Marlin

Got up at 4 am to get ready and to pick up Gray and Jeff to head to Pocatello to run the City Creek Trail,  we had a ton of fun and it was a hard up hill run

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AM   Felt good this morning after taking yesterday off, made the big loop around the river + one more loop around Freeman Park.  10.33 miles in 1:22:40

AM   Ran a trail above Kelley Canyon this morning, some what hard but I did like City Creek Trail head better. 

PM   Ran 11.10 miles this afterrnoon, I ran the big loop from the Greenbelt to Sunnyside to Freeman Park and made 2 extra loops around Freeman.  Legs are a little tired at the start but got much as the miles went on.

AM   Slept in some this morning and got out the door at 6:30am,  Legs are heavy this morning and calfs are a little tight but not to bad,  This morning I ran with out any gels and just straight water and I didn't feel bad and just trying to get the body used to what it is going to go through in 2 weeks. (62 mile ultra run)

AM   Felt like crap - run was junk - and cut it short !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AM   It is awesome what a good night sleep will do,  Started out slow and the body just wanted to go so we did.  2 mile easy run and a 10 mile Tempo ending at 7:10ish pace, I am not sure how I am going to run the Teton Dam Marathon next week (race it or take it easy and save it for the 100 K the week after)

AM   Mett Jeff at Dad's truck stop and we headed down to Poky for a trail run.  Much better run and nice weather     Just one digger on the way down :-)

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no run today

AM  Ran around the river on a nice and cool morning,  I feel ok but with 1 more day off I should feel good for this weekends marathon.

Wow what a day of running hills and into head wind and even some rain along with it.  We didn't have to wait at the start long as the race got started on time and about a half mile into the run I had to stop and adjust my fuel belt as it was twisted and bugging me and finally got going after about a min. of playing around with it. Now normally I do hold back for the first few miles or so at the start but due to the belt thing and some down hills at the start I just went into race pace frome the start. I felt good probabley  due to the extra day off that I normally don't do and may have to start doing one more day off on taper weeks.  We got out to the main road and turned straight into the head and I knew it was going to be a grind the whole way. We got off the main road and into a dirt road and I was having some fun with this as the last 3 weeks Ihave been running trails and I did not mind it at all. Caught up to Lynette around mile 5 and we were running together for a while and were just trading the lead for the next 5 miles but had to make a pit stop at mile 10. caught up to Lynette again around mile 13 and found she had faded back some and not sure if she was ok but found out latter that she had a POP stop also.  The wind was starting to wear pon me some now and was even starting to rain a little bit on and off now got to the biggest and longest hill on the course andas the hill is not bad enough we were running straight into a head wind the whole way up that 2 mile hill and thought it was never going to end and could see Lynette gaining on me and by the time we got to the top she had caught up to me and passed me right at the top and for the rest of the race we were just running the same pace and not really gapping each other. At the last mile and a half we got into some down hills and the wind let up some and the sun came out and just felt great not having the wind in your face beating on you and finished in 3:24:16 and just 30 sec behind Lynette or so as she ran a great race and won the OA woman,  Ended up with the AG win and 2nd Master  I did like the race and course but sure could have done with out the wind. Now off to the next challenge RONR 100K next weekend.

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Greenbelt run

This was the hardest run both mental and physical I have ever done, but the most rewarding accomplishment and look forward to running more ultra trail runs again. course was amazing and amazingly hard and steep as some sections took over an hour just to do 3 miles because it was so steep. Just briefly for now, I set a goal to run this in 14 hours and I dont know how it was possible to run 62 miles and  be with in 20 sec of goal time.  Ran a 14:00:20 and finished 30 OA and 2nd in my AG.

More to come later

AM  First run out this morning since Saturdays 100K , 8 milesaround the river at an easy pace as the knees and ankles are a little soft right now.

AM   10 easy miles this morning, legs are a bit heavy and pace was slow but a good run.  Rained half way through the run and really enjoyed that alot

AM   went hiking on the Table Rock Trail for 8 miles / will count as 4 miles running

AM   I finally have my legs back after the Ultra, felt good this mornig and even ran 5 miles at MP