Trails!

Ran with Chad today.  I joined him in the morning at his house and he took me on a tour of the SLC bench.  Ran by the zoo and by Bonneville Golf Course and followed some ladies around as they rode their bikes.  Great place to run.  Little traffic, tonz of hills.  Easy pace.  Legs are tired from the 30K, but not sore at all.  Hamstrings are tight, so I need to work on them today.

T-1:25:00 (7:45) 148

By the way, for those interested, Bethany passed her 3 day test!!  We all knew she would, but she still did it.  It's party time at the Drapers!!! 

AM: Providence Canyon Road. Easy pace. Felt much better the second half of the run.

T-59:14 (7:24) 146

PM: Ran with Jon and my kids in the stroller for a while.  Then ran with both Jon and Paul for all of 1 block.  Then ran home.  Made it all the way home before I realized I left the kids at Paul's....Just kidding. 

AM: Easy 8 on the 4th west route. Very boring. Still working through tight leg muscle issues. I need to stretch more.

T-59:24 (7:25) 148

PM: Planet Walk 5 un-timed.  Would guess it was 7:00-7:15 pace.

I thought I was done with deciding between the treadmill and running in blizzards.  I was wrong.  Treadmill won, but only because I have a new Incubus video to watch.  We are flying out to Denver tonight, so this is all  for today.   Unless you can count runaway kids in the airport.  I am fully expecting that to happen.

T-51:00 (7:17)
 

Vacation this weekend at my parents house in Denver area.  We survived the ordeal of flying with kids.  Our flight was delayed almost 2 hours and the kids were tired.  All in all they did well though.  I ran from my dad's house this morning and jumped on the bike/run trail that is never ending. I followed it as it wound through neighborhoods, fields, along canals, etc.  It was even gravel for a mile section.  I could pretty much run all the way into the city (I am in Thornton).  I am way jealous.  I went out 6 miles then returned the same route.  Felt pretty good, but was fighting a good stiff wind. 

T-1:27:00 (7:15) 157

Bethany was able to join me for a few miles today on the bike while I ran.  She kept me company for 7 miles then I dropped her off at the house. It was sure nice to chat with her while I ran.  I ended up on the same trail as yesterday, no big deal since I am not sick of it and it is pretty nice.  I headed back out for 12 more miles.  Pretty uneventful. My legs were a bit sore in certain spots due to the deep tissue massage I got from my Dad.  He is going back to school to get a massage therepists license/degree thing and it was awesome.  He tells me my leg muscles are all out of whack and meshed together.  He has been able to re-align and separate most of them.  Pretty much all the legs muscles were united in destroying the ITB. 

T-2:16:22 (7:11) 152