mt. bike guide with running dreams

i ended up not running and going on a easy mt. bike ride with some girlfriends. i was planning on running later in the day. NO DICE my legs where tried. 

I ran with Oso ( a friends doggy poo!) in the morning about 4 miles, very easy, stop and go. sniff sniff yada yada. and well mostly figured i'm ready to start up some community runs and wanted to get an easy route down for all that started at paradox pizza in Moab. Fred and Susan who own the shop are totally cool/ sweet people and runners as well. they thought the trail run from the shop was a great idea and maybe i thought i'd order a pizza once and awhile for after the runs so people could just socialize.

Anyways I dropped Oso at home and did the road loop from Tracy's house ( who I'm staying with right now). I felt fast and strong and I also thought of my sister. :)

Melissa is in town!! YEAH!!! we did amasa back, rock stacker, jacksons. She is new to the area and I'm soo excited to show her all these cool runs.

Also some bad news my ultimate running buddy, Heidi sprained her ankle on the run we did last week :(  she said it was bad however i hope it heals soon. i miss her and that just really sucks! damn ankles hold up why don't ya

run with Heidi, looks like her ankle is going to be Ok. :)

Ran with Melissa out by Bar M. Did the new singletrack loops, EZ DEADMANs & the LaZY. then caught Magpie's gluten free pancake breakfast. mmm

and coffee.

I didn't want to get out of bed today but Rob my friends woke me up. Sooo we headed out to Amasa back with our bikes and ended up riding a yeti demo bike, and going up to the false summit. honestly i feel tired but still feel pretty amazing but i did want to run at all

i haven't run yet today and i put down that i wanted to run 9 -11 miles. it is already 2 pm and i have to work at 5 pm which tells me i have to go on a shorter run or do my first after work run, which could be interesting. i had a nother hard day getting out of bed. i think my body is just being really honest. 58 miles last week. wow for me. maybe only aim for 50 this week. i got 5 days left to do it if i don't run today, et one of thoses days will be mt. bike guiding all day. pretty much figured out riding my bike before running is horrible. Another thing to think about is my diet. Heidi wants to get toegther to do a cleanse. i think this is a good idea. and i:m also suggle with my eating. Rob also isn't drinking this week and suggested i support him by not eating chocolate. not eating chocolate for a week! i know did deal right. i might go crazy. how can I change the way i eat and think about food? and still enjoy my life

ran a new route with Heidi and Melissa. It has been hrad to motivate this week, not really sure why i'm bumming. stuck someone in my brain

this was an interesting run. i felt soooo sluggish. like i was barely moving then somewhere i got this powerful kick at the end and raced home. my normal hour 5 minute loop turned into a 55 minute 7 miles. amazing. felt good afterwards after my bad mood these last couple days. still don't really know how i ran this fast?

ran with Chris, on pipe dream and up hidden valley trail. brutal. Chris is an animal. He can climb like no other. left me gasping for air and walking cause i blew out my legs to early. i can tell i haven't been running as much, i'm going backwards in my running. however i told myself i wouldn't beat myself up about it. just adjusting to working again. yeah working, my life is pretty easy soooo i'm figuring out how to run and work together  better this year. and not turn into a fat mt. bike guide

windy, running with Chris again. almosted snowed on Jon dog and I after Chris bailed out because of the broken zipper on his jacket and well it was pretty cold. felt my lips turning blue, after running in shorts and sweating buckets he day before.  

thing my normal route from tracy

Amasa back, backwards. Not the plan but Maria was at the trail head with a message for Travis so I went to delivier with two doggies ( not Jon today he went out with the boyfriend on trail work) I took Oso and Jesse. It was a blast. lots of people out riding and starting to feel the heat. nervous about the amasa back race. I feel like my training as been stacking however the race is coming up quick and too late to put more miles on unless i want to waste my legs

started up the trail run and had a taker tonight. Jason :) thank you, showed me a new route on pipe dream that the guys just finished up behind the water tower :) also had three dogs on the run so that makes 5. I'm not gonna give up

ran up hidden valley and beyond with Melissa! She called the route trail porn! because you see this one section in all the running magazines. little does it tell you that it is a rocky.bouldery climb to the valley, not for the light of ankle.

fins and things with John dog, finally getting warm and putting the shorts back on. someone asked me if i needed water. it's not that hot. :)