Memory Grove

Never been til today. One mile before my massage. Not bad. More stressful hearing action. Another semester in the past.

Bye

Had a bye today. Kids still hangin with Grammy and Poppy, so the wife and I took the dog on a quick run on the dam trail. We figure it was about 2 and a half. Lovely chilly wind blowing through. good day.
Final final tomorrow!!! (for now)

hot hot hot

600 degrees? maybe.
Trotted around in my bear feet for 10 minutes. Grass felt nice.
Did I mention I almost burned up today?
It was like a sauna in there in the land of make believe.

another dog quickie?

questionable title.
Fez and I. One mile. Late nite.
Thanks Grammy for taking the kids!! Be safe!

April showers

bring 10:30pm one-milers. Good friz today - calves still royally screwed. Here's hoping - still.

calves

locked up jones.
yikes. Hopefully they'll be ready for action in 9 days! Friz loosened them up - got a sweet raspberry from an even sweeter sliding catch.
Then Steve adjusted me and Barb HAMMERED on my poor gastrocs.
then a fantastic bbq/fire with the four amigos gettin ready for r2r2r. El rey seems way cool, he'll be a delightful addition to bhm and cc.
One miler with the dog at 11:18 pm for good measure.

Down Down Down

Parked at the top of the canyon and ran down to school in my fivefingers. Almost 8 miles on pavement at 7:15s, then across the trail to finish up with 8:10s average. 10 days out from r2r2r, wanted to shred the legs a bit and get'em ready for the opening heinous downhill that awaits me...
10 miles total

Heat is back

I wondered if I was running well these days because of the cold. I guess I was because today was so hot and I was hurtin'. 6 miles on a cool (hot) trail. I had more pictures but my phone was too hot I think.

Chevy Chase the hiker finished his last drop of water as I was just asking to bum some off him. It's ok, I got some choco milk later.

And we had some good friz action this morning after the test and before the best class discussion yet.

Bare

Tubby dog kept up for a little while. It was over a mile but it was slow. I had to ditch him for half a mile or so. I think I want to try some distance with no shoes on. we'll see...

Bizzy

Shoulda done it in the morning.
Ended up with the dog in the dark. The typical one and done. Blah.

Ah the prairie

3.5 eights.

uh huh

One mile at work. I keep putting it off and then I only have time for one. At least it was dirt. And, hey, R2R2R is coming up, so I should be resting anyway. My calves are so tight lately. Wah.
Look! here come finals!

yup

Another one miler while the big dog wandered around. Late night after Star Wars 1. Still a pretty bad movie.

Muds

Post educational stress relief. 6.75 miles on a damp trail put me right. Slow and steady.
Cooold rainy windy frisbee at 10.

tarahumara with a very lower case t

Yup, to the trails! Just got in a quick (not so quick on the rocky sections) 2 miler bare foot. I like it, but the rocks are no bueno. Funny looks are fun to get, too.

Same old song and dance

Good to get the blood flowin and hang with the doggo. One mile.

still winter again finally

The winter that wasn't won't end. So I did two separate one milers on the dreadedtreadmill. Some pushes and pulls, too.

Feedback

I just read all of my ebay feedback for a confidence boost. I am such a sad person.

Well, after a nice clinic day, I stopped off for a 3 & 3/4 mi trot on the Fink Again trail. It was lovely. Little chilly, but lovely. I mostly like the shapes that turn up on my GPS ap on my phone after a good trail run loop.

around the block.

Friz was a bust. It was windy and chilly, then rainy and darn cold. Nobody was ready for it, my feet were ice cubes. We packed it up and headed in. So I put some shoes on and trotted around the block to fulfill my 1 mile quota. Bare Minimum.

They paved paradise

Sad. The mighty ragnar itself has been paved. At least the bottom 3 miles, for thats all we got done this fine windy chilly april afternoon. I think our knees are most sad about that. Steve and I talked hormones on a nice 6 miler with 1700+ elevation. I reckon grand canyon is at least that steep. I got in a little 1.75er while I was waiting. Good warm up. Thanks again to "Nan" for making it possible and feeding me and mine. You guys are great!

Nice glasses! Hair looks amazing (obviously).

Trail loser

So, I turned early and we just ran an offpiste swath back down. Another half mile and we would have hit the right turn I was looking for. But I haven't run that since the 100. Excuses. So sean and I got in a 6.25 mi 1200+ elevation trail trot. Lovely lovely weather and great vent session for our common frustrations.

Good frisbee day at lunch.

ug

what am I doing? I thought as the second transport came in at 3:45 making it a completely sleepless night. passed the test. went back and slept. Finally got out at 10p, with el perro for a one miler. so much for the twos again.

Lovely Easter Afternoon on the Prairie

1.5 mi, dookie, 2 mi.
I believe that is a crossfit workout, isn't it?
Gorgeous

VIVA

Here is what happened in vegas:

Up at 7 for a three miler.

Good family time with good brothers and parents and nephews and nieces.

Then exposed the kids to a bit of the wild life. Yes, tongue in cheek.

Ceasars and mirage was about all we had time for.

Then a 6 and a half hour drive making it an even 1000 mile weekend by automobile.

Kids actually slept the last few hours - its a miracle!!

I guess that didn't stay in vegas.

Drive

3hrs 20 min to Roy. Snow. 1 hr 20 min home. 6 hrs 20 minutes to Vegas.

Oh of course I slapped out a mile with the dog right before we left. I guess I didn't do twoadays in April. Oh well.

I do have a new nephew today though. Hooray!!

Sock*

Just the other day I was thinking about how long it had been since I had to put an asterisk by a title. But look at the picture. And that is why you don't run in expensive socks;)

6.8 miles on the way home from another school day. Backwards run from March 26.

And what was up with friz today? I was pathetic out there. Oh well, rough day.

Swimming with the kid at parents night was cool, though.

Windy jeans

They used to call me that in boy scouts. Ok not really, but they could have. Hit the trail after class and took the long way home. Walked for a long time then realized I wasn't going to make it to the next class on time. So in the words of Mr. Gump: I was running. Jeans, backpack, wind. Beautiful. I ran at least a mile and walked another 2 if I had to guess-which I do. I'm going to count it as a deuce, therefor satisfying my secondary goal of 2 minimum in April.

And what is this pic all about. Not normal.

Steep

Ran it backwards. 4.5 miles. see march 21st. Such amazing weather! Also some frizzers at lunch of course. See the trail going straight up the hill? Awesome.

Productive

Emptied the dishwasher, brought in the paper

Got a burrito for me and a cookies for myself and Mike

Passed a test

Got a new windshield

Got a safety inspection (finally) and oil change

Post office -Mailed a packet to IRS

Ran for a bit over an hour with Mr. Sean and his torn tendon. Awesome trail run: 5 and a deuce (or 5.7, like the top end of a normal HbA1c)

Bought groceries, ate, went to class.

Cashed a couple checks at the bank - saw Leroy there.

Got a massage - shhh!

Showed up here in time for dinner.

Now some homework and off to bed (I hope).

Conference Run

Is that ok?

Got a call and cut it off at 4 miles even. sub 8s. Felt great. Cold, windy. Storm blowing in. Shoulda probably been studying. Better go study now.

Good way to kick of April, I reckon.