AM- Enjoying the cold mornings, wish I could get more miles. Ran sections of the golf course. 4.41 miles 

PM- Focused on my breathing to help with side ache from too much food from Golden Corral. 3.35 miles 

Elk hunted all day waiting for Ross to scare the elk off Zion NP. They know not to leave the park....

Running out my frustrations from the weekend while Marieta walked the baby. 6.53 miles 

Almost fought a couple of aggressive dogs. Perfect weather. 4.57 miles 

Out towards Sun River while the rest of the family walked. 3.60 miles 

Ran with Travis out in the desert. Good catching up out of season. 7.31 miles 

Ran a little down the road. Just ran a mile, didn't see the need for much more. 1 mile

Day 1

Lap 1

Too fast but a fun lap. Backed off from the Utah Tech Elite about half way through and ran with Noe towards the end. Ross joined us for a little bit. 50 Jumping Jacks Challenge. 

6 miles, 55:27/9:14 mi 

Lap 2

Started out with Josh Conner, a little with the Silverbacks and finished with Noe. Santa Hat/Beard Challenge.

6.02 miles, 58:11/9:40 mi

Lap 3

Threw in the air pods and ran solo. I’ll start slowing down a little bit. Flamingo Challenge.

6 miles, 58:04/9:41 mi

Lap 4

Got out fast to get ahead of the big group. Talked to a dude from Washington for half mile. Silverbacks caught me towards the end. Candy Cane Challenge.

6.01 miles, 57:44/9:36 mi

Lap 5

Started with Silverbacks, ended with Silverbacks. Egg Challenge

6.03 miles, 58:45/9:44 mi 

Lap 6

Andrew has me walking hills now. First lap where I felt the lack of nutrition….
6 miles, 1:00:02/10 mi 

36.06 miles in 5:48:19/9:35 mi

Day 2

Lap 7

Toast. My IT band started flaring up. I tried to do a mix of running and walking but the running was too painful, resorted to speed waking.

6.01 miles, 1:13:06/12:09 mi

Lap 8 

Speed walked for 6 miles and barely made the 90 minutes. Race over.

*I'll be back next year a little more skinny and experienced. Loved watching Andrew, Julien, and Quinton run so well for so long. They were so tough and relied on each other! 

6.02 miles, 1:26:59/14:27 mi 

48.09 miles in 8:28:38/10:34mi

A little jog to see how I was feeling. Still have some I.T. pain. I'll take it easy and slowly add mileage. 1.27 miles 

Feeling a little better. Out by Tonaquint. 1.3 miles 

Ate some pupusas on Kelvin day. Had to get out and burn some of my laziness off. Felt so much better than the other days. My legs are slowly getting back under me. 4.35 miles 

Ran the same loop as yesterday but reverse. Saw some Poulsens playing pickle ball towards the end. 4.02 miles 

Fun run with the boys and some alumni. Felt some I.T. stuff but I’ll be good. Out past AC. 4.74 miles 

Just hit the B loop. Nice night. 3.06 miles 

Little run into Washington. Had a good life convo with Elle and Kate. There was also talk of keeping the “Br” tradition alive. 3.56 miles 

Ditched our gear and ran the main road to the truck. Running in boots was weird. 2.45 miles 

Got drenched running the Abandoned G Course. They put up fences trying to block me from getting in. Ain’t gonna stop me. 5 miles 

 knocked around in the wind. Took the soft dirt trails then found my way into the desert. Got home just  in time to watch Rudolph and Steelers dominate the Bungals. 10.38 miles 

Chill run through some neighborhoods then onto the course. 4 miles 

Started on the abandoned gc, up some random roads, then around Floyd Lamb. 6.1 miles 

AM- Hit most of the Turkey Trot course with Seth. 3.14 miles 

AM2- Just working on building endurance these days. Enjoyed some more desert then stopped at a gas station and got a drink. 7.46 miles 

AM- Got as many miles as I could before Marieta picked me up to go do family stuff. 3.84 miles 

PM- Using the full moon as my light. Hit some random roads and trails. 3.42 miles 

Ran from the trail to my parents cutting through the Springs. 7.01 miles 

Ran out towards the dump before meeting up with the boys. Fun time out in Long Valley. I started back with the Sophomores who dusted me on the striders. Then I went back for the upper minute crew. 11.05 miles 

AM- Classic Sun River while Marieta packed a sick Trey. 3.3 miles 

PM- Marieta and Trey are sick so they went to bed early and I needed something to do. Did some 5x1 minute pick ups. Shirtless run, similar to a tradition George started a few years back. 2.4 miles (run in 20 minutes 23 seconds) 

STATS FOR THE YEAR: 

Miles: 2,183.48

Month average: 182

Week average:  42 

Daily Average: 7.85

Days run: 278/365. 85 days off 

Best Month: 326.99 (July)

Best Week: 84.06 (July 10-15)

January: 27/31 days run

February: 22/28 days run

March: 9/31 days run

April: 26/30 days run

May: 26/31 days run

June: 26/30 days run

July: 27/31 days run

August: 23/31 days run

September: 18/30 days run

October: 25/31 days run

November: 24/30 days run

December: 25/31 days run