Adam's Running

My family is in Steamboat Springs for a week for vacation, so I am going to get a week of training at 7000 feet before I practice with the team, which is awesome. I ran on the Yampa River rail for three miles then turned around. The river is overflowing so I had to run through some foot deep water at parts, but it was fun. Coming back there was a pretty strong headwind so the effort was a lot more than I was planning on. Apparently we had a ton of guys at practice back in Utah today so that is sweet. Our main goal as a team this year is to qualify for nike, and I really think we can do it.

Didn't get a chance to run until 11 at night so I had to run on the treadmill. I was going to do more, but I hate treadmill running more than just about anything so I decided I am going to farther tomorrow instead.

Ran from the hotel in Denver today. Ran down a boring road until I found a park, did a couple laps, then found a cool trail and followed it for a while.Didnt feel good, but I think it's because I did two runs in a row without eating anything. We've driven past a bunch of Colorado high schools that Clayson would always tell us stories about. Makes me miss all the guys out on missions, but Tommy comes home in the next couple weeks so that will be exciting!

Went biking in Steamboat Springs today. Went on a sick trail that was about 14 miles long. First 7 miles was about 2000 feet of climbing, and was pretty difficult. Not very technical, just steep. Coming down was awesome and I was flying until I hit a puddle that was a lot deeper than it looked and went over the handlebars. Luckily I landed in some mud so the damage was minimal. Washed off in a stream then finished the ride. Didn't end up running later because my thigh hurt from hitting the handlebar, and I don't want to stress anything this early in the summer.

Went biking again this morning. Went up Emerald Mountain and rode around on the single track trails around there then came down on a way cool trail that wrapped all the way around the mountain. Later went running for 3 miles up to some hot springs where I met my family. It was only three miles, but it was all uphill and at 8000 feet so I was ok with such low mileage.

Went out for a 3 mile loop, came home went to the bathroom and went out for another 3 mile loop. I got to the turnaround point and was feeling awesome so I kept going until I got to the temple before I turned around. Did the run at 11 at night, but due to fireworks it was pretty busy on the streets. Also a group of small children started cheering for me and calling me Galen, but I didn't know any of them so I was kind of confused. I finally get to practice with the team tomorrow! should be a good time.

First day of practice! Lots of new faces which was good. We just did black trail at like 6:30 pace, so nothing too difficult, although we ran out of allergy pills at my house so I was having a little trouble breathing. Did some planks and pushups afterwards.

We did mountain run today. We did it really fast, and were hitting 5:40's in the middle of the run. Courtney wants us running a little bit slower tomorrow, which I shall appreciate. At the end of the run we ran through this cloud of pollen and I got some serious allergies. Like, really really bad.

Good 6 mile run today. Ryan came with us today, but it wasn't as fun as I thought it would be because he just got mad at us for doing too much hills. AF invited Zack and I to be on their Ragnar team next week, so that should be lots of fun.

We ran up to the sliding rock gate, and and some security guy told us we had to turn around. We finished through Lambert and down Dustin's hill. Afterwards I worked for 14 hours. Pretty rough, but I made a couple hundred bucks.

Didn't feel good. I have been really cold the past couple days, and have been coughing since May. Hopefully I'll be fine for Ragnar.

We did the wall today. Wasn't feeling up to running it fast, but just walking it is hard enough. On the way down we really picked it up and our last mile was like 5:40. I'm getting pumped for Ragnar, in my van it is me, Zack, Casey, McKay, Joe, and Patrick. Should be a good time.

Good run in the morning, with about an hour of running flyers for work later. I'm just going to count it as 1 mile though cuz it was stop and go.

Easy shakeout in the morning with AF. Ragnar today!

My first leg was coming down from Snowbasin. Joe and Patrick had already done really good on their legs, and Mckay closed the gap alittle on josh Ward going up Snowbasin, so we were on a roll. My leg was 8.1 miles of mostly downhill, but there was still 500 feet of climbing so it wasn't too easy. I think I started out way too fast because the steepest part was right at the beginning, but it was really dark so it was hard to gauge pace. I kept a pretty hard pace throughout, but I honestly had no idea how fast I would come through. I was kind of surprised when I saw the exchange up ahead, and my watch only said 42 minutes. I ended up in 44 minutes, which was 5:25 pace, so not too shabby! Then I had to hop straight in a van and I could tell my legs were not going to appreciate it. I lost abouta minute too Stokton Smith on my leg, but I was pretty happy with it overall.

My next leg was at like 5 in the morning, and it was 5.5 miles around rockport lake. It was really pretty with the sun just thinking about starting to come up, but pretty cold. I averaged like 6 minute pace, so not very fast, but my legs were just not wanting to pick it up.

My last leg was interesting. Joe had just killed the massive hill, and Mckay had run an 8:40 two mile coming down from it, so I was pretty pumped up. I ended up going out way too fast and splitting like a 5:10 for my first mile. next mile was a 5:30, then things went downhill. It was like a bajillion degrees outside, and I hadn't eaten anything since midnight, and I started to really fall off the pace. third mile I was able to hang on for a 6:40, but on my fourth I bonked. I ran an 8:40, then a 9:10 last mile haha. I stumbled into the exchanged zone, and Patrick and Joe had to help me get to the van. The Ragnar people pumped some sugar into me via otter pops, and got me hydrated and out of the sun. After 10 minutes I was able to function again, but was still hurting. We drove to the finish and waited for Casey to finish, then hung around the finish area, and ate and got massages and stuff. We ended up getting third overall behind BYU and Davis. We actually hung out with the BYU guys quite a bit because they had a few guys from AF on the team. Fun stuff.

Unbeleivably sore today, but pushed through the run. Good stuff on Middle Spring in Lambert. Luckily we went slow and took a few breaks or my calves wouldn't have been able to handle it.

Fun run this morning. We went down by Bull River and got lost so we waded through the creek until we found our way out. Kept up a solid pace the first five miles, like 6:12 average, then slowed down after I got wet. Still sore, but low 6 minute pace has never felt so easy as it did this morning.

Later my cousins and I ran up to silver lake and back. 'Twas excellent.

5mile loop with Timberline trail after. Ryan came with us and kept up with no problem which was fun. Today I'm heading out to Moab for high adventure. Should get some good running and biking in.

7 at night in Moab. Ran around the lake twice then went up to the mountain.

Went up the canyon, but hot too hot and had to turn around.

Had to run flyers before practice, so I'll call it a mile. At practice we did extended mountain run. There was a kid from Eugene that was visiting that ran with us, and he kept up for most of it. He was definitely struggling though because there was a lot of elevation change haha.

Dope trail triple header up Big Cottonwood with my cousin today. We did three trails: Lake Blanche, Lake Mary, and Donut Falls. Lake Blanche was the longest and definitely the hardest being like 8 miles. The run up was pretty brutal, but we made it up in good time and saw three huge moose! about 2700 feet of elevation gain in the first 4 miles. After we got to the bottom we headed straight to Brighton ski resort and ran up to Lake Mary. it was only about 2.5 round trip, but it was super steep so it was still pretty tiring. The lake was dope and there was awesome cliffs for cliff jumping. The tallest one we found was about 40 feet high, and I got some cool GoPro footage jumping off of it. Lastly we ran up to Donut Falls. It was only a mile so we treated it as a cooldown. The waterfall was cool cuz it goes straight through the rock and comes out into a cool little cave at the bottom. The water was fridgid though, so I didn't jump in because the sun was going down.