El Burro Blanco

I ran 11 miles after work today.  I did my Bloomington Hills Loop.  It was cooler weather but it was still quite enjoyable.  I felt pretty good about the run.  Nice and relaxed.

I did another half mile with our puppy this evening.  I am trying to get her wanting to run with me more.  She did great tonight.  Ears were tucked back and away she went.

I ran from the high school over to the DC trail for a nice little warmup.  I stopped and stretched while I got a quick drink of water.  I decided to do a 6 mile Tinman tempo run.  I went 3 miles out and then 3 miles back.  I did the 6 miles at 5:45/mile overall.  It felt good to get the legs moving.  I am going to slowly start doing some more speed workouts.  I will keep them fairly mellow over the winter.  I cooled down back to the school.  Happy with this workout.  Glad to get it in.

Short day at work today so I went for a nice half marathon run.  The rain was coming down pretty good and the wind was a little chilly as well.  I ran around the high school and kept it pretty easy today.  I didn't enjoy the rain too much but that is life.  I survived and am able to talk about it.  I got drenched driving the scooter home though.  Rainy days make me really not want to have a scooter.

On a side note about the beauty of owning a scooter, I went to Flying J to get gas just like everyone else.  I had $2 in my wallet and went in to pay the clerk.  She said I have to at least pay $4 or I can't fill up.  I told her I have never heard that "law" before and on lighter terms, it would probably cost less than $2 to fill up.  They finally let me pay for my gas but said to only put $2 in.  I ended up topping off my tank at $1.95!  I love my scooter when I fill up for gas.  Keep the change folks!  The drive home was still wet though.

I met up with Clyde this morning at did a run by his house.  We went up on the trails and then back around the Washington Parkway exit and then back to his house.  It was nice and relaxed.  The clouds were out but we escaped without encountering any rain.  It was fun chatting about life and all that goes along with it.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  There is much to be thankful for.

I slept in this morning and then watched TV for a little bit.  I wanted to relax this morning and see if the sun would come out this afternoon.  My waiting paid off and the afternoon was nice and sunny.  The run was a little hot but it got pretty windy so it cooled off a little bit.  I ran from my house out along the Snow Canyon Parkway.  It was nice seeing lots of people walking, biking, and fishing today. 

I survived Thanksgiving and hopefully will be able to survive Christmas this year.

I ran with Dave, Clyde, and Ruth this morning.  We out to Hurricane and ran the JEM trail.  It was a 14 mile run with we could have extended and done probably close to 20 today but we had to get back.  It was fun and another great day of weather.  It got fairly hot towards the end of the run.  Another good run to end the week.  I can't believe it is December on Monday.