The Dude abides...

Happy New Year!  Didn't get out at my normal time this morning, in fact I don't really remember turning my alarm off at 5:35.  Got out at about 11:30am or so, it was 28 degrees a freakin warm front.  At about 6.5 a big cloud rolled over and I got snowed on for the 5th day in a row.

14 degrees, snow again for the sixth day in a row, and an Inversion.  January is not my favorite time, not much more to say.

Just when I thought January couldn't get ANY better....7 degrees and inversion again today.  On the bright side no snow/freezing fog today, wahoo!  Halfway through I tried to take a drink from my bottles and they were both pretty much frozen.

Good run as far as the run went this morning, I'll pass on the 6 degrees and dirty air...if only I could.

Made myself get up and out the door this morning, it was 9 degrees but it felt colder.  Had to detour .5 to go back home to make sure my daughter was up because I didn't see any lights on so she could get to school.  Good thing she was sleeping, even though I got the attitude from her.

Wow, kinda sad when 25 feels nice and warm for a change.  Good run this morning felt good hopefully it's done with the 7-15 degree stuff.  Now to clear the air out...

The air seemed to take a turn for the worse today but it supposed to clear out tonight, here's hoping.  I may have to hit the TM if it stays this bad.  Good run this morning, felt good and just cruised.

CLEAN AIR!!!!!! Nice morning at 38 but a little windy, I'll take it.  I'm afraid looking at the weather forecast that we're going to pay for our little nice morning transgression.  Tired today, what's up with that I figure it was running into the wind.  Now my legs feel a little hammered.

Lots of snow on Friday with unplowed roads and mentally I wasn't there for a TM run so I took a day off.  Got up this morning after mentally preparing for the TM and went for it.  Set it at 7 and cruised.  Watched a couple episodes of Pawn Stars.

-2 out this morning so half marathon Monday moved indoors to the TM for some real torture.  Got it done this morning that's about it.  Watched Vertigo with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak this morning, kinda weird but a really good movie.

Back outside in a BALMY 14 degrees.  Good run on mostly clear road, probably 30% or so on packed snow/ice.  So not my fastest effort but ok anyway.

10 miles on a busy traffic morning, not sure why today was so busy.  Probably because the shoulders on the road are snowy/slushy/icy and I had to keep jumping off the clear part of the road when cars came.  Anyway good run, didn't wear a hat today and ended up with sweat frozen hair...yummy!

Had some late night work alerts to deal with until about 1AM so when the alarm went off at 5:30 I switched it off and rolled over.  Finally got out about 9 or so for a cold run.  I've decided to have an daily acronym for this month...OLJRTG (One Less January Run To Go).  I think it's pretty self explanatory.  I'm not creative enough to actually have it make sense but it works for me.

It felt really cold this morning, inversion cold seems colder to me.  Stupid inversion...OLJRTG!

Decided to run on the TM for my long run this week since the air looks absolutely horrid outside.  We could have another week of this inversion.  So not much to say about 13.2 on a TM but I got it done.  OLJRTG

Hopefully the last run in the super cold really bad air today.  OLJRTG!

10 of the hardest TM miles I've ever run.  Not sure what was up today but I felt nauseous and shaky and had to force myself to get 10 done.  I haven't been eating much this week and not sleeping well and I've lost 7-8 pounds so I assume that's it.  But as bad as things have been for me this week they took a turn for the better last night.

Snow, snow and more snow.  Trudged out into the snowy roads this morning for a tiring run on snow packed/slushy/icy surface.  No speed records today but it was still better than a TM run.  Good test for the GTX's today, my feet stayed dry.

Snowing very had and the roads were a mess on top of that I had to be to work early to goto SLC for training so....no morning run.  Got home and guilted myself into a TM 10k before Justified came on.

Broken record...more snow and the roads were a mess but I couldn't do another TM run.  Very exhausting 10 miles today on sandy snow.  Another good test for the GTX's, feet stayed dry.  Looks like a need to get me a pair of shoes with Gortex.

Thoughtful run this moring, had a lot on my mind.

Hard time getting out of bed this morning for a tired run.  Tired was the rule of the day but it was a good run and I'm glad I got out.  Finally dry roads to run on, it's sooo nice and then to have clean air on top of that with 37 degrees...WOW!

Half marathon Monday.  Good run today, I felt good and hit a nice overall time.  Looks like the inversion is back.....supposed to clear out Thursday though, here's hoping.

A tale of 2 runs today.  First half the wind was blowing from the SE and it actually blew the fog and smog away.  Running up Washington Terrace and South Ogden the air looked good and I could see the mountains.  Got to my half way point and the wind switched to the NW which blew the inversion, smog, and fog back.  Really weird today.

Nice run on a gloomy inversion morning.  Blah blah blah....I need winter to be over.

A little cooler this morning and foggy.  It was really hard to get out the door but I made it.  Running up to the top of Washington Terrace and into South Ogden the fog cleared up and the air looked ever so slightly cleaner so a small bonus. 

Right calf tight today so I took it easy and I'll have to keep being careful.

Starting another wear test today.  Great shoes, especially for a first run.  What a run this morning, the air cleared out and the temps went from 21 when I got up to 35 by the time I got to 7 miles.  Ahhhhhhh.....

Cold this morning but I think inversion cold feels colder so not too bad.  It's always a good run this time of year when the air is clean.  No problems today just cruisin along.

Seems like January is back...cold again this morning.  I saw a stat on the news that 35 of 43 days this year have been below average temperature wise.  Anyway good run today, got out a little early to get to work a little early to fix an issue.

Forgot to blog my run for today so I'm doing it on Thursday.  Feel really tired this week had to kinda push through this one.  Got through it ok though glad I got out.

Nice morning out, I kinda over dressed a little which was ok.  Nice being a little warm for a change.  Good run, tired again.

Nice Presidents' Day run on a cooler morning. Just cruisin today, I really like these Cortana 3s too bad they're a little expensive.

Nice morning for a run which made today's run bearable because I was really dragging today.  Decided to do my 2 10 mile runs today and tomorrow due to weather issues later in the week.  So if I have to run on the TM it's only 8.5.

Great morning again made it better to drag my tired butt through the run.  My legs were pretty cooked about 7 miles in but I bucked up and got it done.

Tired run again today in a light snow.  The snow wasn't too bad and it's kinda nice sometimes to be making the only footprints.  I need to kick out of this tired cycle.

Looked outside this morning and there was 2-3 inches of snow and it was snowing pretty good.  Didn't want to do that so I talked myself into running on the TM...blah blah blah. 

Good run this morning on a freakin fridgid morning.  Temp was 12, what's up with that?  Anyway I was tired and my hip kinda hurt today, leftover from shoveling over 1 foot of snow on Saturday.  So even with the cold, being tired, and my hip I had a nice run.  Winter needs to go away, we've had enough.

Ok run in the snow this morning.  Actually the run was good the snow was BLAH!!!!  My legs were tired today so I just kept it easy.  I kinda tweaked my hip a little shoveling snow on Saturday so another good reason not to push anything.  It's just an occasional ping nothing too serious.

Ok, now that January part 2 is almost over hopefully we'll get some more spring like weather.  17 this morning and breezy so I'm sure the wind chill was in the lower teens.  I felt cold today, aside from that the run was good.  I felt good today just cruisin.

Decided to listen to my body and my brain for a change and took the day off running today.

Nice run today and the temp at 32-35 felt great compared to the 17 or so we've had lately.  I felt good today, both mentally and physically and just cruised.

Great run this morning but kinda cool with the wind blowing from the north.  A north wind means I get to run into it on the second half of my run so that's were I felt a little cold.  The sun came up about 6.25 miles in but I didn't really feel any warmth until around 9-10 miles in and that felt really good. 

My back and hip were a little iffy today but I think it was because we replaced my sons exhaust on his Harley yesterday so we were on the floor and bending over quite a bit.

Nice run again this morning although I have to say...Go AWAY cold weather!  It was 22 this morning blah!  Just cruising along today not thinking about pace and I ended up running a little faster than I thought so I must have felt good today.

Didn't have it today, whatever it is.  Didn't feel well for the entire run so I didn't push it today.  At one point I wished I could have thrown up or something so I could hopefully feel better.  Anyway it's in the bank and I'll move on and hopefully feel better tomorrow.

Seeing that the weather is supposed to get crappy I decided to switch today's and tomorrow's run so...10 miler today.  Night and day from yesterday, I felt great today and although cloudy it was a nice morning to get outside.

It was raining when I got up so I was getting ready for a wet run and it stopped, BONUS!  Nice run this morning with good temps on a nice overcast morning.

Nice run today and an added bonus I wore shorts.  I'm seeing lots of geese flying overhead and in fields around town must mean spring is FINALLY here. 

Day 2 of nice runs in shorts.  Ahhhhhhhhh!

This week has been great weatherwise and running wise.  Just cruisin this morning no problems even though I had to get out an hour early at 5:30 to be in SLC for work this morning.

Up too late with work stuff so I couldn't get up this morning.  Soooo after work cruiser in the nice heat.  It felt really warm and great today nice to be outside.

Nice run to finish out a week of great weather.  Hopefully it continues we've earned it after this winter.

Half marathon Monday and I felt great today.  If I ran races I'd like to feel like I did today on race day.  No complaints just cruisin...

A little cooler out this morning but still a really good run today.  Nothing much more to report just cruisin...

Good run on a warmer morning with on/off light rain starting about 3 miles in.  The rain was no problem though.  It's always odd to me when it feels like it's hardly raining and then a car drives by and you see how hard it's actually raining in the headlights.  Today was definately one of those days.

Rain, snow, hail, and very very windy.  I took that as a sign to roll over and go to bed.  Too bad I couldn't sleep.  So I got up got ready and went to work early...how boring is that!

Nice run this morning.  The weather was better than the weather man said it would be so that's great.  No snow, rain, or hail this morning so bonus.  Heard a couple of Foo Fighters songs this morning, they're great to run to.

Cold this morning at 22.  I had a hard time getting up because I was cold in bed.  Forced myself out the door for a good run.  Right achilles was a little sore I'll have to watch that but I don't think it's a problem.  Did I mention that I was cold.  Done with winter...

Nice run on a much nicer, temp wise, morning.  Just cruisin along enjoying my run.

Pretty good run today, weird though.  Same temp as yesterday but it felt much colder, it must be me.  Just cruisin enjoying the nicer weather.

A guy at work asked me what my running pace is, he's training for his first Odgen half.  Anyway I told him I didn't really know because I never time myself or wear a watch.  So the last 2 mornings I decided to use Runkeeper on my phone and see what's up for the last 2.5 miles.  The results were really pleasantly surprising, yesterday I was at 7:25 ave pace and today at 7:17.  That's probably more of a tempo pace but for me I'll take it.

Now back to the no watch or timing running.....

Felt a little tired today so I just took it easy and enjoyed a nice run this morning.  What a great morning, it's soooooo nice to have spring after that really long dreary winter.

After really no sleep Wednesday night because of work I woke up early this morning and decided to hit it early.  What's up with that, anyway tired run this morning but it felt great to get out into the nice morning.

What a great morning, until about 4.5 miles when the wind started just in time for me to go 2 miles up hill into it through Washington Terrace.  Anyway still had a good run this morning cruisin for half marathon Monday.  Just enjoying running right now.

Missed the rain this morning so that was a good thing, felt good today just running a long.  Kinda boring but not much more going on.

Just tacking on the great Spring miles with no complaints, enjoying being outside, and being able to run.

This is about the best that the same old same old boring gets...another good run on a great morning.  Gotta love spring!

Ok, crappy run today but it wasn't the run so much as the weather.  I started at there was a light to medium rain.  I figured I could deal with that and for 4.5 miles no problem.  Then it started dumping, it was raining hard and I had 4 miles to go.  I made it 1 mile and ran into a Maverick completely soaked to get a plastic bag to put my phone in and the lady gave me a strange look and I told her 'Yeah, I'm insane'.  Anyway made it home, rain continued for the rest of the run.  I can't say that I was thinking I should have run on the  TM though.

Half marathon monday feelin good today, although tired because I didn't sleep real well.  Got rained on again but this time just a light sprinkle for about 3 miles or so, not bad compared to Friday.

Good hard run today, I'd call it a 10 mile tempo.  Didn't have a plan just started running and realized I was pushing it a little after about 2 miles and just stuck with it.  I feel good and it was good to get a nice long tempo in without really thinking about it.

10 rainy miles this morning.  Rained semi hard for about 2 miles and then lightened up so no biggie.  Took it easy this morning after yesterday's hard effort.  Felt good today even in the rain.

Nice run on a great morning, hopefully the rest of the day goes as well.  Pretty good pace again today and I was trying to go easy.  All running days should be like this.

Got a little lucky for a change and actually got a weather window to run in instead of getting hit by the worst of it.  Good run this morning.

Cloudy, cold, windy, blah blah blah...what happened to spring?  Run was good weather not so good.  Seriously I'm sick of cold.

Blah blah blah cold blah blah blah windy blah....

25 degrees....:(

Nice run on a much better morning at 38.  Felt good today except I over dressed.

Nice morning today for a nice first run of the year down through South Weber.  I like to run that route just not during the winter because South Weber Drive has no shoulder with lots of curves.

Set out for my normal Tuesday 8.5 and ended up doing 12.5.  Just felt like running further today.  Now my legs are tired but a good tired.

Easy run on a nice morning.  Needed an easy morning after the last 2 so this was good just to loosen up this morning.

Kinda coolish to start but when the sun came up it felt really good and it was nice to be out for a run.

Out early at 5:50 for a nice easy cruiser this morning.  Great Full Moon set in the west.

2 easy with my wife this evening.  Great time and it's wonderful to run with my wife.

Great run on an awesome morning.  Tempo'd the last 4.25 or so that felt good as well.  I feel now like I had a good workout, I'm not sore but just the good kinda worn out you get after a good hard run.  Is that a good way to describe it?

Just cruisin today out in the wind...what's with the North wind though it was kinda cold.  Isn't it April 30...guess the cold year continues.

Cold with snow today, light snow for the first 1.5 or so then again at 6.  Cold north/northwest wind for the last 4.5.  Run was great I hit a pretty good pace for me, cold/snow is BLAH!

Great morning and good run although I felt slow today.  So just plodding along today.....

What a crappy run, first run ever completely ruined by bad shoes.  It was torture today, I'll never wear those again.

Nice run down through South Weber this morning.  Great weather, nice to be outside.  South Weber drive was as busy with traffic this morning as I've ever seen it.  I run down there because it's not busy traffic wise.  That road has a lot of curves and there's no shoulder.

Just missed the rain, bummer.  Nice run again this morning in perfect temps, although it felt a little humid.  No complaints though.  I felt good this morning just cruisin.

Slightly cooler this morning, my hands were cold for the first mile but a great morning.  10 tired miles today, legs felt it today.

Great run on a super nice morning, at least for me.  There was a water main break a block or so from my house and when I ran by this morning at about 6:30am there was a waterfall in the backyard of this 4-plex the whole yard was a lake and it was just starting to run down the stairs into the bottom floor apartments....bummer.

Good run, good pace, great morning my head just wasn't in it this morning.

Run was good today, my stomach was on fire from a small piece of boston creme pie that I ate last night.  I have a little lactose problem and it's weird what things really affect me, like the pudding in the pie.  Anyway...tempo'd the last 2 miles.

Wierd knee pain after Monday's run so I took a few days off now to save really hurting myself.  Decided to try a run this morning, knee felt ok but it's not better yet.  I thought if I ran this morning that I'd rest it over the weekend and see how it goes.

Where to start....Ogden Half Marathon today....Very rainy, windy, and cold.  I haven't run any race let alone this one in a few years and it's getting way too crowded but that's to be expected because it's a great race and course.

I was hoping for anything in the 1:40's time frame.  I took my watch but promised myself I wouldn't look at it until the end.  I actually made it and didn't look until the end.  I wanted to run by feel and had a great race for me.  

 Tried to start out easy and then just run by feel.   Splits:  9:08 (lots of people to get around), 8:44, 8:32, 8:28, 8:10, 8:09, 8:00, 7:53, 7:47, 7:53, 8:12 (crowded parkway), 8:06, 8:00, 8:02 pace for .22. 

Anyway happy with the results this is definitely a PR for me and 15 minutes faster than the last time I ran the Ogden Half. 

Wanted 10 easy this morning but an early work meeting made that impossible.  So I ran it at a pretty good pace today.

Now that I'm cooled down and relaxed at work there is some soreness coming back from Saturday.  Sore quads and my right calf is tight.  I'm not sure what it is about the Ogden course but I get sore everytime I run it.  I guess it's the downhill.

Recovery continues....still some residual soreness to work through from the race and yesterday.  Today was nice and easy cruisin along.

Nice surprise this morning, my daughter decided to run with me.  Awesome run, it was great to have company and it's nice to know that the old man had to hold back today:)

Some residual soreness still....stupid legs so it was a perfect day for a nice easy run.

Great run on a perfect morning.  Just cruisin today, legs started to get tired with about 1 mile to go so I'm pretty much recovered.  Although that seems strange that I'd have to recover since I do a half marathon every week but it is what it is.

Nice morning for a run until about 9.5 miles when it started raining.  Not too bad though it didn't rain too hard.  Luckily the rain really picked up right after I got home, not too often I can say that.  Usually I'm out in the middle of the downpour. 

Soooooo this makes the 2nd 13.1 mile run in a row that I've gotten rained on, last one was the Ogden half last weekend.

So so run today.  Tired, legs felt heavy, and I felt clunky.  Definately didn't feel fast today just ran how I felt.  Still happy to get out though.  A few sprinkles of rain here and there again today.

AM - nice run with my daughter this morning. It's really nice when she gets up and runs with me.

PM - double treat today, 2 miles with my wife.....great running day

What a nice run on a coolish morning.  No complaints the temp felt great.  My daughter wouldn't get up this morning...bummer.  Hopefully my wife will want to go tonight.

Nice run with my wife it's always great to run with her, an easy 1.75 and then .5 hard trying to catch up after running back home.

Another nice run with my wife and dog.  I love to run with those 2.  Hopefully my daughter will go in the morning.

Awsome morning for a really great run.  My daughter decided not to go with me so I left.  I do a loop by my house to start I was about 2 miles in and she found me, what a great surprise.  She scared me coming up from behind but still a nice surprise.  So she got 11.75 in and I got 13.35.  Just happy to be out running with my daughter.

PM - 2 with my Wife and Chloe (our mini dachsund).  Great run nice to be out with 2 of my 3 favorite girls, although Chloe wasn't really into it today.

What a great morning, temps couldn't be any better with nothing but blue sky.  My daughter got up again and ran with me so that makes my day even better.

Great run on another nice morning.  My daughter didn't want to get up this morning so I was solo today.  Took the opportunity to run a little harder, felt good.  Now I feel a little tired but I just ate some oatmeal, yummy, so hopefully that helps.

10 miles complete with several work interruptions so kinda so so.  Plus my head wasn't in it this morning.

After finishing the last 2 cuts of the wood floor we're adding to our hallway then my wife and I cleaned the garage and shed out.  Made a trip to the dumps, by then it was about 4PM.  My wife took a nap so I went for a run.  I'm NUTS...it was about 85 and I was tired from working all day.  Tough, tough hot run today but kinda glad I got out.

Easy run this morning with my Wife and Chloe.  Felt hot at 9:30AM but it's always fun to get out for a run with those 2.

Good run this morning but it really got hot.  First 10 or so miles were warm but manageable, there was some cloud cover that really helped.  Last 3 when the sun came out were just like Saturday afternoon, I could feel the temps go up.  Now I'm a little drained but it's a good drained.

Nice run on a warm but not too hot windy morning.  Just cruisin today without my daughter who wouldn't get up....bummer.  Soccer conditioning started so she can only run on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Nice run today on a great morning even though I left my water bottles home.  Lots of other runners out today and 2 Quail's that ran across the street in front of me.  Tempo for the last 4.25.

Nice cruiser this morning, it felt slightly cooler this morning which was good.  Lots of walkers out but no other runners today.  Added .5 on a detour through Rohmer park instead of running through some road construction.

10 awesome miles on a perfect morning.  Great to be out today.

Good run today, I felt good just cruisin along.  Left a little early to get more run in before the sun came up which helped.

Nice run with a few other runners out today and more walkers.  Started to get warm about 5-6 miles in then I turned around and got a slight breeze from the WNW that felt great and couldn't have been better timed.

Nice run but a little warm this morning.  I can really feel when it gets around 70.  Detoured .5 through Rohmer Park to wave to my daughter at soccer conditioning so that was fun.

What a great morning really nice to be out for a run, 20 degrees cooler than yesterday.  I almost needed gloves at 45 but I toughed it out.  Good morning just cruisin...

Wow, another perfect morning.  Got out early so I could go to breakfast with the fam...great run again.  Felt good running, felt good to be out.

Warm morning today so I got out a little early to get more rbs (run before sun).  Started getting fairly warm at 7.5-8 and then hot at 9 or so.  Other that the warmth, not complaining I'd rather have it 75-80 than 10-20, it was a great run today.

Nice run on a great morning.  Strategically placed clouds gave me shade for most of the run which made the temps nice and I felt great today just cruisin.  At one point I had to brush a big black winged ant off my shirt.

Great run today I'm feeling good right now.  Another big black flying ant on me today, that's 2 days in a row.  This time it was under my shirt.

Hard run today effort wise.  Not really sure why but it felt hard and was a huge sweatfest today.  Picked another big black flying ant out of my hair today.  3 days in a row now.

Good run today but it was a little warm.  Got out slightly early so I got just over 3 miles done before the sun came over the mountain.  No flying ants today so that's a plus.

Funny thing today, a lady with a large dog on a leash was running and an older lady had her yorkie just out for the morning unleashed.  The yorkie took off after the larger dog and the older lady came running out of her house in her bathrobe and had to chase the yorkie down the street and then in circles because it didn't want to be caught.  The lady with the larger dog didn't stop, I don't blame her but it was funny to see the older lady in her bathrobe chasing the dog down.

Tried to get out a little early because it was supposed to be pretty warm.  Started warm but didn't get too hot.  Good run got in about 3 miles before the sun came up so that helped.  Not much more today just a good summer run.

Good run today, threw in a fartlek for about a mile bewteen 2 and 3 miles to try and beat the sun.  Did alright it took about a mile to catch me.  Added .5 detouring through Rohmer park because I felt like it.  Nice scenery from up there looking down into South Weber and Riverdale.

Warm run this morning.  I got out about 15 minutes early, man I'm really pushing myself out of bed to do that, anyway to get more rbs(run before sun) in.  I made it between 4.5 - 5 miles today so that was nice.  Saw a couple of Quail's this morning and not much else which is ok with me.  Had to run through some construction and when I got home my calves looked like I'd been mudding.

Great run in Island Park today. Got out late at 11:30 because we didn't roll in until 1AM last night. My daughter went with me today which made the run even better. Found a cell phone on the trail so hopefully we can get it back to the owner.

Great run again today in Island Park. Got out at a little after 7AM so the temps were great. Saw a deer about 2 miles in and 2 other runners. I can run at home and not see 2 other runners.

Wasn't really planning on running today but my daughter was going and we didn't want her to go alone. I was more than happy to join so a great run this afternoon in Island Park.

Day off so I was up early, yeah early and out the door on my day off.  Great run on a coolish morning with some nicely placed clouds.  Lots of other runners out today.  Got home and helped my wife mow the lawn and then off to see Despicable Me 2.

Back to a normal schedule today.  Good run, I felt pretty good again today.  Clouds over the mountains kept the sun blocked out until I was just past 8 miles so no complaints.

Another good run today, pushed the last 2 miles or so.  Got out slightly early and was able to get about 5.5 miles before the sun caught me.  A little smoky out today from the fires down south hopefully it doesn't get worse.

Great run on a slightly cooler feeling morning.  Got out early again and just cruised today.

In St. George for my daughters soccer camp so hot run this morning. Not really sure where to run down here so I just ran around town and ended up with 8 before it got too hot especially without water.

We hiked the Zion's narrows yesterday, it was awesome we had a great time. It was the first time for all of us and we'll definitely be back.

Back to the grind this morning.  Late night drive back from St. George on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning kinda killed yesterday's run.  Good run this morning a little coolish for the first 5-6 until the sun came up.

After work cruiser for 5.2 miles on the Riverdale parkway by the river. Very hot but still a good run.

So so run this morning.  Didn't sleep well so I was tired, legs were tired from the double yesterday and then to top it off I had some GI issues about 7 miles in.  Glad this one is done.

Nice run up through Washington Terrace, down through South Weber and then back through Riverdale.  Got a little warm from about 9 on but managable. 

Nice run today on a coolish feeling morning, until 9-9.5 when it started to get hot.  I must be getting used to the heat finally.

Awesome run from the Green Pond trailhead up and up to Ogden Canyon overlook with Oreo, Brandon, and Ben this morning. Saw 1 two point buck still in velvet and to top that the trail was great and the view from the overlook rocked.

Run keeper has it at 1909ft of elevation gain so tough pull but it was fun.

Thanks Guys!!!

Dragging butt today, I'm tired.  Cruised through the run on a warm morning, especially compared to yesterday at Snow Basin when it was probably in the 50's.

Fairly easy run today, I was tired again so I didn't push it.  Nice morning, lots of walkers out to say good morning to.

Nice run on a great morning.  I was almost alone out there today not many walkers out and only 1 runner.  Just a nice quiet run today with some strategically placed clouds to give me lots of shade.

Great morning for a nice run.  Just cruisin....kinda boring but I'll take it.

Nice run on a pretty warm morning. Kinda zapped me today.  Great sunrise but it only lasted a minute or so if you blinked you missed it.

Very warm, windy this morning.  That's a double whammy for me I'm beat now.  Ended up running pretty hard today for some unknown reason so it ended up being a huge sweat fest.  Yep, I was putting out the vibe this morning...jk  I saw 7 other runners, all women, this morning which is kinda a lot for me.  What's up with the guys up here?

10 miles early on a great morning.  I almost rolled back over and went to bed this morning because I was sooo tired.  Glad I got up it was at least 10 degrees cooler this morning.

Got home and went for 2 more very easy with my wife and chloe.  Great morning all together.

Awesome easy run with Brandon and Ben on the Ogden River Parkway from Monroe park down to the confluence of the Ogden and Weber rivers and back.  Great run and great company.

Half marathon Monday.  Good run today down through South Weber and then back up into Washington Terrace.  Not too warm so everything went well and I felt pretty good running up 300 W. from Riverdale road into the Terrace to finish it off.

It was hard to get out of bed today I'm feeling lazy.  Finally drug myself out for a good run.  I have to run through 2 construction zones now even though I stick to the back roads.  The second one started Friday last week.  Hopefully they get it done before school starts because that area gets kinda crazy in the mornings when school's in.

New route today, I decided to mix it up a little.  Ran down 300W to Riverdale Road, west to the Weber River parkway and then north to about 27th St. and then back.  Good route, it's nice to run by the river for a while plus it's a little cooler down there.  I used MapmyRun today, I don't usually time myself, but it ended up being 7:59 min/mile ave.  So I'm happy with that.

Blahhhh.  Did not want to wake up this morning, I'm not sure why I'm sooo tired.  Got out for an easy run and glad I did but I think I did the Zombie run because I definately felt dead today.

Tired miles today on a great morning.  Still tired but glad I got out.  Up a little late last night because we were in Brigham City for my son's LAX game so got to bed late and then up earlier than normal to run this morning.  Not a good idea if you're tired but the LAX game was fun.

Easy run with my wife and dog this morning on the Ogden River Parkway.  Good times...Kneaders french toast after...Yummy!

Ok so whatever 'IT' is I usually don't have very much 'IT' but today I didn't have any 'IT'.  Grinder today, just not feelin it. My son has a cold so hopefully it's not the beginning of that.

Woke up with a head ache and not much motivation to get out of bed today.  Boy am I glad I did.  Had a great run this morning.  The head ache went away and I ended up doing a tempo for pretty much the whole run.  Feelin good now after as well.  Good running day today.

Nice run on the Weber River Parkway through Riverdale and Ogden this morning.  Great morning and the trail wasn't busy at all.

Good, uneventful run this morning.  Just cruisin....

Good run on a slightly smokey morning.  Cmon firefighters...get those fires out.  For as dry as it is here we've been pretty lucky so far fire wise.

2 easy on the Ogden River Parkway with my wife and Chloe.  Awesome morning, great to be out with them.

Nice run up Washington Terrace, down into South Weber, back into Riverdale and up again into Washington Terrace.  A little warm at the end but overall a great run today.

Easy cruiser on a pretty warm morning.  Cloud cover kept it toasty.  First day of school....back to busy traffic.  Blah Blah Blah

What a grinder today, felt like I had to force every step.  Sweatfest as well...does it get better?

So for a change today I decided to let it rain on me..jk.  I did get rained on, big drops, for about .5 then a light sprinkle for about 4 more.  Nice change this morning it was nice to get rained on.

Got out a little late this morning but it turned out ok because there were clouds to give some shade and keep the temps nice.  10 miles at HMP today, not really trying to do that but it ended up that way.  Happy with the workout.

Didn't really feel to good today, so so run on a warm windy morning.  Had to make a .5 detour home at 5 miles to make a potty stop.  Ok after but still not feeling great.

Had a hard time getting out of bed today, it was one of those days when my alarm clock went off I almost slept through it because it was more irritating than anything else and it took a few seconds to realize it was my alarm.  Good run today once I got myself out of bed and out the door.

Nice run mostly on the Weber River parkway from Riverdale down to Ogden and back.  Klutzy moment of the day....under the 24th St. overpass I tripped and fell in an uneven spot (about 3in difference).  I need to have some excuse;)

Tired run up through Wash. Terrace and South Ogden today.  Woke up around 2 miles in and just cruised from there.

I owe this run to my dog.  If she wouldn't have gotten up when my alarm went off I wouldn't have run.  Soooooo tired today, not sure what's up.  Ended up having a great run.  Got home and found that one of my water bottles fell out somewhere so I had to hop in the car and find it.  It fell out just after I turned around and I found it in good shape, luckily it hadn't been run over.

13.6 early nice run but a little warm and humid.  .5 detour back home for a potty break, blah blah blah.

Got home and went for a 2 mile cool down with my wife and chloe.  Good stuff.

Really nice morning out for a run.  Just cruisin along pretty boring...perfect.

I really really had a hard time getting out the door this morning.  Finally talked myself into running and it turns out to be one of the warmest mornings all summer with a warm breeze as well.  That being said..had a great run this morning and I'm really glad I talked myself into going out.

Blah blah blah...that about sums up my mood today.  Good to get out and run.

Nice easy run down the Ogden River parkway starting at Rainbow Gardens this morning with Brandon and Chad.  Great run and great company this morning.

Got up late today but at least I got up so a shorter run today.  I had a headache and felt a little nauseous when I first got up so I went back to bed.  Finally talked myself into a shorter run today.  Good run, it felt really good temp wise and I just cruised.  I must have needed a little more sleep because my headache was gone so good news there.

Did not sleep well last night.  Today's run was a grinder, at least it was nice and cool.  I was ready to be done at 5, 6.5, 9.5, and 11 miles.

For some reason I had a big sweatfest today.  Good run, ended up tempoing the last 4.25.  The rain held off until the last .75 so no complaints.

Windy, rainy run today.  No complaints, it didn't rain too hard.  The lightning stayed off in the distance so that worked out.

Windy again this morning, made it a little bit of a push for the first half uphill.  Just cruisin on the way back.  Legs are tired now, I'm tired now.  Hopefully I'll sleep in tomorrow.

Uneventful run this morning, just cruising along.  Just the way I like it.

Windy this morning and the weather report says it's not windy yet.  Good run up into South Ogden for a normal Tuesday.

What an awesome morning, temp was 52 or so and it felt great.  Had to get out a little early to get back and help with an upgrade for work.  Got back in time and got the upgrade done.

Light gloves today, ended up taking them off after I got warmed up.  That was an abrupt change and it was very nice to run in 44 degrees this morning.  Plan was for 10 but I had to take a detour.

Great run this today on an absolutely perfect morning.  Temps around 50, no wind just cruisin.  Felt good today.

Another good run on a great morning.  Enjoy it while we get it this week looks like Thursday may be really so so.  I had a flock of geese fly over honking today.  I wanted to tell them they were flying the wrong way, south, but I don't think they would have listened.

Nice run today again, whoohoo.  Great morning, the sunrise was awesome with the cloud cover going from pink to orange.

Easy peasy today, gave blood yesterday afternoon so no pushing it today.  I decided to switch today and tomorrow's run because it wasn't raining when I got up.  Ended up missing the rain altogether so that was good.  If I have to run on the TM I want it to be as little as possible and that 1.5 miles extra makes a big difference.

Brrrrr....not ready for 35 yet.  Cold until I got warmed up then I was ok.  But it took 3 lighter shirts and light gloves today.  We need  more nice fall weather.

Volunteering at the finish line for the Huntsville Marathon tomorrow..good luck to all those running.

What a grinder today.  Very windy and I felt really uncomfortable the whole time, never got into a good groove today.  I'll have to look back on this run as a character builder because it was a tough one.

Better run today on a great morning.  Felt much better today but not 100%.

Weird week, today I felt like I was in slow motion.  Weird.  Anyway nice to get out otherwise and seen more geese flying over.  They look surprisingly big when they're flying low.

The feeling slightly off week continues.  Glad I got out but still just a little off, not sure what's up.  Switched my normal Thursday and Friday runs again because it wasn't raining this morning.  I guess it's that time of year where you have to take what the weather gives you sometimes.

Cold run this morning with some snow up in South Ogden.  It wasn't snowing but there was snow on the grass from last night.  First snow of the season...bummer that means winter is really coming.

Nice run this morning, I felt much better as compared to last week.  Had a weird mental thing today..I couldn't imagine myself being able to run 13 miles.  It just seemed impossible but I got it done.  Weird.

Great run on a perfect morning.  Just cruisin and taking what the weather gives right now.  Decided to run 10 instead of 8.5 since it's supposed to be bad Thursday-Friday.

So I had a quandry this morning about how to dress....and I did not choose wisely.  I under dressed today and got cold.  Not too bad though.  Still overall good run on a nice morning.  No problems so no complaints.

Surprisingly nice run in the rain this morning.  The rain was good for a change and I just cruised today.

Ok run today, my stomach wasn't really doing to well this morning.  Ate too much for lunch yesterday and paid for it.  I need to remember that next time...

Columbus day and I'm out at 6:20 running.  Wanted to sleep in but the run probably wouldn't have happened so I got up.  Good run today, just missed the rain so nice morning.

Brr...cold this morning.  Great run though I felt good today.  Tempo for the last half made it even better...totes mgoats.

Holy crap I'm going to keep beating this perverbial dead horse...I'm cold.  Good run other than I was cold the whole time.  It seemed much colder this morning but my thermometer said only 2 degrees colder.  Lots of other runners out today.

Really, really tired today.  So I didn't push it, since I've run 2 tempo's the last 2 days it wasn't a big deal.  I soooo could have rolled over and kept sleeping.  Why can't this happen on a Saturday or Sunday when I really could sleep in...oh well so is the life of a runner.  Wouldn't trade it for not running.

Nice run this morning just cruisin.  The moon was really awesome this morning.  It was full and setting into the west turning yellow.  Really neat and the only way I'm seeing that is if I'm out running.

First off I'm sick and couldn't sleep last night so there was no way I was getting up this morning.  So I decided since the weather is sooooo nice I'd take a nice easy lunch time run.  Great to get out in the middle of the day for a nice run.  Still not feeling well but I went and got me a Slurpee to help me feel better:)

Wear testing Saucony Kinvara 5's today.  Great shoe so far, very light and very springy and they make me feel fast.  Fits my foot well especially in the fore foot area.

The run was a huge drag today.  I'm pretty sick so it was tough today, felt like I was in a weird daze.  I think I just kicked into automatic mode and ran.  The whole time my brain was telling me you don't feel well enough to do this but my legs kept going thankfully.

Probably the worst run of my life today, I really don't feel well.  Glad it's over.

Much better this morning, I think I'm starting to break out of this crap.  Made myself really take it super easy today.

Tried to get for a run but I couldn't stop coughing and I really couldn't breathe.  Had to bag it at 2 miles.  This STUPID cold has gone to my chest.

Still trying to recover from walking pneumonia.  This has been a tough one.  Finally felt like I wanted to be a runner again today.  Decided to try a short easy one today.  Not good but not too bad either.  I think I'll survive this.  A word of advice...don't catch this, it REALLY kicked my butt.

Very slow, very exhausted miles today.  I have no strength yet, lungs are probably 60-70% but I feel like I need to be a runner again.  First time in over a week that I've felt like running.

Major work problems yesterday pretty much killed any run.

Slow grinder today, I'm still lacking energy and coughing too much.

Nice morning...I wish I could start feeling a little better.  I guess the fact that I'm out 2 days in a row is a good sign.  Still slow and slugish, coughing away.

Good run on my day off.  Got up early so I didn't have any excuses today.  Feeling better but I'm still maybe 75-80%.  How can the human body produce soooo much snot?

Maybe a light at the end of the tunnel this morning.  While not great, I did feel slightly better.  Less coughing and I caught a little bit of a second wind at about 6 miles or so.

I didn't want to get out of bed this morning, I was ever sooo close to rolling over and sleeping some more.  I think the only thing that got me out the door was my thermometer, it read 41.  Great morning, I felt both good and bad throughout the run today but glad I got out.  Did anybody else see the AWESOME sunrise...it was so red with the clouds through Weber Canyon.

Colder out today but the coughing while running was much less today so I'm happy with that progress.  I'm still fatigued a little but it's getting better although not as fast as I'd like.  Good run today even though I was ready to be done about 6 miles in.

So So run today, just didn't feel it.  Then to top it off at 3 miles the rain/snow started.  I got cold today because I underdressed and didn't plan on being wet.  I guess I've got to change gears and start thinking weather a little bit now....bummer.

Really nice out this morning and I felt much better although still some lingering tiredness that pneumonia really kicked my butt.  Good run today hopefully I'm back to my normal training now.

Super nice morning and I felt pretty good today.  Ended up doing HMP for the last 4.25, first time I've even felt like running a little faster in 3 weeks. :)

Kinda tired today but it was good to get out.  I'll take these kinda mornings all winter long, just cruisin along.

Started out good then about 3.5 miles in the snow started. Had to break out my 2nd set of light gloves because my wimpy hands got cold.

Took Friday off, we were at University of Great Falls on a campus visit for my daughter.  She got offered a really nice scholarship to play soccer, I'm sooo proud of her.

Anyway, nice run on a really good morning for late November.  I'm not really sure what the difference is between the Kinvara 5 A/B pairs but I definately like the A pair better, no doubt.

I was cold this morning.  Of course I tried to be tough and wear shorts but I guess I'm not tough enough for that.  I'm usually ok around 28-29 degrees for shorts.  At one point my thumb started hurting so I had to tuck it into my fist, what's up with that?  I feel like a big wuss.  Now I'm sitting at my desk with a hot chocolate and a jacket and I'm still cold.

10 good miles this morning, I felt much better today.  Just cruisin in the cold.  1 less cold run to go.

Slowly getting back to normal after being sick.  I'm probably about 90% now generally.  Good run on this Turkey Day, they're always good because there's no traffic and it's quiet and enjoyable.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Post Thanksgiving daze run this morning, but it was all made better when Riviera Paradise by Stevie Ray Vaughn came on the old iPod.  Great song to relax to during a good run on a quiet morning.

Good run today on a great morning...wow 48 on December 2nd.  Felt much better today which is a good sign.  I think it really helped that the inversion cleared up, that really seemed to be bothering me this time around.

Anyway, running along this morning and a guy riding a bike and smoking passed me.  I guess since the inversion cleared up he still needed to breath dirty air.

Epic fail today as far as not being a wimp.  Looked out seen the snow and wind and hit the TM.  Luckily I had a couple of Daily Show's DVR'd to watch that helped with the boring boring run.

So...I really x 10 didn't want to run outside today but I really x 11 didn't want to run on the TM.  By a single really I ended up outside in the 9 degree temp.  At least I ran because I really x 12 thought about not running at all.  Not as bad as I thought it would be, I have to confess it never is.  Then again...5 shirts, tights, pants, gloves, hat I felt like Ralphies brother in 'Christmas Story' all bundled up.

Miserably cold this morning, 5 degrees light wind.  Not much more to say.

Got up a little early and hit the TM this morning while it snowed.  Set it at 7 and cruised, ran the last 1.25 at 7.3.

Stupid cold...12.55 on the TM at 7 speed varied incline.  BLAH!!!!

TM again.  I've kinda decided that I can't really run outside on red air days this year.  The bad air seems to be bothering me more this year than in the past so I don't want to push it.  Of course I may get really really sick of the TM and run outside anyway but for now I'm trying to stick to my guns so to speak.

Wow, 2 days in a row...who woulda thunk!

Woke up the weather said yellow air at the time so I hit it outside.  Apparently whatever a yellow air day means is not good enough to run 13 miles in, now I have a scratchy throat and just don't feel right.  I'll have to remember this next time I get a crazy idea.

TM, stupid bad air.  Inversions are depressing.

Run out in the bad air...boo.  Wore a neck gaiter pulled up over my mouth and nose to see if it would help with the bad air.  It must have helped because I feel better today than Monday.  Felt good to get outside.

I had work stuff to fix this morning so by the time I got that done I had to hit the TM.  Roads looked to iffy today.

Got up a little early so I hit the TM.  Nothing special today.

Nice to get out for a run this morning.  34 degrees meant shorts..yeah!  Roads still pretty slick in spots almost went down a couple of times.  Interesting running under trees this morning as well, kinda like mini rain, slush, snow storms under each.

Wow, another run outside in shorts.  Cool thing this morning the roads looked like they were glittered and best of all for about 95% they weren't icy.  I'm not sure if it was just me but it seemed overly dark this morning.

Nice run this morning after a great Christmas.  I seem to have misplaced my hat right before a 17 degree morning.  I actually saw 1 other runner out this morning.  This time of year is great to run because the traffic is low due to the holidays, now if it could just be warmer:)

I was out the door running this morning at 3:30.  Couldn't really sleep so I thought why not.  It was really nice and quiet outside, except for the lady walking in shorts everything was pretty normal.  Came home and went to bed for a few hours before work but I can feel it's going to be a long tired day.

Half marathon on a treadmill...what was I thinking.  Stupid inversion.

TM again, its my wifes birthday today so I ran while she went to get a massage.   Got up early and cooked her breakfast and made her a cake.  She helped of course.