Small Loop, Big Fun!

Well I am back in the game, I no longer have strep so that means that I can run a bit now and it was a good weekend for that. Running always makes like a lot better, or at least for me. Somethings have been happening especially with the Salt Lake Marathon and as of right now, we are have no idea if it is going to happen. So Dev and I have done a bit of research to see some other marathons that same weekend and as much I would love to run the Gunnison Marathon, I would prefer the Salt Lake. We have already paid so I do not know what they are going to do if they cancel it. I also signed up for "The Tough Mudder" this past week thanks to Billy and Brance Brown. It was my Valentine's present to myself, but I really am excited to put a bit of spice in my running in October.

My first run back from strep was alright, just a nice little 3 mile run that felt pretty good but I was kind of unsure how far I would be able to go on Saturday. Dev was fighting bit of a cold so we decided to do the small Morgan loop and do 9 miles, 2 shorter than we did two weeks ago. It was a beautiful not so cold morning, 22 degrees, and we started off. A nice surprise was that there was a lot of people out and running. Some of them knew me which was kind of weird but I think alot of people know that I am a runner and usually roam the streets. I wonder if anyone ever missed me while I was on my mission? Or just wondered where the goofy tall kid was? It is really good to be back and the run started off great, we decided to do the hills first so that was kind of nice to get out of the way. I think one thing that I have learned to love is just the conversations that you can have when you run. You can really talk about anything, we chatted about our goals of running the Boston and other crazy exotic marathons. I hope that those goals can be fulfilled when I get older. One of the best moments of the run was when we passed this guy who was outside of his house and the only words that he said were "You guys are crazy" and then Dev turned to me with a smile on his face. He loves when people say that and later on the road he told me that is one of the many reasons why he runs, because people think we are crazy. Running in Morgan is beautiful, it is so open and the mountains are just great to look at as you run. This run hurt a bit more than the 11 miler that we had. I really had to go to the bathroom but I just held it until we got back to my house. As I run and start to hurt, I love to think about the marathon and about those last few miles that may bring me a lot of pain. I need to prepare myself for those moments, and I just love the feeling that I get after a nice long run.Of course we continued with the tradition of eggs and Tiger Woods golf after the run. Dev is 2-0, I wish I could putt better but hey I feel that I am on my way to run a good marathon.