Ultra Trail Runner

first run in s couple weeks. Left foot formed a blister on edge of big callus 

easy run in Orem, UT. Big blister on left foot under big callus 

AM core work plus heavy lifts, 50 minutes (squats, box step ups, hamstring curls, lunges) Back felt crappy after lifts, getting worse as day progressed- left SI joint? Saw chiropractor after work,  then did my workout outside, 2 mile warm-up, 2×1 mile with seven minute rest-half mile jog with a potty break-then the rest easy running home. All on the Greenbelt. Mile one time was 6:38, mile two time was 6:31.  Heart rate was 160 after the 1st mile, 166 after the second. Depressing to be so slow right now-but over time I will get my speed back! 

Easy run, nice to feel the heat (30 degrees outside, woo hoo!) 

Iron core in the morning-in the evening, 2 mile warm-up, 2×1 mile down hill repeats, from the top of Lincoln Road to the bottom. Easy jog back up, trying to take really short, quick strides.  Each downhill repeat was, comfortably hard, 615 per mile. It was dark, slippery, and rainy. Just wanted the chance to give my legs a little bit of pounding. About a 2 mile cooldown, 7 miles total. Saw the chiropractor right before my run, back hurt during the day,  doesn't seem to hurt when I run though. 

eell deserved and planned-for day of rest :)

AM did Circuit training workout. PM had a crazy trail run. Right foot hurts, in the ball of the foot- it hurt yesterday too. Maybe bruised it during iron core or on downhill repeats? Anyway today was slow, through a ton of off-trail stuff with snow and 2200 feet of elevation gain: time was 2:37. See today's run description below: Here's a little Idaho Falls trail-running bedtime story for you all: This afternoon  at about 430, I set out on a little adventure in the Ammon foothills. I parked off of Sunnyside Road, and I had no plan, except that I wanted to go somewhere I had never gone before. Very quickly, I realized that I was going to be breaking my own trail through 4 to 10 inches of snow for much of the route. The going was slow, and I was heading uphill for most of the early stage of the run. I opted to listen to some music-something I almost never do-and just as the sun began to set over the city, the most beautiful instrumental song came on my playlist, and perfectly matched the moment! It was pretty cool to feel like a soundtrack was playing specifically for me. From this point on, however, the run pretty much went downhill. I unfortunately mean that figuratively, not literally, because truly the beautiful series of my run would prove to be over at this point. As the sun went down, it began to get much colder, so much that my belly began to get quite chilled. I quickly improvised a way to warm up my tummy by pulling my running pants up as high as they would go-offering more insulation for my belly, but also not being super comfortable in other places, in addition to looking ridiculous, not that I cared about fashion at the moment. As I reached the crest of a hill, I saw something moving ahead-And I was able to snap a couple of shots of an enormous Porcupine before it scurried away. At that moment, my phone died due to the diminishing temperatures. I kept running through the foothills, finding deeper and deeper snow, and also noticing a lot of animal tracks. After about 5 1/2 miles, I realized I was next to an unknown road, so I opted to run on the road for a little break from the tough trails. After turning around and getting back on the trail, I had not gone far when I heard the most bone chilling sound-The longest and most frightening wolf howl I could ever imagine. Like, straight out of a Discovery Channel or National Geographic documentary! My first instinct was to pick up the pace, but with my heart-rate already spiking due to adrenaline and fear, I soon realized that moving faster was probably not my best option. I elected instead to stay as calm as possible, and begin building up my courage to fight back against anything that might want to mess with me. I also began praying-I know that not everyone believes in God, but I do believe that hearing that sound, in the dark, alone, will make most people want to pray to something or someone!I began telling myself that there been no documented cases of a wolf attacking a human in Idaho-but then there was also a little voice inside of my head saying, "Has there ever been someone stupid enough to do what I am doing right now? Running alone, in the foothills, in the dark, in the dead of winter?" With these thoughts pressing in, and half expecting to be taken down from behind at any moment, I focused all my energy on finding my tracks in the snow, and checking my GPS often to ensure that I didn't get lost. Creating a few more rolling hills brought me closer and closer to civilization- And as I had not heard another howl since the first terrifying instance, I figured I was not being pursued. Arriving at my truck was a relief, to put it mildly! I have learned a valuable lesson or two from this adventure-- Primarily, I probably shouldn't go up there alone, in the night-time. That being said... Anyone up for an adventure in the foothills sometime soon? :)

Strength run in the snow with a great group of 8 idaho falls trail runners, up to the lower palisades lake. I was definitely feeling my long adventure from the previous evening! Including breaks (numerous) and our bouts of walking/trudging up snowy trails, our total time was close to 3 hours. My right foot seems to still be hurting in the same place (ball of foot)

AM heavy weights plus core. Got to lazy to run in the evening :(

AM treadmill workout, 2 mile warm-up, 5x800m at 6 minute mile pace. Quarter mile rest between reps. "Rest" pace was slow- 6.9 mph or 8:41 pace. About 2.5 mile cool down. Nice workout, I'm definitely out of shape and very tired so this was perfect pace for me right now. Felt good to feel a bit faster! PM: easy 4 miles outside 

AM: Brutal Iron Core Session

PM: Ran up in the foothills, did about 4 miles warm-up, then found a SUPER steep hill and did 6x30 seconds sprints uphill (ok, several intervals were more like 29 seconds). I powerwalked up the remainder of the hill and jogged back around to the start (each interval probably took about 3 minutes total). Legs were trashed by the end; who knew that 30 seconds could be so long?

rest day!

3:45am run! Snowing the whole time, lightly. Lovely. Green belt extended. Wanted to do 16 but had to get to weights at 6am. Great start to the day!

xc Harriman easy with family. Self-diagnosed with metatarsalalgia-- this is what's been hurting my right foot so much. Will begin icing and ibuprofen regularly, see if that helps

am heavy weights and core. 8 mile Xc ski and 4 mile table rock snowshoe during the day 

easy 7.6 mile am run, easy 5.2 mile pm run. Foot seemed to loosen up when I ran. Iced my foot twice today 

AM tough iron core workout. PM easy 7 miles TM run 6.8-7.8 mph

circuit weights AM really hit it hard especially in the arms 

trail run in the foothills and on the road-- about 4 miles trails, 12 miles road in the middle, up Sunnyside road past the dump! Downhill skiing for 2+ hours after. Still feeling that right foot

 400 m repeats on the treadmill-right Achilles was a little sore before starting. But it loosened up quickly. Alternated between 6.5 mph, and 10.5 mph. 2 mile warm-up, 400 m at the fast pace, 400 m jog in between. Ended with a 2.25 mile cooldown jog. It was a good strong case, some of them were pretty fast for me right now.

Downhill skied 19 miles today :)

Iron core in the AM

8 miles an, 6 mile pm, both in green belt. Felt quick in the pm run!!  7:45 per mile or so 

easy AM run, pretty slippery out there. Legs feeling tired. Lifted weights after- circuits. Really chaffed right now

flat long out n back run on 4200 E in Rigby, from Krupp Scout Hollow. Finished faster than I started- over 9 min miles on the first half, mid rights and a sub eight to end

big weights and core in the AM, 10 miles treadmill in the PM. 4 miles warm up, 3 mile tempo, 6:40 pace for 2 miles, 6:30 for 1/2 mile, 6:15 for 1/2mile. 3 mile cool down 

supposed to run but went skiing at Kelly canyon instead 

am iron core, pm ran up to lower palisades lake, on my running snowshoes for the way up, took them off on the way down 

easy six on the roads, after school 

2:30 am start; ran 20 miles, 3:07 total time. 13 degrees out, best beard cycles ice had yet :) Wore CWX compression shorts under my loose tights with long underwear under that; chaffed me pretty bad. Worked on nutrition too-- ate about 200 calories every 40 minutes. Small peanut butter/honey tortilla at 40 and 2:00; chocolate covered granola bar at 1:20. Good to have consistent energy! Wish I had gotten more than three hours sleep the night before 

 Ran in the cowbell race series this morning-soup in the snow addition! Wore some new slip on spikes for traction in the packed snow-thought that they work very well. Definitely stayed on my feet, and I think I was not slipping so much as I had been previously on that route. Total time for the run was one hour 44 minutes,  good enough for second place-only one minute behind the overall winner. May be losing my right middle toenail! 

TM run- paid attention to heart rate, 8.1 mph seems to be about 140 BPM. AM was heavy lifting and core, right quad was really sketchy after lifting

easy 5 miles on the  treadmill, heart rate was 148 BPM at about 8.4 MPH

A.m.-Iron core  work out. 2 mile warm-up, 2.5 mile tempo run around the Greenbelt, slow pace, icy conditions, about 645 per mile, 2.5 mile cooldown. Definitely feel stronger, faster this week than in previous weeks! 

easy 14 in the AM followed by circuit lifting 

counting some miles for climbing Tyler peak, in the snow

slushy run in the foothills with Drew B. Slow.

Easy iron core in the AM

treadmill in the AM, also in the PM. Worked from 7.6-8.2 miles

easy ten in Pocatello. Left calf tight since last night 

great, hilly run in Pocatello. Starting at holt arena, up past gibbons or Gibson parking lot? Nice climbs 

Am weights and core 

 5 mile warm-up, 3×1 mile repeats with half mile rest,  ran from the corner of Lincoln Road and bone Road all the way up to the first gate above Blacktail. 3 mile cooldown.  Lots of hills and some tricky footing on my mile repeats, 701, 659, 617. 

serious iron core in the am, 10 miles (extended green belt) in the afternoon. Legs definitely tired-- still feeling my right foot too, wonder what I need to do?

fartlek-style, 2+ rounds at Freeman Gilf course in a new style of play I invented! Very muddy and still many snow pocket at the park right now

am run, 'woodruff to Sunnyside to foothill drive doe Lincoln and home'-- officislly17 miles. Last 6 miles definitely the fastest-- 2:26 total time

ran from Adams house a little ways up Provo canyon. 1:52 total. Skied 12 miles, hard, at Sundance after 

 Big weights and core workout in the morning, 14 miles in the dark after track practice. 7 mile warm-up, 3 mile tempo run-on the Greenbelt, about 650 per mile,  pretty slow but whatever, then a 4 mile cooldown. 

 Easy six on a treadmill. Was supposed to do my 8 miles today, but just didn't have the energy after track practice 

Iron core in the morning! Was supposed to run tonight, but spent the time with Brandi instead.

 Easy 8 miles at Cress Creek tonight, getting ready for the track team activity on Saturday-a little bit of elevation, slow, then got chased by dogs for a while-while my headlamp is finally dying. 

run up krepps crossing with jeff Fullmer and John hart starting at 5am. Beautiful area! Easy pace 

longest training run of the year so far-- 24 miles out n back, parked at corner of Sunnyside and bone rd. About 2700 feet elevation gain and descent. What I learned from this run: need new underwear! I think my old pairs are too old and that's why they chafe now. Ate peanut butter jelly sandwiches as fuel-- 1/2 sandwich every 40 minutes. Stomach was already upset from bad eating the last few days so not sure if I handled the sandwiches well? Or not? Energy was constant, probably need to eat more next time cause I was hungry while running. Finally, starting really slow will be a good idea in my longer races-- even a 5-hour marathon translates into a 20 hour hundred mile race!

4 mile warm up, 3x1 mile up tempo, 1/2 mile jog in between, 2 mile cool down, am on treadmill 

easy run on a treadmill, had a lung infection all week, deep coughing really scary stuff 

easy run in Provo, felt crappy but it's good to be running after a week off, dealing with a stained lower left back muscle and some kind of lung infection 

Easy treadmill run, 7.2 mph max speed 

foothills trail run in new zero-drop shoes. Calves a bit right after but that could be due to me being fat and taking two weeks off running ?

foothills trail run, 1:55 time, 1800 feet climb and descend

windmills run, starting at Sunnyside ending at Lincoln. Went slow, mapped out key points about 24 windmills. 1800 ascent 2100 descent. Just under 3 hours

easu treadmill run

AM green belt run

foothills run, 2259 feet elevation gain, 2.5 hours, mapping out trails slowly. Hottest run of the year so far, so cut it short. Was supposed to do 20!!

AM green belt run

greenbelt- 2 mile warmup, 2x1 mile repeats, half mile jog recovery. 6:39, 6:31. 1.5 mile cool down  

easy green belt run, AM

easy run with the track team!!! Afternoon 

great foothills run with John, jeff and mike Taylor. 2600 feet of climb, just over 4 hours total. Definitely wanted to go faster in the end!

easy Greenbelt run in the morning.

 Little temple run, 2 mile warm-up, 3 miles at a good solid hard case, and then the rest of the miles home. 2.5 miles I think. Legs got a great workout, was definitely feeling tired by the end. Mile splits were: 652, 658, 639. Around the Greenbelt area. Finally started to track my calories, I will be eating pretty much perfectly and until my 100 K in June!

easy treadmill run 7.2 mph average 

easy Greenbelt run in the morning

mile repeats on the tracks, 1 mile warm-up, 1 mile in 607, 800 m job, then another mile in 601. 1 mile cooldown.

 3:45 AM, drive down to Pocatello with Drew to climb the upper city Creek Trail to a cool Summit-not as many miles as I would've liked, but the run took nearly 2 hours. Good elevation as well! 

 4000 feet of elevation gain, bushwhacking in the nighttime, nearly 5 hours-not exactly what I expected from this adventure, but I guess there was some benefit from it. 

greenbelt-- easy run 4pm. With 20 hours ran 26 miles with over 4000k elevation. Legs are TIRED!

 Easy 8 miles on the treadmill-up to 7.6 mph or so, very comfortable, felt easy. 

 Easy 4 mile warm-up, then for Temple run miles figuring out the middle school championship course at Freeman Park, lots of hills, averaged about a seven minute mile. Felt good, hard by the end. Easy 3 mile cooldown. 

easy Greenbelt run morning

 Smile, time was 529. 2 mile easy warm-up, all 3 miles of my white racing flats. Was supposed to run 20 to 30 miles tonight after the meet, but was just too exhausted.

 5.6 miles easy in the morning around eight, 4.4 miles in the evening on the treadmill, only up to 7 mph, with a little bit of walking after that. 

gree belt morning run

hilly run, 2:16 around Wilson lake in Maine 

two hour, hilly run in the foothills of Maine.

evening hilly run with Trevor Clark in the foothills.

Easy AM green belt run

easy Greenbelt AM run

4:45 time on feet run--  up to waterfall canyon above palisades. Lots of snow still! Good to get a long run in finally 

greembelt run with Jeff Shadley.

boise Greenbelt run during state track meet

easy three rounds of 18 holes of speed disc off at Freeman Park-days later, elbow hurts so bad I probably can't do this again.

Greenbelt run

greenbelt run right calf felt pretty tight today.

super crazy mountaineering trip with Jor Crane, Friday through Monday, in the lost river mountains 

one last shake-out run before my 100k!!!

Scout Mountain 100k in Pocatello!! Didn't really rave the first 48 miles or so-- really picked it up after that point. It was so hot I wanted to be careful, plus my training hadn't gone great lately, nor had my diet... So I ran conservative and finished in 14:50:00. Over 12,000 of elevation.., and the group I was with at mile 53 all got smoked my me in the last 10 miles-- beat several of them by an hour and passed a few more dudes as well! Feet were super tired-- by mile 35 it felt like both my feet were broken 

up mt Baird with Jeff Larsen-- ran about 4 miles down, counting some of the power hiking as miles too-- ran in old Solomon trail runners, hate those shoes. Feet definitely felt the running downhill 

first dedicated 'run' since my 100k race! Feet felt OK-- went super slow

run just past lower palisades lake with Drew Brazier. Easy pace-- first 'long' run since my 100k race-- feet felt fine even though I'm really heavy now!

2 rounds of frisbee golf

easy 9 miles after hiking 7.5 with Jake Smart to No Name Lake in Leadore

warm up to green belt then 5x.5 mile with .2 jog recovery, pushing the pace but probably only 6:40 or so during the repeats. About 1.5 jog recovery oh yeah it was freaking 90 degrees sick heat today  

after 24 hours of traveling in planes and cars and eating WAY too much seafood- this east run sucked! Glad I gutted it out

easy run after hiking tumbledown, on railway bed in Maine. Somehow my back got severely tweaked after this run  

easy Greenbelt run. I'm so fat and out of shape now :(

eady flat run around Idaho falls streets 

eSy run playing a few rounds of d

hiking in Boulder chain lakes, got up early to run from hatchet to last lake except lonesome and back, plus some more. Lots of good hiking this week but not much running :(

green belt run in the heat of the day

sleep deprivation run up hurricane pass with Mike jeff Matt and Nate, started at midnight, returned to car at 6:10am. 

easy green belt disc golf run 

lung buster up Tablerock Mtn with jeff Larsen-- Powered up the face trail and jogged back  down. 3:40 car to car. Love this mountain! And the vert that goes with it

ttek with Drew almost to the Breitenbach ridge 

2.6 rounds of disc golf at freeman 

2 rounds of golf at freeman 

 Ran a hot, long 14 miles around the Greenbelt in the morning-then hiked up to no-name lake, when I realized that we forgot a lot of our food at the truck-so I ran back down the mountain and then back up again so we could make dinner before dark :-) 

Easy run 

Lost River Peak, with Jeff Larson-power hiked the way up, ran most of the way down

 Running at that Kelly canyon ski area with James and Joe McGrath-calves hurt on this run, hadn't really noticed calf pain in a long time prior to this 

try to run at 9 PM, stomach felt like crap and saw lightning in the distance, so turned back

early-morning Greenbelt Run, calves and feet really hurt, was planning to go at least 10 miles more, but just couldn't stomach it.

 Two rounds of 18 holes at Freeman Park. Body seems to tolerate running on trails a little bit more than pavement! 

 Hot Greenbelt run in the afternoon-feet and calves felt a little bit better, but can still feel them. 

 Great run with Mike Atteberry and Nate Rees-left from Teton campground, a pass Devils staircase, over to death the shelf for some out and back exploring, then down Alaska basin back to the car. Four hours and 50 minutes, quite a lot of vertical climb,. My hokas really   Bruised up my left ankle on the outside-really a bummer because otherwise those are great shoes 

easy Sunnyside loop with Taylorview cross country team

 Ended this easy run around the streets of Provo at 11:59 PM-last run of the 200 mile challenge for the summer! Spent several hours biking in Moab this morning  this was a good week for my training! 

 Tempo intervals with the Taylorview  cross country team, warm-up jog to tautphaus park bathroom, 4×5 minute tempo runs, ending with seven wind sprints. Pace of tempo intervals was about 615 per mile. 

 Easy 2 mile warm-up, then Ironcore. 

easy run with Datavue cross country team to community park in back

 Easy running with the cross country team in the morning, to community park, a little bit more there, and then back. One round of 18 holes of disc golf in the afternoon 

easy run to tautphaus with XC team

running most of the Bear 100 course (1st section) with Jeff Fullmer, Wnderley, and Drew Brazier. A pretty slow run overall (11 hours) but gorgeous country! Began at 2:30 am, chillier than I would have expected. Loved my new ATR shoes, great improvements over the last model. Chaffed on my butt a bit and a few small hot spots on feet but overall great feeling in the run

 Run to community park, 2×10 minutes of tempo running, I really didn't go that hard with the team, two minutes rest, then for springs at the end. 

easy 2 mile warm-up, then, iron core.

easy 40 minute run, out and back down Sunnyside, plus a few sprints-barefoot-after.

 Ran to toughest part with the team, change praying sprinted around the course, sprinting the corners, after a few sprints on the start line

 Easy .7  in the morning with some core drills with the team, then running around at their cross country roads in Rexburg. 

 Up-and-down huckleberry trail on table rock-with Drew and Shaina Brazier. Saw a bear, several moves, one that was protecting too baby moose! Total time about five hours, including several long breaks to wait for my partners 

 Run to tautphaus 

park, several loops well the kids did temple running, I just did some up pace running around the park. 

easy 2 miles, then iron core. Worked it hard!

solid 48 minute run, 6.1 miles, then nine good barefoot striders with the cross country team.

run with XC team at community park 

veru easy 2 with the XC team then stretches and relaxation 

easy run at Cardinal classic XC race-- my teams rocked it :) Then a 20 mile out and back nearly to Waterfall canyon up palisades creek... Hit it hard on the way up, 2:04 with a couple 5 minute breaks to reach the flats of the canyon. Got pretty beat on the way down. I do love these shoes!

72 fast holes at Freeman (1:33). Scores were 60,55,55,55... Nice day

running to taphaus park  and then around a few times with the cross-country kids.

 Iron core in the morning with the kids, later on, 3.5 hour run, in the Palisades area, exploring the trail to Atkinson peek. There is some serious vertical game there! Turned around before the peak. 

 Easy team run, followed by nice stretches and relaxation. ( The team did pick your poison as well )

 Cheering on my team at Tiger Grizz cross country race 

 Six hour run, paintbrush canyon and cascade Canyon with Jeff farmer and Matt Atteberry, last long run before the bear 100! 

easy couple of miles, before leading the team in some intervals, which I did not participate in, because I was timing them.

easy Sunnyside loop, followed by iron core. Probably should not have gone so hard on iron core!

 Easy run to community park with the cross country team, then jogging around the park trying to get kids to run their correct fartlek workout 

Nice 45 minute run in the morning, with Brandy called Catelli-then a few race pace sprints after

jogging around at the Rigby lake cross country race 

very easy three rounds of disc golf at Freeman, just over 90 minutes

easy run

 Easy run 

the BEAR 100 miler in Logan, UT. Time was 29:29:07, basically 830 our run through the mud in the mountains of Utah. Rain or snowed almost the entire time. Pretty glad to check this off my bucket list :-)

one round of disc golf

easy green belt. Mid 9s pace-- first real 'run' since my 100-- dang I am fat slow and out of shape 

2.5 rounds of disc golf at Freeman 

green belt. I'm fat and slow. Hit weights hard in the AM

green belt run, interrupted by stopping to chat with friends 

palisades with Tom Kohler- easy jog to lower lake, jog/power walk up the right side of the lake toward sheep creek and waterfall canyon south side. Feet hurt for sure but great to hit the hills again!

supermoon run with Jeff Fullmer and Nate Reese- mostly on dirt, starting at hawkes landing 

green belt run, a little quicker thank normal :)

run up through the snow to the bowl below mt Baird, with Drew and Mike

 Treadmill run, then flag football with the scouts, for sprints. 

 Table rock with Jeff Larson. Nice cross training activity! 

 Rails to trails in Ashton, from the parking lot to Conant bridge and back, scouting out the course for another cowbell race! With John Hart, Mike Taylor, Jeff foamer. Very flat run. 

 Easy run around the neighborhoods dropping off some home teaching flyers-love the new shoes! 

easy foothills run through the snow with Drew B. He wasn't feeling good so we cut it short 

snowshoe running at Kelly canyon with Drew. About 9 miles total maybe- counting 5 miles of running which is a stretch 

isunnyside run... up to the dump and back. 

easy run up Lincoln road with Nate Reese 

island park community trail with fullmer, John, Nate... cold! 1100 feet climb on packed snow machine trail. Nearly three hours total time. Solid workout.