Summit junkie!

I really wanted to test my knee because I wasn't feeling any pain, so I did 30 minutes on the elliptical. My knee felt great the whole time, so I pushed it to the max setting to finish the last 10 minutes. Everything feels really good, so I will hopefully get out and do something fun this week.

I went to the gym after the kids were in bed and lifted for 40 minutes (upper body). I was feeling really good tonight and benched 10 pounds more than my previous high. It was a lot of fun. Then I did some easy miles on the TM and everything is feeling good.

Busy day and busy evening. I got out on the TM for 3.5 (9 min pace) mostly to stretch my legs.

I climbed South Mountain (Herriman) this morning with Jun. We started hiking just after 6:00 AM and it took us 46 minutes to the top. When we started we could see some eyes staring back at us on the slope, and with all of the cougar talk around here lately we had to wonder, but they ended up just being deer.  It was pretty steep and kind of bushwhacky, but not too bad. The summit was cold, and we could see the sun rising in the east while we enjoyed some incredible views from the Apex.

After a couple of silly summit jumps we headed back down a different route. The descent was much easier, as we followed a game trail most of the way, although I did get tagged through the shoe by a cactus. Who knew there were so many (yes there were) cactuses (or would you say cacti?? hmmm) in Herriman?

It was the perfect way to start my day. I'm a little behind on my peak a week challenge for the year, so I need to work on it in the next month. Anyone want to get out on some peaks?

For pics check out Jun's blog.

Met Jun on my lunch break at the Little Cottonwood park-n-ride. We did the same route that we did last time, down to the Bell Canyon trail and up and around the reservoir, and then back to the park-n-ride. Temps were very comfortable, but we did have a lot of wind. It was a  lot of fun though and a great break during the middle of the day.

Our time was around 45 minutes. This run has some great elevation gain and a few good hills running up to the reservoir. I did feel my ITB getting tight at the end, so I need to get off of the hills for a few days.

I woke up early this morning to lift at the gym. I was really tired and it took a while for me to wake myself up, but the last 20 minutes were really good, and a bonus I didn't see any naked old guys in the locker room.

I had a very busy day today. I got up early and headed to REI for their annual garage sale. I found some great deals on gear, and picked up some trekking poles, a new shirt and some Montrail trail runners. The trail runners aren't my favorite color (several shades of orange) but I couldn't pass up the deal.

I watched my kids all day while my wife did homework, and then after we put them to bed I did core exercises with my ball for 40 minutes. No miles today.