relentless forward progress

Fun race for the 4th close to my home town. I ran over a minute faster than last year. I reeled everyone in at the end except for the winner but didn't have the kick to pass. Kodi Kleven won easily, she will be running for BYU this year and was out for an even paced tempo run. She ran the long course in 18 flat. 

 Fun race, I won a cooler. It matches the lawn chair I won at this same race last year :). I still have no top end speed and will work on it in the upcoming weeks.

Awesome dirt run in Mt. Pleasant in the rain. Got about 1500 feet of vert on the way up. The canyon was beautiful and the rain was just right. Few things running wise are as fun as barrelling down a dirt road sub 6 through puddles at the end of a good run :). The last 6 I averaged 5:42. I was a wet muddy mess.

Ran a cool down with my son Lincoln when I got back.

Met Scott, Matt, and Reed at 4:45 for some early fun. Run the route in reverse. It was hot enough to run shirtless while it was still dark. I'm thankful for these runs, good friends make the run that much better. 7:00 avg.

Ran/hike/scrambled Mt. Nebo :). Used the north approach which is a little shorter and much steeper, but it does go to the higher North Peak at 11928 ft. 4.5 miles to the top with 3500 vert including a stretch on the false summit that 920 feet in a half mile lol. 4000 total for the run.

It was a great day to be up on the mountain. I saw a cousin and her friends on the trail (small world) and a guy I used to work with. There was a group of older gentlemen that couldn't believe someone was running the ridge. One man was named Greg, he was snapping pictures. On the way down he asked me to give him my email address so he could email some if they were good. So nice!

I made in up in 1:26. The way down isn't much faster because of the loose shale and the steepness but it was fun. The last 2.5 are runnable and through some great sections of trees. The view was incredible as usual. Round trip in 2:33. I didn't push this too hard and think on fresh legs and the proper mindset I could go 10-15 minutes faster up. I like runs like this because even though the mileage may be lower the legs get a screaming workout and the time on feet bonus is huge.

When I got back I felt bad for the ones who were still up on the trail because of the storm that had moved in. I guess it hailed around the summit and pounded rain elsewhere. I was thankful to be down before I got wet.