Kendall

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.