who are those hooded hordes

the rain was falling

Early m

california dreamin', a sunset run, warm, felt good after mile 3. amazingly mellow and warm, thought I was in the islands.  bayshore trail from Peninsula ave to san mateo bridge

quick jog around cayote point

a hill run straight up trousedale hill, tough on the old coracao, walked down to save me knees

some suweet milianos

nice out n back on the north arm of sawercamp trail, suuuweettt sunrise.t hen a day in the city with el parenties

BuZZsaw started up = evening run, sore throat and all

Been laid low by a nasty cold/gunky deal. Finally got out, weaksaucey

mostly windy, mostly fun.  out along my favorite old/used cars..old mustangs, challengers, novas, impalas...suweet.  strong headwind.  back along bay trail with the wind at my back and the 747's cuisin' into The City by the Bay.  

Surfing today, cold-hearted but unmistakeably gorgeous

summery morn, sluggy jog but sooo beautiful, short n sweet.  tomorrow a long-overdue Dipsea trail run...

Ouch, I hurt myself today...and it was sweet.  I decided to, finally, run the dipsea trail from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach.  It is a tougher course than I expected, and I am wimpier than I expected...  Not much flat on this one, you start by climbing up out of mill valley on the three sets of "Dipsea Steps" then you wind your way on mostly trail and fireroad over the coastal mountain between the north bay and the ocean.  Views are stunning, patches of deep and dank redwood forests through Muir Woods (imagine the endor scenes in Return of the Jedi, they were filmed not too far from this area, I think I saw a few ewokes on the return journey and I heard c3po but that is another story..)  then you are treated to some amazing views of pacific on one side and bay area on the other.  What can I say, I live in paradise.  I ran a bit off the official dipsea course I think because I was always about 1 mile more than the race markers.  I got to stinson beach and it was so nice and sunny, wanted to hang in the sand and swim but I knew that I hade an 8+ mile return trip, I looked at the mountain and felt some grizzly angst, but up and over I went, so much vert, tons and tons of stairs in trail, many more than I realized when I went out, awesome feeling when I got back to my car-warmed sandwhiche, hot orange slices and flat coke, tasted like much heaven.

Nutrition on trail:  2 hammer gels, 1 granola bar, 1 large apple, tons of water from my nathan

 total vert ala garmin:  ascent 8468 ft,  descent 7775 ft

buffalo next month sounding ominous, sorry for long write-up, feeling a bit loopey 

Later: 2 buddies made me play cut-throat racquetball for 2 hrs, tomorrow..rest 

a.m. a very stiff and weaksauce run around the block

p.m. felt a bit better for some full court bball

after a long day of tooth drillin n fillin a short tool around the block...more next time I hope.  Good tidings

started with a power bfast of two svenhard breakfast claws n joe.  dropped harry and buddy off at taco bell beach to surf, went to nearby san pedro park to do some trails, fun trails here with good pacific views, there was some sorta ultra going on today.  felt an unreasonable sense of happiness as i passed the stragglers.  nice sun today, vert: 2917 ft, hr and a half

morning run, started very slow and stiff, gradual warm-up, nice sunrise over the bay

hr and a half of full court bball, and I lost...lost ....lost

heavy buZZsaw action, ambien fueled sleep, early morning run in the fantastic sunrise, perfect weather outside today.  runnin from the buzzin...

after work, up hill, down.  cannon balls rollin on the deck

Sweet Nut race with Harry the Wunder. Nice

avg:7:47 

blah

felt like 26...thousand

What I needed.  early am. dropped harry off to his bus to go to track meet where he'll run 4x4, 800, 2 mile. ouch.   

I did an oldie, but a sweetie loop job.  started up T hill, along skyline to s. sawyer camp trail, about halfway up trail it started raining (about mile 6) by mile 8 it was a tropical storm bananza! Sooo much run, and cold, and sideways! but sweet as ladyhawk on a summer eve.  Gained 20lbs in water but strangely enough had great energy.  took me 1:45, avg about 9, nothing too speedy but good times 

morning run with Harry in st. george utah

run to the butte and back with Robyn

felt tired and old

nice morning run in Snow Canyon with the gdoc and Harry, felt the elevation on my sealevel lungs, bigtime!

Hiked Angel's Landing in afternoon. So Sweet 

nice little ride by the pacifica coastline on a mostly paved trail while Harry surfed.  A bit of hill in there.  Wish I was still in s. utah!

I probably only worked off about 1/4 the calories I ate for Easter Brunch (which was soooo good) at Pebble Beach.  Tried to get tempo up, felt ok but 26.2 in a month sounding a bit daunting.

after hearing from my last patient about her paradise vacation on a private island in the Caribbean I proceeded to run in the cold rain on the bayshore trail. was actually pretty sweet.  Dark, ominous clouds but only light rain and no wind, the bay was glass, pretty sweet place to run actually.  I'll be in Ogden in May gdoc, just might not be pretty, but I'll be there for sure

morning run, nice to have some light up a bit earlier, love the long days of summer ahead

happy birthday to me, after work and a sweet lunch and cupcakes my patient gave me.  Ran "the bridge run"  out and back to sm bridge on the bay trail. crazy wind, 6 miles on the way back was a mind, and cajones, numbing headwind. felt like I was running in place a few times there, was very cool watching the huge whitecaps in bay and the crazy kite-surfers flying all over.  it must have gotten a bit too harry for them at one point because all the sudden they all came in as fast as they could.  After, a sweet bacon bleu cheese burger, then homemade blueberry creamcheese frosting cake, a rollicking and cowboying good bday

sunday afternoon jaunt around seal point with harry

mornin runnin with a bit o' track 800's thrown in, the h.s. track team was there, I'm old and slow

honestly I just remember the end

a gorgeous 80 degree day, fantastic, got through a morning of tooth lectures then it was out in the sunshine, my soul is mirthful

needed to do a good double d, gorgeous day in the bay. hot.  not quite as fun as Hurricane but it'll do.  avg. 8:41.  ran for 2:02 hr

good on ya desert rats! 

early morning, 26.2 is gonna be a long haul of pain. can't wait

nice run with the fam along the jagged coast, sweet scenery

a sunday blahser

whew, nice to have this in the books!

8:42, 8:43, 8:35, 7:59, 8:07, 8:16, 8:20, 8:26, 8:29, 8:25, 8:33, 8:19, 8:38, 8:47, 8:55, 8:25, 8:18, 8:22, 8:42, 8:42, 8:36, 8:51, 8:38. 9:13, 9:44, 9:55, and change.

quads is killin me, life is good 

guess its time to get up to date on the blogo.  today, first double D since the Ogden 26.2.  overall felt pretty good today.  a warm day which I like.  I've def lost some base since marathon but the rest has been good on the ole' knees and burnout factor.  time to get something on the calander to motivate me.

avg. 8:36  

late eve run after a long crappy day full of crap.  running to stay sane, or insane, whichever works.  heres to tomorrow

A bit lethargic on this one.  nice headwind on way out next to a very choppy bay, mist from water in my face most of way, was cool, nice views on way back.  ended up playing some racquetball after.

started out feeling nauseous from the bender it is to be JW, but started feeling a bit better after 5, needed the sunshine that was out today.  Wish I was boatin with the bros

had to get out on this sunny sunday on the south sawyer camp trail, 

just trying to relax after a long day of work and life, nature is good

nice temperate eve on the bay trail, tomorrow back to the land of croakin bullfrogs, or gdocs and oreos by another name

A hot, no breeze jog on the Canal Road in Brigham City for old times'.  avg. 9:02

morning trail blaze up into Geurtsen, not a great trail for running. mostly a horse trail, but I wanted to get up into this canyon.  saw some funky crane-like birds

EARLY morning, met OReo and slowed him down.  I was dragging up the hill from Rainbow Garden to The Indian Trail. sweet trail. can't believe I've never been on it.  Gonna miss the Utah mornings with the cookie master

before work just to run, back into the grind

after work need to get outta there. bayshore trail:  started slow and tired, saw a marine on a straightaway and had to catch him, he didn't like it so he pushed me from behind trying to pass me but you know I couldn't let him, ran faster than I planned which hurt but was good, back to the crazy patients tomorrow 

North arm of bayshore trail with airport extension.  in response to 4 doughnuts and 1 cupcake.  i think i broke even

jog with Harry, in the wind, around the point, cool waves

warm morn jog around seal point, sore knee, no donuts

was gonna do more but my get up and go did the ole' got up and went, not to mention those 5 homemade cinnamon rolls...

morning run, felt sluggish and rude, bayshore trail to seal pt

just a sore run around the bayshore loop

im tired and want to go to sleep

after work run, G.I. emergency, thanks to the trail B-room. walked 2 more miles with Wob

surfin with Harry

a sunday dross affair

after work, nice sunset over bay on bayshore trail.  actually felt some umph, for a bit

got my Fool of a Took out of bed this morning for a nice jog through the rich peoples neighborhood, I ran from my "hood" up to their palazzios, pretty

nice day run on the sawyer camp trail, lot's of them she wolves. I was so hungry after this one, and thirsty, need me some apple pie. doesn't that sound nice?  there is starting to be a few touches of end o summer in the air

just a slow, self-absorbed and mindless jog though a haze of incredulity

nice morning run on the bayshore trail to seal point and back around coyote point.  sweet sunrise, was still fired up from the RNC, good stuff

ahhrghh, so tired, a slogger up and on sweeney ridge trail. too many homemade cinn rolls and too little mojo

bluh

after a long shift of dental mania and maniacs.  strong headwind heading out, nice to have it on my tail comin home. bayshore trail

love them quickies

needed to get this one in, felt pretty good, trudged uphill into the big homes then back down to the lowlands and out to the bayshore, polished it off with a blueline and a cali IPA

morning roll, start the week

this was a morning, stinky run along the bayshore while tide was out, yummmm

need me some treats

morning run through the hills down into the valley, breathe the free air my friends

a blast furnace HOT run, sweat fiesta, sweet weather in Norcal right now, perfect time to be here..

morn roll, 1 mile on track

after work, gorgeous day on the bayshore trail  knee acted up a bit

a blah-sonating morning run through the gloom

needed some base miles, got some hills in, nipples hurt now but got the day ahead to find some trouble in the fringes

blah blah blah

took about 2 weeks off running, was good for the mind and legs.  awesome sunrise run today along the bayshore.

nice eve by the bay, coyote point. wish it was Friday!

early mornin tool through the neighborhood, off to carve jack o' lanterns in peoples teeth. 

Happy pumpkin Day 

a mind numbing run on the sawyer camp trail, good times

ahh a sat run in the drizzling rain.  I had to enter about a months worth of few and far between runs because I been slackin me hearties

a run yes yes

a morning hood jaunt with some oval thrown in

I lost track of how many times I almost quit in the 1st mile. mind is mush.  just glad I did somit'

ggbridge

christmas eve, sweet bayshore run

sun came out for a bit in between some serious rain.  I ate a lot of christmas treats, time for rehabilitation!