More (San Rafael) Swell Photos

It's Halloween / Friday, so it's obviously time for more pictures of Roo!

Earlier in the week I put up some photos from our camping trip to The Wedge. Our friend Amiee sent us a bunch more, so here are some from her camera...

The desert is a beautiful place.

Interview with Run Utah Magazine for USATF-Utah

I did a brief interview for the magazine on behalf of USATF-Utah. Check out the whole thing here: May-June 2014 issue of RUN UTAH Magazine.

UtahRunning.com, which publishes the magazine, has the best and most comprehensive race calendar in the state.

Lake Blanche

Lake Blanche and the Sundial

After going up to Red Pine Lake earlier in the week, I was anxious to escape the heat and check out another one of my favorite alpine lakes. Lake Blanche is another classic lake hike, probably my favorite in Big Cottonwood Canyon. I haven't been up there in several years (the last visit being the aborted triple traverse attempt). 

Saucony shoes and apparel at Dick's Sporting Goods

Specialty running stores are always a good place to find a selection of Saucony footwear... but Dick's Sporting Goods now carries a big lineup - most of their locations stock the Triumph, Hurricane, Guide, Ride, Kinvara, Peregrine, Exodus, as well as childrens' models.

There are several DSG locations are in the area: Salt Lake City (Gateway), Layton (Layton Hills Mall), and new locations just opened up in Midvale (Ft Union Family Center) and Orem.

We've visited these stores and found that the sales associates are very knowledgeable. The new store in Midvale has a treadmill where they'll be doing free gait analysis.

We're starting to see some Saucony apparel pop up in these stores as well, which is awesome - being that now that the days are getting shorter, its definitely ViZiPRO season!

Jake's Family Invades Utah

Some member of my (Jake's) family decided to escape AZ/CA and come up to Utah for a week. My parents drive up from Phoenix last Friday, while my aunt and uncle (Aline and John) drove out from LA. They rented a "cabin" up outside of Heber and we've been having a fun time doing all sort of stuff - rafting, shooting, fishing, bowling, etc. They all want to move here, and I can't blame them! 

Here's some photos from the last four days...

My buddy Jesse James and I

Horses in the backyard

Sunset from the back deck, where we've been eating dinner outside every night in the cool air

Clearly the owner of this house is a hunter!

Bridal Veil Falls

With the family and the south side of Mt Timp behind us

Andrea in the Provo River

Andrea's first shot with a 12 gauge shotgun!

Dad shooting

My Mom can be a bada$$

My turn to blow apart some clay pigeons

Mirror Lake (High Uintas)

Dad slaying some trout

Trial Lake is LOW this year. We were up here last year at this time and the lake was full.

Provo River Falls

Jupiter Bowl in Park City