Speed only kills if you don't have it!

I started my Lava Hot Springs Elite camp today. I had 22 kids show up and then I invited Nick and Aubree to come help me out since they are my only college runners not on missions.  The first day went well.  I had the kid get dropped off at the bottom of Smith Canyon and run up to the cabin.  It is an over 1500 foot climb in 4 miles, kind of like Ragnar.  I didn't run with them because I was directing the run and aiding them, so I ran earlier, down Big Bear and back, then up High Country a ways 6 miles total. 

Before dinner we did a 5 miler up High Country, to Maple, and up High Ridge around the tree and back.  This was the same run Paul and I did last 4th of July.  Nick and I added an extra mile + at the end.  We lost Timmy on the last turn and ended up searching for him later, but he found a guy that was able to bring him back to the cabin before dark.  Thank goodness!  I ended up with 12 miles and the kids got 9 tough ones in.

The kids did a down hill speed mile in the morning that was down High country, I didn't run with them because I was timing.  Chris was first with a 4:54.

About 1:00pm we did a run down into Lava town.  It drops from 7200 feet to 5200 feet in about 5.7 miles the drops another 100-200 feet in the next 3.5 miles and has a lot of rollers.  It was hot too.  Allison aided us several times with water stops.  I ran with Dillon, Chris, and Alex most of the way and we finished together.  We ditched everyone else along the way and finished with a 58 minute run for the 9.1 miles (6:25 average).  We waited for everyone to come in, which took a long time, had lunch, then hit the pool for three hours.  This was a tough run that I will be sore from.  The kids thought it was brutal!

We did an easy 2 miles this morning to get everyone's legs moving again.  We ran around the helipad and High Country.

The last run of camp was a relay with 3 people on a team and two 1.4 mile legs.  We had eight teams.  I ran for two teams because of injuries and dehydration issues for Rylie and Shae.  I average 6 minute pace on both of my legs combined.  It was a tough and fun course and the kids found new energy to compete in their very hammered legs.  Everyone ran well and seemed to have fun.  I was glad to see the kids make it through so many tough runs, things they aren't used to.  The relay was a good ending to a great camp.

XC practice this morning-  We did a very easy run to the pond on the canal and back.  Not too many of the kids that went to camp were there, no surprise!  I am pretty sore, especially in my calves.  i ran most of the run with Parker.

We did an easy loop down by the City Park, along 1300 W, and up 13400 S.  There were a bunch more kids that went to camp there today, and they were all hurting bad.  My left calf finally started to loosen up around mile 6.  We averaged a 7:45 pace for the run.

I was supposed to meet whoever wanted to run at Smiths in Herriman /Riverton at 7:00am.  The problem was my night time dishwasher replacing project took 4 hours instead of 1 hour because every possible thing went wrong, and I got to bed at 3:00am.  I still pulled myself out of bed and met Aubree, Chris, Alex, and Schiffman for a loop around Herriman.  I was glad did.  We did a similar but different loop as I did with the girls last week, the end was about the same.  I like Herriman because there are a lot of hills and I need hills.  I mostly ran with Chris and Alex while Aubree and Schiffman tagged behind.  It was a dry morning but nice, and the run was a good end to a week that I finally hit over 45 miles.  I am making a comeback, slow but sure!  7:39 ave.