El Burro Blanco

I am up in Logan all week spending the holidays with Katey's family.  I woke up this morning not feeling very good so I decided to hold off on my run.  We all went to lunch and it seemed to help get some food in my stomach.  I got back to the in-laws and decided to head out.  I ran over to Sky View High School and then back the same way.  I saw 5 deer on the run and a decent size buck.  That was pretty cool!  I only had about 2 miles left and good old lunch decided to come back up.  I don't know if it was me being sick earlier or all the crap in the air (Logan had the worst air pollution in the entire country today!)  I felt better after wards and took it nice and easy all the way back to the in-laws.  I averaged 7:08/mile which I felt pretty good about considering I wasn't 100%. 

Hopefully it snows soon so the air gets cleaned up. 

I started at the in-laws again and ran over to Canyon Road and then did the 1st part of the 1st leg from Ragnar up through River Heights.  The air quality wasn't the best again but their was a fair amount of people out running this morning.  It is nice being able to sleep in and then go for my run.  Hopefully it snows later like all the weather people are saying.  7:04/mile for the entire run.  Happy considering their were a few decent hills on this run.  Felt much better today.  I must have eaten something bad a few days ago.

Ran an easy 4 miles early today before I met up with Paul.

I ran with Paul Petersen this afternoon.  We did the Providence Hill Loop while doing the first part at a decent pace.  It was nice catching up with Paul on a lot of things.  It has been a while since I have seen him.  I was dragging a bit at the end but Paul helped me in.  It was only supposed to be an 8 miler but it turned into a 9.75 miler.  Oh well!  The new snow helped clear up the sky.  I was able to look across the valley and see mountains and even some blue sky.

It was a balmy 21 degrees when I started on my run today.  I did the same run as a couple days again when I ran along Canyon Road and out towards River Heights.  Lots of sun today which felt good.  It was nice seeing a fair amount of people out running.  Kept it nice and relaxed.

I had a change in family plans late last night so I needed to do my run early this morning.  I didn't sleep very well and was out the door by about 6:30am.  It was a nice 11 degrees when I started.  I ran over towards Hyde Park and back to the parents.  Spooked a few big deer out of the trees.  It was cool seeing them.  I got home and I had ice all over me.  My eyelashes and beautiful moustache were covered in ice.  Katey took a picture after I got home.  I need to get it posted.  Total of 10 miles for the day.  The rest of the day will be spent with family.  It will be a lot of fun.  It is always fun seeing the kids get really excited over the smallest things.  Note to self.  Don't buy expensive gifts.  Kids will like the box or wrapping paper much better.  Looking forward to running with Paul again tomorrow morning.

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Boxing Day tomorrow!  Don't drink to much egg nog :)

I ran with Paul today over by his house in Smithfield. We started at his house and then went to the end of Smithfield Canyon Rd., then came back and jumped up on Upper Canyon Rd to add a little more distance.  We then went around some neighborhood streets to add a little bit more mileage for the run.  The temperature was not above 10 degrees and the air was kind of yucky so we cut the run a touch short.  We averaged 7:01/mile for the run.  

This was a great run to end the week.  I was happy to get in some good runs while surviving the cold weather in Logan.  It was also quite nice to be around family for the week.  One more family party tonight and then Katey and I can focus on getting ready for our little girl to come in a few weeks.