The little fist of fury

Chill Kirkland trail run with Stacy. I was nice to finally run with her!

Working my way back up

First workout since december, and it was a good one. We did 12x400 on the indoor track. The first 10 were about 76-78, the last two were supposed to be faster, and I did like 66 then 64, so it was a good finish. It was fun to run again with the group. I was surprised to find otu there is a race this Saturday at the indoor track, and there will be quite a bit of competition there, but I'm leaning towards not running, because I didn't get a lot of consistent mileage in over the break, and I think I might play pickleball with Stacy and go to the temple. I also don't want to run slower than I did a month ago, which might happen haha. There will be other opportunities. 

5 boring treadmill miles, but that's how it's going to be until it warms up a little, cause I think on Wednesdays I won't be able to run until the evenings. 

2 sets of 800, 400, 2x200. They were fast, short rest inbetween, it was a pretty good workout

Fun out and back with Mitch

Fun out and back with Sam, and Jake for the first couple of miles

Mile repeats!! It was an intense workout, 4xmile with 3 minutes rest inbetween. Splits were 5:18, 5:21, 5:30, 5:30. I was really feeling dead those last two, but I'm proud of myself for sticking with it and toughing out that last one. 

Quick morning run before school

5 mile tempo run. Wow, this run was a beast!!! The first 2.5 miles were really tough, cause of the slight uphill and headwind, going back it was a lot better, and I kept a better pace even though I was tired. Splits were: 6:05, 6:16, 6:06, 5:57, 6:00. 

Nice fun run with Anna and Lauren out on that Warner Valley dirt road. Then went skiing, and then finished off the day playing pickleball, so it was a great day to say the least. 

Did the mayor's loop with JB, Stacy also joined us for the first little bit, which was fun!

10 minute tempo run, followed by 4x800m repeats. The 800s were 2:30, 2:30, 2:29, then 2:24. Or something close to that. 

Last minute evening treadmill run, followed by some core

Tough workout today, 3x1mile repeats (I was about 5:30-31 each one) then and 800 (2:29) then a 400 (64). It felt good, I was proud of my effort. I think the 800 could have been faster, but I got stuck behind a couple of guys, but that's all good. 

Muddy trail run after a few hours of pickleball

6 mile run by the train tracks with Brigham Halvestrom (?)

Really tough but good workout today. Started with a mile repeat at 5k pace, (5:14) then did a two mile repeat, slowing down by about 15 seconds per mile, I ran a 11:05 (possible a bit faster, I forgot my watch and coach was distracted when I came across the line, so it took him a sec to give me the time haha) and I was really happy with that, took some good mental toughness that last mile. Then we did one more mile repeat, no goal time, all effort based, and I ran a 5:13. It was great. Maybe I should run without my watch more often, or just look at it less. I'm just proud of the mental tenacity during that workout. 

Just a late night treadmill run after a depressing loss by the Jazz

What a workout! We did a 8 mile progression run, with a mile warmup tacked on the front and back end of it. It was a really tough run on the Murdock canal trail. Going out was fine, and there was really one one fastish mile, but once we turned around, man! There was a nice headwind, classic! Anyway, I didn't have my watch, and I just wanted to focus on the effort. I think, based on what other people's pace were that I ran with briefly or passed, that my pace varied between 5:55 and like 6:20 for the majority of the run. Biggest focus for me right now is the effort and mental toughness, to get ready for that 55k. 

Wow! Really fun trail run with my boy Sam! We ran from the house down to Grove Creek canyon, and ran up that. It was a GORGEOUS run, such good scenery and a really good trail. I found out that it loops around down to battle creek, so I'm going to make sure to do that loop sometime! It was super muddy coming back, but it was just great. Love trail runs, especially when I'm not worrying about the pace or distance, and just enjoying a good run. 

guessing on the mileage here, but the workout was a mile breakdown, then 3 or 4 400s. 

Mile, then 7x400s. Or it might have been a 1200, I can't rmember haha. 400s were between 66-67

Great workout today! 8x800, at 5k pace with about 2.5 minutes recovery. they were at like 2:32-33 pace, except the las one was 2:24, and the first one 2:34. It felt good

4 mile tempo run (5.54, 5.53, 5.54, 5.47) followed by 4x400 at mile pace (66, 66, 66, 62). It was a good workout. The 400s were a weird speed increase, but it was fun. 

mile (5.13) 800 (2.31) mile (5.17 (I really had to poop)) 800 (2.29). then we did 4x200 finishes, I was at 30 seconds or faster for those. It was really fun, good workout, and we finished right before they closed the track for the volleyball game. 

Fun muddy/icy trail run alone the BST with Michaela. 

I'm sick of "not having time" to run. I went on a 10:45 late night run. Better than nothing. 

Ultramarathon number 2!! This race was honestly harder than I thought it would be, but I loved it just the same. The course was set up where it had kind of this central aide station, and then loops that would go out from it. I started out pretty conservative, and just kept a good pace throughout. The hardest parts of the race was the last loop, the red loop, which was the longest, at just over 10 miles. There was a long stretch of uphill, which was very tiring, but I did catch quite a few people on it. The very hardest part though was the last 6-7 miles from the aide station, along the outskirts of town and to the finish line. When I got to the aide station, my parents were there, and told me that there were two people ahead of me that I could probably catch. I was feeling pretty good mentally, knowing there was just a few miles left, and sped through the aid station and out after those people. I caught them both within about 1.5 miles, but from there, it was an absolute mental battle to the finish. The last few miles were along this ridge, and just a slow uphill in the heat. It seemed like the end would never come, but it did, and it felt so good to finish, and eat some bean and cheese quesadillas! I was truly surprised to find out I came in third place overall, so that was kinda fun to know. I think I have the potential to do better in the future! I was most proud though of Sam. He powered through that with sheer mental tenacity, and it was just epic to watch. What a freaking animal. 

Did a fartlek workout with Anna down in Parawon. I'm so glad she's my sister. I hope her track season doesn't get cancelled, cause this is the best shape she's been, both mentally and physically, her whole life. Give her a chance!

I paced Michaela for a mile time trial, it was fun, but she ran a 5:39, which wasn't what she was hoping for, but she forgot her spikes and it was a bit windy, so it is what it is. 

early morning trail run with Michaela!

Fun little corona trail run with cousin Jake

Ten mile run up and back in the Provo Canyon. I started the run with Mitch, Michaela, and one of Michaela's friends, but right at the turn around point, I ran in to none other than the illustrious JOHN ROBBINS! It was so fun to run and chat with him, he's just awesome dude. 

Great 4 mile trail run, just exploring behind the house, and I'm just amazed at how many trails there are!

Just blassted out this run, trying to average 8min or better over this hilly terrain. It was a good workout and a lot of fun. 

Just played a bunch of pickleball today

Went down to the murdock with the boys (Cam, Sam, Jake) and did 3 miles down there, then I ran up the hill back to the house. 

Went 'sporin behind the house. There are sooo many trails! Lots more to discover!

When with Garret Marsing, one of his steeplechase friends named Matt, and one of my homies from the farm team, Jared Murphy. We were just doing an adventure trail run loop down from house to grove creek, up that canyon, and I wanted to make my way around and up the saddle of big baldy and down dry creek canyon, but there was quite a bit of snow up there, and quite honestly, I don't think anyone was really prepared for an adventure run. I was the only one with a pack or water or food. I think Garret and Jared would have been game to push on, but Matt was not feeling it, morale was low so we cut the losses and came down earlier down battle creek. Still super fun. I've got to get that full loop in though, with some good adventure homies. Hopefully soon! 

Pickleball day

What a fun run, just went out exploring and had a great time on the trails, it was fantastic weather and everything about this run was incredible, except that I had some gastric distress going on, which was very unfortunate. Had to stop a few times for that, but overall, I'm just happy about how it went down, and I have a lot of fun new trails to explore!

Nice fun 10 mile trail run along the murdock with the one and only Garret Marsing. It was a great run, and he's got such a good attitude about everything, glad I can call him my friend. 

Not a run, but a nice hike up Grove Creek with a cute girl named Macy! Such a pretty canyon. 

another explorative trail run!

Super awesome conference session trail run. I just put the headphones in and streamed conference while I ran, and I found this super cool 7.3 mile loop! That wasn't the plan, but it was a ton of fun!

Exploring some more trails today, and there's just so many places to run!!

Little road run, for the first time in a long time!

Warmed up and timed a time trial for my homies Jared and Matt from the farm team. 

It was really weird running while fasting, well, mostly it was weird after not to drink any water. STill a great run with Garret Marsing and Jared. Talked a lot about their sheep herding experiences haha

Nice trail run/walk with Maliea down in St. George. It was fun being with her! Also, we beat my parents 3 times in a row in pickleball, so you know that's a good day!

Treadmill run. I kept speeding the pace up as I went along, just wanted to crank through it. 

Found a really fun trail loop that I'm going to call the lower battle creek loop, cause you go up battle creek canyon, but you don't loop over the saddle of baldy, you go under it. It was great. 

One of those days when I just REALLY didn't want to run. Started out pretty crappy, and I was only going to go 3 miles, got feeling better as the run went along and found this cool cement pipe to sit on and think for a minute. Then I ended up "running" up to the G, it was way steeper than I thought, and just a brutal climb. Glad I did it. 

FUn run with Ashley, just running from Canyon View park and enjoying the serrenity of the mountains. 

Ran the lower battle creek loop with Johnny Foote! It was great to spend some time with him, and just talk with him. He's such a good guy, and he's got such a bright future ahead of him. 

Good fun 3 mile run down the hill and back up to get the day started off the right foot. 

7 miles along the shoreline trail. 

Finished up my undergrad today, that was weird. Did a quick two mile run before heading down to stg with the boys

hiking around gunlock and exploring. I'm just guessing the mileage, I honestly have no idea, but it was a very active day. 

Lots of hiking today. We hiked out of our campsite at gunlock, then did the Red Cliffs hike, super fun, fairly hot, and lots of bushwacking. It was great haha. Did it with Jake, Sam, and my dad. 

I met up with Joseph Moore, and we ran up Jacobs Ladder, almost to the summit of Lone Peak. There was too much snow to really safely summit. We were in snow for probably 5 miles of this run, and it was the worst kind of snow, where you could run on top of it for a little bit then out of nowhere you've collapsed and its knee deep, and you trip hard, cause the top layer is still hard. I don't know if that made sense, but it was the crusty kind of snow that just makes it hard to run, so you have to walk more. Anyway, took up about 4 hours, with about 5000 feet of climbing. It was awesome to see Joseph and catch up with him. He has such an awesome spirit of adventure. He's not in quite as good mountain running shape as we was when he lived in Utah, but he also hasn't been able to run mountains very much, so that totally makes sense. Good guy, I love running with him.

ran with sam, then did some backpacking later. 

3 solid backpacking miles. 

Finally did the loop that I've wanted to do for a while now. Started at the house, ran up dry creek to the saddle of big baldy (what a slog!!) then ran down and over to the top of grove creek. This took some studying of the maps and trusting my gut, but it wasn't too bad to figure out. I filled my bottle up partway at the top of grove creek from the beautiful spring there, and then blasted down that canyon. Overall, great run, really tough. I didn't bring quite enough water, but it was overcast at the end thankfully, and it took about 2.5 hours to do it, although that doesnt' count some of the times I stopped my watch to look around and pee and stuff. 

Good 8 mile run with Coach Fielding, good to catch up with him. I signed up for the marathon and the squaw 50 as well, so I'm feeling motivated and excited right now. 

Ran the Mayor's loop, then met up with Sam to do a little trail run on prospector trail. Good times. 

Ran with Coach, and met his cool friend named Trevor. It was a good run, both good dudes, lots of farting, so you know that creates and instant bond between runners. Got back home, saw my boy Ryan P, ran and caught up with him and chatted for a bit. It's going to be a good day. 

Nice run with Anna, including some 200 m finishes, then did a couple more miles on my own. 

I paced Anna for her 800m time trial today, and she beat her PR, she ran a 2.25. I was sooooo proud of her, it was just awesome to see her hard work pay off. I wish she could have had this season, but I'm just proud of her. 

Nice run this morning with Logan and Trevor, and after 6 miles we met up with Aaron Metler (?), the guy from stg who's beaten me every year in the marathon and won that silver shoe award. Anyway, it was fun to actually meet him and run with him. Our pace was below 6.30 almost the whole time, so that was pretty sweet. 

Man, those adidas have a ton of miles on them. Nice loop run around the mayors loop, and then drove up to SLC

Got up at 4 for a military physical, thouroughly exhausted, did not find the time to run.

Fun afternoon run with Logan, then we jumped in his parents pool afterwards, which felt fantastic. Had an interesting discussion with my mom about dating today that was on my mind a bit as well. No one reads this, so whatever, but it was cool

morning run with Logs

Nice run with Coach along the river trail, and then through some neighborhoods. 

This was a great day. I ran out to crimson cliff track, and helped pace some of the high school girls in their mile time trial. Then I paced Anna in her 800, and she ran a 2:22!!! That was a HUGE pr for her, and I'm just so proud of her. These are weird times, but I admire the way that she has dealt with it all. Love that girl. 

I finished up by running around until I got around 15 miles. Later, I swam for a couple of hours with the Wisans, then went on a 5 mile evening mountain bike ride. Mileage may have been a tad lower this week, but I'm really glad that I was able to get so much time being out in the sun and active!

Chill run with coach. 

Went out to confluence park, and apparently today is the day when the running center crew gets together to run. I ran with them, and Logan and we did a 4 mile tempo run, my first one in a long time. It was really good. The first mile was 6.15, and they each got faster until the last one was 5.37. The total time was 23.32, so I'm really happy with that effort. 

Little longer today out towards sullivan park, talking with coach

Nice little run out to sunriver with coach. Talked about dating as usual

I felt kinda weird and light headed at the beginning of the run, but got feeling better as we went along. Fun convo with coach about covid, masks, dating, running, and anything else that matters. Jk, it was just a nice relaxed run, with some peaceful, open spaces. I loved it. We also kept speeding up little by little over the last couple miles, and had a pretty strong finish. I really liked the loop, I'll be back. 

What a great day for running. I ran a loop and a half around Navajo lake with John R. We had such a good conversation, love that dude, he seriously has been such a good friend to me over the years, and is largely responsible for my love of ultra running. Some highlights include seeing a Bald Eagle, realizing the back half of the trail was too full of snow and fallen logs and bushwacking it down to the road, and talking about the Jazz and how much we love them. 

Ran up bear paw poppe on my own, then down it with the cousins. Lots of fun, good way to run and still be doing the same family activities. 

Great tempo run today. 5 miles at 29:11, so that comes out to 5:50 pace I think. I felt strong and smooth, except for mile 3.7 when I had to stop and use the bathroom. 

Classic morning run with Coach and Trevor. 

Went and ran the suicide ridge loop out in Santa clara. I had a water bottle with me, but even still I was super thirsty by the end. Good run though, Coach came with. We didn't talk a ton, but sometimes it's nice just to be with someone, and not have to talk. 

Ran with Trevor and Aaron Metler. So it wasn't really a slow run, we averaged around 6.30 pace I would guess. Good guys though, it was a great run. 

Great, and very active day. Ran up Forsyth trail to Burger(?) peak, which round trip ended up being about 11.5 miles. Great climb, really fun descent while testing out my new running playlist. Only had one fall, with a shallow but sweet looking cut. I also noticed my heart felt a little weird coming down, maybe tired? idk, but it's something to keep an eye on for sure. Later, towards the evening I ran up and down Bear paw poppe. Swimming was inbetween, so I was just active for a long time, it was great. Training has been a lot better this year than last. 

Nice morning run with Trevor. 

great run around the mayors loop. did a little tempo with coach too, so that was great. 

mayor's loop with my boy marky mark. Good convo, didn't realize he and Nicole got married so quickly when they were dating. It's a wild world. 

laid eyes on OP the miniburrow for the first time today. 

Good run. I'm writing this retrospectively, and don't remember it at all lol 

Nice run around kentucky lucy loop with Cousin Johnny F. 

Getting excited for the race!

pickleball cross training and rapid reboot. 

three mile shakeout with Sam, testing out the new pack. Should be fine. 

What a day! I thoroughly enjoyed this race, it was an early start (4am) which ended up being great because then we didn't get as roasted by the sun. It was still shady in Hobble creek when we got to it. My pack held up great, especially since this was my first trail run with it. I didn't bring a headlamp, so I relied on other runners for the first hour or so, which ended up working out fine, but I think I'll bring my own if we start that early another time. One of the people I ran with in the morning was a girl named Teresa, who was the winner of the Wasatch 100 last year, as well as several other ultramarathons. What a legend. I made friends with a Dermatologist named Jim McDonald, we ran together from miles 14-30 more or less, super awesome guy, just makes you feel super good about yourself. I hit the halfway point at about 4:16:00, which was ahead of my goal pace, I really wanted to get under 9. Turns out I really underestimated the back half of the course. There was steady climbing with some flat to downhill sections from about mile 24-39. That next mile and a half was basically straight up, I think it's called Bozung hill or something like that. It was wild, and just slow trudging forward. Kinda awesome now that I look back at it. The views back there were incredible! Needless to say, getting to the next aid station felt so good, and from there it was almost entirely downhill. It wasn't easy of course, finishing those long races never are. I was in 7th I think until the last aid station, some guy came blasting through, but I didn't really care, I was just happy to be drinking some water and eating grapes. I started cruising down the canyon road and a couple of things happened, Sam drove by with my whole family (minus Anna) in the car, and that was a big boost to morale!! Then, a little further down I heard some people cheering behind me, the first place girl was closing in. Somehow I found the energy to really kick it down the canyon, which I was proud of. Overall, the race was a fantastic experience, I want to come back and do it again and see if I can do even better. 

First run back, kinda heavy

surprisingly sore

Played a bunch of pickleball with Ryan, Erin, and Maliea.

Biked the mayors loop tonight. Very peaceful, chance to reflect and pray a little bit, and enjoy some physical exersion. 

Slow run with my cousin Jack this morning. It was fun to chat with him, although his hip was bothering him, so it wasn't quite as smooth of a run as I would have hoped, but I was still glad we did it. 

Had fun catchin up with Trevor and Logan. It kinda made me laugh cause we started out the run with about a 20-30 minute covid rant haha. Nice to be back. My knee started hurting at about mile 4 and slowly got worse. I'm going to ice it and hopefully it just slowly keeps getting better. 

Great run on the kentucky lucky chicken trail

Couple laps around the block

what a great day for running. I went on a run around 10:30 in the hills behind the Heywood house, and was just exploring, it was a ton of fun. Afterwards, I thought, man, it really would be awesome to do squaw peak right now. Then I ended up not having a date that night, and Sam invited me to go run up squaw with him and Tommy Moncur. It was a fantastic and beautiful run. I can't believe I haven't tried to spend more time with Tommy over these last few years, he's such a great and fun guy. 

Scorching hot run around the mayor's loop. Glad I survived. 

Ran the ridge loop from the high school. It's still uphill both ways haha

Really fun run up in Pine Valley in the evening, just enjoying the cool air and hanging out with the boys (Logan and Trevor). This was probs my last run with them for the next little bit, that was kinda sad, but I've really enjoyed running with them. 

Ran the good ol' zen trail with Lily Poulton, that was awesome!

Fun run around the Padre's canyon trail. Loved it, It's always fun running with Lily Poulton

Wow, started running at about 7, it was soooo hot. Just a chill 3 miles, but still kinda tough. Happy to start medical school! 

Another easy 3 in the piping hot Arizona mornings. It's better than running in the afternoon I guess. haha. Explored a bit on one of the paved trails, seems like lots of good stuff to run on around here. I guess I'll at least get tan haha. 

Found a little loop today. I think I'm slowly adjusting to the temperature. 

Found another loop today, just another great run. The heat is getting more tolerable, I'm slowly getting used to it, thank heavens. 

Went west on Union Hills, found a good, cool stretch of dirt, and I did a little half mile pick-up on it. It was kinda fun to go fast again. As things start cooling down, I think I'll throw a bit more speedwork into things. 

Not sure why, but I wanted to do this run around 4 in the afternoon. It was about 113 degrees. Felt nice to jump in the pool after

Took a test, watched the jazz lose, and had a rough conversation. Kinda a crappy day, but as atmosphere says, every day can't be the best day

Went a smidge longer than usual this morning, with music. It was kinda fun, and just feels good to be moving. 

Great run. Just did a one mile tempo run, at 5:51. It felt nice to do a bit of speed. 

Just a great out and back run. Listened to some boppin tunes. 

Late start to the day, but still got a nice little run in, better than nothing! I'm looking forward to going 6 or 7 tomorrow, should be good. Lots of studying to do, it feels kinda overwhelming, but I just gotta keep my axe to the grindstone

Easy 3 in the evening. 

Fun 6 mile run down a little further than I've been on the trail. Came across a bathroom, thank heavens. On the way back I did a two mile tempo run, it was a ton of fun to get going fast again. It wasn't two crazy, the first mile was 6.11, the next one 6.05. I really need to find a race or something to train for. 

Great run this morning, just an out an back, attempted to explore a little bit on a dirt/sand trail at the bottom of the wash. It wasn't that great, but I did see a coyote, so that was exciting. 

chill late night run, just a mile out and a mile back

Nice run before an intense game of basketball! It was great!

Had a nice evening run today while talking on the phone, so that was nice

Kinda guessing on the slow vs fast miles there. I did a fartlek workout of 10:5:4:3:2:1. It was a really good push, nice to go fast and just hold a decent pace for a sustained time.  I'm not training for anything in particular right now, but as basketball legend Creamy Biggums says, "I stay ready so I ain't never have to get ready. " Those are words to live by. Now I just need to develop a post game...

Nice little run, out and back on Union Hills. Nothing fancy. Just glad to have time to be up and moving every morning. Things are cooling off ever so slightly, but I'm not going to get too enthusiastic about anything yet!

Good little run, I was really pensive. There's a lot of things that I still want to do in my life and improvements that I want to make

First trail run in AZ. Man, it felt good to be back out on the trails, I've really missed it. I still miss the mountains of northern Utah. Uncle John Egbert was showing me the trails, he was on his cool e-bike, and it was a challenge to keep up with him!

Chill run today, nothing too crazy. Had a biochem test this afternoon, and I think it went well

Squeezed a two mile run inbetween classes. I have struggled at getting up early this week, I've got to do better at that!

No running, but I went on a nice evening bike ride while on the phone with Holly, so that was good!

Good run today, just was kinda exploring through some neighborhoods and stuff. 

Just played basketball for a couple of hours this morning. It was a ton of fun, I figure I may as well enjoy this while I can. Hopefully next week I can get up a smidge earlier and maybe run over the the church beforehand or something like that. 

Big test today, but it went well. 

Nice run today to the park and back. I did a 15 minute tempo run and got 2.5 miles, so that means 6 minute pace right? It is always a nice challenge to get some speed in. 

Just did a 4 mile run in the morning. I need to be a little sharper getting to bed and getting up, I'm getting a little bit undisciplined there sometimes. 

frustrating morning, got up, kinda sat there. I didn't feel like going on a run, so I did some yoga... that was nice, but then I decided I should at least go bike for a minute, but the back tire was flat. So I did order a new tube and some new tires for the bike, but man, I really need to not be such a bum. 

Chill little out and back run, felt really good honestly. I don't know why I've been lacking the desire to get out and run, it always feels so good when I do it. Finished with a little spring challenge, we'll call it the neighborhood dash, new best time for it of 55.95 seconds. The watch said it's .2 miles, which is probably close, although it's probs not exact. It felt really fun and powerful to go fast like that though. 

Nice 3 mile run while talking on the phone with Holly

FUn run this morning, it was raining a bit, which honestly felt so good. 

Nice little loop run this morning, followed up by a pr in the neighborhood dash of 52.19. I kinda wish there was a track close by I could go run some repeats on or something, but whatever. It's not like i've got that much time anyway haha. 

Nice short run again this morning. I'm happy with how consistant I've been this week, running every day even though it hasn't been a ton of mileage. 

Just a nice little morning run. It felt really good this morning, the air was (somewhat) cool and just felt good on my skin and refreshing to breath. Should be a good weekend. Also, I'm getting a pair of the DON issue #2 at some point today, so I'm really excited for that. 

Just a toasty afternoon 3 mile run. Busy day, had a test this morning that went well, could have been better but I can't complain. Just gotta work harder!

Nice tempo run today. I did 3 miles in 17:45, so I believe that's a 5:55 average. It was tought to convince myself to do this tempo run, I was kinda close to just doing a 3 mile run or something like that, but I'm glad that I did this. I need to get out of the habit of sometimes being a little bit lazy with things and just become a better worker. Glad I can still get out and run even with school being busy. 

Just a nice little loop run before a stressful and full day of classes!!

Nice run west on Union hills, the sun was super bright, I kinda wished I had brought my hat. Lots of classes today, but it should be really good!

Another chill run. Felt like running with some music today, and that was kinda fun! Mostly I'm just super excited for Holly to get here tonight! I was also thinking on the run, I really hope I'll be in town for the squaw peak 50, it'd be nice to have something to train for, and a good excuse to get into the mountains. 

Hey! I went on a run with Holly today, that was super fun, just a great part of the day! Hopefully I'll get to do that again, it's been sooooo fun having her out here for the weekend!

Test today, went ok, not super stoked about it, but not feeling too sad. just kinda meh. 

Nice fartlek workout this morning, 10:5:3.5:3, those were the fast intervals. The pace was right around 6 minutes, although I did have some good sustained segments going under 6. Always good to remind myself that I can go fast. 

Easy 3 down to Bell road. 

It was really cool this morning, felt good to run in those lowish temperatures. It was a rough day tonight though, talked with Holly, thought everything was good, but she just said she was struggling with a lot of emotional challenges, and felt like she wasn't in a place where she could be in a relationship. I don't know, It's just weird, I don't know how to feel or how to react, but there's not much I can do. 

Ran the little loop through westbrook village. I've thought of a way that it could be 3 miles, and I think it's about to become my favorite loop

Chill run on union hills

Wow, I'm tired today, like sleepy tired. 

can't remember which shoes I wore, or where I ran exactly. Probs did the loop, and daydreamed about trail running... i do miss it. 

Put the headphones in and listened to some hip hop for this run. Had my last practical exam of the quarter, glad to get that out of the way, now just a lot of studying for these 10 days or so. 

found a new way to get to the river trail, so that was nice

Post test run. Felt good to get that test out of the way. 3 to go!

Not much of a run, but it's better than nothing!

Im writing this about a week after the fact, I think I may have ran some of the days the week before, but I don't remember so I'll just leave them blank. It was so nice though to run the Kentucky Lucky loop on webb hill

Super fun run with Holly along a dike on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi river. Just gorgeous!

Wow, woke up and my back was hurting like crazy, the left part by the angle of the scapula. I have no idea what has caused that, and its just been lousy all day, made the run kinda uncomfortable as well. I have a new respect for people with cronic back pain. 

Ran a nice loop today. Hadn't ever ran it before, ended up being a smidge short of 5 miles so I did an extra little loop around the park behind the house. The weather felt pretty good today, nice and cool, so I was very happy about that :) Still running with the shirt off haha

Nice morning run before classes

Biked to campus and back today. well, almost all the way back. Got a flat tire, which is the 4th one since I've been here. Something has gotta change

Nice friday run, just listening to my book about Elon Musk, kinda cool. Space is cool

Saturday morning basketball, as usual

Wow, it was actually a little chilly this morning, and for the first time I wore a shirt due to temperature, rather than some other factor such as wearing a pack. Gotta stay focused and work hard today. 

Did a two mile tempo run today, loved it!! It felt good to push myself for the first time in a while. I still felt fast a smooth. Both miles were at 5:50 pace. I got to the park, got some water, and had a nice jog back. My arms were a bit tired, and so were my legs, but that's to be expected after  few weeks of not doing any workouts. 

chilly morning run

Didn't run today, but I did bike to campus and back, which is a bout a 10 mile journey. Also, I did that yesterday too

Nice run around the Elderly Loop. THat's what I decided to call it, because it goes through a retirement community. Still listening to the Elon Musk book, a Tesla is now officially my dream car, and I'm also convinced people will be living on Mars before I die. haha, books are fun. 

Did a nice trail run today on the trails behind midwestern and near the temple. The trails weren't particularly long, and not as isolated as those Utah mountain trails can be, but it was still fun to get off the roads. I also met another midwestern student from BYU who is into ultramarathons and that sort of stuff, so we could have some good times ahead!!

Nice 4 mile run this morning. Finished my audio book about Elon Musk. Cool dude, I like how he really pushes innovation. 

Nice run, with 6x2min fartleks, at or below 6 minute pace. I was going to do a longer farlek workout, but decided with this shorter one because I'm going to do a little 5k race this saturday. We'll see how that goes. I am excited though

Chill 3 miles

Ran in the afternoon today, but the hot sauce from my lunch was not happy that I was running so soon after the meal, I kept feeling it in my throat haha. To be honest, I don't remember how far this run was, but it was somewhere over 4, but not that close to 5

Just another chill run. Happy to be done with school for the next 10 days or so, but still a lot of studying to do over this break!

Ran around on the trails by the temple again. It is always fun to get off the roads. Those trails are kinda crazy, especially on a saturday morning because I spend a lot of time dodging and jumping around the rocks, and then there are a bunch of people up there hiking that I have to look out for as well, so that keeps things exciting. 

Nice trail run in the lagoon by san Diego... ran through a contruction zone and got in trouble there, but that's ok, my criminal record is still squeaky clean

Bunch of beach volleyball, boogey boarding and surfing today

Played kickball and pickleball with the Heles, super fun!

Hele family 5k, it was a blast!

Back in AZ, just trynna stay in decent shape

another test this morning, grateful I could get out on a run today. I was listening to my book, David vs Goliath, and it's just got some really interesting insights in there. I don't know why, but Malcom Gladwell is just one of my all time favorite people to listen to

chill morning run. 

Ran down to the park, and there was a BRUTAL headwind coming back. Wow. I knew there would be a headwind, and my goal was to the same time back as I did to the park, just for a little push. Turned into a pretty hard push for a mile, then I gave up on that goal. I think I should have stuck with it, and maybe just started a little slower, cause I only finished a minute off that time. Anyway, next time I guess. 

Fun loop today through one of the nearby neighborhoods. Had a nice 1.5 mile push to try and catch up to this older guy on a bike. It made me realize how much I miss competition, and how much it can push me. I did catch the biker, and he said I was making him feel bad haha. I hope he was joking, cause just the fact that he was out there and doing something puts him ahead of most of his peers. 

Just a nice run along the paved trail. Finished listening to David and Goliath, good book, lots of interesting takeaways from it. 

3 mile run along union hills

Decided to do 2xmile repeat workout this morning. 2 mile warm up, then ran a mile at 5:35, made a stop at the park to use the bathroom, ended up taking about 4 minute break between the two repeats, and then ran a 5:40 for the second one. It would have been nice to do the second one under 5:40, but that's ok. I'm not sure what to do with running right now. I'd love to train for something, but I'll be unavailable during the squaw peak 50 this year, and school starts at the end of July. I'm thinking maybe the speedgoat 50k could be a good option, but I'll have to see. 

Just ran the ol' westbrook village loop today. Overdressed a little bit by wearing long sleeves, I could have gone with shortsleeves for sure!

Fun run in the rain!! So awesome! I remembered/learned that the new balance running coat I have is not waterproof, haha, it's for cold, not rain. 

I did the one run by my house where I can avoid busy roads as much as possible. I just didn't feel like running on Bell road today. 

Just played basketball for a couple hours this morning. Super fun, started out kinda lousy, but ended up making a few shots, just a fun group of guys and a fun game to play

I liked this run today, just down to the river trail, out and back. Very simple run

I wanted to mix things up today, so I drove to a different part of the river trail and started my run there. It wasn't like crazy different, cause a desert wash is a desert wash, but I did appreciate the change of scenery. Unfortunately, this is one of those runs where out of nowhere I had to make a little pit stop and hide in the bottom of the wash to poop. Super obnoxious, but better there than in my shorts I guess, lol. 

I forgot my running shoes... Good thing I'm the same size as Dad

neighborhood run