Sunshine!

A good early morning 8 miles on the road, Nick and I did the Middle Fork bridge out and back, legs were a bit fatigued this morning, but Nick kept us moving... went for 63:21 around 7:55's.

Went up to Snowbasin in the afternoon for a hike with the Family, my sis's family and my mom and dad... went out on the Maples trail saw a big bull Moose that was still in velvet! hiked down the trail probably just over a mile, and then decided I would run back and get the car and meet the rest of the crew up on the main road so the little ones didn't have to hike back up to snowbasin, Tay my 7 yr old decided to go with me and I told him he had to run the entire way back, much to my surprise he did and shockingly at  a pretty good pace, took us about 9:50 to get back to the vehicles, i was impressed with him running the whole way!

This evening I came to realize once again the simplicity and beauty of running, I went out to the garage around 7 in hopes of getting a good road ride in... well that ended when I realized the front brakes were touching my tire and I spent 45 min. fixing it, it kept moving back and rubbing against the rim... if you have ever ridden much there is not many things more frustrating than this...anyway I rigged it so it would work and finally got out on a ride... went for 15 miles out toward Liberty and then up Nordic Valley area, alot of climbing and 9 miles into it I thought man this is alot tougher than a 3 mile run... I guess sometimes the conversion doesn't work perfectly... 51 min. ride, glad to get it in, and also realized why running is such a beautiful activity, just put some shoes on and head out the door! It was a solid week of exercise!

Forced my way out this morning... didn't feel like running, due to eating way too much yesterday, Kel made my weakness last night, an orange cake, I could eat an entire cake and almost did, I had my last piece at 10:30 last night, so needless to say it wasn't sitting well all night... anyway I got out and did the N. Arm on the way back I ran into Shane, he turned around and we ran the last couple together and added a little ext. over to Red Moose Lodge... Once I got going I felt alright but never great, went for 45:42. Sunday's and eating I have been pretty good lately but yesterday got me!!!

A challenging bench run this afternoon, it took well over half the run to get the legs going, I am sure that part of it has to do with the first 25 min are mostly uphill... I did my Mt Ogden Loop run and added a few different extensions, the cloud cover kept it from being too hot so that was nice, but the legs didn't have much get up! ran for a total of 65:12! right at the end I did 2 sets of strides across the soccer field.

Went for the N. Arm goal this morning... Started really good, maybe to good,1st mile was about 7:15 and got out to the rock point at 19:30 but then I fell apart didn't have the zip, and I don't think it was the legs, My kids and Kel have had sore throats and coughs the last week and I don't feel sick at all but I think I have a touch of it, my chest seemed tight and I just wasn't able to push it the way I wanted! That being said it was still a good run, I made it to Windsurfers in 31:55 and tried keepin it going on the way back... ended up at 64:31, for an average of 7:45's i think... So still a solid effort but it is going to take some work or a very good day to knock it down!

Soccer game tonight, so a good workout day!

Went on an early bike ride, went up wheelers and then E. fork and down around Maples, it was a good ride went with Todd and Scott Preston, didn't push it super hard but a good consistent pace. I am guessing it was around 11-12 miles total.

I then went down and was anticipating helping out with the Outdoor Retailer show river day on the Ogden River but it turned out they changed the format and allowed some of the locals kayakers to join in on the fun... so after 2 laps on the narrows they had  down river race from Rainbows thru the Dinosaur park, about a 10 min all out paddle... they had 4 heats and the local group they just thru us all in together 12 boaters fighting there way into position... they also had about 6 hiding kayakers in eddies that came out and tried to knock you off course... they took the winners of each heat and put them into the final... I had a great first run and won it, so it was on to the final with the guys from the OR show,... I got a good start and was in 2nd right off but then the hiding kayakers came out and made my run tough, one of them knocked me clear out of the current and then another grabbed my boat and pulled me back... I went from 2nd to 4th and finally got going again, passed one guy about half way down and battled hard for 2nd but couldn't get there, ended up 3rd overall, which ended up being a good spot for prizes... I won a nice little backpack, 4 day passes to Snowbasin, and a 2 night stay at Ski Lake and some other little stuff... the winner surprisingly won a new kayak, i was about 20 yds behind him at the finish, that would have been a sweet prize!  Overall a very fun day and event, I ended it with another run on the narrows!

a nice hot run on the bench, I did my Mt Ogden Loop going up Strong cyn. saw the resident water snake made me jump I have seen him a few times this year and I am getting use to where I can expect to see him, still makes me jumpy seeing him... did the ext. on the upper trail down toward 22nd st. and then back, did 4 strides on the soccer field when I got back to the park, at first my legs were heavy on the run but then I got into a good thinking groove and the trail just ticked by, felt great, sometimes on runs like that I think I could solve all the world's problems, mind clearin! ran for 54:03 total.

A sweet early morning run with Nicholas, did the Garden of eden course counter clockwise... started off nice and easy, good conversation pace and then picked it up gradually and then the last few miles really got rolling good, felt great. I was feeling it the last mile, but Nick kept the pace movin, here are the splits 8:35, 8:10, 8:02, 8:02, 8:12, 7:29, 8:27 (spring mtn climb), 6:24, 6:55, 7:09, last .26 at 5:27 pace. total time was 78:49!

Got up and did the N. Arm had to work off another Sunday of eating too much... felt good to get out and run... went for a total of 43:22!

good hard run up at n. fork park, I was either going up or down very little flat, i did a 10 min warmup and then I thought i don't think i locked the car, so i ran back and sure enough it wasn't locked, from there I did a 5 mile loop around the park, 55:05 min. total running time, good run but would have liked some more flats!

Decided to go for a big one today, work was kind of slow and so I left from my office went over into Uintah and climbed up to the Beus trailhead... i then went up beus over to waterfall down to 29th and then made my way back via the trail and finally back onto the road, it was a good one, i carried a h2o bottle which saved me, when it ran out i filled it with stream water which I didn't drink but kept pouring it on me, the last half hour or so I was feeling the need for some water, overall i felt good, it was fun solid run! ran for a total of 1:58:02, not sure of exact miles but 9 min/mile is close enough!

I have a soccer game tonight for a little added workout! Soccer game got cancelled, which is a good thing, I am pretty beat from the run today, maybe a bit of overheating, it was a hot one!

nothing like a full moon run... went out at around 10pm and as i was walking past Nick's realized his bro was still there so i went and dragged them out for a n. arm run, didn't take much to get nick to go, Anthony was a bit reluctant at first... but he put the hammer down on the way back, a good push and a great run... 49:56 total run time!

early run with Nick went down the hwy to 40mph sign then back on the N.Arm trail, good run we pushed it pretty good on the way back went for a total of 69:30, so 7:50ish/mile.

Off to the championship soccer game for my 7 yr old, Taylor!!

Did the Mt. Ogden loop trail, it was a very hot one today, I went out thinking it was going to be cooler today, maybe because of the nice weekend we had but summer ain't over yet! did the Beus Ext. and then another one down by 27th, it was a good run overall fellt pretty good! Ran for a total of 56:30

Another good Hot run on the bench this afternoon... started at the WSU football stadium, the plan was to go run 40 min and then to come back and do some speed work on the track... but I got in a groove on the trail so I just kept running for awhile and then as I was headed back to the car my right heal was feeling hot, my dang Montrails aren't breaking in, anytime i do hills the right shoe rubs, I even tied my shoe real tight and it didn't seem to help, so after 57:02 I called it quits and no speed work, but it was a good trail run.

Soccer game tonight! We won a close one tonight, had to push it hard based on the competitive game, I love games like that.

a nice evening run, with good company(Froerer bros. Nick and Anthony). Left from the Huntsville Library and ran home, here are the splits thanks to Nick's Garmin, i need one of those, 8:17, 7:49, 7:35, 7:07, 6:37, 8:29. We decided to go sub 7 on the 5th and I was pleased with the 6:37, it was definately a push Nick kept it rolling... overall time 45:56 Avg 7:39.

Decided today was the day to break the 1000 miles for the year, so i headed out from Rainbow and did all the way down to the Beus Loop on the upper trail, then i ran back on the upper trail til i got to Waterfall cyn, and I cut down and added some variations from there, my goal was to run for 1:30 and I ended up at 1:31:47, it was a good solid run the legs felt great, ran into a guy who had lost his Lab up on the trail named Zoee!

Then I came home and found the kids were swimming at Froerers so I ran over for a nice swim, lucky me it was a bunch of kids and 5 pretty ladies, hahaha!

Hit the bench for a hot but very good run, my legs felt great... I took Sat and Sun off from running and today I had a good pep in the step! Did a wierd variation due to me worrying that i didn't lock the car again, so I ran to Beus and then went down the steep hill and back to the car at 29th, car was locked! Then kept running to 27th up to the spring, sat in the cold spring for 3 min and then finished off the run... 56:06 total run time, did 2, 1 min fast pickups at the end!

6 good miles on the bench, parked at the top of 27th and did a new variation to the bench run, overall felt good ran by the St. Joe girls soccer game and stopped and watched for a minute, Clay's daughter Ivee is quite the mighty Freshman, their leading goal scorer so far this year! Total run time 53:43.

took the kids on the Island loop with a bit added in Eden, Carver, Taylor and I ran I pushed Tanner in the jogging stroller and Zach and cousin Luke biked! 2.2 miles and we have some work to do with the older boys running it, total run time 24:30, that doesn't include the 3 rest stops, to give them credit the loop does have a couple hills, but now we have a mark to shoot for... the goal is to do it atleast twice a week thru the fall!

I busted out a long one today thanks to the Wasatch 100 crew, I think they invited me along (Shane and John) to make sure I could do it, I think I passed the test, it was tough but not crazy tough... started at upper Big Water (up millcreek Cyn.) and went to Scotts Transmission station, 10 .5miles up and over toward Brighton... started at 7200 and ended at 9500 overall climb was close to 3000 ft due to dropping  down in a few sections, we then turned around and ran back, I was feeling it on the ups on they way back but overall felt strong. WE probably ended up climbing over 4000 vertical and did the whole run in 4.5 hrs including stops, so run time was probably just under 4... Beautiful place up there, i have only been there in the dark pacing Shane at Wasatch, Desolation lake is a very pretty spot, and Red Lovers Ridge where you can look down into Park City. The plan for the race is to have me pace from upper big water to the finish, which is 39 miles, I Think, should be doable don't think we will be going as fast as today! Shanes pacer also joined us, Ben. Overall great morning of running!

Hit the N. Arm with the boys, froerer Bro's (Nick and Anthony), and Mike. It was a good one my legs felt great, very little fatigue from yesterdays run surprisingly. Last mile coming up 6:58

LAte night soccer special tonight!

great day in Jackson, wy. started the day by floating the Alpine section of the Snake in my parents long inflatable kayak(ducky), I planned on taking the 3 older kids, but it was a beautiful day and quite warm and there was no stopping Tanner(2 yrs old) from jumping aboard, so we took him all the way down to just above Kahuna and Kel took him from there... we went thru the 2 big rapids and Tanner was ready jump aboard again, so he finished it off with us! very fun day on the river

We then went and got a camp sight up at the Gro Vante, set up camp quick and took zach on a bike ride, I ran next to him, went for 33 min and I am guessing around 4 miles he was moving good and it felt like 8 min miles, good fun felt good to run with the mighty Grand Tetons as a backdrop!