Progression Daily

Another adventure with R-Man. We ran up Turkey Farm and connected to Lange's Dugway. This was my least favorite stretch. Then 2 miles over to Winchester Hills. Marathon course back to Hansen Stadium. I pushed for the marathon stretch but wasn't that fast. My legs were pretty tired from yesterday. 15.40 miles 

AM- Around Kayenta while family was at Ivins Reservoir. When I left not that packed. When I got back, overstuffed! 7.90 miles 

PM- Played soccer and ultimate with Marieta's family. I had all this energy so I added some mileage after the sports. The elk burgers slowed me down a lot. 4.15 miles 

AM- 5 mile loop. Saw Steve. 5.45 miles 

PM- Some White Dome with Marieta. Then I had her drop me off at Terribles and I ran home. 6.12 miles 

AM- I rode with Marieta to Majestic Fields Elementary (her work) and ran home. The weather was good but my knee was hurting more than usual. I'll keep taking more steps to stretch and take care of it. 9.11 miles 

PM- 3 in the heat with Marieta. Up on the new trail across from Stone Cliff. 3.01 miles 

AM- Met up with Derek and George for the Mayor's Loop. Before we even started my stomach was giving me problems. I knew the spicy chicken tenders from Popeye's would do some damage. I had to make 2 different bathroom stops during out 5 mile run. 
 

PM- Ran to the desert in the heat. Much better run than this morning. 5.56 miles 

AM- 10 200s with Steve, Aaron, and Clinton. I put in a good effort today and feel tired. It was fun listening to conversations as I try to keep up with those guys. 7.32 miles 

PM- Night jog with Marieta. 2.17 miles

Parked at tennis courts by the dinosaur park. I ran/hiked up to the Temple Quarry trail and bashed my knee into a boulder. The rest of the run my knee had some pain. Other than that I enjoyed the territory. 7.01 miles 

Ran around the desert and was disappointed with all the construction. My family wanted to hike Elephant Arch so I ran a little before and after the hike in that general area. There were 15+ cars at the trail head. I'm pretty sure my knee is hurting mostly from bruising it yesterday so that's a good sign. Pain should go away soon. 33 miles  

After going on a hike with Marieta I had some extra energy. I also wanted to test my knee. Ran a quick Bloomington Loop with no knee pain. 3.12 miles 

AM- Ran the new trail into the Springs with Marieta. 3.25 miles 

PM- Progression run from my house to the Post Office. 7:51, 7:32, 7:15, and 6:42 were my first 4 miles. 5.34 miles   

AM- Mayors Loop with Marieta. Saw some familiar faces. Knee pain has circled back to make my runs less fun. I added 2 after we got home. 7.14 miles 

PM- Went out past Navajo road and climbed a bunch of ridges. Significantly less knee pain. 5.01 miles 

AM- Ran through some desert at around 9:30. I need to commit to those earlier runs. Felt pretty good. 7.06 miles 

PM- Tin Pusher in the dark with Marieta, George and Star. 3.82 miles 

AM- 10 200s with Derek and Aaron. Clinton was with us for the warm up. I felt a little faster on the 200s. 7.73 miles

PM- Bloomington with Marieta. 3.50 miles 

Ran some of VRRT up Lars Fork with Marieta. I added 3 miles down Lars while Marieta drive the ATV. 7.12 miles 

Navajo Lake Loop Trail with Marieta. I did 6 with her then ran on the main road to retrieve our car to pick her up. Once we got back to the cabin I added 3 more. Legs feel hammered. 12.10 miles 

Ran 3 with Marieta then met up with Dawson to run 3 more. He showed me the "tinkle trail" by the airport. 6.15 miles 

Parked at the church on 500 N and ran up to Owens Loop then connected to city creek. The weather was perfect! I should have stayed on the trail longer. Ran down bluff to diagonal and mixed in some tempo. Did a 6:37 mile then a 6:26. My Loop only ended up being 6 miles so I added some more around Diagonal. 9.06 miles 

AM- Easy 4 with Marieta by the river. Slow start to week but I think I'll make up for it this weekend. 4 miles 

PM- Ran lower Secret Sauce to Upper then repeated the loop until I hopped onto Claim Jumper. I was having a blast until a ton of bikers kept on popping up and slowing my momentum. 10.25 miles 

10 200s with Derek, Aaron, and Clinton. 8.31miles 

AM- Started at the trail behind the Post Office. Ran up towards the new trail with boardwalks that connects to Sullivan. Then back towards Lin's. I tried to connect a dirt trail to the paved one in the Springs. It got a little sandy. Good run! I enjoyed the diversity and even feeling tired from yesterday. 10.01 miles 

PM- Sugar Leo and river trail loop in the wind with Marieta. 3.07 miles 

Ran 6ish with Marieta then met up at a park with a track to race my brother in laws. One of my brother in laws was like a 4:30 miler in high school but that was years ago. So we raced a mile. I let him go out hard thinking he would die out. I passed him in the last quarter and ran a 5:56 (there was some crazy head wind). Then I added 8 miles around the streets of Vegas. 15.47 miles 

I ran 2 with Marieta then went out on my own. I started way too late and Vegas heat was a factor. I tried to connect a trail to another one I ran months ago. Unfortunately I got lost and wasn't able to find the connection. I ran 6 up to Palo Verde High School and decided to make it a negative split run. 14.07 miles 
 

Up              Down 

9:10            7:17

8:25            7:06  

8:54            7:06   

9:04            6:58   

8:50            7:16   

8:56            7:36   

53:30          43:19

Lower Sauce to Claim Jumper with George, Star, and Marieta. Ran a little into Pushing Tin with George. We ran quick in the night. 6.35 miles 

AM- Ran from my house to my parents staying on the paved trails. 8.63 miles 

PM- Started a run out on a dirt road in Little Valley at night. Not the best idea but I gave into George's idea. Marieta tripped about a half mile into it so I took care of her. 

AM- I didn't feel like slowing down Aaron and Clinton for 200s this morning without Derek so I decided to do my own run. I needed to pick up my Fitbit from my parents so I started a run from there. Ran out to Hell Hole with a little Sandbergs action. Once I bottomed out at HH I did 16 60 second intervals with equal recovery. I felt smooth and fast. 10 minute cool after. 10.01 miles 

PM- Went out a little before 6 to see what the heat was all about. 3.11 miles 

Dawson told me you can connect the Tinkle trail to Pushing Tin so I set out to figure that out. Fun single tracking through the desert. 10.15 miles 

AM- Ran Cove Wash through the desert to my house with George. Marieta and Star joined us for the first 7 miles until we hit Tonaquint. Saw a coyote. 11.36 miles 

PM- Cruised out in the cloudy and a little bit cooler weather. 6.77 miles