I woke up this morning and ran 5.1 miles up to Skyline High School for a group run my Wasatch Back relay team. While waiting to see if anyone would show (i.e., the sky was looking pretty dark and cloudy; also, it rained pretty hard the night before). As a result, I circled the school’s parking lot four times which equaled a mile in distance. One of my teammates showed, therefore we headed up to the Rattle Snake Gulch trailhead (1.8 miles) where we just went to work; that is, running the Gulch then the Pipeline Trail to the Grandeur Peak trailhead then to the top of the peak. It took some time to summit because the final two miles were running through the snow (i.e., fresh powder from the storm that rolled through the Valley the night before). However, when we got to the top of Grandeur Peak, the view of the valley was amazing. Due to the snow and the muddy conditions (I sled down in the mud on one part of the descent), the decline was slow. However, we eventually made it to the Rattle Snake Gulch trailhead for a round trip of 11.3 miles. I then ran the 7.1 miles back to home (taking a lap around the softball complex at Big Cottonwood Park in order to add on some extra mileage) before calling it a day.
Finally, for my non-running workout I accomplished 300 sit-ups and 30 push-ups. | 