5 miles / 8:52 avg. From work. Sun, 48 degrees. Nice and easy for a couple of days while my leg thingy works itself out. Felt much better today then yesterday.

Splits: 9:29, 9:03, 8:35, 8:28, 8:42.

WT 38.2 miles

8 miles / 8:38 avg. From work. Sun, temps in the low 40's. Accidental progression run. 

Splits: 9:25, 8:51, 8:34, 8:33, 8:33, 8:35, 8:20, 8:16.

WT 37.7 miles

Easy 8 / 9:18 avg. Bluff trail from Jensen park. Sun, 58F.

WT 40.1 miles

4 miles on the fire break road. Clear skies, 44 degrees. 11:15 avg.

WT 38.1 miles

8 miles from work. Sunny, 53 degrees. 8:49 avg.

WT 46.1 miles

11.3 miles /  2:09:34 / 11:28 avg. Ran the first 5.7 miles of the wasatch 100 course, out and back. Approx. 3,400 ft vert. Perfect, beautiful, November weather with mostly sunny sky and temps in the low to mid 60's. Awesome weather! Awesome run! 

WT 44.3 miles

7.2 miles / 8:54 avg. Overcast, heavy rain changing to snow. Temps 37F dropping to 33F. One mile boardwalk loops at the nature preserve.

WT 46.5 miles

9.1 miles / 1:16:21 / 8:23 avg. From work. Some light snow, some sun, mostly clouds. 35F.

Splits: 8:54, 8:35, 8:02, 8:27, 8:18, 8:23, 8:11, 8:21, 8:22

WT 47.6 miles

I forgot to run today.

11 miles / 1:35:00 / 8:38 avg. Bluff trail. Mostly sunny, 39F.

3 mi. warm up

6 x 1/2 mi. @ 5k pace (7:00) with 1/2 mi. rest. (splits: 3:33, 3:30, 3:29, 3:29, 3:30, 3:29)

2.5 mi. cool down.

WT 46.6 miles

Easy 8 / unintentional yet not entirely unexpected progression run / 8:41 avg. Partly cloudy, 40F. From work.

Splits: 9:19, 8:52, 8:47, 8:47, 8:37, 8:29, 8:34, 8:14, + .2 mi. @ 8:06 pace.

WT 46.8 miles

No run today. A 35 mile week, yikes! Oh well, the break will do me good. I haven't slept well for two nights in a row, and I spent all morning installing a roof rack on my car and getting cold... 

7 miles / 56:44 / 8:06 avg. With wife and dogs and the track. Soupy, light rain, 38F.

Splits: 8:52, 8:07, 8:30, 8:31, 7:31, 7:48, 7:23.

WT 42.5 miles

Easy 8 / 9:15 avg. Bluff trail. Mostly sunny, 45F. North into a stiff headwind for 4 miles, then return with a nice cooling tailwind and sun in my face.

WT 43.4 miles

12.1 miles / 8:39 avg. Mostly sunny, 40F. Ran from work, zig-zagged through the streets.

WT 46.4 miles

9 miles / 8:43 avg. Easy progression run. Overcast, 54F, it's been windy all week but today seemed even more so. Preserving my nature running one mile boardwalk loops at the nature preserve.

Splits: 9:25, 9:04, 9:01, 8:56, 8:44, 8:33, 8:18, 8:04, 8:25.

WT 44.4 miles

5.1 miles trail run / 10:25 avg. Overcast, WINDY, 55F. Ran on the BST north out and back from Kaysville.

WT 41.3 miles

9 miles / very easy pace. Ran on the LPT after work. Cloudy, 55F, WINDY.

WT 50.3 miles

Easy 8 / 9:01 avg. From work. Mostly cloudy, 30F wind. Little sleep the last several nights and a sour stomach from Thanksgiving celebration #1 yesterday made for a FUN run.

WT 43.2 miles

Leaning towards no running today. We'll see. Yeah the weather's nasty; 30+ mph winds, freezing temps etc. I'm hoping for the lull that usually comes right before a snowfall but the weather folks are saying "blizzard", so I don't think there will be a break. If I feel up to it I may go for 3 or 4 miles on the treadmill tonight.

Just to clarify my blog headline "The Treadmill Avoidance Project (TAP)". My intention is to make any TM running I do this winter the exception rather than the rule as in previous winters. The last two winters (Nov. through March), I've averaged around 35 treadmill runs. So this winter I'm allowing myself 12 TM runs, 1/3rd of what I usually do. I have nothing against the treadmill really. I enjoy running on the TM at times, because I inevitably end up doing speedwork to stave off the boredom, so it's always rewarding. But last winter I found myself choosing the TM over outdoors several times when the weather was only slightly inclement, and I feel the need to toughen up a bit. There are a lot of  runners that run outside, everyday, no matter what, no excuses. I know myself well enough to know that's not possible for me, but I can certainly try harder. Hopefully by allowing myself a few TM runs, I will end up running on those days when I use it, rather than no running at all.

I hope you enjoyed this long winded, tedious explanation of TAP.

10 cold, frigid, slippery, slow miles. Bluff trail. Partly sunny, 17F, windchill 7F with wind out of the northwest at 9 to 12 mph. Crazy footing.

WT 41.1 miles

10 miles / 8:41 avg. From home, clark/glovers lane loop. Sun, 20F.

WT 42.1 miles

10.6 miles / 8:33 avg. Commute run home. Sun, 27F, calm winds.

WT 47.6 miles

4.1 mile trail run on the fire break road with the young long legged one. Overcast, 29F. Ice packed and snow with some dry stretches. Rocky, hilly, slippery. 10:45 avg.

WT 42.7 miles

AM - snow shoveling.

Then play with the dogs in the snow at the school field.

PM - (pre-blogged) snow shoveling.

PM edit: After dinner at the in-laws, I came home and shoveled more snow.

12 miles / 8:26 avg. Bluff trail. Sun, 26F

Splits: 9:09, 8:30, 8:22, 8:21, 8:45, 8:22, 8:14, 8:31, 8:18, 8:16, 8:35, 7:48

WT 46.7 miles

10 miles / 8:36 avg. Mostly sun, 27F. From work.

Splits: 9:12, 8:34, 8:22, 8:47, 8:28, 8:25, 8:38, 8:49, 8:43, 8:13

WT 56.7 miles