From the U

So I guess Jake and I are gonna run tomorrow instead of saturday.  We're gonna start out up behind the Draper Temple on the trails and work our way over onto the Bonneville shoreline trail and head north until we its we decide to turn around.  Its alot of up and down on uneven trail so it should be a good workout.  I'll post on it tomorrow afternoon sometime.  On an unrelated subject, as a part of my New Testament literature class we went over to the Marriot library to their rare books collection.  I got to hold a Qu'ran that was a thousand years old and an Ethiopian text that was from the 9th century that was written in ga'ez and coptic.  Both were way cool, an amazing experience.

from the U library

Today was kind of a cross-training day.  I lifted chest and shoulders at the fieldhouse and ran on the treadmill for 40 minutes.  Will probably do about the same thing tomorrow, rest friday, then do a long run on saturday.  That will bring me up to two weeks left before Moab.  Other than that, there's nothing new.  Its still as hot as Georgia asphalt in Salt Lake and I'm sick of it.  I can't wait until winter!!  My skis are already chattering in the closet.

Monday morning post

Just got back from an easy 7 mile run this morning.  Felt pretty good, but its weird for me, I don't really even feel like running until I'm about 3 or 4 miles in.  Its just painful until then.  My blisters on my feet are finally toughening up a little.  So, I'm gonna head up to the U today to finish up a paper and practice my Chinese all day.  Other than that, everything is good, as always I need to eat better (no pizza and fries) but I just CRAVE junk food all day, man!  Thanks for the comment Heather!  Say hi to everyone in the O.R. for me, I miss you guys like its my job.

Sunday Morning

Insomnia was pretty bad last night and I almost ran at 4:30, but luckily found some sleep.  So here is what Jake and I talked about last night: we start at Mom's house next saturday morning and run to the Bell Canyon trailhead (about 10 miles) then hump it up to the 1st waterfall and back down to Jake's (another 5 or so).  I think its fairly ambitious and will require some planning on fueling (probably Hammer gel and some EFS).  I think we will put off the Lone Peak climb until after the Moab 1/2 marathon because I wouldn't want to risk an injury that would put one of us out of the race, so we will probably do that the weekend after the race.  I can't wait to post pictures of the race.  I think Spencer is going to run it, too.  It must be nice to be 19!  I think he will do well, especially if he trains.  I anticipate Jake putting up a pretty good time, like in the 1:30-1:45 range.  I, on the other hand am blessed with that Keller speed, haha, and will feel good about coming in under 2 hours.  I promise to post times and pictures.

The first blog

Well, here goes. Ran 11 miles this morning mostly in the dark and the stars and the moon were the only light on the draper trail.  Kinda spooky running past big bushes and trees, feels like somebody could just jump out and.....I don't know, say boo i guess.  I feel that I have a pretty good base for endurance.  Now its just kind of a mental thing, ya know.  The art of suffering.  The Moab Half Marathon is three weeks out and I feel good about it.  I got my eye on the Antelope Island 50K next spring.  That is the goal anyway.  I want to do more running events this coming year, but winter is coming and I am STOKED to ski!!!  I'm buying a season pass at Snowbird, so the winter will be epic.  I should be able to maintain, or even improve upon my endurance slogging through the mountains.  It will be hard to fit in running in the winter, but I will.