I got up earlier than I normally on a Saturday to go running, it is amazing what you will do to run with someone else. I remember meeting Jon at 4:00am to run a 14 miler one time, before he flew out to Florida for a month, just so I could run with someone. This was back when Paul, Dave Nelson, and Ben were all injured and I was the only one in Logan running. This wasn't close to that extreme, but it was a little early for me this time of year.
The wind had let up but it had snowed and rained all night so there was about 2-3 inches of slush. I met Michelle Lowry at Maddox parking lot. She had dropped her kids off with her in-laws while She and her husband go to Hawaii, so she was in town. She was good company for a cruddy run. We did a loop around the east side of Brigham. It was quite adventurous with the nasty conditions, but we managed not to fall or get hit by a snow plow. I was soaking wet from head to toe after the first mile, so I didn't even care where I stepped after that. Michelle was a little more careful at first, but after we stepped in a couple of water holes around the golf course she started to do a little trail blazing too. We had to dodge the snow plows, and the piles they left along the side of the road, for the entire run. Although, it didn't really matter where we ran because it was all just one big sewer. I felt like I was running with Logan at times because we were running down the middle of the road and cars were honking and giving us the finger, it was great! The golf course was particularly fun running on because it was more like cross country skiing than running, it so so slick. However, the most eventful part of my run was trying to hold my 25lb. pair of track pants up from falling down around my ankles!
Michelle was fun to talk to and get to know better, and it was great to have somebody to run with in those conditions. She is a good runner, and I got a kick out of her telling me stories about her "manic personality", and some of her super competitive running buddies. I don't know if she had fun or not, but I did. I made her walk and cool down with me after our run, something she wasn't used to doing. So I lectured her on the importance of cooling down after exercise. She thought I was weird, but at least she didn't pepper spray me like she has threatened in the past! According to my Garmin we ran exactly 12 miles, but her's said 11.89 or something. This is the whole point of rounding mileage. When I run with Logan his Garmin usually reads longer than mine. She said that her Garmin read exactly what Sasha's did the other day, so I don't know? All I know is that we ran 12 miles with or with out the help of the satellite gods.
I was sopping wet when I got home so I got right out of my clothes and sat in a hot shower for 20 minutes. It will be a week before my shoes dry out. 1:35:25 (7:57 average)
(Kahana- 39 miles) | 