Alex T. Baker running the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon on a two-lane desert highway.

Enterprise · 5,318 ft

About

Alex T. Baker mid-stride at Bryce Canyon, face and upper body against the highway and hoodoos.

The week

  • 1:21 half · sub-38 10K · 70-mile weeks and 0-mile weeks
  • Enterprise, 5,318 ft · coaches 6th–8th XC · full life
  • St. George Marathon, Oct 3, 2026 — sub-3

Get the plan I’m running

Alex T. Baker running a canyon road at Bryce, red rock and pines on the bend behind him.
Coaching middle-school XC. Training in the gaps.
  • Sitting on the grass after a race, medal on, shoes off.
    After
  • In the start corral at Virgin River, checking a watch among other runners.
    Corral
  • Finishing under the Bryce Canyon Half & 5K arch.
    Bryce