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Ran D-news Marathon. I thought the course was great. I never ran this before. I think I suffered from some heat exhaustion. I thought I was going to melt. I was in bad shape for about 4 or 5 hours after. They need to start this race earlier in the morning before the heat.

Ran in pre-dawn hours to the Columbus library. Still a little sore from Monday. It's going to be too hot to run this afternoon.

Cleared glow sticks and flagging on the lower part of the Millcreek 50K course. Based on the part I ran this is one tough course, hit Granduer peak about 8:00 am, great view up there. I'm still sore from the Des News.

Ran from the state capitol up behind Ensign Peak. Came back on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail to City Creek. I love that trail. Feeling pretty slow except the last mile or so.

Stairs.... climbed & climbed, moved furniture/ boxes all day from 2nd story walk up.

Sore from yesterday, walked mostly.

Walked, accidently locked myself out of house.

Felt better, tried new route.

Ran East High track & through University.

Ran to 6th Ave. & E St. My right calf is kind of tight. I don't know if I should stay off it for a while. It doesn't really hurt, more uncomfortable than pain.

Walked from downtown home.

Ran Jupiter Peak Steeplechase. It is ridiculously steep at the top. My calf felt better, but I was super slow. It didn't really matter, the view is great, I didn't get hurt. They changed the course over previous years. Instead of starting downhill, you start uphill imediately from the starting line, and continue for 7 or 8 miles..... up, up, up. The top is a steep and loose scramble up to the peak which I think is about 10,000-feet. It was good fun and will try to do it again next year.

Walked dog downtown and over to Trolley Square.

Ran City Creek Canyon hill intervals w/SL track club. It was fun. I love City Creek. Felt decent, but I've determined that down is much easier than up, call it a revelation. I need to work on my up.

Ran Memory Grove to 11th Ave. Felt pretty good/strong.

Took the dog on a very long walk. It was zero-o'clock when I got back, went back to bed. Dog seemed happy.

Had some service done on the car and just walked from downtown to home and then back.

Ran the Park City Marathon. I barely trained for this race, couldn't find the starting line, and started 20 minutes late, yet somehow felt great until about mile 25 or 26. I finished about 60th place, which is surprising considering I started 20 minutes late. I didn't start passing the back of the packers until about mile 3. I was relaxed the whole time, it was fun. I like the Park City course. I'll probably do that race again.

Not too sore from marathon.

Quit after 1 mile.

Not motivated at all.

Walked....

Ran laps in Liberty Park. Felt good.

Unmotivated.

Ran the Salt Lake 1/2 Marathon. I felt horrible the first 4 miles. I had to stop at the top of Little Mtn, and get it back together. I finished strong, and felt good at the finish. I think if it hadn't been for my bad start I would have had my personal best on this course. My pre-race raisin bran did not sit well, back to honey nut cheerios I guess.

Totally recovered from Saturday.

Jogged slow to East High track then did a fast mile around the track & jogged slow home. I feel alot better than last week.

Really slow miles....

Ran the Mid Mountain Marathon in Park City. It was the third leg of the Triple Trail Challenge. The MMM is some hard running, almost all on single track trails. The trail is beautiful though with the fall colors. I took a digger at about mile 13, luckily it wasn't too rocky. I really slowed down after that. I cut my face, arm and leg, and got totally covered in dust and mud. My shirt will never be the same. I guess I'm just lucky that's all that got hurt. I managed to finish in about 4:43. I felt great at the end, a little wobbly maybe. Went on a 3 mile hike in the afternoon.

Slow jog around the neighborhood. I'm sore from yesterday. I think the sorest part of me is my ribs. I must have bruised them in the fall. It hurts when I laugh.

I think I hurt myself in the fall on Saturday.

Had to stop. My shoulder is incredibly sore, hurts more now than when I fell. May take a few (more) days off, not sure if I should go to the Dr. I think Tuesday made it worse.

Walked 18 holes, I figured about 2 miles. I didn't shoot too bad, but my ribs are still sore. Legs are in great shape, not sore at all.

My ribs are still sore. Ran south to about 3900 S. and back, stopped at the library on 33rd on the way back for a while.

Weather not the best for running.

Ran the TOU Marathon in Logan. That's a pretty fun marathon. I'd do that one again. It was freezing at the top, I was cold the whole race. I need to wear more clothes next time. I felt surprisingly good considering my training consisted playing golf, walking, biking, and one long run. About mile 19.5 there was a girl puking on the side of the road that I passed, and I started not feeling so good myself. I didn't need to see that. I got it back together and tried to pick it up for the finish, but I started to cramp at about mile 25.5. I slowed way down for the finish line. Finished in about 3:30. I came home and went on a hike for another 2 miles in the afternoon. I ran the TOU with a left shoe from an old pair of shoes with about 400 miles on them and the right was a newer shoe with about 75 miles. It was the same color/brand except the older shoe was little dirtier. It felt wierd at first then I forgot about it.

Woke up at 3:00 am, tried to run, but decided I needed to go back to bed after a 1/2 mile.

Feel surprisingly good. Did some slow hills.

I think I have fully recovered from my fall at the Mid-Mountain. I think I need better trail-run shoes. Ran up to 11th Ave, pretty relaxed pace. Been considering running the California International Marathon in December or maybe the City of Trees in Boise in November. I need another BQ. Probably could have done it at the TOU, but it wasn't really part of the plan. There was also the shoe issue, at least I had a right and a left shoe. I'm going to take a wait and see approach to the 5K on Saturday.

Bountiful, up North Canyon and down Mueller Park. Great Trail, but they need to do the odd/even day bike/hike thing.

Ran the U of U Alumni 5K. My GPS registered 3.25 miles, and it is pretty accurate. It took 22 minutes. There was a good hill from 100 S. across campus and up to the Huntsman Center. I can't remember if they said there were 465 people registered or 645. I was third in my age group. I haven't done that in a while.

Waited until it stopped raining. Jogged slow with the dog for a mile, then did a few hills. Felt great. The dog likes jogging with me, but I'm not so sure the opposite is true.

Ran near the U of U. Slow knee feels funny.

Ran around the neighborhood.

Ran the St. George Marathon. My training, or lack there of, payed off. What a great race. I was worried going in. I ran the TOU 2 weeks ago and suffered cramps the last mile or so. So I sort-of stopped training. I did one long one a week ago Friday, and ran the U of U Alumni 5K fast the next day, but the rest was minimal, 2 miles max. I think the difference was sleep, and food before the race. I stayed in Cedar City the night before and slept great, and had Mexican food. I started between the 3:20 and 3:30 pacers. About mile 7 or 8 I saw the pacer. I almost caught up about 12, but got dropped at the mile 13 aid station. I slowed way down at all the aid stations. I never lost sight of the pacer, and about mile 20 mile, I cranked it up to 6:30- 6:40 miles, and caught back up. It turned out it was the 3:10 pacer. He really helped me the last mile. I finished in 3:09 a new PR. I felt great at the end too. Drove back to SLC and hiked a few miles with the dog. Pretty happy with the results. Thinking about the California International.

A little sore from yesterday. Did the 2 mile loop through the neighborhood.

Still sore from Saturday, but feel pretty good. I noticed you can get an automatic (no lottery) entry into St. George 2007 if you participate in the St. George winter race series.

Ran a slow 1 mile on hills, went back home and got the dog and walked another mile or so. Felt good, soreness is gone from St. George. Fell asleep on the couch watching Alien II, I have a feeling I know how it ended.

Took a few easy laps around Sugarhouse Park after work.

Woke up early. Ran down 3rd Ave to Memory Grove, up and East on 11th Ave. Ran on the trail behind the hospital, not a good idea in the dark. Crossed the legacy bridge and through campus + home. I love running in the early morning, the homeless, drunks, other joggers, various delivery people, no cars.

Tired today.

Up to East High track.

Sugarhouse Park, got wet, deicided I don't like running in the rain all that much.

East High Track, pretty slow.

Ran slow on the uphill, but picked things way up on the way home. I felt really good. Ran through the Aves to Memory Grove, climbed up to the 1st microwave tower on the trail, to the BST, and back to City Creek then home on 11th through the U of U.

Ran some fast laps around Liberty Park, then slowed way down and enjoyed the weather.

Did some hill work on 4th south and 1100 East.

Ran to Sugarhouse and took a few fast laps, a little chilly.

East High track.

Hills, a lot of creepy people out tonight.

Basically sprinted up Gilmer to 1500 E and south to Sugarhouse Park, with the occasional stop for traffic. I felt great, probably could have ran 20 miles. Twisted my ankle about mile 6 or 7, tripping over a friend's dog. Didn't hurt at the time, and I kept running, but it hurts now. When running with a dog expect the unexpected. I didn't need to hurt myself right now, maybe take it easy or bike for a while.

Ankle feels better.

Ran fast to Sugarhouse Park and did a few laps. Jogged slow toward home, and stopped at Emigration Market for a while and got some coffee. Pretty enjoyable run. Ankle was a little sore after, couple asprin and the soreness went away.

Ran fast up Gilmer and to Sugarhouse Park down 1500 E. I know that route well, but I went over I-80 and got lost south of I-80 somewhere and ended up over by Millcreek, there was no shoulder, no sidewalk, it was dark, and I was a long way from home. Ended up calling for a ride home. The whole ordeal took about two hours. The moral of the story is never test an unfamilar route in the dark. Glad I got a ride home. I don't think I will try that route again.

Did a hill work out, got rained on.

Ran a huge loop on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Only ran fast a few miles, then slowed way down sometimes walking the steep sections. I like that trail.

Jogged around the 'hood.

More jogging around the hood. Brought the dog, that's always a mistake.

Pretty much walked this one, and went home and packed.

I ran that race in near Lake Mead, NV, the Valley of Fire Marathon. "Evan's no training - training plan” didn’t pay off as well as it did in St. George. However, I was 3rd in my age group (actually 4th, but the 3rd place overall was in my age group, and you can't win overall & age group, so I got 3rd, cool huh) and 12th overall. I got passed by the guy who was second a few hundred yards from the finish, I was ahead of him the whole race, and just started cramping up on the downhill finish. I think the results say more about the competition than, my training. I got a 3:46:56. It’s a tough marathon, but a really pretty run through red rock and desert. It looks kind-of like Death Valley, or Snow Canyon, I kind-of felt a little like Forrest Gump running through the desert. It's an out and back through the Valley of Fire State Park. There's some rollers and, and few long uphill grades. There's a section going out from the Visitor Center to the top of a dugway about mile 6 to mile 12 that is relentless and you can see the steep dugway coming from a long way out. There is a big hill mile 24 to 25, with a pitch that is San Francisco steep at the top. That was just cruel. I remember coming down it on the way out, and thinking gosh this is steep, this doesn’t look good. It has a 1.2-mile downhill finish, which I got passed on by at least 5 people because I got cramps, every time I tried to go faster. I'd recommend this race, but definitely not as a first marathon. I saw a few people I knew. It was fun, kind of a low-key, small town marathon probably about 100 or so starters in the marathon. They also had a 1/2M and a 10K, maybe 300 people total, most were there for the 1/2M.

The race is pretty casual, no prize money, virtually no spectators, kind-of a cool shirt & medal for finishers. The organizers are very friendly. Park your car at Overton Beach on Lake Mead, and take a short bus ride to the start, sing the national anthem and you’re off. There is an uphill start, followed by a series of rollers, miles 1-6. There is a relentlessly uphill section from 6 to 12, then downhill to the turn-around, back uphill to the top of the dugway at about mile 14.5, or so, and then a long downhill to the Visitor’s Center. I felt good most of the race, especially the downhill section mile 14 to about 20, I passed a few people in this section. I slowed way down on the rollers miles 20 – 25 on the way back, legs felt fine, I would just start cramping if I went too fast.

If you like small races and don’t mind a hard course with good scenery, you’d like this race.

I took a short and slightly painful hike when I got home.

I've recovered from the VOF marathon, but I still have a horrible blister on my left foot. It was a deep one right on the sole of my foot. I need new socks.

I love this race. Basically jogged the whole thing slow and saw a lot of friends, even walked some. I let my brother beat me and I think he felt good about that. Started slow, got slower on the short uphill portion in City Creek then picked back up for the finish in Memory Grove. The weather was little chilly, but a great way to start Thanksgiving Day. I think I could have knocked 10 minutes off the time, maybe next year. I've run this route a lot.

Ran Sugarhouse Park and back through the 15th & 15th neighborhood. Felt good the whole way.

Did some fast intervals through Liberty Park. I'm feeling pretty good. I think I need some new socks, and winter clothing. I like winter running better I've decided. The blister from the Valley of Fire marathon seems to have healed for the most part, but I can still feel it. I need to change my bedtime, wierd sleep the last week. I've postponed the California Internation Marathon. I am now going to focus on the the Gaspirilla Bank of America marathon in Tampa in February.

Ran the Moab Winter Sun 10K. It was pretty cold in Moab, maybe in the 20s at the start, probably the teens, and clear. Paced a friend the first 2.2 miles at about 9:00/mi. At the top of the only little hill in this course, I sped things up to about 6:30/mi. It's a nice course, beautiful red rock cliffs with a dusting of snow on them. It starts of relatively flat or downhill, then there is a short uphill from about mile 2 to 2.25, then mostly flat or down. The last 1/4 mile is a lap around the high school track, which was kind-of cool. There were maybe 250 to 300 people in the race. The winner won in about 33 minutes. I was really sick last Wednesday, and Thursday, so I was kind-of surprised I made it to the race. My cold is still lingering, but it was fun anyway, I like Moab this time of year.

Finally got back out. Been sick as dog for about 2 weeks, flu or some kind of respritory virus. I like running in the cold but this is ridiculous.

Ran Fall Creek Road outside Sawpit, Colorado. I didn't think the high elevation would bother me as much as it did. It was beautiful country.

Ran Fall Creek Rd, again. Much colder today.

Jogged to Sugarhouse Park for the "Beat the New Year 5K." Then I ran the "Beat the New Year 5K. I beat the new year by about 7 minutes. I enjoyed the race. It was a festive atmosphere. The course is basically 2 and 1/4 laps around Sugarhouse Park in the counter clockwise direction. A group of people tried to cut it as close as possible to midnight, and there was a countdown and sort of a little sprint group. People wore costumes, and one guy ran it in only a speedo and Nikes. It was about 20F. A little chilly for just a speedo and Nikes. The prizes were for the costumes, coldest, fastest, and closest to midnight, and few other categories. The race wasn't timed as far as I know. There was a countdown clock counting down to midnight at the finish line. The race started at 11:30 PM. They gave you a nice long sleeve shirt and a nice little plaque if you beat the new year. It was fun, I'd do it again.