AM - 14.25 Mt. Logan. Took the girls camping out into my old fire fighting stomping grounds on th AZ Strip. We had a ton of fun; stopped off at the Trumbull Schoolhouse and Ice Caves yesterday and had a nice camp last night. I actually couldn't fall asleep for some reason until well after midnight and then Twix was antsy in the morning and got me up earlier than planned. So I just went out and ran. I took it pretty easy on a road (two track) that I hadn't ever been on before. Dropped off the front-side of Mt. Logan down toward Bundy Ranch. Saw a bunch of deer, an old-dead snag full of turkey vultures and about 20 turkeys walking around a meadow. Came back and got Rylee and did her 35 minute run with some fartleks with her and we saw more deer. Then when we got back, Laney didn't feel like going out with Pyper, so I ran 2 more with her and we saw some more deer and the bluest blue birds ever! Ended up 14.25 and Twix did all of it +, since she was unleashed the last section and was chasing everything through the forest. Probably 15 miles for her today! (Kinvara3 834.75). After cleaning up camp, we headed down to Nampaweap and hiked to the petroglyphs and then drove down to Toroweap. The girls hadn't ever been to the Grand Canyon and this is the grandest part of it all - 1 mile of sheer red rock canyon walls; it is intense. They weren't even scared, but we also very good about not messing around at the cliff. We also saw a condor fly right by us! Super cool. Good week. Miles were solid. Got a long run in. Ran while camping. Not a very good tempo, however. Goals for next week: may drop the miles just a touch as a recovery week (but I am not really sure where; I'm not hitting many double and the morning just kind of add up); definitely have a better tempo; and I had better get to see The Essence (my boy Mike Finch is home from his mission!) | 