What ever it takes!

I'm on the verge of insanity, and most of it has to do with not being able to run.  I'm not sure why the bike isn't compensating but for some reason I just don't get out of biking what I do from running.  I've noticed that running downhill doesn't seem to hurt at all so this morning I decided to experiment.  I went to the gym, set the treadmill to -3% and started running, and it worked.  Essentially no pain at all, even at a decent pace.  My fitness is so far gone weather or not running with a decline is cheating isn't really even an issue, just running is the primary goal.  So I ran 6 miles in 47 minutes with no stopping, and felt good when I finished.

From my house up to Timp Cave entrance.  There was big a group of about 20 right behind me going up the Canyon.  I felt like I was the break away in the Tour, kept me motivated to keep my speed up :)

If I thought I could even run 26 miles I would go down and sign up for Des News right now.  An old High School buddy called me yesterday asking about the course, he is trying to run a Boston Qualifying time of 3:15, I really wish I could go run with him.

American Fork Canyon, to the top and back home with my best friend Dave.

6 miles on the treadmill with a 3% decline, 30 minutes on the eliptical.

West Lehi loop.

Well, that was an interesting Bike ride.  This shows how much of a runner I am, I had no idea today was my favorite 1/2 marathon.  Started out aimlessly this morning and finally just decided to ride up American Fork Canyon for the 3rd time this week, got to the base of the Canyon and saw about 5 school buses coming out of the canyon, then I saw the flashy sign saying Canyon closes for runners and then I realized it was that time of year. I got to the base and asked the police man if it was OK for bikes to go up, he said yes so I headed up.  Started seeing the Full Marathoners coming back down right away so I had a good time cheering them on,  at about mile 5 of the 1/2 I saw the first 1/2 marathoner, who just happened to be Scott Keate, and he was flying with 1 guy right behind him,  I'm sure I should know who it was but couldn't tell at the time, guess I'll find out in Scott's report.  They had at least a 5-6 minute lead on anyone else already, I continued up cheering everyone on looking for familiar faces, saw Andy, James (run me happy) Toni.  I planned on riding to the fork and turning around to cheer them all on again but when I got there the police said I couldn't go back down.  So I kept going up for a while, turned around, when I got the the police cars again they still wouldn't let me by, so I went back up to Granite Flats, came back down and it the tail runners at mile 5, they still wouldn't let me ride by.  Well I had to get home cause my wife was waiting for me so I did the most logical thing, I got off my bike, took off my cleats and ran the next 3 miles out of the canyon in my socks.

Fun morning, perfect weather for a 1/2 marathon. I was really jealous I couldn't run but it was fun to see it all.