Cheesey bottom crust

Prospector. Love getting out on this trail. Had a fun run.

Grapevine.

City Wells. 

Millcreek. Had another rain day so I wanted to do some exploring while the sand was runable. Turned off the trail at a wash just before the pumps and ran up to the top of it then hike/power walked up to the top of the hill. Nice 500 foot climb in 1/3 of a mile. Beautiful views especially to the north with the clouds blowing across the cliffs. Hiked off the north side and ran down another wash to the north pump station then home. So much fun to explore this beautiful area.

Parkway/Greensprings. Legs are a little tired after yesterdays run. I briefly thought about going back out with a camera but I didnt have time to take it slow like I would have wanted.

River Trail/Power Plant.

CC Trail.

Landfill. 

City Wells. Feeling worn out this week big time.

CC Trail. Still pretty worn out for what ever reason.

Highland loop. Sun was out and it was slightly not freezing. Nice day for a run.

Parkway loop. Went a bit short today to see if I might have fresh legs tomorrow.

Wasn't sure how today would play out but I had hopes that the legs from the Butch Cassidy would be there and last the whole run. Didn't turn out that way but considering I havent done any work to push by body in over3 months I shouldnt complain. Didnt see any one familiar aside from Ben VanB at the start but I knew that there would be several guys that would be up in front of me and thats how it started and stayed the whole run. The starting pace felt slow and Im glad I didnt go out any harder cause the speed I took off at was too much and it came back to bite me the last few miles. Saw Dave at the first turn and he told me to try and stick with the guys just in front of me so thats what I tried to do. That lasted about 1 mile before they started to pull away but I keep pushing and feeling good about how things where going. Caught a guy at around mile 6 just as we turned onto Bringham rd but we didnt stay together for very long. I wanted to push and try and catch the guys further up and he fell back aways. I didnt make any headway on catching people because of the hill but I did keep pace because of the push. Most of the rest of the run was survival mode. I heard Dave across the river as I got onto the trail and that helped give me a boost but when I made a turn a short time later I was able to look back and could see several guys/gal (i think Amber was in that group) gaining. Made it almost to the bridge before getting passed by 2 guys and that finished sucking the wind out of the sails. Tried to keep close to the 2nd guy but I could tell I was slowing and loosing the mental battle to push.  Dave picked me up at about 11.5 and pushed me till the end (Big thanks for that Dave!!) and forced me to finish strong when I wanted to just call it.

Waited for the awards and got confused when they annonced someone else taking 7th place and then didnt call me for an age division award. I just wanted to go home but ended up talking to Aaron and found they had put me in the 5k during registration. They fixed that and were kind enough to give me an award even though they had already handed them out incorectly to someone else. So overall a decent start to the year. Now its time to start getting some speed in the legs. 

5:43,5:56,6:01,5:57,5:56,6:10,6:00,5:52,5:56,6:06,6:12,5:58,5:55,5:25(.17)

Grapevine. Tight calves from Saturday so I went slow and not very far.

Landfill. Still sore in the lower calves so I didnt push at all. Just jogged easy.

Millcreek. Didnt plan on going this far but I got a massage last night and the legs felt lots better plus we got some moisture and I wanted a break from studying so I decided to take the garmin and go up the creek bed I ran up last year to measure the distance. Not sure if I went up the same canyon as last time as I saw formations today that I dont recall seeing before. Although it has been over a year so who knows for sure. Had a ton of fun enjoying the views, clouds racing just above and the clean air. Got towards the top and it started to get steep and the creek bed was dissapearing and turning into a mountain side so I stopped. Attempted to hike up a smaller hill to see if there was a view but the clouds had settled down low and I about got stuck on a cliff side so I bagged that idea. The way back wasnt as much fun as I started feeling the distance and lack of recovery from Saturday but I knew that was going to happen so I just tried to keep positive and enjoy the fact that I was able to get out for such a nice run.

CC Trail. Suprisingly not as tired as I thought I'd be after yesterday.

Highland loop.

City Wells. Suprising amount of juice in the legs today.

CC Trail - Prospector. Went off the trail just before it goes back down into Coral Canyon and found that you can go under the freeway and hook onto the Prospector trail. Ran a ways up that then headed back. Glad I found that out as it will make for more variety for longer runs.

River Trail/Power Station tempo. A touch over 1.5 warmup and cool down. 5 mile tempo to the power station and back. Felt like a lot of work on the way out but coming back was better. 5:45,5:50,5:40,5:49,5:43

Landfill. Easy day.

Perry Landing/Kiln/Grapevine. Started with the intention of going on the parkway to Greensprings but there was road const by perry landing so I turned up into there then headed back to the kiln then up grapevine to get a touch more miles. Ended up being further than I thought it would be.

Prospector/Cottonwood Canyon. Wanted to spend more time on the trails so I drove up to the trailhead instead of running up. Planned on just following Prospector till Red Cliffs or possibly into Silver Reef but saw another trail that headed north up a wash before getting to Red Cliffs so I took that route instead. Really pretty area. Once I got to where I turned around I was enjoying the view and feeling special about the fact that not many people see the area. Coming back down the wash I ran into three hikers with dogs and two families with young kids in backpacks heading up. I guess Im not near as special as I thought I was. Wiped out pretty good on the way back and got a few nice boo boos which helped injure my pride even more.

Grapevine. worn out today so I called it a short day.