Marlin

7.0

10.0

8

7.11

7.6

9.19

9.2

10.21

10.6

7.2

6.0

31.9

7.0

AM   Group run from the shop, very very slick out this morning but was fun to get out with everyone 6.20 miles

AM   Pathways were very slick this morning but stayed in the grass and snow and even ran into my wife running around the river in the grass areas.  Pace was a bit slower but not bad and ready to start ramping up some miles to get ready for the Buffalo 100 

AM  A cool but nice morning with some fog, roads and pathways were clear and just a few spots had some ice. It was awesome to see the city lights reflect off of the clouds 

PM   Afternoon lunch run from the shop.  Awesome run as the sun was out and just had on a long sleeve shirt and pants

AM   What a great run this morning in the fog and light rain as I was only going to run 11 this morning but felt great and ran another loop around the river + some with my wife. A good start on the day!!!!

AM  10 mile on the trainer before going out for a run  "BIKE MILES'

10.75 miles around the river this morning,  things felt good and just nice and easy

PM   Lunch run from the shop, a little windy this afternoon but warm temps  -  5.30 miles around the river and up the sand pit south of the shop

AM   What a great morning for a run, started from the Greenbelt and headed out west of town and ran the country roads and a bac with a loop around Freeman Park

Got a late start on my run this morning, and was not able to meet up with the group run from the shop.   Started out sluggish and unmotivated over the first 2 miles, had to stop and walk and give myself a pep-talk 3 times before things just started working mentally and physically.  The run got better and better every mile and finished feeling very happy.

AM   Set out running at 4:30 this morning in light drizzle and it was awesome.  I felt good but had just a little tightness in my left calf for the first few miles but went away and was fine.

PM   5.10 easy miles on my lunch break

AM   Had a great trail run this morning on City Creek Trail in Pocatello this morning,  Trail was just a little muddy but not bad at all.  Ran with two good friends  Glen and Riley

PM   Had to take care of some stuffin town and got all done and went for a run around the Greenbelt/Freeman Park + in the rain and felt great

AM   Another morning of starting out sluggish for the first 2 miles and as the run went on I was feeling much better,  but on the bright side I am glad it is not the other way around and finish sluggish right.  McKay was in town and ran with him for the last few miles, have not seen him in awhile and just nice to catch up again.

PM   Lunch run from the shop up to the Greenbelt and ran a few times around and back to the shop  6.18 miles

AM   Hills this morning - ran 5 up Sunnyside to the dump and it was ust a grind up but did'nt stop and on the way down was alot of fun as I have not had a turnover that fast in awhile.  Great workout this morning !!!!!  Thinking I am going to ride my road bike into work this morning

16 miles to and from work on my road bike  (Tarmac Ride)

AM   What an awesome morning for a run, set out from the house and ran into town and to John's Hole Bridge which is 8.25 miles from the house and back.  I felt very very good this morning as I just kept the pace a little slower

AM   14.50 miles on my own before meeting up with the group run at 7am this morning. Ran up to Freeman and bac to finish 20.44 miles

PM   Got home after church and went for a bike ride with my wife as we rode to her work to see how long it was going to take to ride her bike. 14 miles with her, 30 miles with Gray, and 8.67 miles solo.  Great day,

AM   9 slow and easy miles this morning

AM   Ran City Creek this morning with Glen and had a great time, but legs felt heavy on the up hills and fine coming down. It was a little cool at the top but the trail was in great condition.

PM   Got in a 2 hour nap this afternoon and felt awesome as this does not happen much.  Set out for another run this afternoon and felt good but just was taing it easy for the most part 

A good day!!!!!  

AM   A cool but nice morning run, started slow and sluggish again but got better as the run went on and finished strong.   Doing a spin class tonight and not sure about an afternoon run or not  -  we will see.   10.20 miles 

PM   Spin class at the shop 23.0 miles

AM   6.0

PM   5.0

16 miles on road bike

AM   Set out a bit late this morning,  ran the big loop around the river with the first loop slower then the 2nd. Again I started out sluggish for the first 3 miles an got better the longer the run went.

AM   Today was good training for the 100 miler in just 5 weeks, running in some tired legs and just kept pushing and got it done.  Was hoping to get into the low 90 mile week this week but had an off day on Monday,

AM   Felt good this morning but going to try to ride the road bike more this week and see how I feel at the end of Sat.  11.58 miles

PM   Computrainer ride this afternoon over lunch,  22.70 miles

AM   set out at 5am this morning and it was only 19* out and just slightly under dressed..   Will do a bike ride over lunch

PM   16 mile bike ride over lunch

No run today as it was my day off and sleep in some,  worked around the house all day long and made a few runs to the dump and did not make it back into the house until 6 pm

AM   What a great morning, cool but no wind and an awesome sunrise.  9.38 miles

AM   Tarmac bike ride this morning on the trainer at home.  22 miles in 63 min.

AM   A good run this morning , set out running a 3am this morning and in a light rain/snow mix and no wind.   

AM   I have never been so disappointed that I did not finish a run in a very long time! Set out at 3 am and I knew it was going to be a tough run but not that bad as it was 13* and the winds was at 22mph which mad it 2*.  I had planned to run 28 miles on a back to back run with yesterday run of 23 miles butthings changed.  At mile 3 I went to get a drink from my pack and could tell the hose was getting restricted and the water was getting cold on my back and by mile 4.5 I went to take another drink and the hose was solid and no drink was going to happen, so I finished up a 9 mile loop and yes it was cold heading into the wind and got back to the truck and turned the heat on and got the hose freed and set out again and to have it happen again by mile 11 and ust finished a loop I started and called it quits.  Very disappointed  as I felt good but just not ment to be

AM   Cold but the wind was not bad.  This training block has been tough as I am only 3 1/2 weeks out from my next 100 miler.  Cold temps and hard to get warmed up at the start of almost all my runs but it is what it is and will alway do my best

PM   It was my day off today and I just wanted to run in the sunshine this afternoon,  Did some running around getting stuff done around the house and set out for the run at 2:30pm and SUNSHINE and very nice as all of my run have been before sunrise so this was very nice.

AM   Nice run this morning just an easy 7.1 miles

AM   cool but nice morning, started out slow but felt better as the run went on.  9.50 miles

AM   Set out on this run at 2am this morning,  temps was not to bad and very little wind but did stop to change my shirt and coat 2 times so that I would not get chilled.  Happy with the run and worked on nutrition and found out what doesn't work for me, that is the nice thing about training runs right.

AM  Set out at 2am again this morning,  cool morning and pace was just steady. 

AM  Alittle under the weather this morning and it was only 14* out with wind chill of 4*, rode the tarmac on the trainer for 22 miles.

AM  After a couple days of being under the weather I got back at it this morning.  Made sure I had my neck and face covered up good   9.50 miles

AM  Just a nice easy run around the river

AM  Set out at 2:30 am 

AM   What a great morning run,  hours changed at work and go in at 11am so I was able to set out at 8am and enoy the sunshine and warmer temps :-)) 

PM   A nice run in shorts and t-shirt, first time since last Nov that I had ran in shorts. 

AM   Early run this morning, felt good !!!!

AM   4.5 very easy miles this morning around the Greenbelt and out to Freeman Park and back.

AM   Felt great this morning, pace was ok, hydration worked good and tried out some new warm running gear for next weekend that I liked alot.   Dang only one week until Buffalo run 100 mile and feel anxious but nervous.  I know things will be ok and I am going to have a great time with some amazing runners!!

AM   6 miles before the group run from the shop, and 4.45 miles around the Greenbelt

AM   A warm morning, 45* out and tryed out some lighter gear this morning as the temp will be close to what it will be on Friday night and into Sat morning on the Island. Felt good and didn't get to cold or to warm.   easy 5.15 miles around the Greenbelt + some.

AM   OK that was the last run this  week until Fridays 100 miles, I felt great and no aches or pain anywhere and very happy with that. You never know how training is going to go when training for that distance and you just hope for the best, this training block has been tough with the cold temps but was able to stay outside and only did 1 run on the TM all winter long.  I feel I am ready and have done the work to get there and just hope for the best.  Tryed some more new gear and loaded it the way I would during the race and I like it alot and will use it on Friday.

Very Very happy with the race! The race started at noon on Friday and started a pretty good and long climb right away. Got to mile 8 and it finally had a down hill section and was able to open up on a nice 1.75 mile down hill before getting into another climb with switch backs, getting warm now but had a nice breeze to cool things off. Got back to more down hills and a return back to the start and now at mile 19 and felt very good, refill the hydration pack and out on a 25 mile out and back section. Just trying to stay at anice relaxed pace and was hanging out with Lyndsie (Female winner) and Altra sponsored distance runner for most all of this section. some what flat and encountered alot of pissed off buffalo. Got to the aid station at mile 38 and had planned on changing into some warmer clothes but was ahead of my goal time and went on to the next drop bag section and the 50 mile mark before getting into my base there. Got to the half and I felt ok but it had taken me a little longer to get out of this station but was ok as I made sure I had some broth and a cup of coffee before I set out on into the darkness to do it all over again.  The climb went good but the switch backs slowed now and walked portions of it and the down hills are now slower and just settled into the grind of the race. Got back to the next drop bag and got a few things out and onto the next out and back section and was able to run into some fellow runner and to take a count on what place I was in at this time which I think I was in 9th spot. Got lazy on my form and fell hard around mile 65 and ripped a hole in my elbow and again at mile 75 and banged up my ankle.  Pace was slowing some but was very happy with how I was feeling as my hydration and all was going much better then the first 100. I could start to see the sun rise starting to rise and put me into a better mood and I was starting to see the trail much better. Now at mile 90 and was feeling happy and things felt very tired but almost done, but I know the last 5 mile had some very rough trails and was just hopping the legs were going to hold up over the last section of the run and they did great. Finished strong and very happy I was done  21:08:50 - 10th OA and 2 AG

AM   First run since the 100 mile race, feel good and just ran nice and easy this morning.

AM   Headed out for this run around 9am this morning with now wind and warm temps. Legs still feel just alittle heavy from the race

AM   Very windy out this morning and felt like I was running up sunnyside hill when running South, a great hill workout this morning :-)  But have to say it was better then a TM run as I have only been on the TM once this winter. 

AM   What a fun morning of running!!!! Set out around 4:45am and there was alot of runners out looking for the easter eggs, I run at this time almost every morning and to see that many runners out was strange.  Ran 6 miles solo before getting to the shop to open up for the group run and 6.60 miles with my wife and had a great time running with her just talking about life.

AM   A nice morning run but it did get windy towards the end of the run. Felt ok but time to start ramping up some miles and ride the road bike more.

No run today due to I locked my keys in the car last night and had to call ins. co. to get someone tocome out and unlock my car.  Ended up painting all day on two bathrooms in our house.

AM   A nice run this morning as it felt like it was on the verge of rain. 

AM   7 mile TM run at home and a 17 mile Tarmac ride on the trainer.  Need to ride the bike alittle more then what I have been

AM   16.25 miles this morning on a cool but nice morning, getting back into the back to back long runs again.

AM   Same loop as yesterday

AM   10.57 miles

AM  Day off  today and ran a little later this morning, the first 11 miles was great weather and the last 3 miles the wind sucked but it was nice to get in a med. long run in today!  

AM   I did'nt want to go outside and run in the snow at all !!!!!!!  Rode the bike on the trainer for 25 miles and love it, nice change

AM  left the house late and ran in some daylight witch was nice and will have to start doing that more, waved to Jeff as he was headed to work and seen lots of friends out running this morning.

AM   What an awesome morning run, no wind, great sunrise, and I felt good on the run, :-) Started this run at 4:30am from the house and ran into town and did an out and back from the GHB boat dock and back home.   20 miles

AM  Group run this morning

AM   Got this run in and back home before the Boston Marathon pre race show.

AM-PM   A nice trail run today, ran some new trails today with alot more hills.

AM   What a morning for a run, seen a few runners out and even ran into Jeremy Smith at freeman Park.  They now have the floating bridge in that goes under JHB

1 hour on the bike

Sunnyside hill

AM   Set out early this morning.  and on my way to the river I got stopped by IFPD because I went around a slow moving van on Broadway without my turn signal, had to stop at a red light and looked in my rear views to see who was pulling behind me and sat at the green light to long, he turned on his lights and I freaked out and turned and parked the wrong way on a one way street and said to my self you ass what the hell did you just do and it is to late to put on my seat belt now also. He walks up to the door and said do you know why I am stopping you, I said I think so and he said I am stopping you for aggressive driving, no turn signal, setting at a green arrow to long, turnning the wrong way on a one way, no seat belt, and asked for my DL and had to tell him I did not have it also as I left my wallet at home.  (Oh Sh_t)  He then shines the flashlight in my eyes and said hey you work at Bills Bike and Run  and I looked up at him and said oh hey you were in the store the other day and I sold you a bike and asked him how he liked his bike, he said good and told me to be more careful next time and let me go.  Got lucky this morning !!!!!!!!!!!

And the run was good also

AM   What a great morning run, was only going to run 10 but it was such a nice day I said what the heck and ran 3 more.  60K race this weekend

AM   just a nice and easy run around the river, hope this cold goes away by this weekend

PM   Tarmac Pro bike ride on the trainer  19.50 miles

AM   A cool morning run,  GB and Freeman Park loops

PM   17 miles on the spin bike at the gym, and then 30 min in hot tub

AM   5 easy miles around the river    

day of rest for this weekends 60k

Rest day

Report will come soon

No run today, went to the gym and did abs and weights

AM   5 slow miles

AM   another slow run this morning

AM   legs are back and feel much better today, and just in time for taper again  :-)

Am   Legs felt good again this morning

AM   Just a nice and easy run this morning.  I was nice to run into Glen and Tim this morning

What an awesome but hard trail race this was,  got started on time at 5 am and just started out at a nice and easy pace as I had ran this race last year and there was big hill climbs starting at mile 4 mad it up the 1st hill at a run walk pace and headed down to the first aid station and had to turn around and climb back up for a few mils and the the biggest hill of all was up to Keystone Mtn.  Got over that one and had passed alot of runners on that section and felt strong running strong on the back side of the hill.  Hydration and nutrition was going well and was able to hold a good pace and even ran up some of the smaller hills.  Got into Squaw Creek A.S. and asked how many runners had droped going over Keystone and they said alot at around 10 to 12 at that time.  From Squaw Creek  to Buster Lake was all up hill and had to keep my focus. So happy to get to Buster Lake and was all down hill from there, pace alittle slower as the quads were getting tender now.  Seen my wife with 5 miles left and gave me some great energy and felt great going into the finish. Got something to eat and a cold beer and talked with other runners and Gray and Paul and went to bed.  Finishe in 20th OA and 1st in AG

AM  Went to the gym and used the one of the machines for 1 hour and did 35 min. of upper body weights   

AM   4.5 miles around the greenbelt and then went to the gym elliptical for 1 hour, and then ab workout afterwards

PM   30 min row machine and 30 min elliptical

AM   ran around the river at a slow pace but felt ok,

AM   River run this morning, felt good and pace was ok

(1750)

AM   10 miles  - some rain, wind but over all a good run.

(1750)

No run today, not feel so good and running a slight fever

AM   I feel  much better today and legs felt very good!!!   Ran in the rain this morning and it was awesome, was only going to do 8 miles but the light rain just felt so good to run in I went 2 more miles.

AM   River loop and then to the gym

(1750)  

PM   Bike ride over lunch - 15 miles

AM   10 miles on a cool and windy morning run, forgot to grab a bite to eat before I left the house and ran out of gas around mile 8 but still was a good run.

Am   just an easy run,

AM   A nice river run this morning as the weather was nice and cool.  I didn't see many runners out this morning.

(2568)

AM   Went up to Kelly Canyon ski resort to explore some trails and to see if Gray and I can pull off a 25k and a 50k trail race in Oct.  Found some cool trails but need to see if there is some bigger loops around or so, nice morning for a trail run     (2254)   

AM   Rain this morning and went to the gym to run on the tm    (1842)

AM   River run on a cool but amazing morning for a run.

PM   Afternoon lunch run, very windy afternoon

Early in the week I decided to do my traing run of 24 miles running up to the start of the Kelly Canyon Half and the race back down to the finish with my friends.  I had a ton of fun!!  Set out at 5am as I needed more time to get out there as there is a long 3.5 mile hill, I felt very good going out and even stronger running up the hill as I felt all the hill training and things are working very good.  Got to the start of the race and talked with Gray about how we were going to run the race and I felt even tho I just ran 13.1 I felt like I was able to race back down to the finish.  Got a little chilled waiting for the race to start but once it did get started I warmed up in a hurry.  Running the down hill was fun and fast and got to the bottom and just wanted to get into a nice and very even splits for the remainder of the race.  It went very well and I was surprised how well I felt at a faster pace as I have not been fast much due to all the trail running I have been doing.  I felt like the last 2 miles I was able to pick up the pace even more and finished strong.  1:43:01  22 OA and   1AG (50-59)

AM   6 mile run and 15 mile bike ride

Very busy morning  no run for the day

AM   A very nice morning run around the river loops,     (2067)

AM   river loops

AM   28.5 mile bike ride with James AKA the Iron Cowboy,  a ton of fun!!!!!!!!

PM   22 mile run with the Iron Cowboy

AM   7.15 miles around the river on a cool and winddy morning.  I was a very eventful weekend with the Iron Cowboy all day Friday, Gray an I set-up for the race all night Friday and Sat. morning and the MAD Marathon and Half on Sat. Morning and then clean-up after the race.  Glad things are quiet now and back to normal.  But it was worth it all (for the most part)

AM   A little cool out this morning and had to have my little dog into get her hair cut so I didn't start running until around 9:30 am but glad I did wait as the weather was perfect then.  New shoes this morning, trying out the boost for the first time.

PM   34 mile on the bike this evenning,  Rode from the house to the Shelley loop and back home.

AM   river run this morning, long running pants and long shirt this morning

AM   River loop this morning, very cool run at first 10.10 miles

AM   Needed another long run in before Staqndhope 60K in 2 weeks,  set out at 4 am from my house and ran into town and out to Freeman Park and back.  At mile 21 I had a freak thing happend as I got hit on the top of the head and had no idea what the hell hit me, I turned around and there was no one there and looked up and I had a pair of hawks flying over me and diving at me and I had to pick up some rocks to throw at the and ust as I would take off running the would chase me more.  First time something like that has hapend

My wife and I headed to Jackson Hole for a bike ride from the town square to Jenny Lake.  We had a great time and the views were amazing.

AM   7 miles around the river,

Had a gret run this mornng!!!!   Went up to Kelly Canyon Ski Resort as I am still trying to find the right trails for a 25k and 50k race that Gray and I want to put on in Oct. and I found it. There is one spot that I can shoren up to take away the .18 mile that is long.  I is going to be a fun and it has some great single and double track long with a little bit of dirt road.

AM   Didn't have much time this morning but got in 5 miles

PM   6.35 miles after work

AM   Loops around the river     (1978)

I had a great time today riding the Heart of Idaho ride today, Gray and I road the 62 miler but with the group we were riding with turned into a 71.35 mile ride.   I felt very good on the bike and felt like riding the 100 miles but time and needed to get back to the shop.  Started out with alot of rain for half of the ride but turned into very nice weather over the last half of the ride

AM  Not much time this morning as I needed to get to work

Parked the camper at the finish line and got on the shuttle bus at 3:45am to the start line, meet up with Jeremy and alot of other friends there as we all gathered around the nice camp fire that they had going for us.  Race got started on a cool but awesome morning and were already heading up hill as this was going to be the case for the whole race, eather up or down.  Standhope has 3 Mtn. and each one gets higher and mor difficult with the 3rd one at 11,000 feet.  I did alot of hills in my training but there was only so many hills in a race before it takes a big toll on you legs and that was the case as I was climbing up to the summit but was very nice to head down hill frome there. It was a good race but hard, not the outcome or time that I wanted but I am happy with how it went.  Started 42 and finished 37 and 4 in AG

Am   Ran 16 miles around the river before Gray, Eric and I meet up with the High School CC team and ran another 4 miles with the team

AM   Easy river loops

10.0

AM  river loops

AM   Gray and I ran with the Skyline C.C. team this morning

AM   4:30 am this morning I set out from the house on an out and back run into town, went very well and felt good.  Ran 3 min. faster on the way back then the out was

AM   4:30 am this morning, river loops this morning

AM   River loops on a cool morning,  I felt good after this weekends runs.

AM  12 mile river run this morning woke up late nd it was cold out anyway and ended up starting the run at 9:30am.   Tryed out the new Hoka Speed Goat this morning and I do not like it as well as the Challenger.

PM   6.25 mile run aroun the river

AM   river loops again, started out a little slow but got much better as the run went on

PM  6 miles after work

AM   6.5 miles around the Greenbelt

PM   Went down to City Creek and ran 12 miles, Felt ok and ran the up hill ok

Well after not doing much of anything for 3 weeks I think it is time to start up again

AM   Had a good morning workout and trying new stuff for this winter training.  30 min easy w/u run on the TM - 1 hour weight training -  30 min run again on the TM - and 20 min abs. 

Ran into a few guys that used to work for me building log homes years back, nice to catch up with them again.   It was a very busy day off work today as I had alot of stuff that needed done

PM   16.1 mile bike ride on the trainer this afternoon

AM   Easy 30 min w/u on the TM at the gym,  55 min weight training,  30 min run and 20 min abs.  I am liking adding weights into the mix as I have not done to much of it and just ran.  Looking forward to next years trail racing as I am wanting to step it up for 2016,  wanting to run some 50 milers and some 50k and alot more bike for '16 along with LOTOJA and Rio 100 miler at the end of the year.

AM   5:30 am worout at the gym, 30 min w/u run - 1:05 min weight training - 30 min progressive run on the TM

AM   4 mile w/u - 1 hour and 10 min weight training      PM   18.5 mile bike ride on the trainer after dinner              

AM   8 mile tm run this morning, a good work out this moring as I was working on more speed and 1 hour and 10 min of weight training

PM  Got home after work and got on the bike for 40 min and a 15.5 mile ride

AM  7 mile tm mile run and 1 hour of weight training

PM   18 mile bike ride on the trainer

6:00 am run around the Greenbelt as the pathways were very slick in areas.   No bike ride after work due to our Christmas Party

PM   5 easy miles and 1 hour weights

AM   8 miles on the tm - 55 min weight training

PM   20 miles on the bike + abs

AM   7 miles on the tm at the gym, 1 hour weights and abs   Not sure if I will get a bike ride in tonight due to Christmas Party

5:30 am  - Ran from thew greenbelt to Freeman Park loop twice, cold morning run   10.5 miles

AM  A bit cold out this morning so I rode the bike while watching tv  14 mile ride

PM   6:30pm computrainer class at the shop.  Good ride    20 miles

5:30 am run on an awesome morning, light snow, warm temps, and the only runner out around the Greenbelt.  Ran from Greenbelt to Panchari to Freeman Park and back, In Freeman they even had some of the Festival lights lit up even.   6.6 miles

5:00am  

5am   Ran with my new dog this morning and he did great.  Slick pathways and snowing alot.

5:30am run wirg Rango,  Alot of pathways are not plowed out yet and had to jump onto the road but all and all it was nice out this morning.  Ran into Don and Sandy and had them meet Rango.  

It has been so dang cold out and have not been able to run outside with my dog.  25 mile bike rid on the trainer at home.

AM   Went to the gym this morning and ran on t new TM,  Sage showed up and ran a few miles with her and taed alot about our dogs and running in the cold with them.

PM   Ran around the Greenbelt and Freeman Park with Rango

4:30 am run  1* out this morning and I brought Rango with me to run but he was having a little trouble after 3 miles and ended taking him home.  Felt bad for him but wanted to try and see if he would be ok and I know his limits now.  After dropping him off I went back out for another 7.18 miles

AM  got a late start out the door this morning but was able to get 7 miles in the cold.  

No run this morning - to dang cold out this morning and don't even want to leave the house to go to the gym.    -12 out