Progression Daily

A couple of years ago I told my Dad how I wanted to run from Oak Grove to St. George. He didn't like the idea and thought it would be too hard. Well today was the day we tried it out! We drove a couple miles up the Oak Grove road because we knew that time was working against us. We started right around 6. I was pretty optimistic for the first 7ish miles then the climbs kept coming. I didn't expect to have that much climbing. Miles 8-10.5 were the worst. By the time we started getting some rolling hills my legs were already hammered. I endured and made it to the pavement on the turkey farm road. I think if we had more daylight I would have tacked on more mileage. So maybe not the full distance I once envisioned but still a really good workout. 19.25 miles 

AM- Shake out run! Bloomington Loop with Manzanita addition. Almost had some people traffic jams on the loop. I understand why people are out and about. Just different seeing people in places I used to run alone. 4.05 miles 

PM- Got out late and ran in the cool air. I threw up in my mouth a little bit when I started the run so that put a damper on a relaxed night run. 8.04 miles 

AM- From the house out to River Rd then through Bloomington Hills. Felt nauseous and tired but endured. 11.10 miles 

PM- Tacked on a couple of more in Vegas. 4 miles

Coasted to a new record of 81.58 miles! Beating my 2015 best of 80.15 miles. Since all my races and track kid's races got cancelled I had to create my own conquests. Now to keeping it consistent. 8.59 miles 

side note: I made a deal with myself that if I got a new mileage record then I would end my soda lent early. Baja Blast Baby! 

Easy Bloomington Loop. Goal this week is to keep the mileage high but take it down a notch from last week. 3.10 miles 

AM- Got out a littler earlier today! Parked at the very south end of River Rd. Ran about a mile up the road and did the biotic trail. Mixed in the rest of the trails at White Dome then another mile loop on Biotic and back to the car. Those trails are the soft I need right now. 8.11 miles

PM- Just me and the moon for 4 miles in the cool night. I am enjoying the leisure of running whenever I want. However, I miss the consistent running schedule with the kids at PV. 4.03 miles 

Bloomington area loop with Marieta. IT gave me some pain then a bug flew into my eye. I am going to take the rest of the day off and hope for the best tomorrow. I'll be good. 4.36 miles 

AM- Bloomington Loop with Man O War extension. Felt pretty good! 4.56 miles 

PM- Up around the trails above Bloomington in my new Speedgoats. They felt great after figuring out the lacing. IT.....not feeling as great. 5.52 miles 

Barrel Roll with Travis. It was all great until my Decker bowels decided to give me problems. I had to jog and walk the last mile and a half. I was embarrassed and found myself in a compromised position. 7.12 miles 

Parked my car right where the dirt starts on Turkey Farm road. I was determined to run up to the Broken Mesa trailhead. In the first mile my left knee was hurting pretty good. I debated turning around early but decided to carry on. I ran by the Yellow Knolls trailhead and saw 11 cars. 11 cars? I don't even think that is a very cool trail but it is getting a lot of attention. After 5.5 miles of decent pain I arrived at the Broken Mesa TH and made a decision to hike for a little bit to rest the knee. Once I got to the top I just took it easy and the more time I spent running the less pain I felt in my knee. I'm not sure how it happened but I was thankful things worked out. Broken Mesa was awesome, running the Powerline back to the car was my least favorite part. I am loving the speedgoats! 14.01 miles 

Another mediocre monday. Ran secret sauce with Marieta and my knee hurt. 3.11 miles 

Yoga, stretching and assessing. Feel pretty devastated that I will not be able to go back and teach/coach the rest of the year.....

AM- Mayors Loop with Derek and George. Then Derek and I extended with Aaron as he finished his run. My knee started out hurting but got better as the run went on. So maybe the trick is to get a couple of miles behind me then I won't be in pain. 6.75 miles 

PM- Easy 2 in the fresh night air. 2.33 miles 

AM- Drove out to exit 27 Black Ridge rd. I found a single track trail and ran that for 4.25 miles. I really enjoyed it! It probably connects to the single track I ran a couple of weeks back from exit 2. I did a negative split on the way back. It was more uphill and I had a headwind and dropped 2 minutes. 8.51 miles 

PM- Went and explored around Gunlock looking for petroglyphs with Marieta, George, and Star. It was a lot of fun and we were successful in our goal. 3.67 miles 

AM- Ran around Desert Hills's hills. Threw on some Bouncing Souls and cruised. I like the rolling hills out that way. Ran into my first snake of the season. 8.02 miles 

PM- Weights in the afternoon. I wanted to get out for a second run but actually got caught up doing some school work. I am trying to be more creative for my students and make some videos and what not. 

Mayors Loop with Derek and George. 10am was a bad decision! I know I have complained about people out on the trails but today takes the cake! 5.05 miles

Ran a little bit in the rain to get to George's car out by Smithsonian butte. .50 

I was tired of feeling cooped up all day so I had to get out. Ran 3 around the desert by Tonaquint. 3.04 miles

PM!- Slept in too late and got out around noon. It's going to start getting warmer so I will have to get up earlier. Around Bloomington. 3.25 miles 

PM2- Trail out to Sunriver and looped back on Sugar Leo. Ran into snake #2 of the season on man-o-war. Beautiful night! 3 miles 

Ran out on the bike trail then looped back behind Wal-Mart. Then I met up with Marieta, George, and Star and drove out to Warner Valley. Ran some Lover's Leap that G wanted to check out. I enjoyed the run in the desert. I got some weird jolting pains into my right knee. It would come and go every couple of minutes. 10.02 miles

Started by the Corn Dog truck and ran to St. James and back onto the trail and looped it back to the car. Weights afterward. 3.07 miles

AM- Ran to Tonaquint then up and around the desert. Unintentionally kicked a lizard. 8.24 miles 

PM- Late night run on the Bloomington Loop with Manzanita extension. My turnover is better in the dark because I am worried about foreign objects forcing my legs off the ground faster. Felt pretty smooth throughout. 4.16 miles 

Ran a couple of loops in and around White Dome. I started on that road with all the new houses. 9.04 miles

AM- Ran lava trail past Harmons then through main street Santa Clara and looped back to the car with Marieta. I hope to run more tonight. 6.07 miles 

PM- Started at 9:30pm and explored out by Sunriver. Ran into 3 cop cars either helping a dude on a bike or arresting him. Milked more mileage around random Bloomington neighborhoods. I felt much better this week. Less pain is always better. I think Utah Valley Marathon is happening so I want to get some good mileage throughout May. 8.26 miles 

Ran Stout Canyon down almost to highway 89. It was all downhill for 6 miles and some good climbing on the way back. I felt nauseous and light headed towards the end. I ran ahead of R-Man and finished strong for the last mile and a half. Saw a fox and turkey. 12.03 miles 

46:30 down 

52:30 up 

AM- Marieta dropped me off at St. James on her way to work. I ran home from there. Went in and out of feeling tired. 5.03 miles 

PM- Neighborhood miles in the night. I am not ready for the day time heat. 3.15 miles 

AM- Did my annual river run. Out towards Aspiration point and looped around on the river trail. I found a deep spot to swim it was really nice. 6.43 miles

PM- Sugar Leo and River trail loop with Marieta. 3.66 miles

I ran over to the Dixie Center to meet up with Steve and Aaron. All I knew was we were going to do some fiesta fun 200s. I didn't know we were going to run 5 miles before we even got there. The warm-up pace was faster than I usually run. The 200s were tiring but I enjoyed the push. I did 8 of them with Steve. Then back to Dixie Center and on home. 12.53 miles