Seeking a better country...

6:50 a.m.  I left the house after feeding Ash a mug of Cheerios and eating some oatmeal.  The morning was perfect; nice and cool.  I ran a couple miles, and saw a couple ladies running who were legit.  Turns out it was AngieB and Jasmine Sessions.  I ran with them (at a much faster than recovery pace) for the next 7 or 8 miles.  Great talk about racing and the upcoming marathon-  3 weeks to go!  Some alarm went off in my brain as we approached the Farmington cemetery.    Jasmine said it was 8:11.  I had 49 minutes to get home, clean up and make it to church.  No problem, hahaha.  I got those last 4 miles done, came through the door at 8:42, and only missed an opening song.  

Great run, not exactly "easy miles".  I love fitting everything in.   

I ran to chase the sunset, like an inverted lava flow, fiery orange cooling to smoky grey.  The wind kept company, and distracted all the bugs.  As the cloudy sky darkened, the foothills dimly glowed in the foreground of black peaks.

5 hr. at mile 15 and 21, Smarties till then.  That's the long and short of it.  I also want to say, I love cookies too, but not enough to name my blog after that attribute.  But I'm totally fine with those who do. 

8:30 p.m.  Another beautiful sunset; 3 in a row.  7 simulated switchbacks with cool down loops around the block in between each lung-busting climb.  1800' vert.  I'm becoming weary of switchbacks.  The first one nearly killed me, but by the end, everything was clicking.

 84/100 

Slow 10k with Tami, Jens came for 4.  I love the cool nights.  I wish my back felt better.  Anybody not going to Logan this weekend want to run 12-16 on Saturday morning?  Easy pace, maybe out and back up Mueller Canyon, or a loop on BST to LPT or...I'm flexible.

I don't remember what shoes I wore, actually.  Jack was out of formula, and his favorite food source is out of town, so we ran to Target to get some more.  Then ran some more.  He fell asleep, and I wouldn't think it would be that difficult for cars to stay out of the bike lane, but apparently that's too much to ask in North Centerville.

6 more switchbacks.  Little A girls came along; they did one trip up and back.  (I bribed them with an ice cream cone.)  Either I took these way too easy, or the last 84 are doing their job...I just checked.  I was listening to a Butterflies and Hurricanes, and made it up in 4:30 on #4.  That's a lot of improvement in a month.

90/100 

6:20 am. Headed north on Main. I really wasn't feeling it; walking after each mile for a bit. I even stopped to lie down in a driveway after mile 3. This seemed to help, and I kept going. I ran into Jasmine at about 5 miles. She had 20 planned so we ran the next 9 or so together. We took the switchback trail up to BST and ran to 1300 east in Bountiful. These were tough miles with lots of climb. I had no fuel, which is becoming thematic. . I turned for home just after rocket park.

Following the run I spent 6 hours helping the boys catch up on the lawns. My arms got as tired as my legs. Again, no food from 10:30 till 4:30.

Next week's long run will be 75 minutes. I'm jealous of everyone who ran TOU yesterday. I wish my marathon was complete. It's going to be a great day, but I'm not excited about the next 2 weeks of anxiety.

91/100 bonus switchback without the down. I think I'll be able to wrap up nine more in the next 12 days.