Anticlimactic

Spent the day visiting Pops and family. Came back right when wifey got home from work. Ran one final singlet to make it official.
366 days straight of running at least one mile per day. Every day in 2012. Hazzah!!
Asleep at around 11pm. Woken up by the fireworks, but kept sleepin. Happy New Year!

first day

Crazy Busy day at the ER. Trying to learn how to do things.
One sick cold mile at night.

Full moon trail run for 2

Two miles and two people, that is. Steve-o let me fill his ears about all the stuff that's going on.
Spent the day with the brothas and parents. Really nice. Shaved some heads.

Slow, Sick, Old

5k in the sunny snow. Beautiful.

still not ready

another day at the hospital with the brothas and ma. Brain surgery went well, but now there is a long road ahead full of unknowns and new experiences. Stay Positive!
One cold and alone dark mile late at night.

TON o Bricks

So there we were skiing with the kids having fun when I got a phone call that no child wants to receive. Spent the rest of the day at the hospital with my pops. Hoping the best and fighting the fear of the worst.
Got home late and ran a mile in the cold darkness, then went straight to bed coughing and fevering and hopefully kicking the end of this cold out the door.

hohoho.1

I'm hoping that I ran that sinus infection outa there.
Saw little froggy footprints.
5k solo

Ho Ho Ho

What a beautiful holy silent night.
One with the dog.

Happy Festivus!

Singing with a new sore throat.
Walk with the kids and dog.
One miler while dinner finished cooking.
Feeling kinda man coldish

Wow

Thanks for the picture, morphine.
2 treadmill miles. Wah wah.

dreaded treadmill

but I've really been wimping out about the cold lately
One and some situppy stuff or whatever

I'm late

11:50. Kids in bed. One mile usual.

Bluebird Evaluation

So he says - Let's sit down and go over your evaluation...
We sat on the chairlift between runs in the untouched freshies, hoopin and hollerin like a couple o little girls.
Best season opener I've had in a LoooooNG time. Maybe ever?
Oh baby, my soul needed that!
Then I got home and did my mile in the daylight! with my dog before picking up my little one.
Boy were my legs beat!

cesarean

Cool
One solo across-the-street mile in the cold dark. I found my key though!!

snow is wet

one all by myself. Can't go too far away and can't bring the dog (he never comes when I'm done anymore. I always have to wait and get all huffy and impatient with him because he waddles over 2-5 minutes after I'm done. Who does he think he is?;)
Oh and 5 deer crossed my path. Is that good luck?

snow is neat

1.1 a little before 2.
All by myself

Footprints

4.3 miles. Big loop. Mile loop. Medium loop. Small loop. Tiny loop.

Almost there!

One rainy one with the dog. Come on and snow already!!

Guess...

You got it! one mile at night after the Hobbit!!!!!!!!!!
It was free and pretty awesome. But, come on, new characters, story lines and campiness? Oh well c'est la hollywood!

12 on 12/12/12

Talked a couple other crazies into it. John, Steve and I set out on the trail dark and early at 6. John turned around at 4 miles for a total of 8 and left us nice little that's-what-she-said messages in the snow. (not yellow darn it)

We took our time and enjoyed it. Both Steve and I fell once and stumbled many times on the frozen ruts and shallow snow. Just beautiful, though. What better thing to do on 12/12/12 than run 12 miles with friends. I guess we could have waited until 2112, but we didn't.

Wow

Sunset

On the trail. 5k solo at the end of the day. so perty

long lunch*

so I got in 2.3 miles of fresh tracks at the mouth of the canyon in the falling snow. It was so peaceful.
And then...

usual

doggo actually ran with me a bit. one

Post "coffe with the chief" release

5.5 mile trail with my homey Steve after a face off with you know who. I shoulda made him buy me an expensive beverage and then not touched it.

Precious

Gotta love the kids, you know? 3 man wolf pack frolicked under venus, mercury and saturn's morning glow. 4.5

run home jack

mile and a half after the big party. and dispute. I dislike feeling depressed.

Ahhh

Frolicked in the early morn with John and Steve. Lovely. Just lovely. So warm for Dec 5th!
4.5 miles.

Vent

Nice. Than you Steven, for letting me unload my anger and hatred. Yoda sez it can consume a person. Even lead them down the path to the dark side. Yikes! 4.5 mile frolick.

Good night moon

So cool. I ran around the local neighborhoods enjoying the Christmas lights. I was accompanied by millions of vivid stars and a big moon rise. So nice.

4.2 miles

first 10 minutes

Why not. Just got two miles in again.
One at the end of last night and the other at the very start of today.

last 10 minutes

Why not. Just got two miles in again.
One at the end of tonight and the other at the very start of tomorrow.

End one Start Another

Right?
It was midnight when I finished mile one.
So I did mile two - another lap of the usual - and it counts for today's mile.
I came up with a great tell-off speech in the new batman's voice.
Oh how I would love to share that speech.
Of course you know I won't.

Heart to Heart

How is that possible if one guy doesn't have one?
How is it possible to talk so much and say so little?
I don't get it.
Think I'll just go run a mile in the dark with my dog. Again.

A Lawyer! What the?

Chiropractor (thanks froggo!)
Doctor
Lawyer/Chief
Massage
Dinner with the famdamily - HB MA!
1 mile with the dog in the dark.
What a day!

Full Moon Awesomeness

The four original charter members ran 7.7 miles and chased elk and deer. Absolutely LOVELY!

Levi lovin'

simply meaning that I ran in my jeans with my buddy the frog. Come-as-you-are 2 miler in the brisk late fall air and under a big almost-full moon.
Just lovely. Christmas is coming. The goose is getting fat.

same-o

with the dog. Across the street.
one mile at night

Rigging up the lights.

4.75 miles on the trail started a decent day. Got the house lit up like the Griswalds' and got some leaves sucked up from under the bushes. It was kinda nice to not do much.

Pretty, Cold

I really do love running in this weather. SB1 and I ran 4.5 before going home. Nothin too crazy fast or long, but I might have burned a tenth of the calories I ate yesterday.

Thanks for giving

5k on duty. Awesome.
How do you "bonk" on a 5k?
first mile was 6:20s, next was 7:12. Last was 8:01. Oh, I guess that's how.
Oh well. It was really fun.

the fam came up for turkey and meat and tons of food. Tis the seen to stuff your gullet. And so it was...

one

around the prairie
all by myself
mentally want to race tomorrow, not feelin it though.

Loner

4.5 beautiful solitary miles on the road. Clicky knee.
Mornings are so glorious 'round here.

Tres Leches

Early to rise. Met the frog, met the bhm. Then met the frog princess at the end.
5.8 miles. Good times. Is nothing sacred?

Ritual de lo habitual

The yuszh. 1.1 across the way.

Tires again

dropped the car off in the morning. Ate breakfast with the kids. Cleaned syrup off of the boy's pants. Walked home with the gremlins - rural/suburban hike. Fun
They got the wobble and the pull to the right outa there. I'm a little concerned about this set of tires though. S I ran to get the car later. 1.7 miles. The first one was 6:28. Not too shabby with no warm up I suppose.

morning after

not sure why I didn't go more than one lap around the barn, but thats all I did.

It's official

Grey (white) hair = I'm old. That and my wife had a birthday today which makes me even older. She still has it though, I can tell ya that much!
Awoke at 6 and made a cake, ran a mile with the big dog. Put the sweet rolls in, took a shower and got dressed for clinic, got eggs and bacon ready,  jumped out and scared mommy when she got home from her night shift. (thanks for the help kids!)
Did a bunch more stuff and I think it was a good bday.
Oh, and the tooth fairy came last night, too! She left a note. I understand that its super rare to get notes.
Cool

Not as much frio

Ran with my Frog Homey dark and early. BHM came finishing his run as we started ours. Awkward! Sorry Mike! (He's too fast anyway)
4.4 miles. Just as perty as any early winter morning around hear. Love it.

hb, I

Hace Frio

It was really cold and I have a cold. But I headed out solo for a 4 and a half mile road run at 6:30 am. Beeeeeautiful.

Sick o night runs

And sick. Cough, sinus congestion. Blah. Got my usual one miler with the dog at about 9pm. I gotta change to mornings.

Fakesgiving

After a day in turkeyville with the inlaws, I went out for a singlet without the dog. It was cold. It was pretty. It was pretty cold.

Mud, snow, and blood

I wish it was a cool story about slamming my face on the ice or fighting a coyote. But my nerd nose just bled. I thought it was snot. Awesome. 3 laps. 3 miles. One felt so good, I figgerd I'd do 2 more.

I looked out the window

And it was so cold and blizzardy. So I did a 5k on the dreadmill. Yes, I wussed out. but I still ran!

Company!

Thank you Froggero. It was lovely to talk to you for a bit. One mile at 10:00 with mi amigo.
Doggo trotted about, doing his own thing. Nice.

Rotated and balanced

So I ran til they called me, then turned around and went back. 7.2 miles. Five fingers. 7:39/mile.
Beautiful.
P.S. the car still wabbles and it pulls to the right now. Boo.

My boy

Got up early to run. Problem is the kids did too. So I got another one mile trot in. but he's 4 now! Cute little stink. Family swim time at the pool til late. Good times.

Diabetes Day

Catchin up with Nacho. Hangin with cool kids from school. Doing good stuff for people. Then the usual one at night.

35

Had to move. I owedd it to my homey. 1.3 miles and an interrupted card workout. Algo es algo.

Meatloaf

With frankenloaf in the oven, peas and taters on the stove top, I went off for a one mile lap. Came back and we feasted.
I thought I would work out today, but I did not.

14 dollar helmet

But what was the true cost? My blood boiled when my little daughter told me that a man took the helmet she was holding onto to buy at the big annual ski sale. I almost killed the guy, and by gum I got that helmet. If people knew that I'm just waiting for an excuse to pummel someone, they would maybe not make my children cry.

Any hoo! The girls rode their bikes while I ran 4.7 miles. That was just awesome! I rel]ally like doing that. Then the dude and I took a turn around the church a couple times. Sweet.

Ugly shirt

Which was a bummer cause this was my first iron man. But since I am cleaning out my closet, I got a pic to always remember it. Then I did another boring mile in the beautiful night. (i miss actually running some distance)

Arrrgh

You are a pirate.
Fun day with the staff.

One post-trick-or-treat mile in my costume perty late.

Costume design.

I know I should have been studying or something productive, but I made my pirate shirt instead. You see, my dear friend who I am preceptoree-ing for the next couple months is a huge Halloween guy and his entire office always dresses up in a theme. This is a pirate year. I just found out yesterday and hence spent my free time this evening putting my ensemble together. Oh, and I went for a onesler across the way. I love this weather!

Dutch Moon

Yes, its that time of the month again. Moodiness, complaining, mild cramping. Oh, and we go out and run under the light of a beautiful full moon. The usual suspects from last month. We're all on the same cycle now. We'll see if we can recruit some more peeps for next month. Wanna go? Call 555-5785 and I'll tell you where and when. Frog's watch said 4.6 and John's phone said 3.6. So I'll just call it 4 miles for purposes of record keeping. Yeah. BHM - " I love running naked." He claims he meant without a gps tracking device. Right.
Oh and did I mention shorts and short sleeve shirts? Love it!

Littl bitta mud

Not too shabby. It was gorgeous, I just wasn't feelin it, y'know? 1.3 big loop clockwise. But my legs are sore, which is weird if you look at my week of "running". I really didn't do much. Maybe it was my no warm up quick-ish mile last night, or maybe it was the yard work. Oh, I know. it was the bowling!)

Nightmare

Before christmas. Chickened out on the outdoor screening. I'm just another boring dad like the rest of them again. Fun though.
I bowled a 144 today. That may be my best score this decade (sad).
Got some lotsa yard work done, too. Ok. Bye now!
Oh and a 6:54 across the way in jeans. Whatever.

2% for looking in the mirror twice

Took the oldest to the high school les mis. Not too shabby.
Oh and BHM was there with his little lady.
And we sat by my pretend wife and her real husband.
Last day at mtnlands. Sad but exciting!
One little mile at the end of the day.

Love this valley

Stopped on the way home before picking up dinnerhumara for the fam. Broke a fairly easy course record in khakis, a polo, and my jacket. It was so cold I was coughing mucho. Hurts so good. Chalk up another mile-hooray!

Closet on wheels

All of my shoes are in my closet, I mean car. Same thing. Well, my car isn't here. The shoes I wouldn't mind running in are there. So I had a pair of brooks with no shoelaces. I woulda barefooted but its 30something degrees outside. Baby. Well, no shoelaces did not work out very well for me, so I carried them and did my mile in my socks. Why not? The dog didn't seem to mind. It is gorgeous out there.

return of dreadmill

yeah, its too cold and dark out there. Just one mile and some weaksauce situppy type fakercises.
Oh well. What can ya do, eh?

Slate*

Had a small break, went for a small run. 1.2 miles losing trail and going straight up and, you know.
neat, huh?

Have another ONE

Don't mind if I do on this fine fall evening.

Snuck one in

With the rice and peas on the stovetop and the garlic bread and salmon in the ovens, the lemon yogurt dill sauce was ready, I ran out for a quick mile across the street. Came back, changed, set the table - thanks kids - and we ate a lovely meal. Go me.

Threesome Nooner

6.5 miles with my homies wood and sb1. Got the dry creek downhill course record. Fun.

Then an outdoor halloween party with the kids and one of their little friends, and of course popcorn and brownies. I'll only share the things that make me sound like a good father on this here blog.

They paved paradise

It is still a "trail run", but I got to do a barefoot 3.4 miles on the newest paved tourist trail around. Pretty. Fast. Pretty fast. just over 7s. No shirt, no shoes, no problem.

one all by myself.

cold and windy prairie. What? on a weekday? You betcha.
Gotta do it. I even did a sit-up or two afterward.

My baby ankle

I ran off the trail. I twisted my ankle. I got rained on in a fine misty sunset. What a great little run on the way home. 2.4 miles.
I wish my eyes worked better.

night chill

starry. peaceful. Doggo hung out with me a little. Add another ONE.

night night

imagine if they wake up while I'm across the street running. Father of the year.

1 mile

Dam! That was rough.

Dam half. Wifey dropped me at the dam. I had a few photo ops. I started at the back and made my way up toward the front. 15th or so with all the silliness. Fun fun fun.
BHM took 1st! Frogger got bronze! Kudos. And the ladies did well, too.
I found it difficult to breath tat times and my choice of clothing was less than ideal and quite warm, but I had to.

I got it done in just a hare under 2 hours. Sadly, the course was only 12.9. Bummer.

Pre school

Like I ran one mile before (pre) school. Out there and back.
Rainy friz. So good.

One again

Same one as always. Slow and tight back.
Friz

One

One

Friz

Es el see

Dry creek. Awesome. I can't believe I've never run that before. I like it a lot. Had I known there was a downhill segment, I would have run AT LEAST 40 seconds faster. 5.7 miles. Too much stop and texting.

Tests, evaluations, flu shot, oil change, friz, twisted ankle, trimmed the lawn. Full day.

On the way home

Just a mile in just khakis on the trail at east canyon. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Friz is BACK this week!

HB Pops!!

70 years old!! He's twice my age. We had a nice time.
I got out on the usual late night one miler loop while the younguns slumbered.

Good Morning*

Stopped for a lone 5.5 on the way home. Gorgeous. The sun was right where the moon was the other night. It gives so much more light, though, yknow? It was frigid and perfect. Went for the new uphill record and got er done (for now), then set up a new downhill segment 5:27 pace for 0.8 miles downhill. That would be cool to do on the flats, yo. Good stuff.

Cold again

Yup, winter is on its way. 1.2 with sw1. Then tinkered with some man makers and light core appreciation.

late night solo

I stayed on the roads cause I'm chicken. But I got me 1.3 miles in under the faint moonlight in the brisk 10:00 hour at the barn. Peaceful.

ay

sooooo, uh....
that's the closest I've cut it yet. One beautiful, chilly, moonlit, lonely mile, really really late.

tenderfoot

Met Steve-o for a quickie at the track on the way home from work. Bear Feet. Rar! One

Fever

Full Moon Fever, that is. We doubled our numbers. Steve-o, BHM, JE and I went out for a sorenson loop. 5 and a half trail miles in just a bit under an hour. We were a titch ahead of the moon rise, though. Bummer. But there were head lamps (kind of) and old guy jokes and irreverent conversation, so all was well. So beautiful. Autumn is definitely here.

Bare minimum

Just filling a requirement. Started at 11:52 and ended at midnight. One mile. All alone. Well, my dog was out there millin around, so that was good.

Full

One point three under the pail bright moon with sb1 round the horn after a full day of doing things, one of which was NOT finishing my paper, doh!

Bump

In the night. 9:00 mile and a quarter under a beautiful moon. Nice. I stayed close cause I was so scared.

Mighty Timpanogos

With SB1, El Jefe and Gwood catching up near the top.

I love me that run!!!!

Here's the poop from SB1's Garmin. He hung back with me on the uphill. Thanks, Mister!
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Gimme a brake*

snuck out during a break and got in 1.2 miles on a trail that's new to me. lots of up/down. Good stuff. Bad timing.

track stars

actually, it was cloudy and a soft, snow-like misty rain filled the night void with happiness.
4 times around the track. No timer, no worries.
I guess 10:00 walmart runs are still good for something.

Armstrong in the fall

Imagine a few photos posted on here with reds and yellows and greens and everything in between. Littering the trail. Stuck to the drying trees. Perfect temperature and the company of SB1. Of course my phone wasn't working properly, so I captured none of it for your viewing pleasure. But it is ingrained in my soul. Such a beautiful thing. 9 miles of "magic"

Then a zoo trip and I finally fixed that &%#^ gate. Hazzah!

Yawn

One mile. Obligatory. Kinda nice. Day dreaming while I run alone.

Barn

Twice around, then made dinner. 2.7 with sb1. Slow, chill, pretty. Back loosened up a lot. Knee feels better. Weird

Alpine looooop!! Aka switcheroo.

Annual hang out with scotty day hooray!!! 38 miles of beautiful  leaves and fun. And medial left knee pain. What? Yup. I'm going with pes anserina bursitis. Then steve and natalie came over and hung out and adjusted my calcanei and.cuboids. Awesome. Thank you.
Then a late night walmart run followed by one 8+ish minute mile at the track while people cleaned up the football stadium.
Good day.
Good night.

dam

Snuck in a two mile out and back. Got me a CR again on my last dam mile segment. 6:21. Felt like garbage. One of these days when I'm feeling good I'd like to really crush it, you know?
Pretty though.

Same

Only earlier and a CR on the decent. Yay!! 3.5 miler. So glad we got done a bit early today.

Have a smoke mister

Cough cough. 1.5 miles up and back. GPS didn't work until the way back, boo. I think I didn't quite well on the uphill. Oh well. Gets dark too soon.

hot lunch break

3.3 miles on the BST. nice trail. nice town (from far away) sweaty afternoon.

The dragon

Or something like that.
1.7 around the barn with the sb1 speedster. Nice and slow. Pretty day.

Go get em boys

I don't know who's house this is and I don't have a clue how the game is going, but I like it. And I got a big UNO done yet again. Wife at work, woulda gone more, but I didn't.
We drove 45 minutes to a closed zoo. Boo.
Natural history museum anyone?

ice cream cone out the window...

vengeance run

steve broke my strava record the day after my 47 miler pacing dan (last sunday)
So today, while he was settling in for a nice tou marathon eve, I went a shattered his 4 mile frolick.
 And tomorrow, I'm thinking about getting my mile and a half back, too. hmm. So chock up 5.5 miles today. BTW I threw down a 6:59 average for those four miles. YAY!

Lunch break

2.3 miles up up up and down. I want more time to run.

Datk too soon

One and a quarter at slate canyon. Need more daylight.

second

It was probably too dark, but I went for the dam mile anyway:6:33. It was fun. chalk up a two miler. Still feeling this weekend, but not to bad.

one windy rainy mile

Less stiff. The achilles loosened up a bit. Just an 8 minute around the barn before the transporting began.

late onesie

Actually didn't feel awful. This morning, however, I could not stand erect (insert joke her) (insert joke about inserting joke here)
One stiff mile. (see above)

One Hundred

Way to go Dan the Man!!!! What a fun run, being a pacer rules.