My goals

Yesterday was awesome. I ran a treadmill for my 5k.
The end.
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 108.5
Today I ran at the PF and loved it. I don't know what it is about days like today. I just feel like I could run forever even if it is on the treadmill.
Daily Mileage = 6.2
Yearly Mileage = 114.7

I have some running goals I want to do with my life they are:
Run across Salt Lake County From the North to the South. All on Redwood Road.
Run across Utah.
The second goal was completed by a runner I do not know. He is from Utah and only inspired me on running across the state some day. here is the story.
http://www.cedarcityutah.com/news/archive/2015/01/26/hrc-utahs-forrest-gump-man-runs-453-miles-from-arizona-to-idaho-in-8-days/#.VM2lrrHn_IU

Evening Run

I tried to run this afternoon at a rec. center that I had a free pass to. My brother in law gave me the pass. My pacer was not having any of it. So my run did not happen. I got home from class a little early and before I started to study I did my run. I ran straight down the road for 1.6 miles and right back. It actually turned out to be a great tempo run. I did in about 21 minutes.
Daily Mileage = 3.1 ish
yearly Mileage = 105.4

New Shoes

Today my pacer got some new shoes, so of course we went for a run. I don't know what it is about new shoes but they always make me run longer the first time I wear them. I was planning on a 4 mile run with my pacer but when we got to 4 miles he wanted to do 2 more. I agreed and we were off. So we ended up dong 6.2 miles. My pacer loved the weather and I loved the company. I wish my pacer would be better at the conversation side of things though. I feel like I am the only one who does the talking and especially the pushing in this relationship.
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 102.3

My pacers new shoes!! Size .5 in UK sizing

There is Hope

I did not blog yesterday! Yesterday my pacer decided to get me up early so I went to the PF and got er' done before 5:30. It is amazing to get the work out done early, but I feel like I pay for it later.
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 93
Today I was running and could feel spring in the air. Now usually in SL spring and winter mix up with each other and don't know what one is suppose to show up on a daily basis. So today was warm and sunny and beautiful.
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 96.1

I felt like this is where I was running today. Maybe due to being able to actually see the mountains?

Another Week

Wow! I cant believe another week has come and gone. This running week has been great. I really enjoyed it. Yesterday and today I went to PF. same kind of story, but hey winter in SLC is not easy. You can only do what you can with a 12 week old baby and cold weather and of course that nasty haze. No excuses here though.
Yesterdays Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 80.8
Todays Mileage = 6.2
Yearly Mileage = 87

There is a actual finish line to a half marathon at this point in the road in Monument Valley. It's called the Forrest Gump Half Marathon.

Chilly

Today I had my wife drop me off a 5k distance away from the house. It was a good run, but it was cold. I thought I would get too hot so I did not wear a beanie. I wish I did. The run felt great though.
Todays Mileage = 3.1
Yearly mileage = 77.7


This is one of my dream marathons to do in life.

Distractions

Today my run had a little, cute, and chubby distraction. My pacer was not wanting me to run. Every time I got on the treadmill he would start complaining. In one of my classes we are learning about negotiating, so I put my learning into action and made a deal. I would let him watch Madagascar if he would let me finish my run. I am proud to say that a deal was met and very few tears were shed on both sides of the negotiation table. 
Todays mileage = 3.1 (interrupted)
Yearly mileage = 74.6

Don't get distracted from doing your run!

I put this here for distracting purposes only.
If you're reading this.....GO RUN!!

Going the Distance

Today was a great day for a run! My pacer joined me today because the weather was 44 degrees. The air was so clean I could finally see across the valley and it just felt great to breathe in fresh air. Today I did not know how far my pacer would let me go. I figured I would start with 3 and at 1.5 if he was good than I would keep going. Well when I got 1.5 miles my pacer was loving it so I went to 2 and so forth. Eventually we got to 3 miles and had to run 3 miles back. The run was just fun. It felt good to run that far, I was happy my pacer enjoyed it too. He loved it so much he fell asleep and just enjoyed the push.
Daily Mileage = 6
Yearly Mileage = 71.5

Ha ha I googled  "cool running pics" and this is what came up. I was not even trying. Todays run was pretty cool though. I also love John Candy. I guess we can all be motivated to work out so we don't die like him.

Catch Up

It's been a couple days so I need to catch up on my runs. On Jan 16th I woke up and did my 5k outside. It is a great loop that is exactly the distance I need.
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 56.2
On Saturday I ran on the treadmill at my mother in laws house and it was great! It felt like it took forever and my legs were heavy. It must have been due to all Spaghetti Factory I ate a couple hours before. I should not complain, once my wife was training for a marathon and ate Spaghetti Factory and than we ran 12 miles together. She did awesome, but it is never fun to run with a full stomach. On that run though we decided what our first son would be named and 3 years later we stuck to that. Also I have done the math and If I continue on with a 5k a day I will hit exactly 100 miles on the last day of the month.
Daily Mileage = 6.2
Yearly Mileage = 62.4
Yesterday a friend and I played racquet ball at the gym. Man that game is a good workout and it is so fun I don't even feel like I am working out. After I ran my daily 5k and the family and I went up to Huntsville to eat at a
amazing Mexican food place we like. Running is so great and always helps the rest of my day go so much better. I feel refreshed and energized after a run. Even if it is not the best run I am always glad I went.
Daily Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 65.5

Arrested Development

Today I did my core work and than I was able to go run on a treadmill. The air was pretty good today but I felt like running inside cause it was pretty cold. My run was good but I felt tired from my core work. I watch arrested development while running. I am on the 2nd season of that show and it is pretty good. I feel that it is the same thing every episode though. I need something new to watch while running. Any suggestions??
Todays Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 53.1

I Can't Lift

Today I got to the gym to do my run and I forgot my headphones. So it was a dragged out run. Fortunately I was able to do some people watching and that made the miles click by. The T-mills are in the back of the gym so I am able to see people lifting weights. Today there was a fella who just kept adding the weight on while I was running. He had to have been lifting 350 or so pounds. I was very impressed. I could be lucky to lift the bar. I wonder how far that guy can run?
Todays Mileage = 4.25
Yearly Mileage = 50

Another Day Another Run

Today I ran a great loop around the streets of my house. It was a perfect day to run and very sunny. The wind was blowing a little bit but it was nothing to stop me. I love running and days like this remind me why I love running. Running is such a great relief of stress and bad energy.
Todays Mileage = 3.1
Yearly Mileage = 45.75

Clean Air and Rain

Yesterday I woke up and went running and it was raining and finally had some clean air to breathe. It was so nice to get out and run outside. I just did a simple out and back route for the run and I had a great time.
Daily Mileage = 3.2
Yearly Mileage = 42.65

The 11th Hour

Man I cut it close to not being able to do my run today. I woke up and did my core work and was planning on doing my run this morning at 7 before work, My pacer had a different idea and so did my wife haha. I ended up not doing my run and I went to work. All day I justified not to do my run. I could not go after work because my dad and brother were planning on me to go shooting with them. When I got back from shooting we went to some friends to have dinner and hang out. On the way home I said to myself "To run or not to run, that is the question" the answer I got was not to run....My wife on the other hand chose for me to run. She reminded me of my goal and how it would be a short time anyway. I changed my attitude and decided to run.  The next question was, where? The gym was closed and The air is sooooo terrible right now. My wife called her mom to see if I could come and run on her T-mill. I arrived and started my run at 11:17 PM. It took me 24 minutes.
Even though there are a million excuses not to do your new years resolution there is always time!
Daily Mileage = 3.25
Yearly Mileage = 39.45
P.S. I have tried Almond milk this week for the first time. I thought that stuff was for hippies and well...hippies. It is delicious. I recommend it. Almond milk is creamy and super healthy.

PF

No I did not run to or at PF Changs but that is not a bad idea. That would be the best finish line ever. Anyway I ran at Planet Fitness. I have been in the market for a new gym to join that would be cheaper than the one I am already in and last night I was watching Biggest Loser and I saw a add for Planet Fitness. It was only a dollar to join and 10 bucks a month so I thought what the heck. I went there today and I like it. It is simple enough for what I need and I was able to get a good run in.
I just want this Inversion gone!! Not just for the running but life in general. Salt Lake is a great place to live 10 months out of the year.
Todays Mileage = 5
Yearly mileage  36.2

Shalom

Today my running adventure took me to the Jewish Community Center. My wife got a couple free passes from work playing Bingo!! I decided to use one since the air is so terrible. The JCC is right across from the University of Utah Hospital. It is a very cool gym and community center. The best part of this run was the treadmills. The treadmills each have a T.V. screen so I  was able to flip through and watch whatever I wanted and have the volume to what was perfect. It was nice to be out of the inversion and try another new place for free. Thanks wife for the free pass.
Todays Mileage = 5
Yearly Mileage = 31.2

The Hebrew means shalom

The JCC from the outside

Marathon

Well today I used a free visit to a new gym that opened up near my house. It takes me about a minute to drive there and is very nice. I had a very specific distance I wanted to run today to make my yearly mileage equal a marathon. I ran in the Cardio Cinema. The Cardio Cinema is nice because it is dark and has a lot of fans and has a movie theatre screen. The movie today was Sherlock Holmes. It was fun to do something different and something that is free. A marathon for the first week of my goal is not to shabby IMO.
Todays Mileage = 4.4
Yearly Mileage = 26.2

What the NO winter!?!

Today was 51 degrees outside!! Holy smokes it was awesome. I ran 4 miles on the local roads leading to and from my house. It was so beautiful out I am surprised I did not see any other runners out. My pacer was tired from yesterdays hills so he slept for most the run. I wish I could say this weather would last but I know it won't, I'll take it when I can get it.
Todays Mileage = 4
Yearly Mileage = 21.8

One day I hope to do the Forrest Gump half marathon.
The finish line is the place where Forrest stops running
and turns around to go home.

My New Pacer

Today was the 5th day of my year goal! It was surprisingly warm outside with the temperature reaching 40 degrees! The snow was melting and the air was not even hazy! I drove to Sugar House Park because it is a great 1.4 mile loop with a couple good climbs. I did 3 loops and had a great pacer. My pacer is great, every time I picked up the pace he would stay about an arms length ahead. He is pretty competitive that way. My pacer is great because we have the same taste in music. He loves George Strait almost as much as I do. We had the park pretty much to ourselves and we loved this run. I wish all of January could be like this.

I love my new pair of Altras as well. thanks Santa!!

Daily Mileage = 4.2

Yearly Mileage = 17.8

 

 

Good run with good company

Trying to catch my pacer at the finish line. he beat me by that much!!!

Week One

I really hope to do this more than once a week but since I just made this blog I will have to do some catch up. First of all and most important I thought the title of this blog was creative enough, well I was wrong because some other runner has a blog with the same name!! I guess all runners think the same. This week was the first of my year challenge to run at least a 5K a day. I did really good and am excited to keep it going.
I woke up on New Years day and ran on my mother-in-laws treadmill. I know some may read this and be disgusted that I would do such thing, but hey I am a lover of treadmills. I was able to watch some of Toy Story 3 while running so I wont complain. Also it was freezing outside and the treadmill I was on was amazing and sometimes it is just easier to stay inside.
Daily Mileage= 3.4
Yearly Mileage= 3.4
The next day I manned up and put on my big boy tights and went outside. It was a blistering 19 degrees (F). I was able to do 4 miles and was not to cold. Thanks Merino Wool!!
Daily Mileage= 4
Yearly Mileage= 7.4
Saturday I went to the gym early and did my 5K for the day and also for the next day because I don't run on Sunday so I had to cover for that. Yes....I did it on a treadmill and yes....I loved it. I was able to catch up on highlights of college bowl games and get enlightened on who I think will go to the Super Bowl. I think it will be the Seahawks and Broncos FYI. So that is it for this week.
Daily Mileage= 6.2
Yearly Mileage= 13.6

This was taken at Thanksgiving, my run was a little colder with a little more snow.

New Year New Goals

2015 is here and so I thought I would try something new. The new thing is this blog. I have always wanted to write down my running adventures in a notebook or something but have never got around to it. I have been running since I was a little kid and have had so many funny and interesting things happen to me while running I thought others would like to read about them too.
My goal for this year is to run a 5K everyday. I know that is not a lot of running for those who know me but with a new baby and school I figure this is a distance that I am able to do daily without it being to much of a  strain. I can do this distance on average of about 21 minutes. So I figure I can do it any time of day and with a new baby I can do it at 3 AM if I am up or 10:30 PM when we get him to sleep or any time in between. I figure I can keep motivated all year and be able to track my mileage and adventures.
So here it is and we will see what 2015 brings me in my running.