Take the X-train

I recently moved to Salt Lake City, from over-the-hill and around-the-bend, the sleepy town of Bountiful. I'm right in between a couple of big parks, which are suuuuper nice for my runs. Even better, one park has a little 1.5 mile cedar-chip trail for easy knee days. And that's just what I've been doing - taking it easy. This road to Boston and beyond might take me a little longer than expected. But I'm still trudging along, at a manageable pace. I'm determined not to hurt myself again.

I've also been heading to the gym every other day for some basic elliptical work. It's kind of nice to just rage on there for an hour, watching TV as time flies by. I think my body is grateful for keeping the impact down, giving the knees some TLC.

I'm traveling to Wilmington, North Carolina at the end of this month, for the Battleship North Carolina Half Marathon. This will be State #4 in my quest to complete a half marathon in each US state. I should be able to pull out a sub-1:40:00. Probably won't beat my 1:33:30, but I'll give it a healthy effort.