Wow, what a draining week I had! On New Years Eve morning my father had a mild heart attack I was woken up at 2 am to my whole family trying to get a hold of me. I really hate my phone ringing at that hour. It only means one thing, and it always is bad news. Ive never had anyone call me at that hour to tell me I won the lottery or that there was a mistake in Boston Marathon and everyone up to me was disqualified so I won, or something with good news like that! My dad is fine and back at home. He was smart enough to know the symptoms from family history of strokes and attacks. I spent the week up in Lewiston, Utah just north of Logan and it was freakin' cold up there. I did enjoy the Utes kickin' the crap out of a goliath team that came into the Sugar Bowl way over confident. GO UTES! GO MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERANCE! Always a good day when you can make a mockery of the BCS! ha! My miles last week were meak and for sure weak. I will make up for it next week. Its go time! Boston will be here before I know it!

Got up and went down to the park trail and ran with Danielle and Misty. It was trampled down quite a bit but still sucked to run on. We went south and ran as far as the trail went and then up into the subdivision until we hit 3 miles. Then back. The wind was brutal and felt better when it was at our backs. Its frickin freezing mr. bigglesworth!
Ok I went to the capitol rotunda and braved sub freezing temps with my daughters to see David Archuleta sing the national anthem for the inauguration of our government officials. I got to meet David and say a few words to him. My youngest got a pic with him. We were sitting so close to President Thomas Monson that I could have talked to him if it wasnt so formal. It was good to see him. After the festivites my daughters were interviewed by Des newspaper and it was cute. They had no idea what was going on besides David sang! lol My Bailey was on the news and described the event as "David is an awesome singer!" they then asked Brookie (12) what was going on and she said " you got a new governor?" lol Nothing like destroying the Brown family name! haha. It was fun despite the bitterness of being outside. Governor Huntsman saved $150,000 dollars by having it outside! Can you freakin believe that? He also claimed today as Utah Utes Day! Awesome!

Got up pretty early and met with the bbk runners. We did  8.3 miles and one of the runners (the lady with the dog) took a spill and since i was behind her I followed suit and tripped over her and her dog. I caught myself with my hands so I was fine but she seamed to be hurt so Peggy ran back to the vehicle with her. What a nice gal Peggy is! We had a few new runners there, one was Emily from my neighborhood and another was Kimberly from Minnesota who is looking for a group to run with. It was good talking to them and getting to know them. the trail was plowed from 98th to 104th which was nice. 

Went to the Olympic Oval this morning right at 5:30 and did my very boring but not as boring as a treadmill run! I ran 26 laps which equals near 7.25  miles. Each lap is 480 yards long or maybe its 440 yards. I know its 40 yards longer than a normal track. So 10 laps is adding an extra .25 mile or something like that. Its confusing but so is my thinking. 

I ran with the bbk group this morning and met extra early and did 3x3.3 mile loops with them and then finished .2 or whatever it was off.  That group is getting huge! Im impressed with eveyones talent. I think Scott should get most improved player of the group! I think I have a new nemesis. Ill get you! haha My watch is doing weird things again. Dang! I dont have the money to go buy another one. I should have bought one for Christmas! Or asked Santa at least! 

Ok, Im back! I had a one day missed run due to snow. Its Snow good! Great for the mountains, bad for the streets! I ran starting at Gardner Villiage going south to 90th and then back all the way to 54th or so and then back to the parking lot. Ended up doing 10.5 miles and my Garmin is officially kaputt! Ran with Danielle for all of it and a little with Misty. 

Wow, what a warm morning we had today! I ran 6 miles with Charity, Misty, and Danielle. Met up at Daybreak and did a nice loop. several hills involved and felt pretty good till the last hill and I felt sick. So we kept it to 6 miles. 

I did a1 hour spin class at 5 pm and it was brutal. It was the first time ive got on the bike since my operations, or as Paul puts it my sex change. I hurt on the right side a bit but I am feeling good. I am going to be phenomenal you'll see! Just keep the crap out of my way! Oh wow, Im not sure where that anger came from. Could I really be changing?

Ran 7 miles this morning with Trick and started at Gardner Village and went north. They closed the trail off with temporary fencing, but we just went over and through it. Stupid! I think there trying to fix a portion of the trail but they dont need to close the whole thing off! Im pretty sore from the spin class I did last night. 

Went to the oval and ran 7 miles. After 3 miles I did 4x400 meter intervals jogging in between one lap. There was 30+ people there which makes the race paced laps a bit difficult but better than doing them on the ice. I dont know if ive mentioned it before but Ice sports are not my bag baby!

Met up with the BBK runners this morning at 5:15.  Wow I must say we make a great showing now. I cant believe how many runners there are! I was good to meet a few more faces and see them in the flesh. Good luck to all down in the warm hopefully sunny St. George. 

Went to Gardner village and ran with Bill, Misty and Kimberly. Bill turned around at the 3.5 mile mark. Misty turned at the 4 mile mark and Kimberly and I went to the 5 mile mark and turned around and came back then I ran an extra mile and a quarter.  I ended up with 11.25 total.

I got to sleep in this morning which was pleasant and kept me from running. I worked a bit and ran 11 miles at 4 pm. I ran down 32nd northbound to 45th from my house which was smoggy and cars wouldnt give me some space to run but after sucking there exhaust I got home and coughed out the polluntants. I hate inversion!

Ran with the BBK group this cold morning. Did 3 miles early with a few and then did hill repeats with the group which was pretty hard I must say. Scott and Jared were flying up that hill, they have such great leg strength.  Got to talk to a few new people including Britta and Emily. The group is getting huge! there were at least 25 out. 

I ran this morning at the river park trail with Danielle and Misty. I made it to mile 3 and was crossing under the bridge at 104th which had standing frozen water on it and i made it about half way and it broke on me. It was about 6-8 inches deep and went to my ankle and drenched my feet.  I decided to go back to the parking lot and Danielle let me get in her vehicle to dry out while she kept running.  Not fun! By the time I got back to the car my shoes were frozen stiff. My socks were like cardboard.  To sum up, Inversion, broken Ice, 17 degrees, cant breathe, cant walk. Lovely day!

Ran with the BBK group this morning and smoked a pack of cigarettes during my 10 miles of running. We did 3 loops of tempo running and I have to say my legs are thrashed right now. Id like an inhaler right now. I swear if I had a lighter, I could throw a flame out my mouth from the fumes I sucked this morning.

Not much sleep last night. I went to the movie Defiance which was a very good show! I hate changing the subject from running but the Holocaust is a subject that interests as well as bothers as well as humbles me. I have a relationship with Germans and Germany and its a period of time that fascinates me.  Ok so not much sleep and started the run on 90th and 700 W. on the parktrail heading North. I ran with Danielle, Misty and Charity. By mile 9 it was raining on us pretty good for about 15 minutes and then stopped. I was very warm at first as I ran North for 7 miles. Coming back it got cold quicker with a head wind and rain that was similar to the St. George Marathon.  De Ja Vu! Got to love it.

I went to the Oval this morning and ran 7 miles on it which is equivelant to 13 road miles! haha It was so boring. I was running around a 7 minute pace and did one 800 meter in 2:38 which is a 5:16 mile pace. I think Ill start my speed work next week. I felt good but I got to say its extremely boring running around in circles. Oh not as boring as a treadmill though! ;)

Ran with the BBK group this morning at 5:15. I was so cold I wasnt making sense in my sentances. I told Peggy I was doing a race on the 38th of March. My brain was crystalizing. We ended up doing a gradual hill climb for about a half mile, and did that 4 times and then did 6 steep hill sprints for 30 seconds.  I clocked a total of 9.6 miles but my watch was probably frozen too. Im pretty sure it was near that everyone else got close to that.

I ran at the oval this morning with misty and danielle. I say Jody and Paula roughing it also. A nice touch to get out of the weather for a change.

I went to the parktrail on 98th with the BBK group and we warmed up with about 4.5 miles. Then we did 2x2.35 mile tempo runs.  My first set was I think around a 7:30 pace. My second 2.36 miles were 5:53 for the first mile, 6:06 for the second mile and 2:08 for the .35 mile. It felt good but I felt myself fading after the 2nd mile. I finished with a cool down to make 10 full miles. I forced myself not to look at the temp on my truck when I got out. That way I couldnt have any excuses! Thats all Ive got to say about that.

I started up at Daybreak this morning with Misty Charity and Danielle. Misty and Charity ran together and I ran with Trick. We did a long loop around daybreak that made it 6.25 miles. I was pretty tired from yesterdays run so called it a day. I have a race tomorrow down in St. George called the Tuacahn Duathlon. Its a fun little race they have every year where you run bike and run again. Itll be nice to get out of the cold.

The duathlon I was going to run was canceled so I ran with Clyde and bill and Nate in some very nice weather. St. George is awesome right now.