Kendall

Ran the Golf Course late--after work. Beautiful warm evening. 5 1/2 was all I could manage after cutting and hauling wood all day and heading into work in the evening. 

White Pine trailhead up to trail split + 2 (Little Cottonwood Canyon). 6" new snow on trail, followed fresh ski tracks up to trail split. No tracks on Red Pine so followed White Pine trail for another 2 mi. Cold run, fun to be up in the snow. 6 miles total.

1,358 ft elevation gain.

Millcreek

Run with Matt (Mattley P). Parked at Porter Fork, ran down pipeline to Grandeur Peak split, up and back to the summit of Grandeur, continued down to the end of pipeline and headed back up to Porter Fork.

Trail a bit icy up top on pipeline but improved as we headed down canyon. Grandeur a bit slick in spots, but good and grippy with warmer temps. Light rain most of the run.

5,182 ft elevation gain.

10 miles in the evening. From office ran down to the Garden's, on to the Golf Course (5.5 mi), back up top, checked-in on some events back to office. Some gerrymandering to hit 10 on the mark.

12 from office on to JRPT up to Redwood Rd, down .5 mi and back.

Coming up on the Jordan River Narrows road I came up upon 2 young girls (5,7-ish)pushing a little boy in a stroller (one not wearing shoes!). As I got close they started looking over there shoulders and then started running--pushing the stroller as they went. Jordan Narrows road gets pretty steep so they would run for a bit then walk--look back over there shoulders and start running again. I kept going thinking I'd catch them but they weren't having it. I wasn't sure if they were scared or just trying to race me.

Finally I caught them about half way up the hill. As I passed I said "you two are sure good runners!" They just smiled. I ran up the hill and just before turning off the road, one of the yelled out "you too!!" Made my day. 

Started at Thanksgiving Point, headed 10 miles down the JRPT, into Saratoga Springs, reconnected to the JRPT (dirt--didn't know this section existed), turned around at the 10 mile mark and came back. Good tail-wind heading South, pretty stiff (at times, not too terribly bad) head-wind coming back. Snowy and cold.

Every once in awhile you hit it just right. Tonight was one of those nights. Evening run from water tower, down through Thanksgiving business park, down Garden Drive (out and back) and jumped on to the golf course for 5.5 miles then back to water tower via MATC and Megaplex theatres.

Today's storm dropped 2"-3" of fresh snow. Floating on blanket of new snow on the cart paths--sometimes hard to tell the path from the course. Not a track or ripple. Clear skies, trackless perfect snow covering, glow from the city lights bouncing off of low hanging clouds, cold and crisp. A bit slick in spots. Magical.

11 miles on treadmill. 6 middle miles at 8 mph.

Lucked out tonight at the gym. Cardio theater was playing the new Star Trek film (a couple of years old now).

Slipped away from work this afternoon for a snow run. AF Canyon started at Tibble Fork reservoir ran up the road to Silver Lake Flats and another .5 miles up toward Silver Lake--wanted to get all the way to Silver Lake (up top) but ran out of time and sunlight.

Coyote sitting at Silver Lake Flat shoreline singing the blues...at the same time a bald eagle flew over-head. Pretty cool scene. About 5-6" at Silver Lake Flats, only about an 3 inches at Tibble.

No humans. No tracks (excepting animals). In fact, followed the coyote tracks for about 1.5 miles up to the lake prior to seeing him--guessed correctly "coyote"!

Fun run. Will do again.

Ran and running short on time, hit the golf course for 15 holes--had to cut it short. Shocking that all of the snow from a few days ago has melted.

Crazy thing about running that I continue to RE-learn. Felt lousy all day, coming down with a cold and completely unmotivated. Took my whiny pathetic self to at least grab 4 miles--ended up running 7. Best I've felt all day. Running really IS the cure all. When in doubt RUN!

Highlights: kicked up a flock of 20-30 geese; 2 cottontail rabbits, 2 redtail hawks, 1 blue heron, 4 deer--1 very tall 2 point buck; covey of quail (scared the s--- out of me). Beautiful warm night.

10 mile route including golf course. Slight drizzle and all the usual suspects out today (2 point buck, cottontail rabbit, blue heron, and a hawk that I haven't been able to identify yet--brown in color with white underbelly, large white band across mid-tail feathers).

Very saddened by today's shooting. A very somber run...so sad for those families affected by today's tragedy. Sucks. 

JRPT south to Saratoga Springs and back to Thanksgiving Point. A bit snowy with 2-3" on trail. Started in snow ended in beautiful blue, cold night. Christmas lights really glowing with the fresh snow and cloud cover.

4 very late miles on the treadmill (Hobbit, family party, etc.). Kicked me out at midnight. Got home shoveled the walk until after 1 am--that has to count for something.

6 miles on the golf course. snowy and pretty icy in spots but oh so cool. great night.

Golf course loop. Path mostly clear with the exception of a couple icy spots. Crisp evening.

Another 18 holes on the golf course today. Couple hundred geese out in the west fields. I resisted the urge to run toward them and kick them up--which is pretty cool I have to admit. Still fighting a cold but the positive is that my weight is down and I'm running light and lean.

Short 5.5 on the golf course...busy, busy, busy.

This is what Christmas Eve should be--full-blown blizzard! 10 miles out on the golf course today. Happy to manage just above a 8mm. Knee deep on the north-end. Rough going north into the wind, offset by sub 4mm free fall heading south (aided) :).

Crazy, snowy, blowin', blizzard conditions. Great run.

Merry Christmas!

Love running on Christmas. Headed for the hills this afternoon. Yesterdays storm dropped a good 10"+. Headed up from home to trails leading to the alter (front side of Timp). Perfect cool, sunny day.

Strapped on the Yak Tracks at the lower parking lot (only 2nd or 3rd time I've ever used them). Didn't mind the YT's and really never knew I had them on. Rough going cutting trail for the majority of the day in snow up to mid-calf (surprised to see only one other set of tracks at the meadow). Headed down GWT (#33) again cutting tracks until reaching the fire road. Fire road wasn't much fun at all. Two other sets of tracks had chopped up the snow and a soft (muddy) base made for difficult footing--and slow going. Missed Grandma's house (oops) but had so much fun out in the snow today.

Ended up shoveling 4x driveways including my own several times. Had planned on a good run but by the time 8 pm rolled around I was totally exhausted.

Aftermath from the storm limited options. Heard that our garden crew plowed a 1 mile path (1.25) around the Gardens. So ran from work into the gardens to check it out. Ended being pleasantly surprised at the condition of the path, did 5 laps on mostly clear paths, a bit slick in spots. Fun run on a wintery day. 10.4 total.

10 pm run under full moon. Excited about heading for the hills for a late night run. Spectacular night...clear, cold, and bright under the full moon. Didn't need or bring a headlamp. Interesting but not so surprising that the full moon in winter (with snow) is at least twice as bright as the same full moon at any other time of year--without snow. In the summer I run under a full moon and still need a headlamp for certain sections of trail. With the light reflecting off of the snow, the light in winter is nearly as good and bright as twilight running. It's remarkable.

First mile of trail (road) surprisingly had been plowed. It was flat and fast really perfect running with the Yaktraks. Unfortunately the next section after the corner (pole line) had not been plowed. I followed some snowshoe tracks for about a mile although it was still pretty rough going. After a mile the snowshoe tracks turned around and the only tracks were a couple tracks from x-country skiers. Statted post-holeing up to mid calf at every step. Couldn't keep this up and turned around. Ended up doing an extra mile once back on the streets.

No regrets. Great SLOW run on a beautiful winter night.

Alpine Loop round-trip from American Fork side to Aspen Grove and back. Front side in great shape, groomed flat and very runable. Aspen Grove side has not been groomed and few snowmobiles leaving a very soft, rutted and tough descent. Ascent seemed much easier. Alternatively, coming back down AF side was fast and fun.

 Water bottles froze, couldn't get anything out. Saw another bald eagle. One of my favorite winter runs. Snow still need to compact a bit more. Catch it on a day when its just been groomed for perfect conditions. Approximately 3.89 each leg x 4.

New Year's Eve run on the golf course. First tracks on the course since the big storms. Some sections more runable than others but the majority of the trail under 8"-10" of snow. Snow drifts on portions of the course over 3 ft deep. Light snow fairly easy to kick through although exhausting work. Despite the deep snow and slow pace, really enjoy running in it.

Cold but beautiful night. Slight snow falling, mostly lake effect causing very light crystal-like flakes. Sparkle from the snow and intermittent moon light created a crazy twinkling effect across the open terrain. Tried to capture pictures but didn't quite capture it.

Happy New Year!