Old Man Still running

Lost an hour sleep last night due to an earthquake that hit just three miles north of my home.  It was 2.9 and only 0.2 miles deep.   It sounded like a truck drove through our house.  Our backyard goes up against Redwood Road so we always hear big trucks go by that rattle the windows a little, but this was different.  I heard the water pipes in the wall rattling like crazy.  I yelled out, "What was that?"   The dog also was startled and jumped up barking like crazy.  My wife said, "It must be an earthquake, the whole house was shaking."   That got me really worried because I knew Cedar City got hit by a 4.1 yesterday.  I wondered if they got hit by a really big one that we felt.  My daughter is down there at school.   My wife went back to sleep but I worried.  So I got up and checked the USG site on the internet.  Wow, it was centered in our town.   We also had one a few years ago that I didn't feel.  

Did miles on the treadmill this morning.   The knee still is an issue but not bad enough to go get an MRI.   The pain calms down after five miles.  It will be a worry until I do my next ultra to test it out.   I ruled out running Rocky Raccoon 100 next month.  It would cost me $500 minimum.  I just can't afford it now.

Treadmill

Treadmill

More treadmill.  After six miles I finally got warmed up and enjoyed the rest of the time.   Watched small airboats be launched onto the Utah Lake ice.  I guess it is time to go do some ice runs. 

Running motivation rather low with the cold weather and smog.  The knee is a worry and will likely limit me this year.   Just mild pain when I run and it goes away when I stop.   I need to test it out on a very long run to see if it swells.   Trying to lose weight.  Lost about four pounds of the holiday gain so far.

Race plans for 2010 still uncertain.  Right now I'm leaning NOT to try to get in Hardrock 100 this year.  The cost and time investment is just daunting.   I entered the Wasatch 100 lottery.   I'm really thinking of doing more adventure run this year instead of so many races.   I've been planning a week-long backpack trip with my buddies in August to the Uintas, Mount Lovenia area, very removte.   I've run through there once.   I'd love to run the Uinta trail end-to-end again sometime this year.

P.M.

I ran out on frozen Utah Lake with the dog.  It feels pretty solid, but not quite as thick as last year.  There is about two inches of snow on the surface.  In some places the ice would depress very slightly because of my weight causing a crack in the snow layer to appear, but not the ice.   I couldn't find any thin ice away from the shore.  There were plenty of tracks around including snow mobile tracks.   We ran about five miles.  The dog had a blast and probably ran ten miles total.  Check out the photo album on facebook.