Marlin

AM   Easy 7 mile run around the river

AM   Just like yesterday

AM   Just a nice and easy run this morning, I was at it at 5 am this morning and beat the rain.

Signed up for the Rio Del Lago 100 mile run  this morning and time to get some longer runs in now

AM   6.5 miles

6 miles

Ran the El Vaquaro Loco 50k this morning and man was it hard and the scenery was amazing!!

This race started at a campground about 10 miles outside of Smoot Wyo and I decided I was going to sleep in the back of the truck for the night at one of the campsites and man I wasn't the only one that was doing that, that is one of the cool things about ultra trail running is you see alot of runners with tents and sleeping bags at the races.  I had a good idea for the course profile and sometimes it is not as bad as it looks on paper but this one was much harder then it looked.  Race got started right at 6am and there was not flat to warm up as we started the climb right away for about the first 4 miles and got to the top of the first hill and it seamed like I was the pacer for a group of 4 guys and they all looked like they were in my age group and not had around a 3 mile drop before the nest big climb. The course was horse trail and very rocky and you were not able to open up on the down hills much at all. one of the guys fell of and it was now the 4 of us running together but spead out over a few hundred feet. It was so awesome running through creeks and along mountain lakes with the picture perfect blue water and all. Started another big climb at mile 7.5 and this one was big with alot of hiking on this one and got to the top of it and I just felt a lack of energy and on the way down and was not sure what the heck was going on and around mile 11 I went from the group lead to the end of the group but we still all hanging together. We get to the turn atround at mile 16 and I had taken alittle more time at the aid station then the rest of them and had a little more watermelon and and was ready to head out and last min. decided to us the p.o.p. and let the group go on with out me. Got going again and had no idea of how far the group was ahead of me, and now I just as not in the best shape and not sure why my energy was going down and all and now had a very long and tough 8 miles of hills to climb and got over it and had some down hills after that and I was just so tired of my supplements and the hydration that I was using and made a change when I got to mile 24 aid statione and had them just put straight water in my pack and went to just water and the powerbar cola bites. got down that hill and started the next big climb and was feeling much better as I got to the last aid station at mile 27 and just a hand full of trail mix and was out of there, energy was coming back and I could now see some of the guys that I was running with earlier and caught a few of them at mile 28 and now we were on our way down the last hill and it was great as I felt great and running very strong again and pased the other two guys in the group along with a few more younger guys and finished strong. Happy with the effort but need to work on nutrition just alittle more on this type of running.   38 OA 3 AG

PM   Went to the gym for a work out,  jog for 3 miles and did a 20 mile stationary bike ride.  Hot tub for 30 min and sauna for 20 min

AM   Went to the gym this morning for a run on the treadmill, upper body weights and abs

PM   14.3 mile Trek bike ride

AM   Easy 7.5 mile jog around the river this morning,

AM  6 miles

AM   Set out at 4 am this morning and watched an amazing sunrise around 5:30.  14 miles

AM   Set out at 4 am this morning for another long road run, temps were great and no wind at all.  Made random loops around the river and worked on some nutrition and felt good.   20.14 miles and may go for a road bike ride tonight.

AM   Had a great time running this morning,  set out at 4 am this morning and ran 12 miles - 2 mile w/u 9 mile MP and 1 mile c/d and then went home and changed shorts and top and went back out and meet up with the Idaho Falls CC team and ran another 5.78 miles at MP

AM   Easy miles this morning

AM   Another good morning run this morning,  2 mile w/u - 12 mile tempo run and a 1 mile c/d.  This was one of the best tempo runs I haqve had in a while, as I only planned on an 8 mile tempo.

AM   9.2 miles in the rain

AM   Set out at 3:30 this morning and made the 2 12 mile loops as the first loop was a light to med. heavy rain, and the 2nd loop was just an overcast and slight wind.  Not sure if I am going to do another long run tomorrow or not or just start a slight taper for Poky marathon next weekend.

AM   Just a nice easy run this morning,

AM   Meet Gray at the shop and did a comp trainer bike ride this morning,  it was so nice to do some x-training for the morning workout.  I like our trainer as it will give you one heck of a work out

AM   A nice run this morning, I feel good and hope it will be a good race this weekend.

AM   Slept in some this mornig and got out the door around 7:30,  temp was great and feel ok and hope for a nice race tomorrow at Poky, want to work on some stuff - nutrition - pace - and just to relax and stay consistant,  just want it to be a stepping stone for the Nov 8th 100 miles.  But i do want to have a good race also so we will see how i feel in the morning.

Pocatello marathon

Went into the race feeling good and not sure how I was going to run this race at all.  It was nice to see alot of friends at the start as they all did a great job. Race got started and just ran what felt good down the hill and ran with Mike Taylor and Takara Taylor for the first 5 miles and they took off ahead of me after that. I was still running good and crossed the half at 1:32 and now hit the flats coming into Inkom and and I could start to feel this stupid left hammy getting tight again and I knew it was going to get worse but just kept pressing on.  Surprised as I was able to catch the Taylors at around mile 17 and gave me some confidence but was still fighting this twitch in my leg.  at mile 21 I had to stop and rub some Bio Freeze on and now pace slowed