El Burro Blanco

14.10 miles in the morning.

6.10 miles in the evening.

I woke up early and the weather was perfect again.  I went from my parent's house out towards Kayenta and back.  I ran into Mike Warren and Ken Carlson on my run.  It is nice to see so many people running out and about.  I kept the pace nice and easy for a Monday morning.  I then had my cross country meeting for Desert Hills.  There were about 12 kids with 5 parents in attendance.  Most of them are 9th and 10th graders so I will have a couple of years to groom them.  It is exciting.  Hopefully good things will happen this year for the team.

Katey and I drove to Scottsdale, Arizona today.  We are meeting up with some friends and spending a couple days with them.  I am also seeing one of my good buddies and wife while he goes to medical school.  It should be a nice little break.  My legs were a little restless so I went out at about 10:30pm.  I found a neat little park with some trails and then I found the International Players Club golf course where they have PGA Tour events.  I ran on the cart path and it was pretty fun.  I was just exploring the area and it turned out to be a fun little run.  Hopefully I can handle the heat.

14.10 miles in the morning.

What a beautiful morning in Scottsdale!  I once again went out and explored the area.  I ended up going out and staying in the town for the most of the run.  Arizona is an hour behind Utah so I could sort of sleep in and still get out when the roads were not to busy.  I was lucky enough to have the stoplights cooperate with me this morning.  I felt great and surprisingly averaged 6:19/mile overall.  I am not going to worry about to much speed work this week but rather just get the miles in.  I need a nap now!

We spent most of the day at the Phoenix Zoo.  Katey and I hadn't been to a zoo in a long time and we were not disappointed.  The animals were a lot of fun and we got some great pictures.  It was a very nice layout for the entire zoo.  I ended up walking close to probably 3 miles.  I was naked and wore my $20 Timex instead of my expensive Garmin.  It might have been 3.02 miles!  We went to dinner with some friends that live down here and then we ended up playing games pretty late.  I was wiped out and went straight to bed.  I needed the sleep.

16 miles in the morning.

4 miles in the evening.

I did the same loop as yesterday morning but just extended it for one mile.  I decided to just stay relaxed.  The traffic wasn't too bad so it was another great run.  I averaged 6:26/mile overall.  I got back to the room and then headed straight to the sauna and stretched for about 20 minutes.  It loosened everything up.  Another exciting day ahead of us.

The wind was blowing tonight and it made the 4 miler really enjoyable.  The weather hasn't been as hot as I thought it would be.  Alright!

14 miles in the morning.

5.15 miles in the evening.

I ran up towards the mountains this morning and I was really glad I did.  They had a bike lane on the road where it gave me plenty of room to run.  I only had to deal with the construction workers who were building some really big houses.  On the way back a coyote came about 20 feet in front of me.  It looked at me and then went back into the bushes.  It was kind of cool to see that.  I ended up doing 11 miles and then I got back to the room and did a 3 mile cooldown with Katey for her run.

We went to a great little breakfast joint this morning and then was at the waterpark for most of the day.  It was nice and relaxing but I got a little sick on the wave pool.  I am such a wuss!  I went back up towards the mountains tonight for a nice little shakeout of the legs.

12 miles in the morning.

5 miles in the evening.

One last beautiful morning run here in Scottsdale.  It has been a fun and relaxing trip for Katey and me.  We had great friends to spend time with and it was very worthwhile.  I am happy to get back to St. George in order to get back in the groove of things.

Katey and I got back from Phoenix today after a long drive.  I got home and did a 5 mile shakeout of the legs.  Glad to be back on the home front.

I woke up at 4:30 this morning and did 13 miles.  I ran up into Snow Canyon and then back to my parent's house.  It was a little weird running that early in the dark but I had to get up early because I was helping Steve volunteer at a local 5k/10k run.  I kept the pace nice and relaxed today.  I think I will be able to get more speed workouts in next week since I will be in town.  I saw lots of rabbits this morning.  I ended up be a course guide for the race this morning.  I told people to turn left and then loop around.  It was "hard" work but I was able to manage it.  I cleaned some of the tables and ran the last mile of the course in street clothes.  I do prefer the shorty shorts when I run!  14 miles total for the day.