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Jogged back home from the "Beat the New Year 5K"

Possibly the hardest 2 miles ever run. I had one child in the backpack, one jogging beside me, and a dog.... included a stop at 7-11..... Never again....

I needed snow shoes for this run. Ran up to the microwave towers behind Ensign Peak. I love that run, but the snow was at least 4" deep. I had some un-tracked powder.... and wet feet. Needless to say I was slow.

Ran a local

Super-slippery roads and sidewalks.

The cold & fog is slowing me down.

I'm tired of the sub freezing weather.

Slow slippery miles.

Ran Sugarhouse park, never really got warm.  I think I need to go to Park City and run the air quality sucks in the valley.

Some of the worst running conditions.  I'm just about to move to the treadmill.

Maybe I should try an indoor track.  

I ran the 1st 5K in the SLC 30K series.  The most notable part of the race was the poor air quality, and the temperature, and the fog.  The Salt Lake Track Club is a good group of people and the race was fun, I'd do it again.  The race starts at Saltair and is an out and back along the I-80 frontage road (old North Temple), it's flat as a pancake out there.  Saltair is like a giant  rundown barn, perfect place to stage a race.  The race started at 10:00 am and it was bone chilling cold.  Usually a good view of the lake, but everything was frozen, and foggy really flat light.  I never really felt good the whole way, I was cold.  I need new racing tights or something, my legs were cold.  I was surprised at how fast the leaders were going. I think the winner did it in about 15 minutes, I finished about 22, which was about what I was expecting to do.   I'm looking forward to the 10K in 2 weeks.

The air quality is better today, but I'm still feeling it from yesterday.  Ran three slow miles and up to the East High track.  

Ran to Liberty Park.  The air quality is depressing.  

Ran to Sugarhouse Park.  I slipped on some ice on the way home and hit the ground HARD.  The ice caught me by surprise, I thought I was being careful.  Felt pretty good until I slipped, barely made it home.  I think I bruised my ribs, I guess it could have been worse.  It hurts when I laugh or sneeze or cough.  

Ran to Liberty Park and did a lap. Ribs are still sore from the fall last week.

Ran to Liberty Park and did a lab, ribs feel better, but still bruised.  Got my Boston confirmation card in the mail!!!!  I guess I better get motivated to train.

Dragged the kids and two sleds up the hill at Sugarhouse park a dozen times.  Down was a lot easier than up......   

Ran slow in the dark.  Took the dog with me, that's always a mistake.

Same route as yesterday w/ the dog again.

Took a few laps around Liberty Park.  Ran slow, but feeling pretty good again finally. Running buddy brought her dog, and he brought down a girl on roller skates.  She did not look happy.  Advice, dogs are not the best running parteners.  

Did some slow laps around Liberty Park.  I think I need new shoes.

This was the 2nd run in the STCTC winter series, the 15K is in 2 weeks.  I enjoyed this more than the 5K.   I planned on a time between 45 & 50, and I finished right about where I had planned at 48 minutes and some change, and did not suffer too much in the process.   I went out slow then picked it up from about mile 1 to 4.  I knew I had it made at mile 4 and backed off and relaxed.  The weather was much better than I expected.  I won a SLCTC tee-shirt in the raffle after, that was cool.  Ran downtown to the movie theater and watched Casio Royale after, then ran home, a good day all in all.  

Left the house right about the time the shooting at Trolley started.  I've never see so many cops in my life.  I got out of the area ASAP.  I was actually planning on going to the hardware store down there.  I skipped that expedition.   

Ran to Liberty Park and did some laps.   

Ran to Liberty Park and did a few laps, pretty slow today.  Need to get with the program.  Ordered some new shoes, got 350 miles on the old ones, hopefully they will motivate me.  

Did some hills with the dog.  I hate running with the dog, when will I learn?

Same hills as yesterday.  I think I need to do some speed work.  

Ran through Gilmer Park then to Sugarhouse Park through 15th & 15th.  I like that run, except crossing 1300 East.  Still waiting for my shoes.  Ran fast through Sugarhouse, then slowed down and enjoyed the nice weather.  

Felt pretty sluggish.

This was the 3rd leg (15K) of the 30K SLCTC winter series.  This was probably the best leg.  I paced a slower friend on the way out, then I dropped her and went hard back. I think I made her go a little harder than she wanted to go on the way out, but that's what a pacer is for.  The weather could not have been better.  I felt great the whole way.  I took 15 minutes off my split time on the way back.  I was at least 10 or 15 minutes off my PR, but I really enjoyed the run and didn't really suffer at all.  Great view of the lake & mtns the whole way, and the course was flat and relatively dry, and passing all the people on the way back was an ego boost.  This is a highly recomended training race.

Ran to Liberty Park and did some laps before the snow started.  I haven't felt this good all year.  Did a little speed work in the middle, and rolled home slow.  Found a new training partner, training for a 5K, ate mexican food, and watched DVDs, the rest of the day, great day overall.  

4 extremely slow miles in a blizzard.....

Totally unmotivated......

Ran on the trails around Wheeler Farm.  That's actually a pretty pleasant place to run, nice loops, kind-of a bucolic setting, no cars.   Felt good, finally got my new shoes, and they felt great.

Ran up to the microwave towers on the hills behind Ensign Peak.  The trail was snow packed, and steep in spots.  That was more hill, than I needed, great view from the top though.

Paced a friend new to running around Liberty Park, and I thought I was in bad shape.......    

Not particularly motivated today....   

I got lost on the way to the Ogden Dee Events Center and was late for the race.  I was literally pinning my number on during the 1st 1000 yds of the race.  This is not an easy course, very very hilly.   There is hardly a flat section.  You hit a hill right off the starting line, then go back up that same hill on the way back at about mile 7.  It was relentless.  I was happy with my performance I finished under 1:20, which is what I wanted to do.  Althought the last uphill at about mile 9.5, truly hurt.  I recovered on the downhill, but slowed way down to do it.   There was a spot at the event center parking lot near the finish where you could short cut and cheat, and I don't know if the guy I got in the sprint with at the finish took it, but he showed up awful quick.  I sprinted him to the finish and he beat me by about 2 feet.   I finished 50th instead of 49th.  Yes a sprint finish for 49th place, that's competition !!!!  It was fun, and I'd do it again.  You got a nice tee shirt, and it was well organized.  I cooled down with two miles back in Salt Lake with the dog.  

Ran through Gilmer Park, up to15th then Sugarhouse and took a lap.  I felt great, but slowed way down on the way back.  

Ran a local, really slow.  

Well the weather was beautiful...  The course was good.  This wasn't my finest hour.  I should have know better, I didn't feel good going in, and didn't sleep well the night before.  I saw some friends at the start and they had a different race plan than me.  They wanted to go out fast.  I knew that was a bad idea.  I wanted to go out slow and steady.  The beginning of this race is downhill, then you hit some rollers about mile six and nine and ten.  I went out fast and faded at mile 6.   I enjoyed the course and had fun in Moab.   I'd run this again, what a beautiful course. Pretty good time in Moab, but not my finest race.  I think that was close to my slowest 1/2M.  There's always next year.....

Ran with the Salt Lake Track Club at Highland High.  It was a speed workout with some warm-up and cool down.  They said it would be hills, which I would have liked better, never really liked the track.  Did 10 x 800, the pace was about 6:30.  Then I did few laps around Sugarhouse I felt felt great, but I'm still shaking off Saturday's poor performance.  I'll redeem myself next year.  Watched Cinderella Man and read Runner World and feeling much more inspired......   

Ran for 2.5 miles with the dog.  The dog got tired, I wasn't all that tired, felt bad and took her home.  My left hip joint was a little tender.  

Ran around the Sugarhouse area.  Ran race pace for 6 miles between, 7 to 8 min./ mile.  Warmed up and cooled down 3 miles each.  I was freezing on the way back, didn't dress warm enough, and it started really cooling off as the sun went down.  Felt pretty good the whole way.  Need to keep up it up, and I'll be back in shape again.   

Ran two slow miles with the dog.  The dog was good, unlike usual.  Felt pretty good.

Did the 2 mile loop w/ the dog.

Ran up Emigration Canyon and around the U of U.  Ran at a pretty good pace down the canyon about a 7 minute pace.  Felt great the whole way.  Probably should have run another ten in the eve, but never got around to it. 

Ran this one slow, a lot of hills in this run. I went through the University over to 11th ave then up the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, and then back down Memory Grove. Ran slow, walked some on the hills, what incredible weather. Looking forward to heading to Cal.

Ran five on the treadmill at "zero-o'clock" in the morning.  It stopped raining about noon and I went the the Mad River Beach and ran down the beach 2 miles in a full gale headwind, coming back was easy.   That is a great run down the beach.  

Ran down the Mad River Beach again, not so windy today.  

Ran two miles up the hill behind Ensign Peak, slow on the way up, fast on the way down.   Felt great the weather was great.  I love the view from there.

Ran slow after work, pretty un-motivated.

I started near the back of the field.  I warmed up the first mile.  I

wanted to avoid the problems I had at Moab.  It was a training run.   I was running about 7:15/

miles until mile 8 or 9.   I slowed way down after that, and jogged it in.  It's a beautiful course, and I enjoyed it a lot more after I slowed down.  I felt great at the end.  I jogged another three with some friends in Eden after the race, and went home and did another 2 with the dog.  

Ran some laps around Liberty Park, not really sore after yesterday, actually felt pretty good.  I need to keep up the consistency.  The longer light in the afternoon has seemed to motivate me.   

Ran around downtown Boston.  The weather kid-of sucks for running.

This was one cold, wet experience.  I never really got comfortable.  I stopped a number of times along the way, but it's all good.  I enjoyed myself and other than the cold.  I didn't really over exert myself on this one.  I wanted to start further back in the corrals than where they put me.  I knew it was a bad idea to start so close to the front, and that I would go out faster than I needed to.  That's exactly what happened though.  I ran 6:55s the first two miles then had to stop for a bathroom break and to adjust my clothing.  I was pretty much cold the entire race.  I jogged the rest of the way in, walked through all the aid stations.  Other than getting passed by thousands of people, the fans and the scene was pretty motivating.  There are no words to describe, turning onto Boylston and the last 1000 yards before the finish.

Ran some slow miles around the neighborhood, in between snow storms.  Feel pretty good.  I'm think about some new shoes.  My left foot experiences numbness and/or pain.  It doesn't happen always and it goes away after running.  Maybe I need an insert for my shoes or something.

Ran up City Creek Canyon for 2.5 then came back.  Ran at a pretty good pace.  Garmin never picked up the signal in the canyon.  I felt the best I have all year, totally recovered from Boston.  Starting to feel like my old self again.....   short term goal don't hurt yourself.    Went another 2 with the dog later, really slow.  They accepted my entry into the NYC marathon yesterday too, so I was excited about that.  I've never been able to get in the past.  

Ran a slow 5 miles up City Creek Canyon and back.  I felt very good, a little stiff  on the steep stuff.

I have no idea what place I was.....   but this was a great event.  I throughly enjoyed this race. I started feeling tired about mile 6,  I was running about 7:00/ mi. until then.  I slowed to about 7:45/ mi until mile 12.  I slowed way down when I hit State Street, about mile 12. I don't know why, I was just staring at the city.   Then I got tired of being passed.  I got passed by a big booty and picked it up to the finish.  It was great course and the organization was flawless, with the exception of the marathon and 1/2 marathon drop bags being mixed together, so you had to wait a long time to get your drop bag.   This is a good race.  I didn't really race it, but I had a good time.  I did the marathon last year and I didn't like that as much, the SLC 1/2M is where it's at....  

Did 2 slow miles with the dog through the neighborhood, a little sore from yestreday.  

Ran around Liberty Park.  Felt good but went pretty slow.

Ran the Law Day 5K in the morning.  This is not a runners race.  I've never seen more lawyers and paralegals in my life.  They are an uptight and humorless group.  My only goal was to show up, and I accomplished that with about 5 hours of sleep, so I was happy with my performance.  They did a pretty good job with the race logistics, and it was kind-of nice running through the U of U campus.  They had good coffee.  The first 1/2 is up to the top of campus and the finish is down to the law school building.  I was pretty relaxed the whole time and the weather was perfect.  I have no idea what place I was.  They had timing chips but I didn't bother with that.   I didn't even wear a watch.  The U of U homecoming/alumni 5K is more fun.  It started raining after the race, and I ran another 5 miles slow in the rain through Gilmer Park.    

Ran down to Cottonwood Heights and went to a BBQ.  I need to find a better route there were a few sections that had scary traffic conditions and no sidewalk, etc.  Felt great, just glad I didn't get lost.  

Ran w/ the SLCTC in Sugarhouse Park and on the HH track.  I felt good pretty much the whole time, probably should have gone faster.