trail runs

After all the trail running I've been doing this spring/summer, I still have yet to repeat a trail. That's how awesome living in Salt Lake City is!

Friday morning Egan and I ran Grandeur Peak up Millcreek Canyon.

Saturday morning my cousin, Katie, and I ran Porter Fork (I think that's what it's called) up Millcreek Canyon. It was a steady incline almost the whole time. Our hearts were beating out of our chests.

weekly running group 5-6

week 5:

Ensign Peak

our hardest run yet and most beautiful 

week 6:

Bonneville Shoreline Trail

Utah Valley Half-Marathon

 

 

 

June 8. 2013

Provo, UT

Maggie and I woke up at 3:30am (BLECH!) and drove to Provo to get on a bus to drive up the canyon to run 13.1 miles back down to the city. Why?! I guess we love running or something.

It's so fun to run half-marathons with Maggie cause we talk the whole way. Half-marathons are nice that way cause I don't feel pressure about a time. We kept a good pace and I was very pleased that I wasn't sore or anything the next day. We came in at 1:58.

I was pretty disappointed in the race organization though. Besides the start and finish lines, there were ZERO port-a-potties during the race. Very frustrating. When we were out of the canyon and headed toward the finish line in the city there were hardly any people out to support the racers. It's like Provo didn't even know there was a race going on. All good though, Maggie and I high-fived and ate a bagel at Einsteins and called it a morning.

weekly running group 1-4

Mags and I started a weekly running group a few weeks back. We've been loving it. We get a pretty different group out each week, and we've done different runs each time too. Each run has been about 5 miles and we have been loving the trail runs. Salt Lake City is the best! It's so pretty and the mountains are very accessible. Trail runs are so humbling too, you think you're in shape and then WHAM! inclines like you've never known.

Week 1: Sugarhouse Park run

Week 2: Liberty Park run

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Week 3: Dry Creek

Week 4: Pipeline Trail

5 am milcreek trail run

Egan and I hit up Milcreek at about 5:30 on a Friday morning a few weeks ago. We hiked/ran a trail until it was time to go home and get ready for work. It was the perfect combination of wanting to throw up and loving it enough to want to do it every Friday. So nice to feel the fresh air on your face and see the sunrise. Worth the early alarm.

We signed up for Tahoe Ragnar for end of July which is a 8 man trail run relay. We can't wait, but I have GOT to hit the trails and work on my hill runs. eeeek