Trails!

Providence Canyon Trail (from a bit closer to home, just a bit) - 9.5

T- 1:21:40 (8:35) 1750' vert 151 ave hr

Celebrated my lucky winning lottery ticket (into Wasatch 100) by doing a typical training run.  Wow, what a celebration!  I am actually pretty pumped though to be able to run Wasatch.  I haven't run a step of the first 52 miles so I will be making that priority this summer to recon it.  This year the plan is to run Wasatch with Mike and Joe pacing then recover in time to pace one of them at the Bear.  Probably going to be Joe.  I owe him for 2 pacings.  Gonna be a SWEET year!

USU Campus loop -

Super easy miles on about an inch of snow.  Slick conditions and my body couldn't get going so I kept it pretty chill.  

T-1:23 (8:13) 350' vert 140 ave hr

Green Canyon with Mike - 

Fresh powder and more falling made this run a bit slower than normal.  It's good though to get more snow, we are still below average on the year.  Looks like lots of snow for the next few days...

T-1:44 (10:20) 1250' vert  

60 Mins on exercize bike.  Wasn't worth wading through 5 inches of snow on the roads.

Lunch: 2 miles up the Green Canyon face.  I was breaking trail through the shin, then knee then thigh deep snow.  Good workout.

T-40 mins 1200' vert

Longish run - 

Battled the snow and slush covered ice up to Providence Canyon.  I headed up the trail for about 1.5 miles (to the bridge).  I was breaking trail again today.  It started out as ankle deep snow then moved up to mid shin.  It was wet, heavy stuff today.  Headed back down and tried to run on Deer fence over to Millville.  That was a disaster.  Crazy deep/slick snow made it impossible to get moving.  Was hiking at regular 8 min/mile effort but was hardly moving.  I took the roads home from Millville.  What a messy week of snowstorms.

T-2:37 (9:50) 1700' vert 149 ave hr.