Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

5:00 a.m. 20/20 elliptical/cycling workout at the gym.

6:15 p.m. 5 mile recovery run with Pickles on the West side route. Two dog attacks tonight, but Pickles held his own. I don't understand why more dog owner's on the west side think they can let their dogs run loose. I seldom have this problem on the east side.

A co-worker's wife ran the Boston marathon yesterday and finished just a few minutes ahead of the blasts. A very sad day at this great marathon and great city.

5:00 a.m. Minimal weight workout at the gym. Got talking to an old friend and classmate.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles with Pickles to mouth of Middle Canyon and back.

5:00 a.m. Gym. 20/20 elliptical/cycling.

4:45 p.m. 5 miles easy with Pickles to mouth of Middle Canyon and back via steep hill on Benchview Drive. 47:27. Good training for the hill at Sand Hollow Reservoir at Hurricane Half Marathon on the 27th.

5:00 a.m. Gym. 3x15x6 machines upper body weights and 20 minutes recumbent cycling.

6:15 p.m. 5 miles with Pickles, same route, same time as yesterday.

5:00 a.m. 2 miles easy with Pickles. Race tomorrow.

9:00 a.m. Domestic Violence Awareness 5K - Tooele. 20:37, 6:43 AP (based on actual distance of 3.07 mi. on Garmin). 2nd Place overall. Got burned by the eventual winner over the last 1/2 mile. Cloudy, cold day with some light rain early on. Good tune up for Hurricane 1/2 Marathon next week.