Progression Daily

Night run to get something in. Pretty sure I had food poisoning that ruined my Friday and Saturday opportunities. 2.01 miles 

Up into Middleton with the boys. Girls were hanging around for a good while. 4.75 miles 

AM- Last Wednesday Morning (for xc season). Cold and just kept the legs moving. 3.48 miles 

PM- C Laps. Warm with girls then coach laps. 4.56 miles 

Last run with the boys. May never see Jake again. Who knows? 3.2 miles 

Super grateful for my support crew: Derek Gallacher, Marieta Decker, Ross, Quinton Read, and Andrew Allen They all helped me reach my goal of 60. I ran pretty well through 50-51 then started to have some crazy IT band issues. Did a lot of speed walking and stiff-legged jogging towards the last 7-8 miles. Definitely slowed my average down. 60.26 miles 

Leg 1: Ran with Derek and had a great time catching up on life. 54:35/9:03 ave

Leg 2: Ran with Derek, Ross, Marieta and Trey. Probably my favorite lap hanging out with the crew. 1:54:28/ 9:29 ave

Leg 3: First lap by myself. Just on the grind. 2:51:01/ 9:28 ave

Leg 4: Ran with Quinton and some Cedar dudes. Ended up winning the lap without realizing it until later. 3:47:27/ 9:26 ave

Leg 5: Ran with Quinton and Andrew and talked about Eggnog miles and running stories. 4:46:39/ 9:30 ave

Leg 6: Ran with Andrew and started to feel some pain in my knees. 5:20:26/ 9:41 ave

Leg 7: Ran by myself. Took an excedrin from Andrew and felt better and got some energy back. 6:49:50/ 9:43 ave

Leg 8: Saw an opportunity to take off when the front group stopped to fix a light on the path. I pushed a little bit to make sure I won the lap. 7:43:44/ 9:37 ave

Leg 9: Andrew and a Cedar kid joined me on the decline. Started to really feel the IT band pain in both legs/knees. Survived the lap and knew the 10th lap was going to be a walk fest. 8:52:07/9:49 ave

Leg 10: Walked and jogged occasionally to make sure I finished in under an hour and 30 minutes. IT bands were very painful. Any bending in the knees was terrible. 10:07:09/ 10:05 ave

Couldn't Resist. Wanted to get out and see how the body was feeling. IT bands were still sore but I actually warmed up and started feeling fine about 4.5 miles in. Wanted to keep going but realized I shouldn't force anything. Ran the Newd Loop with some B Loop extension. 5.51 miles 

Cold Knees. 2 mile loop with random extension. Didn't feel great. 3.34 miles

Pushed Trey for 2 miles then added another on my own. 3.25 miles 

Co Parenting. I ran while Marieta pushed Trey in his car. I went back and forth a lot to stay close to them. Then hit the new Wal-Mart Loop. 6.46 miles 

Old Neighborhoods. Got 3 in because no runs are guaranteed until I’m coaching again. 3.01 miles 

Was gonna do Bull Dog with R-Man but decided Suicidal was better for time. Plus Ross had never done it (oficialmente). Furthest I had gone too. All the previous times I was trying to chase high schoolers so this time was much more relaxed. 12.6 miles 

Coordinating runs with Trey’s naps. Got out and just hit different routes. Ended up going by Ava and up to Cottonwood Cove Park before turning around. Did a negative split run. 11.4 miles 

Almost to AZ. Just knew I was gonna run the trail towards SunRiver then hop in Bart Anderson Trail. From there I just let the wind take me. Reconnected to a paved trail through Aspiration. 9.62 miles 

Christmas Run. Ran the 4 mile Wal-Mart Loop. 4.83 miles 

AM- Warm-Up (Alone). Wasn’t invited to the cool kids warm up so I ran on my own. My dumb butt even went looking for them….. 3 miles 

RACE- Operation: Beat Brooklyn (and Cooper). I’d rather run 10 slow miles than 1 fast one. I think I ran pretty well. Cooper and Brooklyn helped me find some motivation in the last 2 laps. B Kyler elbowed me away from an 8th place finish. 1 mile 

Splits: 

1. 1:22

2. 1:26 2:48

3. 1:30

4. 1:26 2:56

5:45 1600

PM- Wal-Mart Loop. Got out late with George and talked about our sleep paralysis problems, among other things. 4.05 miles 

Ran from my house to my parent’s house. Added some extensions with some speed. Ran in some Nike Air Tempos that I forgot about. They are super loud and probably not built for a 180+ pound big boy. The faster I ran the better the shoes felt. Hit a 6:38 for my last full mile. Overall a really good run. 11.61 miles

PM- B-Ball hustlin. Running around and missing shots. 1.11 miles 

PM2- Slow and Tired. Another run where I didn’t know where I was going. Checked out Green Valley/Tonaquint and hit some desert for good measure. Was pretty gassed by 6-7 miles. Looks like my map didn’t continue after the Dixie Center. I’m sure basketball didn’t help anything. 10.5 miles 

Wal-Mart Darkness. A little late night jog utilizing parts of the newd trail. 2.15 miles 

Abandoned Golf Course. Slowly covered the whole course with Cane’s in my gut. 8.31 miles 

AM- Hit some slow desert miles. Hit 2k for year. Had to hit some high mileage towards the end of the year to get there. 8 miles 

PM- Left my credit card in the desert earlier today so I went back out and retraced some steps. Got surrounded by 5-6 golden retrievers in the process. Found the card. 4.21 miles