 ft

Calories- 1,693

Did a very slow run this morning.  Went from my apt to the mouth of green then headed north on the BST trail.  Did ten miles.  

Time- 1:32:37

Pace- 9:15

Elevation- 948 ft

Calories- 1,594

In the afternoon I did a pretty intense cross fit work out for 30 min.  Then in the evening I joined Cody and did eight miles of the canal trail and river trail.  It was raining which made it very wet and muddy.  It was actually pretty fun.

Time- 1:07:43

Pace- 8:26

Elevation- 949 ft

Calories- 1,345

Did a slower run again so I'll have energy for my long run tomorrow.  Just did the canal trail to first dam then a little bit of the river trail (lower river trail).  Getting some good miles in this week!

Time- 1:07:40

Pace- 8:27

Elevation- 646 ft

Calories- 1,296

Got a long run in today.  I started at the temple and did the lower canal trail.  Then I went to the upper canal trail.  Then I went to the River trail and took that to the wind cave trail and ran to the top.  Then, I headed back.  It was a beautiful day.  Sun was out.  Weather was excellent.  Nano and Austin were hiking the winnd caves trail.  It was cool seeing them.  Felt god to finally get in a long run

Time- 3:01:20

Pace- 9:04

Elevation- 2,157 ft

Calories- 3,336

Started doing green canyon today.  But about 2 miles up it got really icey.  So i turned around and did the BST trail and upper canal trail.  Went fairly slow cause I was still super sore from last weeks runs.  

Time- 1:25:54

Pace- 8:35

Elevation- 1,242 ft

Calories- 1,649

Man, my legs were so sore today.  Did a road run.  The normal Dave's grave run.  Went pretty slow.  I've been having a hard time sleeping lately.  Between that and being sore from last week, I just didn't have much energy.  

Time- 1:25:23

Pace- 8:32

Elevation- 842 ft

Calories- 1,579

Did a good trail run today at a fairly good pace.  Went from the mouth of green and took the BST over to the Canal trail.  Then headed up the river trail a ways.  Saw a lot of friends who stopped me to talk to me today.  Everyone is gettinig out to enjoy the weather!

Time- 1:14:01

Pace- 7:24

Elevation- 957 ft

Calories- 1,630

Did an easy road run today so I'll be ready for the run Cody, Joe and I are doing saturday.  Started at first dam and ran the island to the temple.  Then headed over towards campus. Then wrapped back around towards first dam.  Great and beautiful day!

Time- 53:21

Pace- 7:36

Elevation- 317 ft

Calories- 1,102

Did another slow and easy run to be ready for tomorrow.  Went from the apt to close to Dave's grave.  Not a lot happened!

Time- 41:22

Pace- 8:16

Elevation- 225 ft

Calories- 780

Did a long run today with Cody!  Got up at 5:30 AM and traveled to Antelope Island.  There were a lot of people out on the trail: bikers and runners...even horse riders.  We did the 50K course...2 loops around the island.  The whole run was very windy.  Had to wear a jacket for the first loop.  But as the sun came up for the second loop, we were able to shed the jackets.  As we were running, we were able to pass a few herds of Buffalo.  Sometimes we got about 5 ft away.  That sure made things interesting and suspensful.  Cody got chased by one on mile 31. That was funny to hear about (Cody finished a little bit before me).  It was a great run!  Glad I went

Time- 4:42:14

Pace- 8:47

Elevation- 3,753 ft

Calories- 5,219

Went on a run today.  A way WINDY run.  I did the apt to BST to Upper canal trail.  As I was on the upper canal trail, the wind almost blew me off the edge at one point.  It was so windy.  I felt good however til about mile 5.  The rest of the way back, my knee KILLED.  I think I'm going to take tomorrow off just to be safe.  Need to be ready for the Zion 100K!

Time- 1:27:58

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 1,104 ft

Calories- 1,623

Took today off from running.  Tried biking.  But after ten minutes my knee started hurting.  So I walked for a mile.  Then I did an ab work out and push ups at cross fit.  Pretty easy day

Did a slow, short run today to make sure I don't over do my knee.  It didn't hurt.  But I still may take tomorrow off just to be safe.

Time- 25:59

Pace- 8:40

Elevation- 147 ft

Calories- 467

Just did a slow and short test run.  Knee felt alright.  But I didn't go that far.  I'm just planning on taking it really easy until Zion in hopes of getting better!

Time- 44:21

Pace- 8:52

Elevation- 275 ft

Calories- 782

Was going to go ten mile today in hopes that the knee was better.  But, the knee was a little tender.  So, I kept it at 8.  Went from the apt to the BST and went over to first dam.  I really hope the knee will get better for next Friday!

Time- 1:10:45

Pace- 8:51

Elevation- 865 ft

Calories- 1,281

Rowing work out for 20 mintues in cross fit

Stationary bike for 20 mintues

Biked on the stationary bike for 50 minutes!

Did a rowing working out in cross fit fot 20 mintues

Haven't ran since Monday!  However, I met with an athletic trainer at USU.  She told me I have "patellar tracking problem."  Apparently my knee doesn't rotate the way it should.  I need to get a patellar brace and leukotape.  The tape and brace is supposed to help my knee rotate correctly.  Went 4 miles today.  Could tell that the brace helps.  My knee felt much more sturdy than it has the past couple of weeks.  Hopefully this solution will help me finish Zion next week!

Time- 30:53

Pace- 7:43

Elevation- 148 ft

Calories- 624

Went to the mouth of green and back.  The knee felt good with the brace.  Keeping it easy to be ready for this Friday!

Time- 40:31

Pace- 8:06

Elevation- 468 ft

Calories- 789

Did another short road run!  Going to keep it easy and short tomorrow, then Thursday off...then Zion 100k Friday!

Time- 30:50

Pace- 7:43

Elevation- 148 ft

Calories- 623

Did a slow run with Joe to prepare for the Zion 100k tomorrow

Time- 24:29

Pace- 7:39

Elevation- 34 ft

Calories- 497

Well today was the day that I was preparing for.  Coming into the race, I got some good training in.  I was super excited.  Got my knees braced and taped up at 5 a.m.  Went with Joe and Jenny to Virgin to check in.  Karl M. was there which was pretty intimidating.  Anyway, the race started right at 6

The first seven miles were great.  Was up with Joe and Cody.  We were having fun.  Went to the first aid station feeling great.  Cody Joe and I left the aid station together.

At about mile 10 there was a good steep downhill for two miles...on pavement.  Instinantly....my knees began to hurt.  Cody and Joe slowly got ahead of me.

By the time I got to the second aid station, my knees were in extreme pain.  I left the aid station and quickly had to stop running.  I would adjust my brace, start running, and stop seconds later because of pain.  At one point, I started running, and the pain left.  I had hope that things were gonna work out.  Well, about half a mile away from the next station, the knees were a little sore.  Jenny told me that Cody and Joe were only 5-10 min ahead of me.  I had hope I'd be able to stay up with them the whole race.

Well, the next section was awful.  About 1-2 miles into this section, my right knee (which was supposedly the good knee out of the two) started to hurt A LOT.  My left knee wasn't even hurting.  I would run then walk then stop to adjust my brace multiple times on this section.  But, I could only run for 10 seconds before having to stop because of pain.  So, I just walked to the next aid station.  

The next aid station was at the top of a huge hill.  A very steep climb.  I actually made some good time on this hill.  Once I got to the top, Jenny told me that I was only about 20-30 min behind.  I couldn't believe it.  I still had hope.

The next section, that hope quickly left.  Pretty much 100% of this section was rock....which sucked on the knees.  But I was determined to finish.  I was planning on speed walking the rest of the way.  But, on mile 35, I could barely even walk.  I was starting to realize that I was going to get my first DNF.  I felt like crap.

Mile 38, my watch died

Mile 39, a lady on the Patagonia Race team walked up behind me.  Her name was Kira (forgot the last).  She was having hip issues and was planning on dropping at the next aid station with me.  That made me feel a little better.

But, mile 40 came, along with the aid station, and I said the horrible words "I'm quitting."  The rest of the day was pretty awful. I have never felt so disappointed before.  

However, Joe and Cody did great.  They both finished (Cody finished in 3rd).  I'm very happy for them both.

Time- 7:08:34 (what the watch caught)

Pace- (11:38)

Elevation- 5,457 ft

Calories- 6,314

Did an easy arm work out in cross fit for 15 min

Well today was a super beautiful day. So, I had to get out to enjoy the sun. So I went to the Mtn. just south of Green and hiked the face of it. It was very steep and i actually went up pretty quick. Coming down however sucked. My knees started to hurt...instantly. This sucks.

Time- 43:11

Pace- 21:33

Elevation- 1,710 ft

Calories- 614

Biked green canyon for 10 miles

To start out, I went on a mtn bike ride up green.  11 miles in an hour and two minutes.  Right when I got back, my roommates were gonna go for a little 3 mile run.  So, me loving running and all decided to give it a try.  I even suggested we do a trail...upper canal 

The first half I went at a very slow pace because my rommates were going slower and I didn't wanna over do it and hurt my knee.  On the way back a runner passed us.  So, me being competitive, I decided I coudn't get beat.  So I left my rommies and passed the guy.  He didn't make it easy.  He sped up and tried passing me.  So we were both going at a pretty fast pace back to the gate.  I won...that felt good haha.  But, my knee was a little sore.  I'm stupid and I know it.  

Time- 24:09

Pace- 8:00

Elevation- 320 ft

Calories- 533

Did an hour of the stationary bike today!  Went 17 miles.  Still trying to get the knees better

Did a 20 minute arm work out in cross fit

Yesterday I did my therapy and the Dr told me that I could try running if I include all my stretches in.  So today I decided to try 6 miles of the River Trail.  I didn't go at a real fast pace though.  It did feel amazing to finally get out.  And the knees actually didn't hurt.  Hopefully they will continue to improve.

Time- 47:07

Pace- 7:51

Elevation- 516 ft

Calories- 971  

I was probably feeling a little overly confident today.  So I tried 8 miles.  I didn't go too fast though.  I did BST to Green Canyon.  The knees didn't really hurt that much luckily.  It feels so good to get back out on the tails.  Hopefully it'll last

Time- 1:12:44

Pace- 9:05

Elevation- 1,080 ft

Calories- 1,306

Gave today another try.  I wanted to play it safe and keep it short.  Did the canal trail just below the temple and went to just past the grafitti wall on the upper canal trail.  Knee still feels great!

Time- 50:17

Pace- 8:22

Elevation- 551 ft

Calories- 987

Played it safe and did some mtn biking.  Did 6.2 miles of providence canyon.  1,227 ft and 1:02:49 seconds of moving time

Decided to try and get back into things today.  Cody invited me for a long evening run.  We started at first dam and took the river trail to the wind caves trailhead.  We then headed up the trail and cut right halfway up on the Bierdneau ridge trail.  We then took that all the way up.  Boy that was a brutal climb.  We were planning on taking the other side down into green canyone...but, the other side was covered in snow and it was very difficult considering we sunk through the snow on every step.  So we just turned around and headed back the way we came.  Boy this was a brutal way to get back into running.  But, the knees didn't hurt!!!  I have high hopes that I'll be able to do the Scout Mtn 100k!

Time: 3:08:58

Pace: 9:55

Elevation- 3,848 ft

Calories- 3,353

Went on a nice slow run today.  My legs were completely dead from yesterday.  Went from the apt to 1.5 miles up green canyon.  Coming down was much faster than going up.  Very windy during the run as well.

Time- 1:10:30

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 818 ft

Calories- 1,271

Started out doing a bike ride up green for work.  I fortunately was given the more in shape boys so I was able to lead the pack.  We went at an alright pace.  It snowed last night so the trail was pretty muddy...and about 2.5 miles up it was covered in snow.  So, we turned around and went a mile down.  But then we turned around and headed back up again.  It was fun!  Got covered in mud to!  6.7 miles, 48:25 time, 860 elevation

Finished the night with doing a pretty slow run.  My legs were pretty tired from biking today and from Monday's run.  Did BST over to first dam then took the canal trail to the Bridger Lookout trail.  Definitely a slow run.  It feels great getting back into it though! 

Time- 1:48:05

Pace- 9:00

Elevation- 1,439

Calories- 1,998

Went on a nine mile road run today.  I went to Dave's grave and then did the northern BST over towards Hyde Park.  Still went pretty slow today.  But I'm not going to complain because I'm super glad that I've been able to run this week!   Also did an intense leg workout in cross fit fifteen minutes after consisting of a lot of wall balls and jump roaping.  I'm pretty tired.

Time- 1:16:49

Pace- 8:32

Elevation- 988

Calories- 1,558

Quads are still pretty dang sore.  Started out on the temple canal trail.  Was going to take the BST over to green but construction by first dam prevented that.  So, I took the trail by the water lab and headed up dry til I hit snow.  Went pretty slow cause of the quads and because I didn't want to kill myself before tomorrow's run.  Ran into a guy named Tom.  He runs trails but doesn't put up a lot of miles.  He'd like to get into it more.  We exchanged numbers so hopefully we have another one in the gang

Time- 1:38:23

Pace- 9:50

Elevation- 1,897 ft

Calories- 1,811

Did BST to second dam and back.  My legs are still dead from this past week.  I guess going from short mileage for about a month to 50+ in a week can be pretty brutal on the legs.  I was planning on doing 22 miles today to get 80 miles for the week.  But, I got held up at work and was there longer than planned.  So, I only had time for 10 miles.  But that's ok.  I'm happy to get 68 miles this week.  It feels so good to be able to run again!  Next week will be 80+ 

Time- 1:27:42

Pace- 8:46

Elevation- 1,141 ft

Calories- 1,811

Decided to do a long run today.  Got up and joined Cody at 5:30 a.m. We did the Canal trail from the temple to the Deer Fence Trail.  We started heading towards Hyrum.  Cody turned around at mile 7 to head back for work.  I kept going.  I went all the way to Blacksmith fork.  I was planning on turning back there but my bowels were going crazy.  I was actually afraid of pooping my pants.  So, I went an extra couple miles to my sisters house.  I was there for a while.  My stomach was really messed up.  But, I did my duty and headed back.  It was a great run.  I am very happy to be able to be running again.  

Time- 3:54:02

Pace- 9:00

Elevation- 2,323

Calories- 4,427

Did an easy recovery run (easyish).  Was only going to do 8 slow miles but my legs felt pretty good after yesterday.  So, I went nine.  Did a road run to Dave's but looped up and went a mile up green canyon.  Then headed straight back to the apartment.

Time- 1:16:14

Pace- 8:28

Elevation- 803 ft

Calories- 1,504

Did a nice quick run today.  Started at first dam and went up green a bit.  Then came back and wanted to do a couple more miles so I headed up the canal trail.  It was a beautiful day for a run.

Time- 1:32:06

Pace- 7:39

Elevation- 1,676

Calories- 2,103

Legs were pretty sore today so I took it easy.  Went to first dam and back.  Nothing too crazy or exciting.  Then in evening I went on a mtn bike ride up green with Stone, Garrett and Austin.  7.4 miles, 58 minutes, 1,083 ft of elevation

Time- 1:00:01

Pace- 8:32

Elevation- 382

Calories- 1,166

Decided to go for a long run today.  Boy was it hot.  My arms and face are pretty fried.  I started at First Dam and took the BST over to Green.  Then headed all the way up to the fence.  Then I headed back to first dam and drank some water which was in my car.  Then i headed up to third dam and turned around to come back.  My legs were pretty sore but I went at an alright pace.  Saw a huge snake on the trail up green....I hate snakes and am not looking forward to them coming out.  Then in the evening Stone wanted to go for a mtn bike ride up the river trail.  So we went...but, I went at a pretty sore pace.  Legs were dead.  Time 1:03:18, Elevation 771 ft, 8.6 miles

Time- 3:22:55

Pace- 9:15

Elevation- 2,945

Calories- 3,998

Was planning on doing a shorter trail run today... 6-7 miles.  But the person who drove me to work was really backed up.  So, I threw on my Pearls and started running towards home.  I got four miles in before he drove by.  I then got in the car and called it good.  81 miles in a week is a new record for me.  Hope next week goes just as awesome!  Also I went mtn biking for work.  We went up Prov.  The boys were going really slow so I'm just going to skip the numbers for that ride.

Time- 34:20

Pace- 8:35

Elevation- 715 ft

Calories- 751

Well, school is out for the summer!  So I decided to go for a long run before work today.  The goal was to do 30 miles...and I made it!  I started out going from first dam over to green canyon.  I then headed up to the fence.  Once I got to the top I turned around and headed back to first dam.  As I got to the upper canal trail, I decided to head up towards second dam.  Once I got there I turned around and headed back to the car.  When I got back it was mile 17.  I got water and food then headed back out.  I decided to make it simple and do BST to the top of green and back again.  The weather was excellent for a 30 miler.

Time- 4:45:30

Pace- 9:30

Elevation- 3,976

Calories- 5,208

My legs were SORE today.  If I was to judge my work out based off of how hard I was breathing, I didn't even work out.  My legs were dead and I felt like I physically couldn't go faster than I was going...even if I absolutely wanted to go faster.  I went from the temple and took the canal trail to first dam.  Then took the river trail to the single track.

Time- 1:32:26

Pace- 9:14

Elevation- 682 ft

Calories- 1,702

Worked 16 hours today and didn't have time to run.  Did a short mtn bike ride with the boys at work today though

Went on a slower and easier run today to be ready for tomorrow's long run.  Went from the apt to halfway up green canyon.  Got a little windy and rainy for the last two miles.  

Time- 1:27:43

Pace- 8:46

Elevation- 1,296 ft

Calories- 1,729

Woke up this morning to rain.  I was thinking that I would go about ten miles shorter than planned because of how wet it was.  But by nine it started to stop raining.  So, I headed out.  Currently my car has a flat tire so I just started from my apartment.  I went up to the BST and headed to first dam.  Then I took the upper canal trail and connected to the River trail.  Then I started heading to Crimson trail.  By about second dam it started to rain again.  But I figured a little rain wouldn't hurt.  I started heading up the Crimson trail and by the time I got to the top it started to pour.  It even started to start dropping those weird hard flakes of snow.  The wind picked up.  I tripped over a rock and broke the strap to my water bottle while cutting my knee up.  I was then all muddy and bloody.  I started feeling pretty miserable (not to mention my legs were DEAD tired by mile 8).  So, about 3/4 of the way through the Crimson trail I decided to call it good and head back.  My plan was to do the whole Crimson trail and then head up to Beardnieu Peak.  But, I figured considering everything, 21 miles for the day would do.  But by the time I got back to second dam it started to clear up again.  So, when I got over to green canyon, I headed up and did that whole trail (to the fence). By the time I got back to my apartment, it started to rain again.  This definitely wasn't the funnest run but it was a great training run for the Bear 100. 

Time- 5:12:50

Pace- 10:26

Elevation- 4,602 ft

Calories- 5,414

Did a nice easy run on my vacation.  Was in St. George today.  My buddies were exploring Dixie rock area so I decided to run some of it.  Did the Pioneer Hills run.  It was supposed to be a loop but I didn't want to work too much today.  Good run with nice new views

Time- 33:39

Pace- 8:24

Elevation- 218 ft

Calories- 671

This week I'm on my cruise!  I brought my shoes just in case I wanted to go for a run.  The ship went to Catalina Island today.  So I decided to check the area out.  I went to the visitor info. booth and they gave me a map.  The Trans Catalina Trail, 37 miles, was supposed to go over the whole island.  So I decided to check out what I could.  I was so amazed at how much easier it was to breath at sea level.  It was such a difference.  The island was so pretty.  So much to see.  I was trying to find some monument on the trail but it would've been an extra four miles to get to it and I was SUPER HOT.  I was so thirsty and didn't have water.  So I headed back.  I could've went faster but I seriously thought I was going to collapse from lack of water.  But I made it.  Took my shirt off which was stupid...I got a narly sun burn.  Great run.  I'm going to try and add pictures.

Time- 2:12:28

Pace- 9:28

Elevation- 2,874 ft

Calories- 2,590

Decided to get right back into things after a week off.  Did BST to green canyon twice.  I was moving fairly slow but overall finished at a good pace.  At first it was a little windy and rainy.  But it was a great way to get back into running.

Time- 4:07:13

Pace- 9:30

Elevation- 3,497 ft

Calories- 4,493

I thought my legs would be DEAD today but they weren't too bad.  I did the canal trail to second dam.  Went at an ok pace.  Not a lot happened

Time- 1:33:45

Pace- 8:31

Elevation- 832 ft

Calories- 1,904

Ran with the "Pearl Gang" tonight (all four of us were wearing Pearls).  Fan, Cody, Joe any myself all got together and went for a run.  We did the Ricks/Steel Hollow loop.  We went at a fairly good pace.  On the way down there were deep patches of snow randomly on the trail.  It was fun to run through that heading down hill.  Almost ate it a couple of times.  Great night for a run.

Time- 1:47:26

Pace- 8:55

Elevation- 2,420 ft

Calories- 2,175

Kept it shorter and flater tonight.  JJ from work joined me.  He used to be a dang intense runner.  4:18 mile, 32 min 10k, 2:40 marathon.  But he stopped running and lost some of his speed and endurance.  He joined me today though.  He did fairly well.  If he keeps it up he'll be back to normal in no time.  We did the canal trail from the temple to the end of the upper canal trail.  

Time- 57:08

Pace- 8:07

Elevation- 625 ft

Calories- 1,212

Today was a long run with Cody.  We did the Ricks Canyon to Richards Hollow run.  Had my usual morning sickness that I get when I run with Cody.  Felt super dead the whole run.  Needed to puke the whole run.  The views and scenery were great though.  During the Richards Hollow section we were able to run through the river a few times.  That felt so good.  Not a lot happened.  

Forgot my watch today so the following info. is from Cody's watch and not mine.  I finished about 5 minutes slower than him.  

Time- 4:54:40

Pace- 10:08

Elevation- 5,863

Calories- 5,227

Went to a friends cabin last night by bear lake.  Woke up this morning and went for a trail run around the mountains in Garden City.  It wasn't my most favorite run.  There were a lot of branch off's and many of the trails I took ended randomly.  My legs were also super super super tired from Saturday's run.  The highlight of the run was at the first: saw a cow moose on the trail.  I probably got within 20 ft of it.  It finally just turned around and trotted off.  Very hot run.  Got a nice burn on the arms

Time- 3:27:07

Pace- 10:21

Elevation- 3,724

Calories- 3,551

Did a slower run today.  Went from the Canal trail by the temple and took the BST trail over to green canyon.  Then I went up the south face of green.  I can now say that I am going to wait a very long time before I go up the south face of green again.  It isn't fun at all.  You go just as slow (pretty much) going down as you do going up.  But it was good to get some climbing in

Time- 1:50:37

Pace- 11:03

Elevation- 2,166 ft

Calories- 1,972

Worked sixteen hours today so I didn't have time to run

Did Jardine Juniper with "the gang."  Cody said we were going to take it easy on this run...but, unless I am super out of shape (which is a possibility) we didnt' take it that easy.  Going up Joe was leading the pack and he was going at a pretty quick pace (for sore legs at least).  We got to the top and did a second loop.  On the way down, I started feeling really good and wanted to push myself.  So, I got in front of Joe and led the way.  We went at a pretty quick pace on the way down.  4 miles at a pace quicker than 6:30 per mile.  It was a good run.

Time- 1:30:19

Pace- 8:12

Elevation- 2,136

Calories- 1,977

I hate road runs.  Kept it easy today and did 6 miles.  Went to Dave's grave and came back.  I was hoping his headstone would be up by now but it wasn't.  Glad this was my first road run in weeks.

Time- 52:04

Pace- 8:38

Elevation- 480 ft

Calories- 1,004

Did a shorter Saturday run today with Cody and Joe.  Next week is the Scout Mtn 100k so we began taking it easy today.  Did the Old Ephraim Memorial Loop.  Went at an avg pace.  Went pretty quick on the way down however.  Great run overall.

Time- 1:52:45

Pace- 9:19

Elevation- 2,690

Calories- 2,194

Another easy day to be ready for this weekends race.  Took the lower canal trail to the upper canal trail.  Not a lot happened.

Time- 1:07:04

Pace- 8:23

Elevation- 585 ft

Calories- 1,397

Today JJ and Knuckles wanted to join me for my run. Ethan also wanted to give trail running a shot.  Ethan only wanted to do four miles so JJ and I met up at green canyon and took the BST over to the first part of the upper canal trail.  Unfortunately the canal trail appears to be shutting down because all of the local idiots are using graffiti on the trail.  But we took the BST back to green.  Then Knuckles and Ethan met us and we did four easy miles of green.  It was a good run.

Time- 1:08:45

Pace- 8:35

Elevation- 1,396 ft

Calories- 1,418

Took the day off cause of work

Took it nice and easy today.  Did the canal trail by the temple and stuck to that.  The Scout Mtn Ultra is this Saturday.  I feel prepared and ready to finish my first 100K!

Time- 32:29

Pace- 8:07

Elevation- 222 ft

Calories- 675

Today was the day.  The Scout Mountain 100k

The race started with me having a HORRIBLE nights rest.  3 hours max.  For breakfast I had some jerkey and powerade (experimented in hopes to not get my morning sickness).  The race started at 5 a.m. 

Cody, Joe and I started out fast.  We were up with Darcy Africa and the rest of the gang for the first few miles.  I was worried I was pushing myself too much.  After about 12 miles, I felt the morning sickness and exhaustion hit me.  I slowed down A LOT.  Cody eventually left me and Joe in the dust (Joe left me as well).  The next two aide stations saved me.  I took my time drinking sprite and eating fruits.  My sickness left and my pace came back to me.  I eventually passed Joe (he ended up quitting at mile 47 cause of heat exhaution) and many others. 

By about mile 40 I met a man named Matt.  We ended spending pretty much the rest of the race together.  He's a great guy.  He pushed me on the downhill (my quad gave out and hurt my knee...I had to walk every down hill) and I pushed him on the uphill.  By the time we reached the peak of Scout, he left me cause I had to take it REALLY slow.  It got to the point where I loved the uphill cause I was able to make up a lot of time.

Eventually the finish line came and I finished my first 100k.  It felt great.  Matt only beat me by 7 minutes.  Cody did great and finished around 11 hours and 20 minutes.  Great race

Time- 12:45:01

Pace- 12:19

Elevation- 12,688 ft

Calories- 9,000 +

Very slow run.  My legs are still super super heavy and tired.  JJ joined me for the run.  Did the river trail

Time- 52:28

Pace- 8:44

Elevation- 688 ft

Calories- 1,050

Did the BST to Green with JJ.  He did six of it with me but then turned around.  I am still feeling it in the legs from SMUT.  Didn't go that fast.  Saw 2 snakes....those creatures suck a ton.  Another un-eventful run.

Time- 1:33:12

Pace- 9:21

Elevation- 1,354 ft

Calories- 1,720

Did the lower Canal Trail and went up to the start of the BST.  The upper canal trail is officially closed.  Very frustrating.  Slow and boring run however.  Not a lot to write about

Time- 42:43

Pace- 8:33

Elevation- 385 ft

Calories- 856

Did the Wellsville's today with Joe and Cody.

This was my first time up the Wellsvilles and it was so awesome.  I wonder why I've never gone up there before.  It was quite the climb.  We did a lot of hiking...especially since all three of us were pretty tired and sore still from SMUT.  We made it to Hawk Watch, Box Elder and Mendon Peak.  Also made it to the Wellsville Cone.  

It was really fun also because we took a lot of pictures and made it a lot less intense than usual.  Cody took a fall on the way down but shook it off and kept up the pace.  It was pretty windy and chilly up top as well.  Overall, a great run.  My favorite mountain range in Cache Valley by far.

Time- 4:00:27

Pace- 14:08

Elevation- 6,163 ft

Calories- 3,586

This week I'm on a trip in Zion for work. I was able to get away for a short run. Did the Kanarraville Falls run. Very very pretty. A few creek crossings and one steep section. Beautiful area.

Time- 41:02

Pace- 10:16

Elevation- 757 ft

Calories- 748

Met Cody up High Creek canyon this morning. I felt it getting out of bed....this work week was super tiring. Cody was feeling burnt out and sore from Scout still (same here). So, we took it nice and easy. Towards Cherry Creek lake snow started to appear. We could tell that it was going to be a fun run down. We eventually got to the top of Cherry Peak and took a nice rest. Very pretty area. Then the fun began. On the way down we were able to get some fun glissading in. That was so fun. Fell on my butt a few times and just shot down the side of the mountain. Very awesome. We eventually got back and called it a day.

Time- 3:29:23

Pace- 12:53

Elevation- 4,647 ft

Calories- 3,215

Today Cody and I did some trail service up at Snow Basin. There was a group of about 15 of us. It was a very very hot and tiring day. I forgot food and was low on sleep. But by three we were done. Then what? Cody was feeling like running and naturally we ran. We were both feeling super tired and went very slow. Today was pretty long but now I can sign up for the Bear 100!

Time- 1:18:15

Pace- 9:46

Elevation- 1,445 ft

Calories- 1,486

EXTREMELY sick.  On the couch puking all day

Woke up feeling much better today.  Ended up going to work and running when I got back.  My stomach was still a little sensitive but I was able to get a solid 6 mile run in.  JJ from work joined me.  We went up and did part of the Ephraims Grave Cut Off trail.  I feel that we did an ok pace considering I was feeling a little sloshy in the stomach still.  Felt good to be active again.

Time- 53:40

Pace- 8:57

Elevation- 1,173 ft

Calories- 1,085

Did a nice and easy run.  Logan Peak is this weekend so I kept it short and easy.  Did the canal trail and turned around at the BST.  Very humid run.

Time- 43:09

Pace- 8:37

Elevation- 410 ft

Calories- 859

Today was race day-

 I had high hopes for this race.  I've been training a lot and had a goal to get in the top 3.  Well, right when my alarm went off I knew things would be tough.

My stomach was all sorts of messed up for this race.  I had no energy and felt like puking for pretty much all of it.  The first mile I felt great.  I was actually leading the pack.  But then it went downhill.  I couldn't run the flats.  My stomach hurt and I wanted to crawl in a hole and die.  

Heading up the road to the peak I kept looking for Cody, Joe and Fan.  I thought they'd be towards the front for sure.  But surprisingly they were only .5 miles ahead of me.  I guess all of us weren't feeling the greatest.  

Going down I started feeling a little better.  Not enough though.  I passed Joe on the North Sincline.  Once I got back to Dry Canyon, I booked it down the mtn.  I ended up getting 4 min. faster than last year..and 6 places behind (11th place).  Not a great race.

Time- 4:41:43

Pace- 10:46

Elevation- 6,681 ft

Calories- 4,977

Still tired and not feeling the greatest from all my races and miles (this is all still new to me).  I went at an ok pace.  Not too much happened.  I did two seperate runs for these 10 miles.  The first seven went as follows:

Time- 58:18

Pace- 8:18

Elevation- 926 ft

Calories- 1,198

After my cousin Tom met me.  He's about 37 years old and recently started running.  He's lost 20 pounds in 2 months and is training for a 5K.  I expected us to go pretty slow but he actually went at an ok pace.  I was impressed.  It's fun running with new people!

Time- 29:28

Pace- 9:47

Elevation- 403 ft

Calories- 517

Didn't have my watch for this run.  Was at work today and expecting to go biking with the boys.  However, when we got to the trail, one of the boys forgot his helmet.  So, since I head my Altra's on, I gave him my helmet and ran with the group.  The boys were super impressed that I could run faster than most of them could bike (little do they know that it is easier to run uphill than bike).  I even beat a lot of them going downhill. No data for this run

Today was another slower run (my legs are still super dead).  My energy is very low still.  Tried Leatham Hollow for once.  Very very pretty trail.  Kind of overgrown though.  I was covered in webs throughout this run.  Good climb and nice shade.  When I'm feeling less tired I'm going to do a lot more of it.  

Time- 1:02:43

Pace- 10:27

Elevation- 1,707 ft

Calories- 1,188

Did a 4th of July run with Cody today (well we planned to run).  We were both super tired and sore so we ended up hiking a lot.  We started in Mantua and headed up to Ben Lomond (the original plan).  We only ended going up to Willard Peak.  Cody was tired and his insides weren't feeling the greatest.  I was just tired and felt like puking.  When we got to Willard Peak I started feeling a lot better.  So Cody and I split up.  I wrapped around the southern side of the peak and Cody headed straight down the way we came up.  On the other side I saw a heard of about 8 mtn goat.  That was cool.  I eventually caught Cody.  Poor guy...he looked terrible.  I kept going.  I eventually got to where we started and about 5 min. later Cody showed up.  I guess on mile 14 he found couple on an ATV and caught a ride down.  Wasn't the best run in the world...or trail...super technical and overgrown.  But, it was good to get out.

Time- 3:46:58

Pace- 12:35

Elevation- 5,260 ft

Calories- 3,540

Well, I backed out on TIm and Cody and didn't do go to Hard Rock (for money reasons).  So, I got a long run in today.  And what do you know...I was DEAD.  And it was HOT.  Did Richards Hollow and went to the four corners.  Not a lot of people out today.  Saw a cute girl hiking.  I was too tired to try and talk to her..but, I left a note on her car with my number.  Haha we'll see if she calls.  Not a lot happened.  Definitley a good heat training and 100 mile training run.  

Time- 2:42:16

Pace- 10:49

Elevation- 2,819 ft

Calories- 2,677

Recovery from the past few weeks is taking way too long.  Did the River Trail today and went super slow.  I just have no energy and can't get moving fast.  Boring run overall

Time- 1:31:49

Pace- 9:10

Elevation- 1,039 ft

Calories- 1,729

Today's run probably made it in top 3 most miserable runs of my life.  I did the Deer Fence trail.  That trail is deceivingly hard.  But the reason today was so miserable is because of the heat.  It was so bloody hot...and exposed.  I felt so dehydrated and just wanted to roll over and pass out under one of the few trees on the trail.  I need to take it easy the next couple days

Time- 1:17:34

Pace- 9:41

Elevation- 846 ft

Calories- 1,369

Gave in and did a road run today.  I needed something pretty flat.  Today was another super hot day...very very humid.  I was pretty soaked with sweat by the time I finished.  Felt good to not have any hills.

Time- 1:23:39

Pace- 8:22

Elevation- 

Calories- 1,666 

Went to Idaho Falls for the weekend with Jason to see Matt.  Started doing a road run and saw an ATV trail next to a river.  It wasn't an ideal trail but much better than the road.  Went pretty quick today which felt great.  Haven't ran under 7:45 in quite a while.  Finally getting better.

Time- 49:44

Pace- 7:06

Elevation- 37 ft

Calories- 1,150

Did the same trail today except I cut the road section out.  Went slower today.  

Time- 47:41

Pace- 7:57

Elevation- 37 ft

Calories- 985

Taper week for Speedgoat has begun.  Did the Deer Fence Trail.  Went by much better than the last time I did this trail.  Finally getting energy again.  

Time- 1:09:07

Pace- 8:38

Elevation- 845 ft

Calories- 1,369

Today Jordan and Lindee got married in the Brigham City Temple.  Since I work in Brigham city and had an hour and a half to spare between the wedding and work, I brought my shoes and ran in BC.  Did the trail I did a few months ago.  Very steep and very hot and very rocky.  Good speedgoat training

Time- 1:10:52

Pace- 11:47

Elevation- 2,105 ft

Calories- 1,208

Did an easy road run today.  Final run before Speedgoat!  

Time- 32:32

Pace- 8:08

Elevation- 24 ft

Calories- 667

Today was the Speedgoat 50K.  I was a little worried that I'd do a terrible job considering my night last night.  We couldn't find a camping spot so we just parked on the side of the road.  Joe and Jenny slept in the car and I rolled my sleeping bag out and slept on the pavement.  Between that and hearing a bunch of college students arguing about who should drive home (at 3 a.m.) I just didn't sleep that well.  

Anyway, at 6:30 the race began.  I decided to take this race a little slower at the first.  I read an article saying that you preform better if you start out slower than if you start out too hard.  So I decided to try that.  The first 8 miles were pretty intense.  Straight up to the peak.  I met a man named Kyle.  He had the same race vest on that I did so we started talking.  It was fun talking to him.  He's a great guy.  Once we got to the top we started our long run back down a couple thousand feet.  On the way down I saw Cody and Beth observing.  It would have been better seeing him running with me.  

Once we got to the bottom of the next valley we started going up again for a couple miles.  After that, we began a pretty terrible run down the otherside.  Super super rocky for a good two miles.  I was trying very hard to not roll an ankle.  

After the next aid station, we had another solid six miles uphill.  I was feeling pretty great at this point.  Holding back helped my usual running sickness out.  I never felt sick.  Just completely dead considering there was a lot of climbing.  As I was heading up, a good amount of poeple were passing me.  It was really hard to hold back and not push myself more.  But, as the race went on, I slowly found myself passing them and many more.  

As we headed up to the peak again, there was a 1/2 mile to mile climb that was straight up.  It was absolutley brutal.  Towards the top Cody and Beth were there taking pcitures.  It was nice talking to them for a brief minute.  

Then I started heading over to the peak.  Just as I about got there, the trail took off to the side and went right back down to another valley.  Ugh...I thought most of the climbing was done.  Once I got to the bottom, it was time to turn around and head straight back up.  Wow oh wow was I tired.  But again, I was passing people which felt great.  

As I got to the peak again I was so happy and ready to be done.  5 miles downhill was all that was left...I thought.  Karl added an extra climb towards the end.  It was a surprise and during a very hot time.  Very brutal and annoying.  

Finally, after some surprise and very long switchbacks, I finished.  58th place.  My goal was top 100 and I achieved that.  I was very happy to be done.  

12,000 ft of climbing

Over 5,000 calories

Around 13:00 miles I believe (watch died)

Was planning on not running today.  But JJ called and asked if he I wanted to join him for a run.  So...naturally I said yes.  We did Ricks Canyon.  Boy I was sore.  Probably should have taken the day off. But, it was good 100 mile training

Time- 58:25

Pace- 9:39

Elevation- 1,125

Calories- 1,082

Did green canyon today with JJ.  I can defnitely say that this run was in my top 10 most miserable runs.  NO energy.  Very very very hot.  All around terrible.  Another great 100 mile training day

Time- 1:31:04

Pace- Around 10:00

Elevation- Around 1,200

Calories- Around 1,400

All guesses considering my watch died right away

Did Prov canyon today and went to the waterfall.  Went pretty slow today.  Still recovering from Speedgoat.  The waterfall was very pretty.  First time seeing it.  Very refreshing sticking my head under it.  

Time- 1:23:33

Pace- 10:19

Elevation- 1,945 ft

Calories- 1,565

Kept it fairly short and easy today to be ready for tomorrows long run.  Did Deer Fence.  I've decided that I hate that trail.  So hot.  I was pretty worried about seeing a rattle snake on the whole ran.  Ran with a rock in my hand to throw at one in case it snapped at me.  

Time- 1:12:32

Pace- 9:03

Elevation- 846 ft

Calories- 1,371

Woke up and planned on doing an 18 mile run....Leatham Hollow to Richards Hollow loop.  Mapped it out on Map my Ride and everything.  Well, I ended up getting a little lost and did 27 miles.  On the way up Leatham I was feeling good.  About six miles away from the start I ran into a pleasant surprise...a spring.  Little did I know that that spring would save me again later on the run.  

Towards the top of the road, about 2 miles from the spring, I ran into some ATV riders. I felt a little lost and flagged them down and asked how to get to Richards Hollow.  They gave me directions and off I went.  Well, they either gave crappy directions or I suck at following them....before I knew it, I recognized where I was running.  But, I wasn't expecting to recognize the Logan Peak Trail run course.  According to my memory, I was 2.5 miles away form the peak.  So, I changed my route in my mind and decided to go to the peak.  

Another miracle happened...ATV riders stopped and gave me a bottle of Aquafina water.  Those great people.  That was a huge life saver.  Got to the peak and took a nice break.  I've been to the Peak 2 other times...during the race.  I never had the chance to sit and enjoy the view.  Today, I was able to do that.

So, I headed back.  It was so hot.  That spring saved my life.  Got to the spring, and drank and drank and drank.  Probably too much but I didn't care.

The run finally ended, and I got 9 extra miles in.  Even though it wasn't what I planned, today's run was quite enjoyable.

Time- 5:19:43

Pace- 11:50

Elevation- 5,730 ft

Calories- 4,974

Took the boys to Jackson for the week.  Was planning on taking the week off from running.  Did a couple hikes.  But, some of they boys asked if I could taked them running on todays trail: Palisades creek.  We didn't go fast.  Took a lot of breaks.  Saw four moose in front of us that we had to wait for before we kept going.  I'm very proud of the boys for pushing themselves and trying their hardest!

Time- 1:32:37

Pace- 13:13

Elevation- 1,659

Calories- 1,423

Did providence canyon today.  I thought taking the week off from running would help...but, I was wrong.  I was DEAD today.  Completely bonked.  I felt absolutely terrible.

Time- 1:33:00

Pace- 11:32

Elevation- 2,133 ft

Calories- 1,530

Went to Zion and hiked the Narrows and Angels landing.  Great and fun hikes!

Did one last run with JJ today. Knuckles came a long.  We did Epraims Grave cut off and ran to the sink hole.  After that I cruised on the way down.  It felt great.  After running we all went to Herm's to eat after.

Time- 1:15:35

Pace- 9:26

Elevation- 1,656 ft

Calories- 1,469

Did the Deer Fence Trail today.  Was super sore from yesterday.  Took it nice and slow.  Very hot and dry.  This is defnitely one of my least favorite trails.

Time- 57:22

Pace- 9:33

Elevation- 422 ft

Calories- 1,009

Did a nice easy road run to be ready for Saturday

Time- 33:40

Pace- 8:24

Elevation- 0 ft

Calories- 659

Today was the El Vaquero Loco.  Had a decent sleep for this one.  Compared to speedgoat, this was great.  Slept in my hammock and wasn't interuppted by drunk people.  

The race started and I was in the top 10 the whole race.  On the way up to Balls I ran with a man named Chirs.  Super friendly guy.  I got to the top around 54 minutes and then took off down Balls.  Cody was at the first aid station helping out.  It was good to see him (wish he was running).  Things were great for the next few miles.

Once I got to the top of the long downhill to the halfway mark, I took off.  I passed people and got to the halfway point in 5 place.  As I left the halfway point I was following 4 place for a good while.  But, I started to get tired, and got passed by three people.  Now I was in 8.  I was feeling a little discouraged cause I thought I was going really slow (at the end of the race I found out I was right on pace).

I was trailing 7 place for the whole last half.  But, once we got to the top of balls, I took off and went flying into the finish.  I wanted to get under 6 hours, but I'm not going to get picky.  Overall, this was a great race and I'm pleased with the results.

Time- 6:03:02

Pace- 12:11

Elevation- 8,657 ft

Calories- 5,835

Did an easy road run to stay active.  Still sore

Time- 35:42

Pace- 8:54

Elevation-  0 ft

Calories- 658

Did the Deer Fence Trail today.  I just really hate that trail... a lot.  I was dang sore and tired though.  Went at a very slow pace.  

Time- 59:42

Pace- 9:56

Elevation- 431 ft

Calories- 1,010

One of the boys from worked was approved to horse ride once a week.  So I took him out to Cornish to let him ride my dad's horses.  While he was riding I did a little paved/dirt road run.  After the first mile the boy got off to fix his saddle and the horse took off.  So, I had to take a break and help get it.  So that took away a couple miles from me.  

Time- 1:07:11

Pace- 8:24

Elevation- 240 ft

Calories- 1,313

Decided to do one more easy day today since I'm going to try and get twenty in tomorrow.  Just left from my house and ran to the deer fence trail and did 1.5 miles of that.  Hot day

Time- 52:48

Pace- 8:48

Elevation- 318 ft

Calories- 1,005

A group of friends wanted to hike Cherry Peak today.  I tagged along so I could run it.  The first part of it we all made a mistake and went left where we should have went right.  It led us to a pretty cool waterfall though!  After that we went back and then went where we were supposed to go.  Because of time we didn't make it to the peak.  I made it to just below the lake while everyone else made it to the wild flowers.  I sat around and waited a lot for them.  It was an ok run for effort....but amazing for the views.

Time- 3:16:50

Pace- 12:15

Elevation- 4,474

Calories- 3,113

Did the Logan Peak Course today with Knuckles.  I was very sore considering I did Cherry Peak Saturday and the race the week before that.  Knuckles hasn't been running much so he was sore as well.  At about mile 8 we stopped at the spring to fill up.  A minute after the Spanish Sheep Herder came by on his horse.  He didn't know much english but that didn't stop him....he tried talking to us for a good 40 minutes.  Haha it's amazing how long you can talk to someone using hand gestures and trying to guess what they are talking about.  He is an awesome guy.  Very fun.  After that we took off.  Knuckles was feeling terrible...so I went up to the turn off for the peak and waited.  He got there and wanted to rest while I ran to the peak.  So, I hurry and ran to the top then headed back down.  The rest of the run was at a nice easy pace.  Great run.

Time- 4:57:41

Pace- 11:54

Elevation- 6,323 ft

Calories- 4,706

Just did a nice easy 4 mile road run.  Legs are pretty tired from yesterday's run

Time- 33:37

Pace- 8:25

Elevation- 0 ft

Calories- 656

Biked stump hollow with the boys for work.  I didn't do as much cause a boys bike brok 2 miles up so I stayed back to help him.

Did Providence canyon twice today.  I can't describe how tired my legs were.  I had hardly any energy.  Probably taking tomorrow off.  

Time- 2:14:59

Pace- 11:14

Elevation- 2,405

Calories- 2,163

Did a nice easy road run around north logan

Time- 35:51

Pace- 8:40

Elevation- 275 ft

Calories- 685

Did a fun hike/run this morning with: Fan, Cody, Erik and Keagan.  We went up dry canyon and headed to flat top.  Not going to lie, going up dry was pretty darn miserable.  The trail was overgrown.  The plants and trees were covered with water from last night's rain storm.  So, the first hour I was leading the pack...I was drenched.  We all were drenched.  It was quite cold.  We got to flat top and it started warming up.  I think it's safe to say that this is my favoirte peak by far.  Such a pretty view.  Then we headed down Birch canyon.  That was fun.  Fan, Erik and I took off and Cody and Keagan reared the back up.  It was a great run.  Nice having people to run with again.  

Time- 3:35:12

Pace- 13:18

Elevation- 4,743 ft

Calories- 3,190

Did green canyon with Knuckles today.  Went at an ok pace considering I felt pretty tired from last week still.  It was nice having some company on the run.

Time- 1:17:24

Pace- 8:34

Elevation- 1,293 ft

Calories- 1,608

Did four slow miles up the face of green.  My legs are pretty darn tired.  Felt like three cups of jello when I finished.  

Time- 1:10:39

Pace- 17:38

Elevation- 2,379 ft

Calories- 1,062

Did six easy road miles.  Went to Dave's grave then cut over to the mouth of green.  Then headed down to my old apartment and cut over to my house.  

Time- 52:26

Pace- 8:44

Elevation- 527 ft

Calories- 1,001

Did a big run today.  Started at first dam and headed up the River trail. Nice and easy at first.  Then, I did the Crimson Trail.  Went pretty slow up and along that.  After that, I headed across the highway towards the Wind Caves trail.  Started heading up that.  Halfway up I cut across on the trail that headed to Beirdneau Peak.  Got to the top....feeling tired and hot...then headed down into green canyon.  That trail is one of my favorite trails by far.  It is so pretty, shady and fun.  When I got to the mouth of green, I filled up with water and decided to add one more mile with a lot of vertical...so I headed up the face of green. Boy did I go slow.  I was very winded and tired and felt like I was going to pass out.  After that, I slowly headed down and cut across the BST to first dam.  Great and hard run.  At the mouth of green I met some 4 graders who just ran the BST.  I guess for PE they get to go trail running every Friday.  Lucky kids

Time- 4:11:22

Pace- 12:34

Elevation- 5,768 ft

Calories- 4,068

Time- 

EXTREMETLY sore from yesterday and this morning (did the mud run 5k...that was surprisingly tiring).  Did my six mile road loop but added some of green canyon.  Very slow

Time- 1:43:08

Pace- 9:22

Elevation- 1,175 ft

Calories- 1,854

Did a labor day run....hike...with Cody and Fan today.  We went up to the Wellsvilles via Rattlesnake Gulch.  That was STEEP and very overgrown.  Not really my favorite run.  The view was incredible though.  I bonked out towards the top.  Definitely a slow run.  Going down was just was hard...loose, rocky and steep.  But it was great getting out with friends.

Time- 2:45:45

Pace- 16:34

Elevation- 4,896 ft

Calories- 2,354

Was actually feeling pretty decent after yesterday's run.  I started off this run thinking I was going pretty fast...but, after looking at my watch, I realized I wasn't.  I guess hiking the Wellsville's yesterday made me get used to a slow pace or something.  I did green then took the trail the cuts up to Beirdneau.  Again, I love that trail.  I went slow, but I can say I ran the whole thing.  Considering how sore I am, I thought that was pretty good.  Good hard run today.  24 days to the Bear!

Time- 2:09:50

Pace- 11:48

Elevation- 3,019 ft

Calories- 2,134

Well, I decided to give the same run as Tuesday a try.  Except this time I was going to go all the way to Beirdneau Peak.  Well, at the start of the run it felt like I was at mile 60.  I got to the exact same spot as Tuesday and decided to call it a day. Too tired to finish.  A little slower than Tuesday as well

Time- 2:18:08

Pace- 12:30

Elevation- 3,032

Calories- 2,143

Did a run in Brigham with Dante.  He has really wanted to try trail running. So, what do I do?  Take him on one that is 2 miles up with over 1,000 ft of climbing.  He was very sore.  Went pretty slow but had fun

Time- 42:41

Pace- 10:40

Elevation- 1,043 ft

Calories- 773

Long run today.  Started out with the intention of doing Logan Peak course backwards (without the peak).  As I passed the North Sincline area, I noticed there were a lot of trees knocked over.  I've never seen the area so cluttered.  So, what happens?  I get lost.  The trees and ruble covered the trail and I couldn't find it.  I was lost a good 15 minutes before I found it.  Then, on the way back, I drank all my water and was relying on filling up at a spring that was about 8 miles away from the end....but, what happend?  Got lost again.  All the sudden I realized I was in Providence canyon.  I suck with directions.  Good, tiring run

Time- 4:07:24

Pace- 12:20

Elevation- 5,065 ft

Calories- 3,826