I can do it. I will do it NINE times!

Morning 5 miler, out by AP's house, just fun - ran fast sometimes, slow sometimes, got chased by some geese, raced a dog, basically just had a party. I think I'll run some miles this week then start getting into shape for the Wasatch Back.

Late afternoon, ran out on the 6.5 mile trail loop from my house, tried to go a bit faster on a longer run than I have been in the recent past - instead of around 8:30 min/mile like I have been lately, I was aiming for around 7:30 min/mile. It was harder than I thought it would be, my first 3 mile times were 7:51, 7:40, 7:34 and .5 mile at 7:42 pace, then a half-mile break at 8:25 min/mile, then 7:50, 7:38, and another .5 mile at 7:29 pace. I'm way more out of shape than I thought I was, well, at least for running longer distances faster. I'll be working on my endurance more! I think, though, that the fact that I went swimming for a while got a killer sunburn made me a bit tireder for running today.

School is out for the summer! YIPPEE! Ran from the high school today, did my favorite of all 6 milers, the foremaster run! I had a great time, though I took the straight road across the top which isn't as fun as the other road. But overall I liked it lots, and I found out that if you smile while running uphill it is easier and more fun! My sunburn still hurts lots and my little toe is half a blister.

Ran out on River road, then 700 S for a ways, then back again for an easy 7 miler. The first half was way fun, but I got tired and grumpy in the middle. By the end, it was happy again, especially because there's construction on River road and I passed lots and lots of cars that had to wait for abhorrent amounts of traffic! Bwah ha ha ha ha! I like not going to school. :-)

In Provo, ran around BYU and Seven Peaks area for a while. I wanted to run up to the Y, but I thought better of it after seeing how steep the mountain is...saw some cute little kids selling kool-aid and otterpops which was fun. The cooler weather was nice, I'm going to have some fun getting time to run everyday while I'm on vacation to Boise (to visit my sister).

Late morning run in Boise, ran along the canal on a dirt trail for 2.5 or so, then looped around until 3.5 and doubled back the way I came back to my sister's house. At about .5, I saw a guy ahead of me, so I of course sped up to catch him, though it took a while since he was going about the same speed as me. I ran with him a ways and it was fun to run with somebody, while running with him, I was running 7:30 miles and it wasn't even hard! I was having such a good time running a bit faster that I kept it up the whole run, averaging 7:56 min/mile. It felt awesome!