There and Back Again

But not by Mr. Bilbo Baggins.
Lambs to Millcreek and back. Hallowed 100 ground.
It's only 8 miles, but it's about 3000 ft climbing. Pretty and fun.

Such good friz today, too.

Pack run

Across the BST to school.
9 min mile with my school boy back pack.

dead coyote

Fez wanted to check it out, but I didn't let him. That would be disgusting.
1.5 miles with the perro.
Friz was on. Lots of "speed work".

memorial

the chicas and I did our own 5k. 3.5 miles barefoot while the sweeties rode their bikes.
Thanks girls!

Then swirlies at Em's and Kickball at gramma's.

No dog

Sorry boy, you're just too fat.
We all went on a family walk earlier, so Fez had to sit it out whilst I did a quick 8 min mile.

Round the Barn

Yup. Again.
Streaking is tough.
My legs are beat. But alas, i shall continue this silly quest to streak the year away.
Big loop. 43 degrees and wet. But peaceful.
Then a little more work in the gym. Gotta get my groove back, Stella.

work work work

After a lovely day in Roy and sitting in memorial day valley evacuation traffic, I made it to rio and brought it to the wifey poo. It was nice to sit and eat together.
 Then I came here and ran around the big loop, not the super loop, not the little loop. And tried to do some other stuff in the weight room. The old grey mare ain't what I used to be.

Pull over and run

Parked at the zoo, rode my mtn bike to school and then back. They were short segments - 2.5 miles and maybe 3-4 miles return, but it was nice to get a little dirt fix before being imprisoned. Frisbee was sad. We couldn't catch or throw. Kinda key elements.
Anywho, stopped at a paved trail on the way home and did 10 minutes. Dumb phone was way off, so I just went for ten and I am sure that that put me over a mile.
Barefoot.
Then makeup dinner with the frogs. Time keeps on slippin' into the future.

Annie No!

Shouted the dog owner as her giant yellow lab barreled toward me. I just kept running and payed no mind to the beast. got my mile done and headed home.
Did I mention the new frisbee field? Amazing. Flat, soft, awesome.
Lovin it.

track

rode ove to get some bleach at the store. Stopped at the track on the way back and ran 4 laps. hooray. 9 pm

Earlier today I parked my car and rode the last 11 miles to school, flatting with less than a mile to go. Then I rode the same 11 miles back. This time it was up up up.

School? Not yet.

After a nice meeting with hard working people who believe in justice and fairness, sb1 and I hit the flying dog for an hour fifty. Just under 10.5 miles. I am perty sure my airways were restricted. A mild fear response opened them back up. I haven't taken my claratin d for a few days. Think I will from now on... Scary.
Now, here I sit in class with filthy feet. Good day so far...

Total eclipse of the heart

The welding glasses were awesome. It looked spectacular. The droid camera? Not really. Forgot to run my mile until about 10:30. Hello treadmill.

prairie prance

Again. One and a third. Sean. Beautiful 4 pm. Warm wind.

and again

dusk. blue dress shirt and khakis. Dog. Tired. One.

Grandeur

I do not know this person, but she is atop Grandeur peak and Sean and I did not have cameras today. So here it is, some girl whose photo is on a google search, up where we today were on our hike/run/rattlesnake attack.

Straight up for a while- 300 feet up or so, then running down the backside into millcreek, along pipeline and then straight down a drainage into the rattlesnake's den, through some backyards and on the road back to our cars.

 3 hour expotition. Overcast, ridgetop winds at 8 million miles per hour.

10 miles? I think more like 12, but we may never know...

again

night. Fez. Tractors. one mile. Road to be paved soon?

Armstrong*

To Spiro, that is. Love that run! Three little mud puddles. 9 other humans (on bikes). Perfect weather. A bottle of gatorade (and another at the car). Asterisk, though.
9 miles. 1700+ up/down. 11s.
Can't wait to do it again- faster? Less walking for sure, fatty.

another quatro

SB1 and I trotted about on the warm, windless prairie. Nice afternoon activity. 4 miles. Got me some good roller action afterward. I needed that.

Sunset prairie prance

Nice way to spend the last moments of sunlight. One and a quarter.
It was gonna be fast, but then wifey called to vent about oils vs western (science proven) medicine. huh.

not as dark

Fez and I did a mile in the not so dark dark. it was nice.

eleven years!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eleven years ago I married my best friend. How sweet.
today I rode my road bike for the first time in months. I am fat and slow! Bummer, but nice to be out there, side ache went away after a good 25 minutes. What used to take under an hour took 1:05 today. I think my leg power is a thing of the past what with my back and all. Sad face emoticon.
Then a barefoot mile and a quarter at 8s. felt good. Pretty day.
I heart road biking.

Kids

They can fend for themselves. They survived while wifey and I went for a 4 mile trail run. What a day. Love the weather. Then uncle alex was there when we got back. what the?

one

Full day of yard work and meetings in PC.
What are you four doing here? Oh just having lunch. Clucking our tongues and stroking our beards and saying "What's to be done with this AA?"
So, it was a dark mile with the dog. I started at 11:53 and by no means ran a 7 minute mile.
Is the goal over now? Well is it?
I finished at 12:01. So,m technically...
?

Look who's back

Sean is back! So today we pranced three merry prairie miles and it was gorgeous.
Still getting over "it". Hearing a lot about it from the boys. Shoulda, woulda, coulda...

that was close

Got my partner back today. Had a busy morning and a total crash in the afternoon. Me tired.
i was bedding down for the night when I realized that I had not done my mile! so, at 11:30 pm, I threw on some shorts - y nada mas - and spent 8:37 on the treadmill. About 6:24 into it, Sean gives me a wtf look in the window. Sorry! 2 more minutes.
Gotta keep it going.

home again

dog again. after a long drive and stopping to pick up our animals (thanks again Carol!), Fez and i went for a dark, cool one miler. The moon wasn't even out and I thought about how "grand" it would have been to be in the grand canyon after sunset with a super moon and stars. (still getting over it...)

The morning after

Steve and Mike at the top of bright angel, surrounded by random (and hot) strangers hiking, too.
While other napped, I played with the kidlets in the pool and went for a mile and a halfer in the amazing weather of tusayan. Tight calves.

Rim to Rim to Tim

Late start, bloody nose, lots of rests and screwin around, go-pro moments. Sounds fun, huh? Well it was! But while all of that leads to a fun and amazing adventure which I enjoyed greatly, they did not contribute to the completion of a bucket list check.
What a beautiful trail, great company, and gorgeous weather. Got me some runners high. Got me some runners low.
More to come...
I believe the count was 25 miles. Yea, lets go with that.

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Video footage of a fun day

tusayan

long drive.
Nice meals with amigos (except wendy's)
Kneader french toast in the am and pasta primavera in the pm. Ready to rock!
Trotted over to the general store for some goods and back and called it my mile. Tweaked the knee. Steve'll hook me up tomorrow, eh? Ready to rock and roll...

and again

one lap around the "barn" and then up til 1am tomorrow on transports. Not good considering we're driving all day tomorrow. Oh well.
C'est la vie,

thrones

more fake/real fires today. Beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Fun.
Went for a minimum one miler on the prairie this fine may 1st. Pretty.
Feliz Dia Facu!