unnamed Ridgeline

This morning after physical therapy I ran route down Desert Classic, along a ridgeline trail, to right above the end of Pima Canyon road, down the hill and back on Pima Canyon, about 4.5 miles.

Spin

This morning went to second class with instructor that I still don't have a name for. After did abs which just about killed me.

Ridgeline

Yesterday morning after physical therapy I ran down Pima Canyon road, short while on Mormon Loop to Ridgeline, then down Ridgeline to Beverly to Pima wash and back. About 3.5 miles.

Spin

This morning went to class with Nancy again. She is a real good instructor, I enjoy her classes. The elbow held up just fine, did abs with her and a half dozen others after class.

Chaparosa-Dobson parks

After my PT appointment this morning I drove farther down Dobson to Chaparosa park. I ran the perimeter of that park, down Earl to Dobson park and around the perimeter of that park. During that I did a lap around a middle school track next to the park, and went back via Earl. About 4 miles.

Dobson Ranch Lake PR

This morning ran the route to the park in Dobson Ranch, a PR of over a minute. This makes like 4 of those in a row :) 3.96 miles.

Lakeshore Bridge PR

After 4 days off for my elbow surgery, I ran the short route down to Lakeshore. It bugged me a bit, being swollen up and all. Amazingly I got a 2 second PR. 3.37 miles.

Bikram yoga

Went to a 9am Bikram class with Amy. She said it would probably take 4-6 weeks before I could get back to class after my elbow surgery tomorrow. That is pretty much going to suck, but I'm not gonna wait that long.

Gaicki PR

This morning ran a 1 1/2 minute PR to the park and back. What a speedy weekend! 4.37 miles.

Country Club PR

This morning ran up on the canal to check out the new path construction, nothing to exciting going on there yet. Ran to country club and back with a 3 1/2 minute PR! 6.07 miles.

Spin

Spin class this morning with Melody. Good class, lots of sweating, got a hershey kiss at the end.

Javalena Canyon

This morning ran a loop, this time along east loop to Beverly Canyon, to Javalina Canyon, to Mormon loop, to Pima was and back. Beautiful day out, about 6 miles.

Spin

This morning went to a spin class with Michelle. Good class, same as usual, only 8 people in there.

Mormon Loop

This morning ran a loop, Pima wash to Mormon Loop, to National to main road. It was cold as hell out and the first 10 mins were brutal. About 6 miles.

Palm Springs 2

This morning ran again on the city streets. Down Tahquist to Palm Canyon, up to Vista Chino, over to Avenida Caballeros and back to the hotel with a quick stop in a beatiful park for a drink of water. Maybe a half mile farther than yesterday, 4 1/2 or so. Later Jordan and I went back to Indian Canyon. This time we hiked about 1 mile at Andreas Canyon, then went to Palm Canyon again and hiked Victor/Palm Canyon loop, about 3 miles. It rained the whole time but very little compared to yesterday, it was very nice.

Palm Springs

I'm in Palm Springs for my daughters cheer competition. This morning I ran from the hotel, down Tahquitz Canyon to Palm Canyon, down that to Mesquite, down that to Sunrise and back to Tahquitz, a big rectangle, about 4 miles. Later in the day Jordan and I went to Indian Canyon and hiked about 2 miles in Palm Canyon. It rained the whole time, we had to wear big plastic bags and it was muddy and slippery everywhere.

Run hike run

Yesterday morning I ran a confused route at south mountain. Pima wash to Beverly ( I meant to stay on Pima wash), next thing I know I'm on the other side of the ridge approaching Desert Classic trail. Ran on it to the second canyon and on a trail that quickly disappeared. Ended up hiking up to the top of the ridgeline, turns out it was more or less directly about the end of the road. Came down the hill right by the old building and took the road the rest of the way back. About 4.5 miles.

Javalena Canyon

Apparently the reason I felt so crappy when I ate it at Telegraph pass was cuz I was getting sick. So I had three sick days after that and two days ago went back to south mountain and ran the Javalena Canyon trail by way of main road, beverly canyon, ridge line, javalena, beverly again and pima wash, about 5 miles.

Telegraph pass

This morning I ran from the trailhead on Desert Hills Parkway in Ahwatukee up to Telegraph Pass, then along National trail for a ways. At the top of the pass I managed to totally eat it running next to the road on a nice flat area. Tore open my knee and smashed my elbow up a bit. My leg got all bloody and I ran for about 40 more mins. About 4.5 miles.

Bikram yoga

This afternoon went to a Bikram class with Ruddy. It was a real good class for me, and Ruddy is a very cool guy, he sang again during final savasana.

LAF Yoga and run

This morning went to another gym yoga class with yet another different instructor. Not a lot of action in this class, pretty easy. Later in the afternoon ran down canal and thru oasis neighborhood for about 3.5 miles, at a pretty fast pace.

Spin

This morning went to a spin class at LA Fitness.Good class, good instructor.

Windgate Pass

Today I went to a Dr. Cummings appt. and was told I needed elbow surgery, and went to work and packed up all my shit in 3 big boxes. On a bright note tho I finally made it to Windgate pass, by way of Horseshoe, Gateway and Windgate and back the same way. It was a tough, long run but the best part of the entire day. 7.8 miles.

Bikram yoga

This morning went to yoga with Kat. I was bummed out to find out that they don't give you free extra class in the same day like Scottsdale does, and it effected my performance for a while.

Hidden Valley

This morning I ran at South Mountain again, out to the hidden valley. I came back by way of Mormon loop this time, about 10k.

LAF yoga again

Today went to 11am class with the wife. This one was more of a power yoga class, and it was considerably harder. We will see if I can get the wife to go back.

LA Fitness yoga

Yesterday at 11 went to a yoga class at LA Fitness. It wasn't near the ordeal that Bikram is but there were some great elements and I enjoyed it.

Box canyon

I got laid off today. I couldn't really concentrate enough to finish the day so I left early and ran from Sanctuary golf course parking lot to the box canyon at the end of Quartz trail. The signs indicated 6.8 miles but there is no way that is accurate, I'm thinking another mile at least.

Bikram yoga

This morning went to 6am Cindy class. Elbow was killing me but wasn't really a problem after locust pose.

Cactus bridge PR

Ran from the park to the bridge today at lunch. Nice day, overcast and a little windy. Got a PR by about a minute. 5.89 miles.

QTJ loop

At lunch ran the loop from 104th st trailhead. Not very fast today. 4.89 miles.