11:40 AM. Sunny, 79 degrees. Took the dogs to the MFT and ran 6.2 mile recovery run. The last 3.2 miles  were barefoot on the grass,  my longest barefoot run to date.

Splits: 9:18, 8:53, 7:42, 8:37, 8:26, 8:21

Trail run. Early lunch, sun, 84 degrees. Ran out and back on the BST from Kaysville. 

5 miles / 10:12 avg. / 25+ lizards / 1 snake tail slipping into the weeds / 3 angry hikers / countless wildflowers and butterflies.

2:30 PM...98 degrees...stiff South wind...cattle road/bird refuge...10.1 miles...9:48 avg...

The thermometer on the jeep read 100 degrees when I got to where I park on the cattle road to start my run. I'm calling it 98 degrees because it makes all the difference in the world. It was hot. The five miles out were into a pretty good wind. Also, the first 1.5 miles I was lugging along a half gallon jug of water to cache out by the refuge gate. Running with that bottle sucked more than I thought it would. It felt so good to drop it off. I also had my 12 oz. hand held with me. The s-caps I've been experimenting with don't seem to do a thing for me? Anybody have any experience with s-caps? Still, I like running in the heat, and the wind cooled me off a little. I was hoping to go further today, but for a number of reasons I was really dragging so I cut it short.

Most likely taking the day off from running. So I'll blog about my weight loss accomplishments. At the beginning of 2008 I weighed 195 pds. (I'm 6' tall). I stepped on the scale one morning and couldn't believe my eyes. I decided to start back up with some physical activity and diet change. The first 15 - 20 pds. came off relatively easy, probably mostly due to eating better/less. By Summer of that year I was running maybe three times a week, 2 - 4 miles per run (mostly on the TM still. I started running outside more in July/August. By the time I started on this blog (August '08) my weight was 175 pds. I had been lurking on the blog for awhile and decided to try running consistently. So I jumped right into running 6 days a week. It's worked out pretty well. The first year of consistent running was difficult as my body was adapting to the load. I was tired all the time. Anyway, I lost a few more pounds over the next year and by the time I ran TOU marathon in Sept. '09 I was 168 pds. I seemed to be stuck at that weight. I made some more dietary changes and slowly over the last 6 months my weight has come down to 155 pds. this past week or so. I'm thinking that 150 pds is probably as light as I want to get. It would be a good, healthy running weight. It's what I weighed when I graduated from high school. How many 46 year olds can say that? So, hopefully by next Summer I will reach the goal of 150 pounds. 

10: AM. sun, sun, wind, more wind, 84 degrees. Bluff trail.

6 miles / 8:16 avg.

Easy 8. 6:25 AM. Temps in the low 70's, ever present South wind. From house / Clark /Glovers Ln.

Had fun this morning running in a small 5k in the town next door. I used to live in Centerville and during my warm up (2.75 mi. @ 9:24 avg), I ran by the house my wife and I lived in when we first were hitched. So, my wife, friends Lysa (on the blog), her Husband Scott, and Heidi ran also. This was Heidi's first race ever, and she ended up running most of the course (as opposed to walking it) and finished great. A really fun morning with friends and family. Got a PR by over a minute (21:33 / 6:57 avg) which yielded  3rd place in my age group. Cooled down (6.5 mi. @ 9:02 avg) by running home.

Thanks Lysa for getting us all out to do this today!