rule #1 Cardio...rule #4 Doubletap...

Was dressed and ready for winter battle when Work called and so, 7 hrs later I was only able to hit the cheeseWheel. Good times.

Early Gym Time. Always fun to go to the gYm and see all the new faces from NewYears. tM for a bit then headed to the track for some loops. Good Sweat-fest.

Another tM 'o doom and track run at the gYm -6 degrees when I left the house this AM. Cold... Session felt good. Also, some weak attempt at an ab workout after.

After work Malans Peak outing with Shane. Trail in great shape - put the goat head screws in the 6's worked like a champ. Sunset up there above the inversion was spectacular.

Looking north towards Ben Lomond 

Sweet Sunset.. you wouldn't even know O'Town is under there..

Sweet AM run with G'doc. Headed up the Front side of Grandeur Peak and then dropped down to Church Fork and then on Pipeline to Rattlesnake. Trail was in great shape for the Goat Head aided Cascadia's. That climb is a beast though!! Gdoc put me to shame. Three snow fox's spotted on trail.

Looking South-ish from Peak

Vert: 3,838 

Early gYm time... Tm'o Pain and track session. Feeling a little beat down.. need some FIRE!!

Sweet R' scape loop on the BST this AM. Temps were a HOT 30 degrees should'a ran in shorts and a T. Tracy, Jeremy, Curtis, and Clayton showed up for the Thursday run. Goat Heads once again proved their worth on the snow and ice.. Not to be confused with a song of ice and fire. Beautiful morn out...

Good times.

A couple runs in some sweet powder at Basin!

Later afternoon basement gyM timE. Rollers and then 'BRING IT' AB R'X.

Runners Boot Camp. Some trackage. Good push. -18 degrees going around Pineview this AM... Brrrrr.

1 Hr of SpiN. Great session today. Then a couple miles out on the rollers.

Early gYm session. Nice run on the rollers and then finished it off on the track. Need to get out under the blue dome soon!

Early AM trail run on the BST from 22nd st TH to Strong canyon. It was a balmy 6 degrees. Snow packed down pretty good on most of the trail. Great times.

Early gYm time. Some miles on the mil'o pain. Pretty lamesauce, but betta than nothing..right?

Another tM o' doom run. about 0 outside so, whatcha going to do.. Bring it I guess. Ab R X.

Basement tM o' doom. Five miles nothing to exciting. Then a little 'Bring it' Core. I should be in HI.

1 Mile warm-up on the mill then hit SpiN for an Hr - great burn... Then a couple more out on the rollers. Say Something...

Tough GyM run on the rollers and track this AM. Started off on the mill and increased incline steadily up to 3.0 at 7.5 - makes for a good burn. Then one of the trainers at the gym jumped on the tM by me and the game was on..

Track for a mile after to shake it out.

Peace.

Sweet BST run headed South from TH at 22nd. Met up with a gaggle of people and hit the snow packed trails. Great conditions - like a heat wave out there. I think it was 17 when we started. Good times - fo sho.

Lunch time tM run! Nothing to fancy.. 

Early gYm session. 1 Hr Runners Boot Camp. Tuff Grinder today! Maybe slopes tomorrow...YO.

1 Hr of SpIN. Crazy tough class this AM. Then hit the Tm for a 5k or 3.1 miles. Felt aight.

Full Day on the slopes up at Basin! Waist deep pow all Day long!! Legs are complete Jello Sauce!

Early gYm time. Tm and Track combo. Legs are Heavy from Skiing the last two days. Best snow of the year so far.

TRX session at the gym followed by a speedy 5k on the track. Class was a good workout for shizzle, but the run put the frosting on the cake... if you know what I mean.

Snowbasin in the morning.. Running outside in Shorts in the afternoon. All on Feb 2nd I'll take it! Had to eek out a quick run before the sunshine went behind the mtns..

Early gYm time. 1 Hr of Spin - great session. Then a 5k on the treadder cheadder.

Early gYm time. GyM was hoping this AM.. crazy. Hit the tM o' pain for a bit then had to hit the track to finish the run. Followed run up with some Allie style planks and wall sits.

Peace YO.

Yeah.. I guess because I can. Early morning gyM time. Couldn't drag myself up to meet for the 5:45 TH start time so, did the next best thing.Felt Good avg under 8's for the run. Good push.

Afternoon Tm run followed with some quality "Bring it" time. Missin the sunshine and Blue Dome.

Early AM gyM session. Runners Boot Camp. Nice session. Some trackage after.

Snow Covered Trails today...

Nice burn on the tM this AM. Made it down to the gyM for some cheese wheeL time. Leg's pumped still from all the lunges on Monday and a full day on the slopes.

Back to the grind... Left the sun and clean air .. for a GyM.. What? on the rollers.

Another roller-fest at the gym. Felt aight after my legs woke up. Ready for some trail time.

Nice run on the BST from 22st TH. Trail is a bit of a mess, but was great getting some cold clean air in the lungs.

A couple mile warmup on the track and then TRX session. Good times at Fremont High.

Was going to try and hit Wheelers, but woke to a snowSTORM.. Hit the NorthArm for a quick out-n-back from the TH. Snow was dropping hard on the way back. Maybe SnowChurch session tomorrow on the hill.

Runners Boot Camp.. 3 miles with 1-2 lap sprints with burpees and squats in between...aya aye I. Nice beat down. Followed it up by a couple miles on the track!

Early cheese wheel time. Felt aight. The ta-tonka - ta-tonka are getting closer. Need to get serious about gettting some miles underfoot. Peace..

Well.. the bad news. My goal of getting at least 100 miles a month is already a buST. The good news was I ran 7.11 miles and felt great. The other bAd news is it was on a device that consists of rollers and cheese. Felt Aight today though. Some weak attempt at weights after the ruN. Peace.  Time for some DD's.

Finally...Needed the sun and some blue skies, but I finally got into some DD's. Decided to to the Middle Fork loop. Kept in nice and easy. Avg around a 9 minute mile. Not steller, but not total weaksauce either. Peace!

gYm time on the rollers. Place was hop'n this morning. Legs felt aight nothing to sore from Sat which is good. Peace.

Well.. another CheeseWheel grinder. Tried pushing the pace - felt aight. Some planks and wall sits after. Another couple days of sun and it should dry things out.. Yo.

Another gYm run.. I'm in need of spring. YO. Plank and Wall Sit after. Zions baby.

Ah..Felt aight today! Got out early which was nice. Very Windy though so, threw on the Brooks wind jacket - awesome! Did the Middle Fork loop again plus around the island out to Snowcrest to hit the 13.1. Only 3 dog encounters - weaksauce.

Peace - YO!

Well... not feeling great, but made it down to the gYm. Ended up runnning on the wheel o' pain for a bit - then headed up to the track. Felt wasted. Need sunlight.

Resurrected an old friend... Pig Farm Trail Wednesday. Headed out for a nice lunch time run under the sun! Felt old and sluggish, but was NICE. Buffalo is going to hurt next week - way out of shape.

Well... Hit the gYm this AM for another session on the rollers. Needed to get something in...

Awesome HUMR nation run this AM. Headed up from the TH just north of the canyon. Went out fivish and turned it around. Trail in perfect condition. Watched helplessly as Aric took a dive into the boulders... OUCH. Also ran into the mysterious Bryce - He is alive!

Good times.

Vert 2100

Early tM o' doom run in the basement. Wanting to keep the legs somewhat loose this week.. YeeHaw.

Early gYm time on the rollers. Ended up doing my normal tM routine. Fair to partly cloudy today. Peace YO.

Just to remind the legs they need to work tomorrow!! Good luck Buffalo runners..

Buffal Run 2013! in the books. Man what a cold windy race. I had three goals going into this race. 1. Beat last years time 2. Run all the ups 3. Try and keep Gdocs humility in check. I accomplished 2 out of the 3, so all in all a very good time out on the island.

The start was very COLD and WINDY. Decided to try and find a rhythm up the grinder (first three miles) so, wasn't pushing the pace to much. Hit the top and was sweating like a madman - pulled off the hat and wind jacket here. Got into a good pace heading into the climb up lone tree - this was the first real test to accomplish goal 2 so, put the head down and ran the entire section up to the aid station, passed about 15 or so hiking up the climb, felt good! First time I've done that in all my trips to the island.. rolled down the west side and Climb challenge #2 came.. Made it all the way up the west side - felt great breathing was easy and relaxed - NO HORSEs this year - Perfect! Put the tunes on just past the Aid about 5 miles left at this point - tried turning it up a notch to catch Gdoc, but never saw that named man, a known man, they say. So, his Pride lives on! Beat my time from last year by a couple minutes and ran all those blasted climbs. Ya Baby!!

Vert 2300

Three recovery miles on the mill over looking the Las Vegas strip... Perfect place to recover from the Buffalo Run!! Legs a little tight, but overall feel great.

Another morning roller session looking over the strip in Vegas. Just the right amount of wrong.

Lunch time Pig Farm run. Weather is absolutely beautiful! Felt aight avg around 8:30's. Not to fast not to slow... almost just right... Ferro Maljinn...

Sweet BST north from Rainbows with Matt. Ran into Shane on the way back. Legs felt aight. Upper trail out-n-back. Peace.

Beautiful morning grinder up from Wind Surfer beach to Rocky point with Gdoc. Three miles up.. three miles down. Felt liberating.. so, nice.  Will need to add this climb into my weekly routine.

Vert 1600

Was up early so, hit the gYm. Nice roller session. Nothing really to report on. Slow day - here's to a grand week!

Had to settle into a nice cheeseWheel run to wipe away the pain from the WSU game last night.... Arrgghh.

Good times at ridgemont high....Yolo.

Early morning Grinder up to Rocky Point with Matt. Was able to  keep pace all the way to the TOP yo. Sweet views looking back down onto Pineview.. Will need to bring a camera one of these times.

Vert 1600

Another early morning on the Grinder. Met up with Shane and Jeremy this morning SkyLine west up to Rocky Point. The rain started hitting us about half way up the climb and increased in intensity all the way up. Pushed the pace the last half mile trying to get up to the point. Felt Good... Ran into Curtis and Huge on the way down. Shane and Jeremy were bombing it all the way down.. I'm going to feel this one... Peace.

Vert 1800

Helped volunteer at Aid station mile 6 at the Striders half marathon this morning - the HUMR aid station!! Great times.  After that and a couple soccer games snuck over to the North Arm for a little trail run. Train a little muddy in some sections from the crazy rain yesterday...But it felt NICE!

BaaZam

CheeseWheel... Should'a hit the headwind, but thought I'd go get entertained instead. Let the good times rolllllll......

ANother entertaining morning in the factory. CheeseWheel. Party time! Ziiiooons. BaaZam!

Sweet AM trail run on the BoSho with Jeremy. Hit the r-scape loop. Trail in great shape - weather in great shape - light getting earlier... Life is good. Peace.

Early morning Skyline west grinder with the Hair Dog.. Rocky Point up and back. Feeling good! Peace Yo.

Early morning CheeseWheel session. Snow.. seriously.. tomorrow too..

Ez morning on the wheel o' pain and track. Stay'in loose for Zions - hope it's not a total mess down there. YO.

Zions.. Baby. Quick trip with Bros down to Zions for a little run and some slot canyons. We decided to run from Wildcat TH to West Rim TH then take the West Rim all the way to the Grotto bus stop and catch a ride out. Was awesome, intense, beautiful, perfect. Will post a bit more with some pics..

Testing the legs out.. on the o'l CheeseWheel.. Felt aight.

Another slogger fest on the wheels o' pain. Felt aight though...Need to head back to Zions though!

Earlier riser.. to meet the gang at the top o' 22nd for some BST time. Took the upper trail out to the lower bues loop and back. Perfect morn out - YO.

Beautiful Sat adventure under the Blue Dome! My neighbor drew out for the Wasatch 100 his first 100, so he's starting to ramp up miles training etc. Wanted me to join him for a bit of his run today, so I decided to joing him for about half of his intended 30. Started at Skyline west (wind surfer) crusied up to the overlook and a little past. Dropped back down and ran over to Wheelers and then up to Art Nord. I left him at this point and then cruised back to Wind Surfer! Good times. Weather Prrrfect.

Felt aight, so headed to the gyM o' Pain and jumped on the cheeSewhEel for a stretch and then finished up on the track. Wall sits etc.

Peace

After work slog on the Pig Farm trail. Heavy lunch and wind made for a long short run.

Awesome sunrise run up Skyline west with Matt. Able to run up to rocky point! Yeah. A tad chilly out, but views and trail perfect. Peace Yoodle.

Sweet morning run up Wheelers / East fork / Middle fork and down Ice Box / Wheelers!! A few mud spots but otherwise trail is in great shape. Perfect weather... 

Miles on the mil 'o pain.. was a struggle this AM. Very windy this morning so the car just kept driving to the gym 'o jello. Felt good to roll though.

Peace - YOLo

Drizzly early morning run up Wheelers with Matt. Was raining but decided might as well go for it. Headed up Wheelers to Art Nord - then turned up the old road til we hit the middle fork trail crossing. Decided the upper trails would be to muddy, so back down the way we came. Great stuff. Beautiful morn out!

BST from 22nd with Curtis and Kelly. Trail in sweet condition headed south out to the little Bues loop and back. Peace.

After work heat-fest on the BST from Rainbows south to Strong Canyon via upper trail. Was starting to melt heading in Strong's. Felt nice to throw the hat in the stream and cool down. Headed back down to rainbows. Felt aight overall...  

Five in the heat of the day on the freaking pavement. Opted for another heat fest.. Was painful.

Perfect North Arm trail this AM. Met up with Matt and crusied it. Pineview was looking like it needed to be ski'd though...

Ogden 13.1.... Rainy, but awesome.

 I had no idea what to expect out of this race absolutely no idea. I haven't raced on pavement since last year sometime.. Probably the Ogden 26.2 so, a year ago. I feel like a bit of my top gear has some serious rust on it, so I was shooting for having a good time and trying not to blow up. With the weather it looked like we made the right call in doing the half this year. There was some serious rain the entire time, but I didn't mind it at all, well not until the race was over and I started to freeze!

Since Scarback, HairDog, and Fred couldn't make it - that left Gdoc and myself.

My plan was to take it out easy to the Spillway and then try and push the pace from there. Race Splits: 

8:29 - Maybe a bit to conservative.., 8:10, 8:12, 8:15, 7:42, 7:50, 7:54, 7:41, 7:36, 7:19, 7:22, 7:31, 7:11, and 1:37 for the .23 ( I clocked the course a tad long)  Happy to see my last mile (13) was my fasted, but that also means I should have pushed it a bit harder....

AVG 7:46

Was stoked to see my avg under 8, wasn't sure I could pull that off with the lack of road running etc. Happy to hit the 1:42 too. Good times!

GDOC had me running scared too, that probably had something to do with mile 13.

#Peace #yolo

Back to the grind.. Making sure all is well.  Tm o' pain for a little bit. After the race my left achilles tightened up so, wanted to make sure all was well.. Time for some H2o..

Glorious run up wheelers / East fork / Middle fork and down ice box with Matt... Trails are prime. Deer, Moose, Beaver. Hard to beat! Yo. Fat stacks...

Another spectacular run up Wheelers / East / Middle down Ice Box with Shane. Trail is prime. Weather is great. Another Beaver sighting at the Beaver Dam.. Perfect  - Peace yolo.

Nine miles with the G'. Headed up Wheelers / East fork / Middle / Ice Box... it was money!! Ran into Curtis and Dan by the beaver pond. Great temps weather prime. Trails perfect. Peace YO.

All the talk of SPIN yesterday - motivated me to get on the Bike this morning.. Nice Burn.

Rainy slippery mess so, hit the gYm for some CheeseWheel action. Felt horrible. Need fresh air.. help.

Another BEAutiful run up Wheelers/East/Middle/Ice Box/Wheelers with Gdoc and HairDog.. Trails money after the midweek rain. Ya.!

Beautiful morning up skyline west with Matt. We headed up to Rocky point and back. Great way to start off the week. 

Sweet AM trail run up to Malans Peak and then the extention over to Malans Basin. Headed up from BST 22nd St TH. I heard a rumor today is National Running Day.. Get out and Shake it Shake it... Move it Move it.. Lot's o' Vert on this one.

Sweet morning run up Wheelers/East/Middle/Ice Box with Matt and Jeremy. Trail is perfect! Peace.

Another sweet moring on the Wheelers/East/Middle/Ice Box loop. T-Bone drove up this AM to join me. Perfect trail out... Peace.

Monday morn on the trail with Tbone. Wheelers/East/Middle/Ice Box.. Was great - except for my breathing!

I ran past New York, Paris, Italy, Hollywood, a couple prostitutes, some major stench, Spiderman, a transformer, and some guy trying to shove some very sensitive material in my hand - I thought it was an energy packet at first.... Miss them Trails..

To HOT out, so hit the Hotel Gym.. it was huge. Had about 20 tread mills rock climbing wall, etc. Better than the alternative I guess. Peace YO lucky 777's

Local running club decided it would be fun to hold hill repeats on Malans Peak from the top of 27th street and then throw a party afterwards... Flew back from Sin City last night - caught the new SuperMan movie and then after a couple hrs of sleep found myslef at the top of 27th street a little after 6 this morning.

I would guess there were about 10-15 of us that showed up for the fun. I ended up doing 3 summits and one extention to Malans Basin on my last one.

Ascent 6,351 Descent 6,287 (Not sure why those would be diff....? - Sats I suppose. )

Skyline West with Matt up to Rocky Point. Legs a bit fatigued, but feeling pretty good after Sat's climb fest. Peace.

Vert 1600ish

Art Nord / East Fork / Middle Fork back to Art Nord.. With J, T, and T. Great times - Trail perfect.

Sweet Cold Wheelers 9 mile loop with T-Bone. Legs coming back I think.. Still can't breath right, but nothing a nice IPA can't solve I'm sure.

Sweet Sunday morning run up Wheelers East fork Loop with some Californians! Yo diggity Dog. J-Snoop aka Scarback and Harry. Perfect out. Peace.

Sweet morning run with ScarBack and Hairdog. Took them up to the lodge at Basin and we did the Sardine loop. Within the first mile we ran into three moose! Awesome. Beautiful out. Peace.. Yolo.

Some sweet h2O sessions with Gdoc/ScarBack/Hairdog on Pineview. Perfect morn.

Met up with Tracy and Matt for wheelers/Eastfork loop - great morning out. I can't beleive how the trails have held up with all this heat out there.. Awesome. Arms a bit of jellosauce from the skiing yesterday... a good kind'o jellosauce.

Solo.. Where are the peps. Headed up to the ColdWater overlook from the lower parking lot at Snowbasin. Awesome out. Way to many Mtn bikers though. Needed to get out early before the FIREBALL heats up the sky.

Peace 

Sweet morning cruise up to the Canyon Overlook with HairDog. Weather was HOT at 6:30.. need some me some shade.. Peace.

Nine mile loop up Wheelers with Tracy and Matt. Kept the pace all the way up to the Green Pond TH Middle Fork junction.. Nice grinder. Breathing getting a bit better.. Peace.

Happy Fourth o' July! Decided I needed some miles and vert so, met up with Hugh at the North Fork Trail Head and went to the top o' Ben Lomond. What an awesome trail. three Moose encounters, one Bryce W. sighting at the top. Great way to start the day. Perfect up there.

Vert 4600

Headed out with J up to the overlook from the lower lot. Trails awesome after the light rain. Two Moose. Great shake out fro yesterdays run. Legs tired, but felt aight. Peace.

Early nine mile Wheelers loop with Matt and Tracy. First two miles felt great last 7 felt heavy.. Weather perfect though... I need to get in shape.. YO.

Ealry morning half with Tracy, Matt, and Clayton. We decided to hit the Snowbasin half.. Wheelers/East Fork/Green Pond/ Maples/Ice Box and Wheelers. Perfect temps out. Legs felt aight. The climb up East Fork never gets any shorter...

Peace YO.

A couple sweet pulls on pineview with Hairdog and Jaker. 

Firetrail to Lewis Peak. They weren't kidding when they said they cut the firetrail straight up to the skyline trail. Met up with Matt and Tracy and went for it. Legs are completely JelloSauced. 

Vert 3250

Decided to see if my gym card still worked.. It did. So, I ran on the Tm o' pain for a bit. No real excuse just did it. Here's to an Epic week.

After a spectacular summer lightning storm last night.. The trails were alive! Met up with Matt and Tracy and did the 9 mile loop in reverse. Up Wheelers /IceBox/Middle and then down East / Wheelers. A skoosh muddy but awesome out! Sweating like a Fo'..

Peace!

A nice cruiser on the ol' R-scape loop on the BST. Met up with Matt, Tracy, Clayton, and Jeremy. Nice out a bit muggy, but the trails were prime.

Peace.

Awesome quick trip to Yosemite to run with the Bros. Gdoc and I flew in to meet up with Scarback and Hairdog. Headed up to the four mile TH and set off on the Loop. Huge first 5 mile climb up to Glacier point - great vistas. Took the panaromic trail over to Nevada falls and then the Mist trail back down to the valley. First time to Yosemite - Lots o sweet trails. Will be back. Great times.

Vert 5300ish

Sweet 9 miler up Wheelers/East Fork/ down Middle Fork/Ice Box with Tracy. LOVE IT.

Peace.

Another 9 miler up at Basin. This time met up with Rob at the Green pond trail head and ran lower green pond/Needles/Maples trails over to the Coldwater canyon overlook. Met up with Brandon and Ben up at the overlook. Cruised back down to the lower parking lot. Great times. Happy Pioneer day!

Woooza of a run this AM. Friend Hugh whose running Wasatch100 for first time wanted to see some of the trail this morning so, we headed out early!! Up to Brighton for our start. We headed from Brighton to Rock Springs and back. A couple words describe these miles: Unbelievably pretty and Steep. major grinder sections Hitting the back side climb up to Catherine's pass at mile 21 is steep.  Weather was great for the most part some major humidity in a couple spots, but over all lucky I think. This was needed with the El Vaquero Loco coming up. 

Vert 8155

Some Pics

Backside of Timp

Sweet AM run with Tracy and Matt. Headed up from Wind Surfer to Rocky Point. Was able to hold the gear to the top. This actually surprised me considering the run on Sat. Perfect temps. Lake was waiting to be skied though...

August... Crazy! 

North Arm TH out to skyline west TH (wind surfer) and back. Great morning out trails in great shape. Two Moose in the brush on the way back. Happy Birthday Padre.

Yo. 

Awesome early morning run up Wheelers/ East Fork/ Green Pond/ Coldwater up to the canyon overlook and then back down Coldwater/ Maples / Wheelers. Legs started feeling hammered towards the end of the run. Will probably take it easy until race next weekend. Loved it.

Peace. 

Vert 4000ish

Sweet AM run with Matt and Tracy up Wheelers / East Fork / Middle Fork / Ice Box.. Cruised past two moose and a little moose calf - very cool. Kept the pace nice and easy. Prob last run before the Crazy Cowboy!! Yo snoop. Peace.

El Vaquero Loco 50K in the books!! What an epic course must be one of the most scenic courses anywhere! 

My neighbor Hugh and I headed up to Afton WY, Friday afternoon had us some good Pizza Hut dinner and went to the Race briefing. Long and short of it - I knew it was going to hurt. My training has been great in the under 10 miles.. stepping up to the 50k distance was going to hurt, but I needed to get it done. After a short night we made our way to the start at the cottonwood campground. The weather looked stellar and the course beautiful.

First 4 miles are straight up to the first peak at just under 10,000 ft. then you get some downhill past some mountain lakes and then another climb up to the second peak. Once you hit the second peak you get almost 8 miles of down hill to the turnaround. You lose around 4000 ft going down to the turnaround so, since this is an out-n-back I kept thinking the whole time - I gotta come up this!! Arrgh.  Hit the turn around in 3:45 felt pretty good, switched my shirt out and grabbed a couple swigs of Mtn Dew and headed back up. The eight mile climb back up to the peak was a bruiser. Although you cross like 6 streams and waterfalls so, I was able to soak my hat and cool down a few times. The sun was starting to beat down... Long story made short lost about an hr on that climb out of there...Hit the second peak and knew my goal of under 8 hrs wasn't going to happen and if I wanted to get under 9 I needed to move it. So, put the head down and caught up to another runner I knew and we cruised the rest of the way in together.

Overall - I feel pretty happy considering I've only done a couple training runs in the double digits - Would do again for shizzle! Peace. 

31 miles I had 9,300 vert. 

After a few days of needed down time. Hit the Wheelers loop with Tracy and T-Bone. Legs felt aight energy so-so. Trails great! Weather is turning - cold and dark when we started... Ready or NOT... Peace YO.

Great Monday morning on the North Arm. Needed a quick run this AM. Headed from the North Arm TH to WindSurfer and back. Nobody on the trail, which ment I was breaking through all the cobwebs.. Perfect out. yO.

Early morning North Arm out to Wind surfer and back with Tracy and Matt. Weather is about perfect.. Getting lighter later.. arrghh.

Nice O-Town BST with Jeremy. We ran into Curtis towards the turn around so, we just ran back with him. Trail was a nice change. Hit up the steam room at GOLDs after.

Awesome run with the #HFF -1. Headed up from lower big water and climbed up past Dog Lake and then made the push up to Desolation Lake. Once we hit the crest trail it's money on the way back down to upper big water TH to complete the loop. Temp's perfect, trail perfect. Loved this. Need to spend more time down on those trails.  Legs coming back from the loco which is good.

Vert 2,800

 Peace.

Early morning cruise on the North Arm out to SkyLine west (wind surfer).. Trail great. Temps great. Post Lagoon hangover.. for shizzle.

Early morning Wheelers / East Fork / Middle Fork / Ice Box loop with Tracy. Trail was prime. Legs felt aight. Morning air was crisp. Peace YO.

Niner.. Niner.. Late morning heat fest up Wheelers East Fork loop. Pushed the climb up to the top pretty good - lot's o mtn bikers to chase down. Started feeling it on the way down.. HOT and heavy. Ice Box always a treat though. BoOyA.

Yolo... Was a post Labor day labor pain sludgefest on the North Arm. Trail in great shape after a little rain last night, but I was about 15-20 lbs to heavy for it. Time to get in shape I suppose. Pacing Hugh at Wasatch later this week, so not sure how many miles I'll get in between now and then.. Peace.

Well.... My Wasatch100 racer ended up not making the cut off at Lambs canyon last night. He ended up getting sick. I felt really bad for him. Every race/run is a gift.

Since I was down in Gdoc's area waiting for Hugh, I crashed his morning run up the front side of Granduer Peak down into Millcreek (Church fork) . Felt nice to get up above it all.

Peace.

Vert 3500

Well hate to admit it, but hit the gYm o' pain today. Tm and track. Felt weaksauce, Forgot how boring the rollers are. Yo.

Early flashlight early run on the Wheelers loop with Matt and Tracy. Felt aight. Trail in great shape after a bit 'o rain. Temps perfect out.Good times.

Quick trip to Vegas with G' Hit the Iron Maiden Concert YEAH... Then Hit some of the trails at Red Rock Canyon. Started from the Visitors center and headed up towards TurtleHead peak on the Calico trails. Did an out-n-back... Started to get seriously HOT, so we turned it around about a mile from the peak. Nice trails to escape the pain of Vegas, but need to explore more of the trails... 

Irish Pub to end the night!

Been a long time since I hit the Runners Boot Camp at the gYm, so I thought why not. Tough class today. Burpee lap ladder hour. I'm going to hurt tomorrow. I will try and make this class once a week to try and get some strength back. YO

After work gYm time. Hit the tM and then the track. Felt aight, although legs seriously tight from the lunges yesterday. Not ready for gYm time to increase.. YO.

Another gYm session after work. Tm o' pain and some trackage.. Peace.

Nice and Cold North arM trail run this AM with Matt. TH out to Wind surfer and back. Ran under the Harvest MOON. Was Sweet.

Early morning gYm time. Hit the Runners Boot CAMP again this AM. Nice sweat-fest. 3 miles during the class and one on the track after. Need to find another race to gear towards.. YeehAW.

A balamy 30 degrees out this morning.. I was COLD. and still unthawing. Let's have a bit of Fall first - will that be ok? Met up with Shane for a quick North Arm jaunt. He's doing the Bear100 this weekend - When he completes it he'll have completed the Rocky Mtn Slam this year - HardRock, Leadville, Wasatch and Bear... Amazing.

Rainy morning - hit the gYm for some tM and track time. Almost no one there.. Shuold'a been climbing the pfeifferhorn..

Another session on the rollers. 6.10 Already depressed need some Fire and ICe..

Another early Monday in the gYm o' despair. Hit the rollers for a nice session! Wall sits etc.

Wheel's o' life.

"He is the Kwizatz Haderach.
He is born of Caladan
And will take the Gom Jabbar." ...

 

Morning in the gYm o' tears. Hit the cheese Wheel and the steam room.

Awesome freezing morning run with Matt up from Skyline west to Rocky Point. Hit the snow line about a mile in.. NOT ready for that, but getting ready to hit the slopes. Trail in great shape. Good times. Peace.

Great fall run to the ogden canyon overlook from Basin lower lot with J. Trail and trees Prime - right now.

Runners BooT CamP at the gYm this AM. Class was pretty full today, The dark cold fall always brings us back in. I'm going to hurt tomorrow. Finished with some laps on the track.

Early morning run on the North Arm trail with Matt. Headed out from TH to Wind Surfer and back.. Cold and Dark! Ready for the time shift. YO.

Early North Arm with Shane. Headed out from TH to wind surfer and back. Morning was about 20 degrees warmer than on Tuesday. Sweet!

Awesome run up to Rocky point with Matt this AM. Trail and temps perfect out. Fall is almost gone.. Although about 1.5 into the climb a branch had gotten blown down into the trail from the wind storm last night and jausted me right in the shoulder..ouch. It was dark and I was paying attention to the light.. Sweet sunrise.

Sweet Columbus day Wheeler East/Middle Fork Ice Box loop with HairDog. Trail is prime.

Well... was back on the cheese Wheel for another session. Gym was busy this AM. Cold temps and darkness bring out all the critters. Here's to a great week - Yo.

Six miles on the cheeseWheel with a little track thrown in at the end. Felt confined and tired. Need to hit trail tomorrow.

Another gYm morning. Not much time - tried to push the pace a bit. Aye.