RustyTF2

14.4m@7:42 in the Pocatello mountains w/ my Bro-in-law Mark who knows the trails really well and my buddy Chio who I used to race all the time back in high school. We started at Gibson Jack and ran up to Sterling Justice Overlook, then descended and climbed again up to Over the Top, then down into Lower City Creek. Very rugged terrain. I must have looked drunk because I fell FIVE TIMES! It was frustrating. I didn't feel tired at all and we were going easy. Once we ran hard the last two miles down windy technical terrain, I had no problem... probably becuase I was so alert. The rest of the time just felt like an easy jog while chatting...which may have led to all the falls. 1,700+ feet of elevation gain. 

10m@6:18 finishing with a 5:27 in the AM b4 clinic. Happy Global Running Day!

4.6m@7:33 around Pasco neighborhoods at night after a long, tiring day. Several stops to look at homes. 

4m@6:25 in Pasco neighborhoods from the hotel in the AM before heading over to the clinic. 

12m@6:59 w/ my new clinical instructor and future boss, Adam Roggia. Adam joined FRB back in 2006 when he was at BYU and used to do training runs with Sasha and the gang early in the morning. Small world! We ran around some of the river paths and over the bridge from Richland to Pasco. Finished at Howard Amon Park on the river and went over to the famous Spudnuts for some doughnuts. My family and I will be moving here in early August for my final rotation before returning to Utah for Thanksgiving, graduation, and the holidays. Then at the end of December we'll head back up to Pasco/Tri-cities and begin my career as a Physical Therapist with a great company and mentor. We are excited for this opportunity to be the best clinician I can and grow as a family... but we are also sad to leave the comfort of Utah/Idaho where we have so much family and so many friends.