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A nice early run down to the NA and then cut back along the newly exposed ol'dam road... nice running morning, nice and chilly at first but as soon as the sun came out it warmed up quick... sounds like this is what happened down in St george times 10...

A sweetness run on the EB today... love the cooler temps and I must say my absolute favorite time to run is when you start out and it is dry and then its start raining during the run, it just doesn't get any better...(as far as running goes that is)... came down good for about half the run, even some fairly close lightening strikes, with some loud thunder, that kept me on edge!

felt great today the legs had pep, even on the uphills and ran it good went from Beus pond up to steep hill over on the upper bench looped the Spring and cam back up to the upper trail and back over and down... ran through this one section where there was a canopy of trees and a bunch of fallen leaves, but they were green and yellow leaves and the light was such that it was like a green world in this little grove of trees, it was cool!

Went for 6.2 miles and I think 55 minutes... which is pretty good considering the hills that I climbed! 9:02/mile ave...10:37, 8:52, 8:01, 10:16, 8:44, 7:57...

Thinking about the OV50... but just thinking...

Hit the bench at lunch started at MO and went through the park up 29th across buchanan up 27th and onto trail along lower trail to 21st up to upper trail and back along all the way pver to Strongs and then cut back... good little jaunt, pushed at times, took it easy at other times. temps were good! 1:05 total run time 9:15/mile ave...9:20, 8:55, 10:33, 9:56, 9:51, 8:40, 7:35..

Woke up got out a bed, went for run around Eden... nice little run before the sun came up, took a bit for it to get light with the cloud cover... no fast speeds this morning, just enjoyed the morning air! Ave. 8:16/mile

Added 4 solid miles this afternoon after work on the 29er short loop... ate a bigger lunch than normal today and it didn't sit all that well during the run... but it was still good to double up for the day... also did 105 jumps on the Pilate table tonight, have done them Sun, Mon, and Thursday nights... that is my goal to get 5 nights a week for ski training, and start adding more... man that is a good short workout, I need to do more of this kinda stuff!

With the day off I decided yesterday I would do a good long one, invited a few and got one taker AKA the MTN goat(figures)... good to have him along, he kept me rolling!

The plan was:Start at Wheelers and end up at my office in S.Ogden, and go via over the Mtn..

Good early start and we kept it pretty steady running 90% of the trails... Wheeler/E.Fork/GPond/ and then when we got within Snowbasin we meandered over toward Strawberry on the very wierdly designed mtn biking trails... there doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to some of them... I like trail that get you to a place... those seem to just meandor for the sake of meandoring... anyway got over near Strawberry and headed straight up the run... ended up being a good decision, but a steep decision... Steep Stuff... got in a good groove though and felt good... topped out at exactly 10 miles into the run... then realized we needed to traverse back along the top ridge to catch the Beus trail... added about a mile, finally hit the trail and let it rip for the fun very technical downhill... roots, rocks, brush, dropoffs, stream crossing and more... good fun!

Made it down to the office where my car was in around 4:40 and a total of 17.8... Good Adventure... my first time down the Beus Trail!

Not sure if I should admit what I did today, as I have gotten into the habit of doing this later in the year and getting hooked to it too late in the year as everything is getting cold... but hit the Lake this morning for some perfect glass... Justin and the crew had set up the course... so I tried my luck on it... couple things, first have H2O skied once this year, second haven't skied a course in about 10 years... so it kicked me, but wow it was good fun... totally different from normal skiing, as you have to ski very aggressive and get after it... at first I was being a bit of a wimp, but then i got after, never came close to getting all six, but mixed it up... Justin did great, I think he made one pass making all 6! There were 2 other boats out skiing the course and doing some barefootin... good time and not too bad on the cold scale, I did wear a drysuit though!

Later in the evening my oldest had soccer practice so I decided to bide my time running the trails of the EB, started at Rainbow and took the upper trail all the way over to the first Beus switchback, then came back and cut down Strongs to the mid trail and made my way back to Rainbows... A very good run and at times felt great and ran good... trails were busy with bikers, walkers, runners, etc... 9.5 miles!

5 miles 47 min 9:33/mile... Did the 29 loop up Strong over to Beus turn then back along the upper to the spring and back... solid run, felt pretty good! Alot of people out and about today!

Early morning Eden run went around the park down to the dam, across the ol' dam road and back along NA/blacktrail... with short extension at the end... nice and easy... cool temps at the start, but felt great when the sun came up, actually stopped and did some stretching and let the body soak in the sun... Felt Awesome!

A fun bike ride with the 3 oldest boys and a cousin... started at Snowbasin and came down through Maples/Art Nord/Wheelers... Z my youngest(6) did awesome, it was his first time on this trail and it has some technical spots for biking and he tore it up... the only thing that really challenged him was all the braking his right hand was very tired from all the braking... good trail for the kids, I have to warm them up to the idea that biking is fun when you go up too... a few ups but mostly downhill! Still some great Fall colors up there!

A Solid lunchtime run... started from RB and climbed up to upper trail... went along to the Spring cut down and meandored back... good effort felt great, did the last mile in 7flat and the one before in low sevens...

Busy Busy day, didn't get to fit a run in... work, and then had to leave early to take my oldest down to Orem for a Semifinal State cup Soccer Match... they won after regulation/OT and then onto PK's... C shot the 4th pk and placed it into the bottom left corner, and then the next boy sealed the deal... Awesome fun game! Finals on Saturday and once again in Orem... Aaahhhhgggh, long Drive...

Played in my first Indoor game in over five months tonight... very poor showing by us ol' men, we got whooped... but still a fairly good workout, I actually felt good running, it is always a different type a workout!

6 tough ones today... hit the MO loop over to steep trail and up to upper trail, my legs felt fine but I never got in a groove, my mind was wondering on work stuff the whole time and just didn't feel it... oh well still good to get out!

A good little jaunt on the EB today... did the MO loop, went up Strong and then over to the Beus loop... on the way back i jumped over a rather large spider and the thing stopped and reared up at me with its 2 front legs striking at the air... it looked like a trantala, which I have seen up there before but it was smaller about 2.5 inches and looked more like a normal spider... it was an aggresive little bugger!  Anyway sweet run, 6.25 miles and pushed at times, saw my dad out on the trail, he was mtn biking... alot of folks out and about, soaking up the last of the good weather!

Took a few days off thru the weekend and such... felt good! but today I did what you'd call the "I needed it" Run... mainly from work stuff, it felt oh so good to get out and run it off! good brisk pace for most of it... started at 29th went via lower, lower trail to steep hill, to beus ext. and then along upper trail over to around 26thish... Very kind run. in fairly brisk weather, but i loved it felt great!

A sweatfest on the Stationary bike... while watching the Jazz get completely whooped up on... very bad game, no flow, the refs are horrible this year with calling ticky tack fouls, last nights Miami/Boston game was the same.. makes for painful watching! The positive was a solid 45 min on the Trainer... pushed good and forgot how much you sweat when you aren't moving and you are in a room that is in the mid 60's... also got 150 jumps in on the jump board too!

Work has been a stress lately... so I need keep rolling with excercise, when work is stressful I have a harder time getting out excercising, it should be the opposite, cause I know how much better I feel after a good burn!

A bit of an odd week for exercise... tonight was soccer night and a good one it was... we played solid and won... and it was a great workout, better sweatfest than last nights stat. bike... should get a run in tomorrow!

Hard to beat the weather today, near perfect... did the MO extended version, went via the park up 29th to the spring and then down to 22nd and then climbed the upper trail over to beus... very nice push of a run, coulda kept on rolling had i not needed to go coach a boys soccer game!

Hit the Dam road NA run for Halloween... took Roxy along to get her out, she was great staying close to me the whole time... good temps, kinda a greyish dopper of a day!

160 jumps on the jumpboard