PV Pioneer Day 2 Miler (2 Miles) 00:11:58, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
15.22
AM- Warm up with Holt setting up the course. Then warm up with girls. Initially I wanted to run with the girls then Luke was like "my goal is to beat you." So I picked up the pace and dropped Luke about a mile into it. I didn't feel great. Tried to track down Coleman. Brooklyn almost caught me. Team did really well overall. Cooled with kids then added on my own. 10.04 miles
1. 6:03
2. 5:54
PM- Fun run in the rain. Best afternoon run of the summer! Saw tons of lizards and frogs. 5.18 miles
AM- A mile on my own then Sullivan with the team. Headed towards the Skim Board park with the freshman boys. Flipped after 12:30 and headed back the way we came. Ran 2 7 minute tempos. Gavin kept up with me and the rest of the boys trailed a little bit. Got the boys back to the park then continued on. It was so humid and I was soaked so I had to wash off in some rain creek water. Then hit a 10 minute tempo at 7-7:30 min pace. Then finally found the top girls and finished out my minutes. 10.21 miles
PM- Started out with Marieta on the main road by our camp site, she didn’t last long. So I went to clarify which route is best to sneak into Bryce Canyon. Last year I got confused on 2 different routes. I ran up one and checked on some deer on a ridge. Then I ran up the other route, realizing it’s the better path. 6.5 miles
AM- Ran up the better path into Bryce. It’s a nice trail until you have to climb over so many fallen trees and brush to get to the main road in Bryce. Ran past Whiteman trailhead and saw a big rack. I thought it was an elk at first because of the pure girth of the antlers. Quickly realized it was 2 bucks. I tried to sneak up on them but scared them away. Ran back the way I came. 9.27 miles
PM- Just took the main road out looking for Marieta. She was out on an atv ride. The main road made for a little faster running. Saw one live snake and one dead snake. Beautiful run. 7.14 miles
AM- Took Long Hollow straight up. Fastest way into Bryce! 2.4 miles to get in. Saw my 2 boys from yesterday. I told them I’d come back and meet them at the same spot as yesterday. Ran 2.5+ miles up the Bryce road and saw a tame doe and a little more shy spike. I love the scenery around Bryce. Then I found my boys bedded down so I followed them down a mountain for a little bit then they ditched me. 10.69 miles
PM- Drove the atv about a mile from camp. It had been raining for a couple hours. I back tracked from where I parked the atv and took the right fork on Long Hollow. I enjoyed the rain. The lightning never came that close. 6.02 miles
Woke up even earlier today, got out around 5:45. There was a little sunlight peaking over the mountain so I didn’t have to use my head light. I did the slow climb up the mountain to get to the Bryce road. Then I restarted my watch. Did a warm up mile then ran 3 miles at an accelerated pace. I know the times aren’t impressive but there was more climbing than I would’ve guessed. Miles recovery then 2 more tempo. Then 2 more sets of 2 with a mile recover in between. Got 15 on the Bryce road then back down the mountain and to camp. No bucks today. 103 miles for the week! New PR!
