fueled by M&M's

4.5mi painful late night miles with fast neighbors.

I ran 2/3'rds of the Provo City Marathon as a training run.  I got a cool shirt out of it and it was nice to have water/gatorade/gu along the way.  

Fake speed work with some new shoes.  There were a few moments of awesomeness on the run, but not many.

The new Launches have much more cushion than the same shoes with 450+ miles...so that's a plus.  I had to send my NB 1080 v2's back.  They were ripping apart on the front inner portion of the shoe.  Pretty disappointing.  I had a pair of 990's quite a while ago that I really liked.  Also the v2 injection molding is not a bit soft.  :(  Too bad.

2012 battle creek to grove creek canyon attempt #1.

i got to the mouth of battle creek at 8pm.  my intent was to run the loop with my head lamp. i made it to the timpanooke trail but decided against continuing towards grove creek.  I didn't want to descend on an unfamiliar trail, using my headlamp for the first time.  And running on back country trails in the dark is a little intimidating! I'll have to get used to that I guess, or bring a friend when running off road at night.

I'll try again soon.   

7mi lehi night run

6mi on the JRP. feeling like junk! (sick)

finally, one good off road night run!  woot

my neighbors and I decided to checkout the hills east of traverse mountain, in the highland/alpine area.  we parked at the the base of the hills and headed out.  i've wanted to check out this area for a long time...

we gained 920ft of elevation in the first 1.6mi.  ouch, that's a bit much for me, but it was fun. after that nothing but great views of utah county and the slc valley, overall it was a really pretty area.  my headlamp works great, hopefully more night runs very soon.

we made it fairly close to Jun & Scott's "Ann's loop".  Our route is in blue, Ann's loop in red. 

my neighbors. tim wore a reflective safety vest... not sure what that helps with in the mountains but umm, "safety first" tim! good job buddy.  

wow, draper city actually *cares* about the trails?  that's cool! i picked up a trail map for my next run in the area.

1600ft vert

Lehi night run around my hood. Doesn't look like this site is iPad friendly so I'll keep it short.

partial Ann's loop with the potato hill cutoff trail.  this is my first time on this trail, the trail is amazing!  i think the potato hill parking lot is maybe 15minutes from my house. i'll be back soon.

my phone said the loop is 7.1 miles.  and my watch reported 6.8.  :-/ meh.

oh yeah...  10 *steps* into the run i kicked a root and full on pete rose slid across the trail.  that's my first major spill of the year.  skuffed up hands but no blood.

2 afternoon runs.  9mi and 5mi.  not quite the mileage i wanted to get up to over this holiday.  but at least i got out. 

late night shortened ann's loop w/ a few friends. 1 deer and 1 raccoon sighted.