HR urban trails - 8:00 A.M.
clear, crisp, snow on the trail
mind/body - good
easy effort
Where are all the weekend snowshoers?? They were supposed to be out before I was to cut trail. Chop-Chop weekend warriors! If I knew you were gonna sleep in I would have taken my snowshoes.
Needless to say I did another round of Jai-me's in the snow while I cut trail. I connected a bunch of trails this morning just to get two hours in. 9:06 pace overall but I made sure when I was on the road that I was closer to 7's so that I got some good leg turnover.
I end the month with 164 myles, the most I've done in October in the last 5 years. And for the year I'm at 2862 - gonna hit 3K for sure.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
5 myles - 57:51
Mt. Falcon - 2:00 P.M.
40s, clear, lots-o-snow
mind/body - good
easy effort
The storm has finally passed with clear blue skies today. But with the warmeth - bringeth the sloppeth. I opted for Mt. Falcon because I thought by now someone would have been up there with snowshoes for some packed snow. On the lower portion - yes. Once I got around the point (1.9 myles) all the snowshoe-ers decided to turn around... I carried on through snow drifts up to my knees. It was OK for about 15 minutes but then my bare legs became numb so I turned around just short of the shelter. A whopping 11:34 pace. Lot's of good Jai-me's though. Wait for it.... that would be High knees for you slower folk...
40s, clear, lots-o-snow
mind/body - good
easy effort
The storm has finally passed with clear blue skies today. But with the warmeth - bringeth the sloppeth. I opted for Mt. Falcon because I thought by now someone would have been up there with snowshoes for some packed snow. On the lower portion - yes. Once I got around the point (1.9 myles) all the snowshoe-ers decided to turn around... I carried on through snow drifts up to my knees. It was OK for about 15 minutes but then my bare legs became numb so I turned around just short of the shelter. A whopping 11:34 pace. Lot's of good Jai-me's though. Wait for it.... that would be High knees for you slower folk...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
8 myles - 1.15:38
Coyote Ridge trail - 1:00 P.M.
Snowing!
mind/body - peaceful
easy effort
A conversation with a colleague this morning: "What are you going to do today now that we are snowed in?.... I'm gonna do my business plan and then go run.... What?!? It's a blizzard out there, are you crazy?" I thought, probably. But not because I'm going running....
I don't know about you but snow seems to bring peace and tranquility to a run. The wind and popcorn snow sucked but there's something about making fresh tracks that makes it worth the time. A cheetah type pace today at 9:27. Bring on the snow!
Snowing!
mind/body - peaceful
easy effort
A conversation with a colleague this morning: "What are you going to do today now that we are snowed in?.... I'm gonna do my business plan and then go run.... What?!? It's a blizzard out there, are you crazy?" I thought, probably. But not because I'm going running....
I don't know about you but snow seems to bring peace and tranquility to a run. The wind and popcorn snow sucked but there's something about making fresh tracks that makes it worth the time. A cheetah type pace today at 9:27. Bring on the snow!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
8 myles - 58:40
Coyote Ridge - 3:30 P.M.
mild weather - calm before the storm
mind/body - sloshy/bloated
easy effort
7:20 pace today but it felt much, much slower than that. I've been held up in a meeting for the past two days, eating constantly! Every time I turned around they were bringing more food - 6 square meals each day. Hotel was nice - Westin downtown Denver. I think it's time for another string of 'office' days...
mild weather - calm before the storm
mind/body - sloshy/bloated
easy effort
7:20 pace today but it felt much, much slower than that. I've been held up in a meeting for the past two days, eating constantly! Every time I turned around they were bringing more food - 6 square meals each day. Hotel was nice - Westin downtown Denver. I think it's time for another string of 'office' days...
Sunday, October 25, 2009
10 myles - 1.17:46
HR urban trails - 8:00 A.M.
snowing, mucky, NW wind
mind/body - good
easy effort
Mucky-muck! Must have rained overnight because the trail was dry yesterday but this morning the mud was caked to my shoes. Didn't feel the best but plugged away with a 7:32 avg. Rather than a true snow, it was more like hail pelting me in the face as I finished up. I end the week with 45 myles and so far for the month of October 133 myles - about right for a recovery month. I'm still not sure about any more races this year but if the next few weeks go good I could see myself doing something in December.... early December that is.
On another note, the CRUD party was yesterday at Palmer Lake. And once again I represented the North CRUD chapter at the party... good thing because as you can see from the picture below - North CRUD swept the awards! Thanks to Smith Optics and Pearl Izumi for providing the all the award give-aways - the recipients were truly grateful.
North CRUD takes home the goods
snowing, mucky, NW wind
mind/body - good
easy effort
Mucky-muck! Must have rained overnight because the trail was dry yesterday but this morning the mud was caked to my shoes. Didn't feel the best but plugged away with a 7:32 avg. Rather than a true snow, it was more like hail pelting me in the face as I finished up. I end the week with 45 myles and so far for the month of October 133 myles - about right for a recovery month. I'm still not sure about any more races this year but if the next few weeks go good I could see myself doing something in December.... early December that is.
On another note, the CRUD party was yesterday at Palmer Lake. And once again I represented the North CRUD chapter at the party... good thing because as you can see from the picture below - North CRUD swept the awards! Thanks to Smith Optics and Pearl Izumi for providing the all the award give-aways - the recipients were truly grateful.
North CRUD takes home the goodsFriday, October 23, 2009
8 myles - 56:08
Daniels Park - 11:00 A.M.
50s, still a little muddy, sunny
mind/body - good
Hard effort
Whoa! I just realized this is my second 'office day' this week... that's OK my boss would understand. Wait! I don't have a boss... that's right cause I AM the boss. I'm actually preparing for a divisional meeting here in Denver next Monday and Tuesday so it's legit being in the 'office'.
I still didn't feel the turn-over in the legs today so I decided to do a one mile test on flat road. 5:40.92 for the mile but it was as hard as I could go. I'm hopeful the leg speed will come around so that a 5:40 won't seem so anaerobic.
Finally, check this photo out. Not only do we here at Pearl Izumi-Smith run but we race cars too!
Team Director - Aric Manning sprinting to the win
50s, still a little muddy, sunny
mind/body - good
Hard effort
Whoa! I just realized this is my second 'office day' this week... that's OK my boss would understand. Wait! I don't have a boss... that's right cause I AM the boss. I'm actually preparing for a divisional meeting here in Denver next Monday and Tuesday so it's legit being in the 'office'.
I still didn't feel the turn-over in the legs today so I decided to do a one mile test on flat road. 5:40.92 for the mile but it was as hard as I could go. I'm hopeful the leg speed will come around so that a 5:40 won't seem so anaerobic.
Finally, check this photo out. Not only do we here at Pearl Izumi-Smith run but we race cars too!
Team Director - Aric Manning sprinting to the win
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