10 miles on the BST starting in Kaysville and heading north along the wasatch 100 course. High thin overcast, 75 - ishF. After getting a PR for this route going out, I was reduced to a floppy bag of poo for the last couple of miles coming back. Still, rewarding to finish a run under those circumstances.

WT 38.9 miles

Sick. Sore throat. Want to run but feel blah. Time for a nap.

Tune in tomorrow.

6.5 miles / easy from work. Sun, not hot.

WT 38 miles

AM - 8.8 miles / easy commute to work. The new parkway extension only cuts .3 miles out of my shortest route to work, but it takes me off a dangerous section of road that is really narrow and has a couple of blind hills. Great temps this morning. Started out at <50F, then the sun came out and warmed it up to about 60F by the time I got to work. The commute home should be interesting as it's supposed to get up around 80 degrees today.

PM - 9.4 miles / easier commute home. It was only 75F by the time I got home. Perfect baby step to hot weather running. There was some kind of "event" going on a section of the parkway. Maybe a ribbon cutting type thing for the new extension to the trail. So at each road crossing they had little aid stations set up, and the many walkers and bikers who were out there participating were checking in at each stop, I guess. It was certainly by far the most people I've ever seen on the parkway. Based on what I saw today, I believe the recent statistic I read somewhere that "1/3 of American adults are obese, and many more are over weight", is not an exaggeration. So, I think any event that gets people out the door and moving around a little is good reason to celebrate. Hopefully, some of these participants took the first step of many today on their way to a more active lifestyle.

WT 44.9 miles

5 easy / systems check run. On the mystery field track this morning before it got hot. Sun and 60F. Followed by the mowing of the lawn. Followed by the eating of the bacon.

WT 49.9 miles

12.2 miles / Mega easy pace. From work. Beautifully perfect weather.

WT 51.9 miles

9.2 miles / Easy commute run to work. A very nice morning w/sun and temps in the 60's.

WT 51.1 miles

Unplanned dental procedure today. Good times. Maybe run tomorrow, maybe not. Geez, just when I was feeling healed and getting some energy back too. Root canal in a couple of weeks. Lortab take me away!

10 miles / 8:44 avg. From work. Sun, temps in the high 60's. Today was the best I've felt in weeks - but the real test is how tomorrow's run goes.

WT 54.6 miles.

4.6 miles / From work. Pleasantly overcast, temps in the low 60'. Felt off today. Cut it short. Tomorrow's another day.

WT 41 miles

11 miles / Easy.  Overcast , light spotty rain, 61F. From work, checking out the new rail parkway extension going north, taking me from residential, to rural, to industrial landscapes and back.

WT 47 miles

Easy 8. Sunny, mid 60's. From work.

WT 42.8 miles

6.5 miles / Cattle road with the long legged quadruped. Sunny and 67F. 4 x 1/2 mi.@HM w/equal recovery.

WT 40.1 miles

10 miles / Languid. From work. Mostly cloudy, 63F.

WT 50.1 miles

6 miles / easy from work. Sunny, 60F. Ran some miles on the high school track - nice soft surface.

WT 46.1 miles

12 easy miles commuting to work this morning. Really nice out.

WT 53.5 miles

Easy 8 / from work. Sun and mid to upper 50's for temps. Easy miles except the last two which were 8:19, 8:10.

WT 50.5 miles

7 miles / Easy. From work. Sun and 70 degrees. Ran 4 miles on the road then a mile on the high school track, then a mile barefoot on the football field grass, then a mile back to work.

WT 49.5 miles

No run today. Two hours in a dental chair, with the laughing gas and the root canal and procedures on three other teeth ("as long as we gotcha all numbed up, you see."). The numbing still hasn't worn off so I'm just waiting for the love to begin - I'm sure it will be a doosie. The mouth wasn't made to be contorted like that for 2 hours straight. Hoping I'll be ready for a run tomorrow. Hope everyone is enjoying the long awaited heat - upper 80's today and mid 90's tomorrow!

10 miles / 8:50 avg. From work. Sun, 77F. Felt very hot.

WT 37 miles.

10 miles / easy. From work. Sun, 70's.

WT 35 miles

7 miles at the mystery field track. Ran everything easy except miles 3 and 5  (6:39, 7:08). Last mile barefoot on the grass. Avg. for the run 8:37.                                                                                                                                                                              wt 42 miles     

Easy 5 miles. From work. Sun, low 70's.

WT 39 miles.

9.2 miles / doldrums. Sunny, warm. From work.

WT 41.2 miles

Took the dog out for an easy 4 miles on the fire break road this morning. Mostly cloudy and warm, wind out of the south.

WT 45.2 miles

I don't know what's up with my body lately but I haven't really felt decent for a couple of weeks. This morning was such a struggle. It's frustrating because I'm not doing anything different as far as diet goes, and my miles, while on the low end, should still be enough to maintain whatever meager conditioning I had achieved over the Spring. Well, there is one change, but I really have a hard time accepting that this could be why I'm not "feeling it" on my runs lately. About a month ago I quit taking most of the vitamin supplements that I've been using the last several years. There's just nothing out there that I can find that indicates vitamin supplements  make any difference at all. So I thought I'd try going without vitamins for a while (except Emergen-C, which I still use everyday). So, I stopped my daily multi-vitamin, the extra 500mg of vitamin C, and the B vitamins. So, this could be one of those "well no kidding you feel lethargic Jimmy!" But really? Vitamin supplements? Anyone have an opinion about this?

6.2 miles / Sunset run on the fire break road. Felt good and was able to push at will.

WT 51.4 miles