Hang Nine

Monday AM - four miles while the kiddos did hills.

The best breakfast...

Monday evening - late with GW on the Ridgeview Trail.  5 miles.  Still stupid hot and smokey. 

Tuesday AM - 5 miles between calls

Tuesday PM - 3 miles super slow

Wednesday AM - met up with Greg and E and did 7.2 miles with 10 by a minute in there.  First time rolling in a couple of weeks and it felt good (and that it didn't feel good but it felt good to not feel good sort of way).

Thursday AM - 5.1 on Ditch Ridgeview.  In the afternoon, marked the course for the Broomfield Battle meet (our home course), and then biked it 5 times (at least) for the races - a bit of work in the grass.

Friday afternoon - a half dozen at the Mountain Vista Meet.  Hill.  Achilles was a piece of crap post this.  Rainy - which was nice to knock the smoke and temps down.

Saturday AM - 8.3 miles including a dozen or so 100 strides and 3 of the 500s (of a larger set) that Eryn was doing (5:30 pace).  Achilles sucks but I will continue to ignore it.  I was fine for the most part on the 500s (a bit faster than 1:45 per) and felt I could roll that for a mile (just under 5:30) but it was probably equally as likely that I'd fall apart after a kilo, or that a rubber band would snap.

Sunday AM - more running drudgery with the Achilles.  5.2 miles.  Lake Link and Ditch.  Need to obviously shift something up. 

Sunday PM - an easy four before some guitar dueling with CG. 

Low week ... I guess I got some quality in and that is good.  The meets threw me a bit more than I expected. 

Monday - long work day, as long as if I was actually on site.  7.2 miles after I pushed back from the desk.  Easy.  Ran into NE out there and we jogged most of the La Amora loop together.  Good to catch up.  Good dude.

Tuesday AM - early, again almost as if I were on a road trip.  6.2 miles with 8 x 50' on Eagle Hill.  I stopped looking at the watch after number two, and just ran from the trash can on the bottom to the line I drew about four telephone poles up.  Solid.
Tuesday PM - an easy 30 minutes with GW.  3.8 miles.  Tired.

Wednesday AM - pretty tired in the legs so just an easy hour early.  It is good that I have full days this week as it forces the run/motivation to be performed early.  I sort of like that.  7.6 miles.

Thursday PM - feeling pretty good and might have rolled a bit quick for an easy day.  7 miles, with last 2 minutes a bit uptempo and 4 strides.

Friday PM - ugh.  A workout that sort of came unraveled and in retrospect, I should have punted a day out.  Wanted to do three miles in 19, take rest and then do a mile in 6.  I came through the first mile in 6:15 (after starting at 3:05), and was a bit of a mess.  It was hot (80, which ain't really hot but I also ain't summer acclimated yet) and windy and I was feeling it.  I peeled off for 15 seconds, and considered bagging it.  I got my crap together and got back on it but I was already in the hole.  6:23, 6:22 for the next two.  I guess I could rationalize it with the wind and heat but whatever.  Walked a lap and then did the mile in 6:01 (also started dumb, 87) but I looked like I was running with a fridge on my back.  8.9 miles.

Saturday AM - pretty worked.  6.3 on the Lac Amora loop with GW.

Sunday - up the Mosquito Pass road to the split and back. 13 miles. Hoo boy, long time since I have been to runs at high altitude.  And it was snowing too.  No - it really was - but that is what things do in the Rockies in May at 11000 feet.  Fun though.



Just over 60 miles - so the lowest I have had in a while but that goes with the work schedule this week.  Glad I got in three key efforts (the altitude longish run and the two workouts0>