Welcome

Easy run with Frtiz, Jake, Nate, Steve and Collin from Liberty Park. 1:27:30. a Little warmer this morning but overcast. Calves were a bit tight. I've decided to retire the Altras.

Sugarhouse out and back from work. Far point was 1500 E and 2100 S before cutting back into the neighborhood. Felt really good today. Usually when I do this run, I struggle coming back up the hill in the second half but I felt strong throughout. That chilly air is such a blessing. 56:41 with 700 ft up.

I have a very upset coworker because I told him about the fox song and his kids won't stop watching/singing it. Apparently they all want to be foxes for Halloween.

Plan this week was to go easy. I left work with my crocs and they had different ideas. They wanted to move. After a 6:19 warm up mile down the hill (I usually do this in 7:15-8:00) I hurried up emigration against a decent headwind in 7:03 miles. I turned around and with the tailwind I did 5:39, 5:29, 5:22. 51:42 with 750 up. HR checks were mid to high 150s so I'm counting a few marathon pace miles. I have been feeling so good lately.

My boss told me to go on a longer run today so I complied and went over to the pipeline trail. My first time on this trail and it is wonderful but more treacherous than I expected. I tripped twice and got a little bloodied and bruised. The first time was navigating one of the three dozen puddles and kicking a hiding root. That got me muddy and bloody. Then on the way back, I kicked a good sized rock and fell in a pile of rocks and got bruised just about everywhere. On the Wahsatch Steeplechase, I tripped nonce and that's supposed to be way gnarlier.

I also missed my trail at the waterfall on the way back and took some steep switchbacks down just to climb back up maybe 300 feet. Perfect day and definitely one to repeat. 75:01 but who knows if the mileage is right.

Ran a bit over 18 minutes in some Kinvara 5s for Jake. Very excited for the new shoe - a huge upgrade and very fast! I was cruising pretty good without thinking about it. I hit 6:17 for mile 1 and was surprised I'd been going that fast; (it was downhill). I forgot to bring shoes today so it is now an official down day. If I am really itching, I may do 4 tonight.

When oh when will Jake start giving out those shoes?!?!

AM - 10 easy with James and Scott. Met at 4800 S JRP and went south. Considered doing a progression but we didn't want to lose anyone so we just did a faster finish doing 7:07, 6:31 and 6:22 for the last 3. Felt good. So cold at the start but perfect at thend. 1:11:52 total very flat!

Splits for James.

Lunch - 4.5 on the treadmill at work. Accelerated from 7:00 pace to 5:40 pace (for .15) then cooled down 4 minutes. 29:45 total all at a 1.5 incline but the cool down. First time wearing my NB shoes since they tore my foot apart at Alta Peruvian. All better.

Not much time for a run today. I had to hurry a bit to get in 8 miles in 53:53. Went to liberty park and back. Miles were pretty even the effort put the heart rate in the low to mid 140s.