Patience; the new endurance sport.

I am sore  and achy !  I don't know if it was the trail running on Saturday or the 3 day skiing marathon at Sundance.  I took full advantaqge of those new weekend inches, and I have no regrets of not skiing enough times (time permitting) this season.  Whatever I did,  my ham strings are killing me.  I vaguely recall realizing the existence muscles I didn't know I had after running those 17 miles of the Squaw Peak 50 miler with Jim last year too.  I think it was the trail run with Jos that did it.  I'm sore in weird places (like my inner thigh, which never happens).

9:21 AP Took the doggies down the River Trail. There were baby leaves! There was the slight sheen of green on the far away tall branches! The Canyon walls were lush with green grass, and the river fat with icy clear overflow. Even with all the fresh snow that remains on branches, tucked into the North Face corners of everything, and on rooftops, Spring is here! With Sundance is Closed, I'm ready to join the chorus of people complaining about the cold weather. Except, I still prefer these chilly spring temps for running.

9:38 AP, which would have been lower, but I ran up "goliath hill" and my first mile was 12:01. While I ran, I counted and tried to name all the kinds of flowers/bulbs blooming.  There were boys riding their girlfriends around fast on their motorcycles, carloads of teenagers who always honk and hang out of their windows to give me a high five, and lots of walkers.  I ran past so many people's houses I used to know including one of my cross country friend's from high school Lisa Rowberry.  Lisa and Heidi Hughes were the fastest girls on the team. Lisa in particular I remember because she always ran double the mileage we were supposed to, double the work outs, and she rubbed pure DMSO on her legs.  Because of this, her breath always smelled of garlic. It's still not clear to me why she did that.  Heidi was more naturally talented and took 3rd in state with a 17-18 minute  5K. But Lisa was hardcore.  I wonder what happened to Lisa Rowberry and her bottle of DMSO.

ap 10:00 Took this one easy. I'm sleepy.

All this snow with no good use for it, makes me want to put my head under the covers for the rest of the day.

I had to get going at 6 am because of my daughter's soccer game in Salt Lake at 10.  Today was the morning of maddening eyeball snow.  I am grateful it wasn't sticking to the ground, but now my neck is sore from hunching over to to protect my face.  I should have worn my trusty running hat to protect my eyes.  What I did see of the day made me pleased...The snow and the river were fat with spring.  There were more baby cows this time than last. I have no idea what the AP was 9 or 10ish? My Garmin--which has given me trouble since I bought it (shorting, turning off, not reading the same as other Garmin's, beeping maniacally and wihtout cause while charging) finally bit the dust.  I think it was the wet snow that did it in.  The strap deteriorated the the National Marathon, but this time I think it's a gonner. I need to go see Steve Orrick.  My left hamstring--the one that gave me such trouble in '08 is acting up again.  Smooth suggested myabe I needed to do hipflexor exercizes.  I'll find out, because I'm not going to last the season with this thing pulling like it is on both ends of the attachments.