saturday AM run

I wanted to go running, pete wanted to go swimming. we both wanted to end up at the hot tub. so what do you do?

since running six miles on the treadmill didn't sound too incredibly appealing, I opted for taking a route out on the streets. I planned it out in such a way that I would end back up at steiner where I would reconnect with pete in the pool.

I threw in a baby pug tree at the beginning of the run--north, through the park and back. then headed back over to 17th south (instead of running back on 6th east, I chose 7th east so I could hit up the drinking fountain. it was my only chance for water out on the run, so I thought I'd take advantage.) I ran up 17th to 15th, which btw is one of my favorite streets to run on in slc. I did a loop in sugarhouse park (does anyone know the interior road distance of that park?) and then back out to 15th. it was pretty much a straight shot to steiner after that. well, after getting up to gaurdsman, at least.

it was such a pretty morning for a run. it had rained a little, so the gunk in the air was all cleared out. the morning sun + mountain views were amazing yesterday. the valley was beautiful. the temp perfect.

my legs felt overall good. I was surprised at how well they held up. near the end they did start to feel a little tight. my left knee was hurting at random times. that's not good. but my right hamstring held up.

when I got to steiner pete was still in the pool. I left him to go stretch. now usually I like to ice after a run, we all know that. but yesterday I did the complete opposite--heat. the hot tub felt good, though. nice and warm (hot) + cozy. after about ten minutes of that we got out. we had a whole fun day ahead of us, which included going up to alta to get our ski passes and getting guitar hero! hurrah!!

~6 miles; baby pug tree north, up 17th to 15th, sugarhouse loop, over to steiner