Clyde's Comeback!

8 mile run this morning. Wow for the first time in my running career in STG I had to run in snow and ice. It rained most of the day yesterday and into the night it started to turn into ice and snow. My putting green in the back yard has about an inch and a half of standing snow on it! So the running conditions were slick. I tried to stay on the paved road as much as possible but in some places there was a thin layer of black ice and I'd be sliding all over. Other than that it was a pretty nice morning out. The cloud cover kept it fairly warm. Glad to be back running again. The weather said that by the end of the week it will be 62 degrees here. Smile.

(115.9 Blue stratus)

12 mile run this afternoon. I went out and was feeling pretty good. I got into a pretty good groove and just stayed in in that gear. I ran up into GS and did that loop twice and then came back and circled around Middleton until I hit 12 miles. Hit 6:35 min mile pace for the run.

12 mile morning run. It was a clear night last night which means it was ice cold this morning (for me). The good part about it being so cold is that I could run up in the dirt and mud and it wasn't an issue because it was all frozen solid. I did the new overpass loop.

(Red Stratus 31.5)

8 mile run this afternoon. Just an easy recovery type run up around GS.

(White Cumulus 23.5)

13.1 mile morning run. New overpass loop and then when I got to GS I ran up to the Powerline trail and then down into Middleton. It was dark until I got down into GS but when the sun started to come up it was awesome. Sometimes the sunrise over the desert is just amazing.

3 mile run on the treadmill this evening after a long day.

13.1 mile morning run. The same route as yesterday. I had a feeling my calculations were off about the distance so I wore the garmin today and I was off .2 - but overall not a bad guess. I used the "stick" last night and rolled my legs out and they felt great this morning. I just need to make myself do that every day. 

(Blue cumulus 121) 

13.1 mile morning loop around the overpass. I struggled to get up this morning. We finished our region wrestling tournament last night late and it was a long day. By the time I got home and in bed I was just trashed. So I was just lucky to get up today. But the run was actually pretty good once I got rolling and the legs felt pretty fresh from having yesterday afternoon off.

My varsity wrestlers did great. They won 8 of the 14 finals matches. They have been solid all year and should make a run at a top 3 spot in the state tournament next week in Orem. I wish I could say the same about our JV. Once again at the region tournament our JV really struggled- but when it comes right down to it I'd rather have a strong varsity that will score big at the state tournament than a JV team that can win region.

With that I'm one week away from being done with wrestling. Our state tournament starts next Wednesday at UVSU.... should be fun. I just have to find a way to run a little while I'm up there?

(white cumulus 36.6)

10.75 mile run this afternoon. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in Dixie- the temperature at my house a 3 p.m. when I left on the run was 62. Pretty nice for the middle of winter. I ran up to the powerline and took it over to the Millcreek trail and down into GS and back home. When I left the house I was only going to go 7 or 8 but the weather changed my mind. I did have to stop for potty break. My tummy wasn't doing so well. It must have been my diet yesterday- Cafe Rio for lunch, followed up by pizza from the Pizza Factory for dinner, and a bunch of candy in the middle.

(Blue Stratus138.85) 

Good club run today. Steve, Dave, Mike and myself. We left from Dave's house and went out over the fields bridge then up past Indian Hills and through that valley to Sand Hollow. Then form there we just made our way back on the road through Coral Canyon and into Washington back up to Dave's house.

Dave and I cut back a couple times to bring in Steve and then we did .1 at his house to make it 21 for the day.

For the most part it was a pretty good run. I really liked seeing some new territory and running out in that back canyon. The last 5 miles in are on the main road and there is a lot of traffic but that was the only bad part. I think Dave and I finished at 7:04 min/ mile pace.  Which is pretty much how it went for most of the run but we did push it pretty good out for a few miles and then the last mile or mile and a half we really slowed down and just cooled down on in.  I was ready to be done when we finished. Yesterday's 23.75 and this mornings 21 crammed into a small time frame...started to take a toll.



(Red Stratus 52.5)