Have a little faith

A nice day. Seems like most of my ailments disappeared before the run. No knee pain. No back pain. Amazing what 500 mg tylenol does. But it couldn't keep my toenail. At mile 21, as I was keeping with the 3:05 pace group, my right biggie popped. For the next 2 miles downhill I had to keep my toes curled up in the shoe. I'm glad I didn't let it slow me down more than it did. I actually had hopes of under 3:05, but even with good toe's, probably wouldn't have done better than 3:07. My half was 1:33.  Hurried home to SLC for the 5:00 kick off with Washington Huskies. Shouldn't have. Utah fumbled the kick off return and WA ran it in for 6 with only 9 seconds off the clock.

rattlesnake at 10:00 pm with trent after it had snowed.

Romrell, me, and his girlfriend drove to the gate (it was actually closed because they were plowing snow) and ran up to 000 springs. Lots of snow, and limbs broken off trees, yet the yellows and crimsons still shown.

Rode bikes to the Utah football game against ASU sun devils. Great workout, in long pants, hard shoes, and blankets.

Millcreek canyon to the Inn and back at 5:20 AM.

Eastwood run

Las Vegas, NV run around UNLV.

Sweet day of beauty. Rode the mt bike to elbow, ran to top of canyon, then took pipeline back, late afternoon with sunshine on my shoulders.

Ran to rattlesnake after a nice morning rain.

Last night Craig Romrell & I left the Millcreek Inn at 5:00 PM on Desolation trail. We ran, ran-walked up and over to Neff's canyon, gaining 3,200 feet (5800 to 9000) in 3 miles, maybe a little more than 3. Sun was low over the Oquirrh’s giving us warmth, as it was quite cool coming up the back side with an intoxicating pine scent. There were patches of snow and frost, making the trail sometimes slick. Aspens glowed vibrant gold and the oaks were deep red in Neff’s canyon.

We descended Neff's with the last of the sunlight, and then it got dark. We wanted to head over to the spring and trough, and also to the cave entrance but daylight wouldn’t permit. In the dark we couldn't run much then because of the large, loose boulders. Finding flat terrain was welcome at Neff’s, and we ran under starlight home. I picked up my truck an hour later. Decent was about 4,200 feet. A head lamp would have been good, especially for me as my depth perception waned with the dark. It was cool enough not to have water if properly hydrated beforehand. A bologna sandwich would have been good too. Temperature wise, I felt pretty comfortable. Craig's hands got cold. Then running the last mile home warmed us up into a sweat.

Up Millcreek canyon to the gate and back, with full winter gear that slowed me down to 1:42.

Early morning up Millcreek to the Log Haven and back for 9.

After work speed route up to Neffs.

Millcreek to the gate and back. Slow for some reason but tolerable 1:36

A better run to the gate and back, in 1:28. Nice day. Would like to have gone to elbow but didn't have water and I was thirsty.

At top of Millcreek, along the Great Western Trail to meditation meadow with Jason after church.

The old loop up into the eastwood foothills and along the Bonneville shoreline trail.  Then in the late afternoon, Anders, Trent and I rode up to the lookout, up rattlesnake.