The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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I had to decide if I wanted to spend the morning getting to a race or spending it with the kids, and I just didn't feel like trading the time with them so I missed it.  This is the second time teh race director got me into this race and I didn't make it so that might be the last.  At least I was able to get up early before them and get in my normal, lazy, eight mile hour run.  When we watched the sun come up together on another beautiful Arizona morning it made it worth it anyways.

We will be hiking the Superstition Mountains today.  One of the my personal favorites and then heading home on a late flight.  Really late now due to one of the stupidest ideas still around, daylight savings time.

My flight schedule for the rest of the month is four day overnights in Cabo and Costa Rica.  Amazing month.  I'm putting together my plans for running Cerro Chirripo, the highest mountain in Central America.  It's not unusually high at 12,500 feet, but you can gain this altitude from sea level, which is very unusual for a mountain run.  That's a serious net elevation gain.  It's also appealing that it has not seen snow in over a hundred years.  My last two trail runs have been in the snow...

 

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Easy morning run, 1 hour of lifting

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16 hour work day.  No time for a run

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Easy long run in Grand Rapids.  Cold as &%$#.  About 8 min pace

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A full day of work today but with a couple of two hour breaks.  I ran the 7.5 mile loop south out of the Denver airport on the morning break and then again in the afternoon.  Great way to make the day go faster!

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Long easy morning run down to Little Corona Beach in Orange County.  I was hoping to get some diving in for a few minutes and so I packed my fins and things and hauled them along on my back.  But I pansied out when I found out how cold the water was.  It has been good to get in some decent running this week.

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7 miles in Chicago this morning in blowing snow.  7 miles tonight in the setting sun in Cabo San Lucas.  Perfect night for a run.  I'm getting up early to watch parts of the Cabo Ford Ironman tomorrow morning and then getting in a good afternoon run on the trails of the Sierra de Laguna range.

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