The Renegade

Slept in again for my morning run with Strand so after math I hit up Dry Canyon and the Deer Fence. I went for a mile and a half up dry which was like 20 minutes (it's 500+ gain). Then I ran down and ran about 5 miles on the Deer Fence. 8:19 ap.

Pretty good run up Green Canyon. Started on the King's Nature Trail and was planning on going up 4. It started to get muddy on the single track so I decided I wouldn't mess with that anymore and I hit the road for the last couple miles up. Then I just decided to make it 9 because I felt okay. I'll always love Green and this is probably my last (real, meaning no snow) run here until springtime.7:20 ap.

Awesome run today! I picked up Kalin and Paul and drove to Smithfield to run Birch Canyon. I ran with them for 2ish miles which included Paul biffing it (classic Paul lol). They didn't feel too hot and were slipping off my tail so they just gave me permission to go ahead, so I thought I might try and get a CR or somethin. So I went till 4.5. Stayed on the single track the entire time which had literally no slippery mud. Averaged about 8:30s with 300 ft/mi. then turned around and sort of switched between road and trail every time they crossed, averaged like 5:45s at less effort than the 8:30s going up. I was sort of trying to catch them but turns out they turned at 3.5 so I they were probably waiting for while. This is one of the coolest trails in Cache Valley, I should run it more. 7:13 ap. Wasn't extremely cold either.

Sort of made the decision yesterday to do this, but I did a mid-week long run in Tetonia, Idaho from my grandparent's house. Got going at about 11 and it was 31 degrees. The loop I did started on the highway for 2 miles than hit a dirt road (snow covered) and it was dirt for about 5 miles in which part of it was between these hills which was pretty cool, but I wasn't able go that fast (slightly up hill in snow). Then I turned onto a paved road which had a lot of slush that had some rolling hills. with a pretty strong headwind, which felt really nice because I was really sweating in my warm jacket. From there on it was all sub 7s. Did a few 1 minute pushed every third minute toward the end of the run. Didn't feel crazy tired at all. 7:09 ap

Another pretty good run, headed out dressed for sub freezing but immediately turned back after a quarter mile to change in to short shorts, a t-shirt and arm sleeves just in case. Was a good pick. Started going south with some gnarly headwind which I needed the sleeves for then when I hit the part in my loop with tail wind I just rolled them down to my wrists. Beautiful sunny day! I got rolling with tailwind so I averaged 6:45 /mi. 

AM: 8 miles easy, and I did some exploring. Didn't feel all that great but I got up in the hills found and old sand pit I used to go to when I was little so that was cool. Heard some gunshots and that pint but it turns out it was just my uncles all the way back at the house doing target practice. 7:11 ap.

PM: Went just shy of 5 miles after the drive home. It was an out and back to the river trail, and it was sketchy as always. 7:04 ap. And 60 miles woo!