Sunshine!

startin the month of December off with a solid gym workout... even with the beautiful weather out I felt the need to go indoors, not sure why but glad I did, ended up being a good workout... started on the Spin bike for 45 min of sweatin (3 run miles) and then hit the TM for 3.5 miles of all under 8's with the last 1.5 under 7:30 and a half at 6:58 which felt solid!

I am becoming more and more a proponent of rest days, atleast my body is I feel so much more fresh after a good rest day, now I need to get my addicted mental side on the same page so I can take a rest day and not feel like a slacker, funny thing is I can easily do it on Sunday, so I know it is mental!

That being said I had a great workout at the gym today, got there a bit early so I did 5.2 miles on the TM all under 8's with the last 3 I messed around a bit by going 2 min fast 1 min slow, the fast went as follows, 7:03, 6:58, and 6:40 at least around that i forget the exact TM setting... then I hit Spin class for 45 very good consistent minutes, the instructor challenged us to keep our HR's at the same spot the whole class, I kept mine in the low to mid 150's, once again a good sweatfest (highly recommend to anyone who likes to sweat alot) then back out for 2.1 miles of TM miles under 8's! Felt great and lilke I said above leads me to believe how important random rest days are!

Snowbasin Opens on Friday!

Had to go to a CE class in SLC, so I decided to head down early to the gym for a workout, hit the TM for 6.5 miles, kept them all under 8's, last 1.5 under 7's, with a half at 6:44ish, felt good little slow at the start but got rolling after a bit, nice time to hit the gym, not many people there! Hope it keeps snowing, we need MORE!

Another early morning Gym TM run, had to get to work early due to mortage rates getting very good and people very excited about being a part of the low rates! Anyway the run was a good one, for one reason I never felt in a groove the entire 8 miles, so it was good for me to have to push through a bad run day, and being on the TM (a controlled environment) forced me to keep pushing it and not get lazy due to the no groove run! Kept the whole run under 8's and for the last half kept it between 7:40ish and 7:30, with a couple drops in the 7:teens! Overall a solid steady run!

A nice Chilly bike ride up Wheelers and over to East Fork and then up to Snowbasin on the paved road and then back down to Wheelers and back down... fun ride especially when there was snow, I love riding in a couple inches of snow, i was overdressed on top but my feet were freezing, ave HR 145, max 166: 986 calories, 1:15:41 total ride time, 2267 in total elevation gain!

A nice gym workout, started with a 45 min Spin class, then hit the TM for 3.5 miles all under 8's, didn't feel great the whole time but good to get it in!

A solid early run at the gym, kept it all under 8's ran along side T Preston, so it was good conversation pace for the run got down to 7:30 for the last 1.5 miles. Then went and sat in the Steam Room for a bit to sweat out a touch of something I have felt in my chest!

Hit the gym again this afternoon, I know, i know, I am turning into a gym rat... but there is a good excuse, my wife called and said she was getting her haircut and had a sitter till 5:30 sooo with nothing better to do I hit the gym for 5.5 more miles, and good miles they were, ran the first few with Dean as he was finishing up, and then picked it up a bit, ran em around 7:30 and last .75 went below 6:30 and last .5ish at 6:19, felt very good for that pace, could have kept going but needed to get home, so a good workout day, may not be able to get anything in tomorrow!

Finally made it up to the slopes this afternoon with the 2 older boys, we had a great time the boys picked up where they left off last year, tearin it up... took the Garmin and was once again amazed at the info it kicked out...I was surprised at how many miles you ski while skiing in four runs we did nearly 10 miles, i counted all of them, hahaha, really just counting .5 miles. good workout on the quads though.

Late night soccer game we got beat pretty good but ran real hard and got a great workout in, counting my normal 1.5 miles, took my Garmin to sneak in, but I forgot to put it on before and the game was starting, maybe next week!

Some good early miles on the TM at the gym, my TM at home is still not working, belt is sticking and driving me crazy, need to get someone in to help fix it.  Good run this morning, kept everything under 8's with the last mile+ at 7:03, also did some core stuff after the run.

Walking in a winter wonderland... thats what the run was like today, sat around and did odds and ends at the house and finally decided to just go for it, it snowed the whole time with some blowing snow that made it tough to see at times, but a great run, ran into Shane about .5 miles into the run on the N. arm and he turned around and ran the whole thing with me , so that was good we ran nice and easy. I love running in a few inches of snow. We ran for a total 1:02:21, with an ave, HR of 158 a max of 179 and total of 798 ascent. ave pace 9:16.

Hit the gym at lunch today, whooow I think everyone else in Ogden got scared inside today, it was crowded(-1 degrees at the house this morning, needless to say I did not go out running), luckily I got there early to reserve a spin bike... hit the TM for 3.1 quick miles all under 8's, felt really good... then went to my Spin class, fantastic workout, I love being able to warm up before a spin class helps with getting rolling right off. As always a great sweatfest... after this went back out on the TM and pushed it good for another 4 miles! Had some company today on all aspects, ran into BG on the TM and in Spin and then ran next to Matt Malan, Todd Preston and Bg on the 2nd session. Oh yea on my last 4 kept everything under 7:30's with the last 1.25ish under 7's!

Oh yea one last bit of news... our group got into the Moab 1/2, good motivation for the winter months!

A nice easy morning of running at the gym, kept it at 8's for the whole run after a short warm-up, wanted to just stay consistent today, ran the 2nd half of the run with todd, good talks! may take the kids up skiing tonight at Wolf.

A great night skiing with Carv, Tay, Zachary and Clay and Hunter Crosland! Went up to Wolf, at first it was coooold and we went about 6 runs and hit the lodge for a burger fries and THE best hot cocoa i have had in along time... then we headed back out and got after it, Zach my 4yr old took a bit to get back into it from last year but after a few runs he was rippin, in fact I overheard a group snowboarders say"that kid is tight", i had to drag the kids off the mountain, they got the final run up at 9pm, and when we got in the car it was a chilly 9 degrees, but when we were skiing it didn't seem all that bad!

Came home and took Roxy (the pup) for a little jog in the Shaums field went around 4x's and ran the long sides, so with all that i added 1 mile to the daily log... fun evening!

Hit the gym after work today! took me awhile to get going I had a headache, after a good 2.5 mile warmup at 8:30  to 8 i picked it up and kept it under 8 with the last 2 at 7:30... felt pretty good, very rarely get headaches but it felt better after the run!

Hit the gym early today, I couldn't sleep so I got down a bit earlier... good consistent workout, started with a warmup and then steadily got faster to where I finished off the last mile at under 7:30 and even got down in the upper 6's for a bit! Felt OK not super good, I have got to get tough and get outside, I don't think I will be able to handle the TM all winter!

I may try running on the groomed trails up at Snowbasin when they get a bit more snow!

Soccer game tonight! Good game tonight, we started slow but got rolling in the 2nd half and won, great workout, only had one sub, added 1.5 miles on the day!

Winter wonderland in the valley would have been treacherous on the roads and deep on the trails, sooo in between kids soccer games I sent them off to a movie and hit the gym for a great run, I knew after the first minute it was going to be a good one! I am very much enjoying rest days like yesterday, and my mental side is coming around to it! I actually watched TV most the time, I find it easier to watch sports while running than other stuff, I watched the Utes beat WEber, Weber was pathetic the last 10 min. on offense... The run was all under 8's and mostly around 7:30ish and then dropped down in the the upper 6's for a couple miles, it all felt great almost effortless, if it is possible I was in a TM GROOVE!

Went to bed at 9pm last night so I was up at 4am and couldn't sleep sooo at 5 I decided what the heck I will go to the gym early today... Got in 8.2 good miles are pretty consistent from 8 to 7:30 and te last 1.5 miles at 6:58, Great way to start the Christmas week and I will tell you it is absolutely DUMPING SNOW outside right now, unbelievable! I LOVE IT! I also did some core stuff at the gym!

No run miles, but wouldn't trade it... unreal morning at Basin, very deep deep snow and dumping unbelievably hard the whole time I was up there, did about 8 runs half on John Paul which was fantastic, know one was skiing it becuase of the snow falling so hard, that is the nice thing about the Gondolas, anyway great day worked the body har I was beat after only skiing 3 hours, so it was good I had to get to work! I broke my pole on the third to last run but kept skiing, it broke about 5inches up so it still kinda worked, you always know it is good when you literally choke on snow!

Got on the home TM in the basement, given up on the one in the bonus room for now, amazingly the older one just keep rolling along, got a good workout in, glad I did it I almost wussed out not wanting to get on that TM, it is a bit noisey, need to tighten some screws up! Going to take the boys up skiing later!

Jumped on the TM before the family party at the ice sheet, got in a good run, got it moving for the last mile, happy to see the ol' TM running so smoothly makes it nice with the snowy roads up here in the valley to get some miles in...may try out the groom trails at basin next week!

Did some miles at the gym this morning, started slow and sluggish, but got a bit more focused as I went, ended up doing the last 5 under 8's at 7:53's steady... was going to stop at 6 but Dean came over and started to talk so I just kept going!

A good lunchtime workout at the gym, hit Spin first and then got on the TM for a good run, last 2 miles I kept it at 7:30's... felt good overall.

Would love to get out and run outside in the next couple days in the Valley, we shall see what tomorrow brings, I am realizing how nice it is to have good trails to run, running on snowy roads with snowbanks right next to the road isn't very appealing to me, but may be forced to do it!

Great ski day on the slopes with the whole family, even had Tanner the 2 yr old, he did alright, still a bit young to grasp skiing, he was more concerned about where his bro's were! The 3 other boys couldn't get enough stayed till they closed down!