Seeking a better country...

6:30 a.m.  Boring run to deliver a few bills.  It's hot this morning.  4.8 miles

8:30 p.m.  Jens wanted to go for a couple miles, so we ran to the lamp post and back.  He did much better than last time.  He's got some shoes on the way, so excitement is at an all-week high.  2 miles

9:45 p.m.  85 degrees, blast furnace wind.  I ran with a heightened sense of hearing, listening for the clicks or whooshes of high volume sprinklers.  At least every mile I stopped and soaked myself from head to toe.  So surprisingly, this run was somewhat pleasant.  I came home and had a zero hot water shower and chocolate shake to recover.  It was quite an effort to get out the door, but I'm glad I went.  I think the sprinklers shorted out my butt light.

8:30 p.m.  Out to 1340 S. and back.  A bit farther than usual; I need to find a good turnaround spot for 8 miles.  

6:00 a.m.  These miles were trying to find my sister on the wrong trail.  It ends up she wasn't on the wrong trail.  We got a group of family together and climbed Timpanogos.  I feel like a chump that it took me till I was 40 years old to get up there.  It was unbelievable.  The flowers, rocksand views were...

Seriously, I felt like I was in God's cupped hand, it was so beautiful.  We managed to glissade the snow field without incident, but I don't think it saved any miles, just a lot of unsure steps.  

So besides the 2 running miles, we walked another 15-16.   

9:00 p.m.  2 with Jens, then 10 to Glover Lane and back via LPT.  It was dark and hot and there wasn't enough water.  I stopped in at Walmart with a mile to go, and enjoyed a cold drinking fountain.  Running sub 7 pace on flat is a lot of work.