run, run, run

Spanish Fork, UT 6:30 am

Pace: 8:31

Usually I run to work when I'm in Utah, but my wife isn't on the rental car, so I just went for a run around Spanish Fork. I went most of the way to Springville and then back. A nice run. Great weather (a little chilly). I saw a dead deer along the side of the road and ran past a pen full of goats.

Springville, UT 11:30 am

Pace: 8:28

Took a lunch run with Matt today. A nice route through the pastures and along the railroad path. At one point there was a herd of cattle being driven down the road. We thought we would have to weave through them (watching our steps of course) but we made it to the intersection before they did.

Spanish Fork, UT 6:30 am

Pace: 8:42

Another pretty cold morning. I took a loop through Spanish to the other side of the freeway and back. Felt pretty good.

Springville, UT Noon

Pace: 8:39

Matt tried to kill me today. Really it was my fault. We were up on S. State street heading into Springville and he said this is where he goes up to run on the Bonneville Shoreline trail -- but we don't want to do that today. Then I said something stupid like, if you have time, I'm up for it. It was some pretty good hill climbing, but a great run. Nice views of the valley. But it wore me out. Haven't been doing much hill work lately.

Boise, ID 8:00 am

Pace: 8:34

Drove back from Utah Thursday night and was really tired. So I took Friday off. I decided to go ten this morning, just to get my weekly mileage up to 40. Still not sure why that matters. It was a great morning for a run. Mid 40s and sunny. Today was the Zeitgeist half (I think). I didn't sign up for it this year. This morning's run was easier and shorter.

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:24

Cold this morning. Neither of us seemed like we were in the mood to push it, so we kept the pace comfortable and talked about work most of the way.

Meridian, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:42

Boise, ID 6:30am

Pace: 8:22

Boise, ID 6:00 am

Pace: 8:57

Rainy this morning. I made the mistake of running on Five Mile Road. I stayed on the shoulder because I didn't want to die, but it was a pain trying to miss puddles in the dark.

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:24

Boise, ID 9:30 am

Pace: 8:25

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:30

This was one of those "why bother mornings." Oil started dumping out of the bottom of my car Sunday afternoon, so it was at the shop. I borrowed my sister's car, but needed to take her to work this morning, so I needed to cut the run a little short. Then, I got to Randy's house and waited until it was evident that he was still sleeping. So I took off on my own, stopping at my house to get the iPod, but I hadn't synced my podcasts, so I had to keep skipping past the old ones. And my Garmin's battery ran out half way through. But I got in four miles and lived to run another day.

Meridian, ID 6:00 am

7.33 miles

A chilly morning run. Felt pretty good, but didn't push myself too hard.

Boise, ID 7:30 pm

3.11 miles

I took the car back to my sister's place and then ran home. It was pretty warm today so I wore shorts and a couple of long sleeve shirts. I should have worn more. I got kind of cold. But it was a nice run and I made up the mileage I lost yesterday morning.

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:36

I got up and ran over to Randy's house and waited for a while. He didn't show up. So I took off on my own. About two miles into it he caught up to me. I don't even want to say what time he said he started. With that kind of a head start, I should have at least gotten three miles.

Meridian, ID 6:00 am

Pace: 8:50

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:30

Boise, ID 1:30 pm

Pace: 8:24

The BYU-Air Force game started at 1:30. So I set the DVR, went for a run and watched the game after a shower. No commercials and a nice win for the Cougs. Woo hoo!

Spanish Fork, UT 7:30 am

Pace: 8:24

Cold. About 25 this morning. I ran in to work from Spanish. Took Main St. Mapleton to Springville. Thought it would be about 8 miles. Ended up being 10. Made up for skipping Monday.

Spanish Fork, UT 7:30 am

Pace: 8:23

I ran into work again today. This time I went on the other side of the freeway. I had to watch out for jumbo jets coming in for a landing at Spanish Fork International. I noticed an odd number of smashed mice on the access road between Spanish and Springville. Seemed strange to me since there is nothing but grass fields from the freeway to the lake and those mice felt the need to run out on the road when cars were coming.

This was my second time running this race. We head down to Utah to the in-laws every other year. There are a few turkey trots going on in the Salt Lake area, but this one has the best shirts (although this year's shirt had an ugly red U on the mountain. They will regret that choice on Saturday).

I ran a pretty good race. I wasn't able to keep track of my pace because the battery on my Garmin was dead, but I kept it at a rigorously comfortable pace for the first two miles. It is a pretty hilly race, with a nice downhill at the end. I had enough left in the tank to pick up the pace for the last quarter mile or so and finished almost a minute faster than I ran it two years ago.

Bountiful, UT 9:30 am

Pace: 8:26

Took a run down Bountiful Blvd. while the wife went shopping. A nice crisp morning and a beautiful day. Good run. Better than shopping.

Bountiful, UT 8:30 am

Pace: 8:47

Didn't feel very motivated, but needed to get out and burn off some more turkey. Went along Davis Ave and then down the hill and back on Orchard. Got the blood moving before heading down to Provo to watch the Cougs finish off the Utes.

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:09

Back home on the usual MWF course. Didn't start out as slow as usual. On the back stretch down Cloverdale we picked up the pace. The last three miles were under 8.