Running

14 miles

Had planned on a 16 mile run for 2016, but then my family changed some plans to an earlier time so I had to cut it short. Got together with the old crew for some great miles in the cold to kick off the new year. Ran through Holladay along Wander and then back to Casto to drop off Tyler. Then headed south on Holladay Blvd. with James and Brayden and did a loop down 6200 S and back up Walker Lane. Fantastic time with great friends.

6 miles

Had the day off for the big holiday. Decided to run while the kids napped in the afternoon. It was nice and rainy and provided for a great time.

Also, I have been super lazy with my running to start the year. Hopefully I can turn that trend on its head and get after it a bit more.

7 miles

Got out in the snow today. It was just a nice fluffy snow to begin but it turned ugly about mile 3. It was windy, with small snow pellets instead of flakes. It was like getting shot by a really really old red rider bb gun, where the spring is worn, out thousands of times. The sides of the roads were covered in a nice thick layer of slush. Luckily the viziglos are weatherproof and my little toes stayed nice and toasty. As miserable as it sounds, this was actually a lot of fun!

2.5 miles running 1 mile Elliptical

Went to the gym with my wife for a Yoga class. Decided to go early and run on a treadmill for a bit, but when we got there, every treadmill was in use. I hopped on an elliptical and did a mile until one of the treadmills opened up.

By then I only had about 20 min until yoga. Did 1 mile about 8 min pace and then did 2nd mile at 6:40 with a 2% incline to make it a bit more realistic. Then cooled down and hit up an hour of yoga.
 

6 miles

Meandered through the neighborhood for 6 miles. Kept it in cruise control which is about 8:00 min pace now.

6 miles

Another 6 on my usual 6 mile route.

6 miles

Struggled to get out the door today, but glad I did. Same old route.

11 miles

Ran around liberty park a bunch of times with James, Hille, Collin and a bunch of others. 32 miles for James on his 32nd birthday. impressive!

4.25 miles

Mt Wire adventure with James. The snow was very painful on the shins on the way down, but still a great time.

6 miles

Ran the reverse Danish route. Lots of uphill, which builds character.

6 miles

Ran 5 miles then played some hoops and then ran 1 mile back home.

7 miles

Watch died at about the 1 mile mark. Ran by feel and it felt crappy the whole way. Never felt like I was in any type of groove, but gutted out 7 miles and glad I didn't pull the plug.

3.11 miles

Have been succombing to the bed monster the last little while. Had plans to get up and going earlier but it just didn't happen. Since time was short, did a quickish 5k. Felt alright and the weather was fantastic!

8 miles

Met Brayden and James at Liberty Park for a nice run. Was planning on a 10 mile run at about 7:15 avg pace, but the new shoes were unkind and I had to cut it short because of a gnarly blister on the little toe. Hopefully, the shoes are well broken in now and will not cause any more problems. Hadn't run that pace for a while and it felt just alright. Not too terrible but also not amazing.

10 miles

Met Braydon for a chunck of miles during his 20 mile training run. He needed to run a 7:18 AP but chose a tough route to run that with me. Met him just north of the CH Rec Center and then went south until Bengal Blvd. Then East up Bengal to Wasatch. Then North on Wasatch until Old Mill GC. Since I am out of shape I bailed there and headed home. Rounded out my mileage to 10 by looping the neighborhood. Felt good to be close to his pace for a while.

10 miles

Ran to meet Brayden at the corner of Wasatch and BCC. I ran through the intersection and saw Brayden coming up the BCC trail about .25 miles behind me. I yelled to him to catch me since he is in much better shape than I am. Then I dropped the pace to 6:30 for a mile or so and then kept it under 7:00 for another mile. That pretty much killed me and I had to slow way down. Brayden caught up to me right before the Mt Oly trailhead. We ran another mile together before I turned around and headed back home. I was just trying to be a good rabbit for Brayden during a challenging stretch of Wasatch. I'd say I did a good job.

6 miles

Did a nice and easy 6 miles on my regular route.

6 miles

Just the same

6 miles

Same route, rain/snow conditions. My forehead was numb for most of the time.

6 miles

Did a variation of my normal Danish Rd loop. Went up to Prospector and across there instead of Wasatch. Added a big climb and got me out of the exhaust trap that is Wasatch Blvd during morning commute. I am still sore from my Iron Strength workout yesterday.

6 miles

Felt good for the first mile so I decided to see how I felt with a little tempo. Rant he next two miles in 6:44 and 6:43. Then I had to turn back to home and hit some hills. Feel like some of my fitness is coming back.

6 miles

Ran from my house to Cass' parents to pick up the girls. Was freezing cold in the shade of Mt. Olympus but once the sun hit me I was nice and hot.

6.1 miles

Out and back south along Wasatch. I tucked into a neighbor hood for a quick .25 just to round out the run. Just about 3 miles to La Caille's driveway. Didn't feel great to start, but felt better with each passing mile.

6.4 miles

Just another morning run trying to get more consistent with my workouts. I was a bit sore from Iron Strength yesterday and today was a good shakeout run.

6.3 miles

Ran up BCC to the controversial Tavaci developement and then decided to run up the bridge and check it out. It is awesome up there and there is about a 1/2 mile loop up there to run. Just 1 home has been built and it is super cool. I think it will be fun to run up there once there are more mansions built. Then ran back down to the road and up the canyon to dogwood into a tough headwind. Turned around and dropped back down to my house.

8.1 miles

Ran the LCC loop. Felt pretty good throughout the run. Still struggling to find the higher gears. Hope they come back soon with some quicker runs. Thought it was odd that the river was bone dry.

6.25 miles

Ran down Bengal and to Brighton Way. Then over to Ft. Union Blvd and up BCC for a bit. Turned around and ran back to Wasatch and up to the light by the fire station and then turned back home. Never felt like pushing too much. One of those blah runs for me. Just ok, nothing special.

6.15 miles

Couldn't pull myself out of bed when the alarm went off. So, I left a little later, around 7, and paid the price for that decision. It started snowing right when I left the house. It was pleasant to run in the snow until I got out on Wasatch Blvd. The conditions got much worse. Driving snow, lots of traffic, and no hat made me super uncomfortable for 3 miles. Once I got off of Wastach and back into the neighborhood everything was much better.

8.1 miles

Ran down Bengal to 2300 e and then down that until 6200 s. Then turned back up to the BCC trail and up to my house again. Left a little late so I had to push the downhills to make it home in time. Avg for the first 4 miles was 6:51/mile. Felt ok and had about 3/4 mile of up in the last mile coming back up to Holladay Blvd.

6 miles

Just a casual 6 on my usual Wasatch/Danish loop. Boston Marathon day and I was just 15 seconds shy of being there.

7 miles

Met James and Jake for a little Mt. Wire adventure. Was a beautiful morning and had a great time kicking my own butt. Then the downhill had a little more adventure than we expected when I didn't give James enough room on the trail and he hooked his toe on a big rock or root and went down pretty hard. He had 1 nice handpick and almost pulled out of the fall but gravity took over and pulled him down.

6 miles

Ran a nice loop that consisted of 6 miles. The legs were still pretty sore from Wednesday and didn't really feel to happy about running today. They do feel much better now though, so a good shakeout run I guess.

6 miles

Did my usual 6 mile loop

6.1 miles

Ran down and around the retention pond in Old Mill and then back up the hill.

7 miles

Did a loop for a mile and then picked up Andy (neighbor friend) and did the usual Danish Loop. Then added anothe 3/4 mile to round out the 7 miles. Nothing like a nice run after a rain storm.

6.5 miles

We got invited over to dinner at Cass' sister's house. So, I decided to run over rather than drive since Cass was already there waiting for me to get off of work. Tried to hurry over there and ran the first two miles at about a 7:10 avg with some quicker sections. Then I hit the hills from La Caille over to Rocky Mouth Trailhead. There are several rolling hills there and a couple of decent climbs.

Averaged just under a 7:30 for the entire run. Felt good, but was way to hot in my jacket. I thought it was going to rain so I went prepared and paid the price.

6 miles

Did the usual meandering loops around my neighborhood. Nice and slow.

7.65 miles

Ran a beauty of a loop up in  Huntsville. I don't know my way around up there but I ran from the cabin we were at in 500 S over to the monestary and then wound my way around the area until I hot 500 s again. Then went out to the main road gas station and turned around and went back. 

7 miles

Today the bed monster had a good firm grip on me. I didn't feel like getting out and pounding the pavement. Then when I finally dragged my butt out of bed and got dressed, my wife is making pancakes. It smelled incredible and I was hungry. I refrained from eating and slowly put on my shoes trying to think of a reason to not get out and run. Then I got out and the first mile was tough mentally. I just wanted to lay back down after a late night. Then I decided to just go kick my own butt by choosing a really hilly route. After about 4 miles of hills my attitude changed and I was super happy to be out running. Glad I got in the run today.

6.25 miles

Down around the pond at Old Mill.

10.8 mile

Ran up to Mt. Dude with Brayden and James. I am not very experienced on the trails, but this was a fantastic run. The trail was perfect and everything is so lush and green right now. This rain has been doing its job. The view from up top was impressive. I am starting to enjoy the trail runs a bit.

9 miles

Ran from my house up Big Cottonwood Canyon while the Vigor Half marathon/10k/5k races were coming down. Ran about 1/4 mile past Storm Mountain and found my step mom running the race so I joined her for about a mile and then I needed to get home so I clipped the next two miles off pretty quickly. Felt good to run fast again after not doing it much. Watching the runners in the race was fun and made me wish I was running the race. 

that is all.

6.1 miles

Did the usual Danish loop. Legs were a bit sore from Saturday's run but felt good to shake things out today.

6 miles

Did my usual route through the neighborhood and then out and back on Wasatch. Ended up being a nice little progression run.

8.1 miles

Did the LCC loop. Had been a while and wanted to change up my routes. I was wanting to get some speedier miles on the way back down and across Wasatch, but I couldn't get my legs to go. Was happy to just be out and feeling good at 7:30 pace for a bit.

10 miles

Ran pipline with James. It was a great morning on the trail until we had about 3-4 miles to go. The rain started coming down harder and harder and the winds picked up and it got freezing cold. At one point we stopped to look at the rain and it was just sheets of rain coming down. Not sure I have ever felt that cold during a run in a long time. Still enjoyed it

7 miles

Met up with James and Hille and ran a nice loop around Holladay. Always better to run with company and now that James is closer, I suspect the lonley runs will be fewer and fewer.

7 miles

Met up with James and Hille to run a nice loop south through Holladay. It was a great morning and felt good to keep a nice consistent pace around 7:30 /mile.

8 miles

Did 6 miles with James and Hille again. Then added 2 more with James after Hille had to go to work. Nice and easy. This running weather is fantastic!

12 miles

Met at James' house and ran North for a bit then East for a bit. Then meandered South for a while and then back to his house. I didn't ever feel great on this run. Was pretty fatigued most of the time and really faded in the last mile. I tried to keep pace for the last few miles but was struggling. I think it was a combo of higher mileage, faster paces, and eariler mornings that I have been doing on my own. Should be good for me, right?

10 miles

Met James and Hille and ran a nice 10 miles through Millcreek and Holladay. Lungs were heavy and my voice has been slipping a bit. I haven't had a sore throat, but I am congested a bit and could definitely feel it today.

8 miles

Ran north through Millcreek/Holladay to Highland High and then back. 1 quicker mile just because. Still have congested chest/throat. Pace ended up at 7:25 avg.

10.14 miles

Met Brayden and James at 5 AM at Braydens house. Then up to the Mt. Oly shoreline trail. Headed north until it reaches the Cove houses and then we looped back down through the neighborhood. After dropping Brayden back at his house James and I added 2 miles. Felt decent the majority of the time. There were a few climbs on the trail that got me huffing a bit. Lungs still a bit congested so once that clears I think my runs will feel a little better.

12 miles

Met at Braydens again with James. Ran up to the shoreline trail on Mt. Olympus and did 1 loop around onto the main trailhead and then back up to the shoreline trail. Wasn't feeling great until about mile 4-5. Then felt good and hit a groove feeling strong. Ran back on the shoreline and across Wasatch back to Braydens 

8.25 miles

Met up with Jake, James, and Brayden for another run on the shoreline trail along Mt. Olympus. Felt pretty good the entire run. Those 5 AM starts are tough though.

8.25 miles

Ran solo up LCC and back down around past La Caille along Wasatch. Had a 3 mile stretch of quicker miles (6:45, 6:50, 6:40). Felt decent this morning.

10 miles

Met James for a 7.25 mile loop through Holladay/Millcreek. Then I added 2.75 from BCC down the trail around the pond and back to my car to round out the 10. Legs didn't have any pop today.

4.25 miles

Met Brayden for a quick run. Then went and played a round of golf. 

8 miles

Was going to meet James for a run but the bed monster swallowed him while. Ran the usual 8 mile loop in Holladay/Millcreek. Felt much better today and my pace seemed easy at a 7:30 avg. now off to Hawaii for a week. 

7.1 miles

North Shore Hawaii run. Ran from Turtle Bay Resort and went towards Halei'wa for a few miles and then turned around and ran back. All along the Kam highway. A bit sketchy in some parts due to some road construction and narrow bridges with traffic.

6.07 miles

Ran along all of the trails at the Turtle Bay Resort. 1.5 miles in each direction from the main road. Banyan tree on one end and Kahuku point on the other.

7.25 miles

Trails at Turtle Bay again.

AM

8.36 miles

Met James and Josh for the usual route. Added one extra block which makes up the .36. My body has been all sorts of messed up since returning from Hawaii.

PM

13 miles

James had this crazy idea to run with Brayden from Lambs Canyon to Brighton Ski Resort. I decided to give it a try even though I was fairly certain I wasn't in any kind of conditioning to actually do it. Met up and the ran began good enough. By the time we dropped into Millcreek canyon, my legs were starting to feel really heavy and I was considering bailing out there after 6 miles. Decided to see how I felt as I went up the road to the upper parking lot. James stuck with me and we decided to bail on this adventure and leave it for another day. Got to the parking lot and snagged a key from Daniel and then ran back down to his car and drove to get our cars. I do want to do this run again once I have more long runs under my belt on the trails.

8 miles

Ran the LCC loop with Hille. Was fairly warm today and I can tell that running here is much more difficult than the Hawaii runs. Probably because I have been lazy since returning home. Ran into Brayden who was on his way up to run the Quarry trail.

6 miles

solo miles around my neighborhood

6 miles

Solo miles before heading to the lake with some friends.

8.06 miles

Ran with John and James on the usual 8 mile loop through Holladay/Millcreek. Wasn't quite as hot this morning which was a nice surprise.

11 miles

Met Brayden and James at Rattlesnake and ran up to Grandeur and back on the trail. Felt good until the last little climb to the top. Then felt great on the way down. Legs are going to feel that one this weekend.

8 miles

The usuall Holladay/Millcreek loop with James.

8.25 miles

Ran solo around my neighborhood. Went out south to the La Caille turn and then did a loop in that neighborhood. Then back along Danish and up Bengal with a loop through the cemetary.

10 miles

Out and back along Wasatch with James. Park n Ride at BCC to Dans and back. Legs didn't have much go in them today.

10.3 miles

Ran solo and it was freaking HOT! Ended up stopping at my dads house and hosing off my head to try to cool down a bit.

8 miles

Ran 8 miles with James on the usual route in Holladay/Millcreek. Stomach is not happy with my decisions for food over the weekend.

8.5 miles

Did the southern loop of Holladay/Millcreek with James. Depending on which watch you used, it was 8.25 or 8.5. I think my older watch is more accurate because it has more experience.

7 miles

Met up with Jake and James at the mouth of BCC. Drove up to Lake Blanche trailhead and ran up to the lake. Felt pretty good on the trail and the views up top are fantastic! Was an early morning after not much sleep, but glad to have been out. Utah is pretty neat.

8 miles

Decided to try and crack the top 5 of the pier to pier segment in Newport Beach. Ran a 3 mile warm up and then hit the Balboa pier and ran to the Newport Pier. Felt decent during the speed portion and ended up 3rd overall.

8 miles

Ran with a friend for 8 miles. Down the boardwalk to the Wedge and then back to the other end of the boardwalk and up the backroad towards Huntington Beach. Felt labored.

11 miles

Ran with James up in Cottonwood Heights at night. Left around 10 or so and ran a loop around my neighborhood and a little out and back on Wasatch.

6 miles

Slept in and got out late so I got in what I could.

8 miles

8 miles along the classic Wander Ln route with James and Brayden

8 miles

Ran a little variation of the usual neighborhood route. My shoe has been rubbing my little toe on my left foot. Not sure why.

9 miles

Same north loop with James with 1 extra south block added for good measure. Temps are ideal right now.
 

5 Miles

Have had a hectic/lazy week and didn't get out at all. Just ran a short 5 miler to make my legs do some work.

9 Miles

Met Hille and James for the usual loop. James and I added a mile at the end to cool down since Hille pushed us so hard on the rest of the loop.

10 miles

Met up at James' house and ran the usual loop but added a mile on the South end and tacked on a titch in his neighborhood to get to 10. Felt good throughout.

10 miles

Met at James and Brayden for a nice 5 AM run through Holladay/Millcreek. Same Loop as usual but different starting point. For some reason my hips were a bit achy at the end. James says cummalative fatigue, which could be true since I haven't been running much this month.

9 miles

Typical loop from James' house.

6 miles

Solo miles in the Heights

5 miles

Met Brayden at James' house and ran 5 miles out and back.

13.5 Miles

Paced Brayden from Big Mountain AS to Lambs Canyon AS during his Wasatch 100 race. This section is usually in the middle of the day and is very exposed so the heat drains you. We kept a decent pace during the climbs and tried to make up some of the ground on the downhills. There were some steep downhill sections that were slower than some of the climbing sections. Cruised through Alexander Ridge and started down the road towards Lambs. There are a bunch of rollers here that we ran but the sun was brutal. After we turned into the trees to go through the pass, Brayden gets stung by a bee and we had to slow down while he dealt with that. Once he felt better, we cruised all the way to the Lambs Canyon AS. James took over from there through the finish.

6.15 Miles

Ran solo today and felt great. Legs were very well rested after not running for several days. Nice crisp fall air. Love running this time of year.

6.5 miles

Pushed the kids in the stroller down around the Old Mill pond and then back up with the wife. Beautiful fall morning.

7.5 miles

7.5 solo miles around the hood and on my southern loop. The newly paved road along Wasatch is a dream to run on and much quieter with the cars.