It's back to work this week, which will work out perfectly since this is a recovery week for running. The goals are to keep running with a high intensity but pull the miles back to about half or so.
Monday; May 23: After last week's 87 miles and the back to back 22 milers, it was a day off.
Tuesday; May 24: Down to Colorado Springs to run with JD and the Garden of the Gods group. We were greeted by a wonderfully cool rain to start our 5 mile tempo run up and down the hills. It's odd that the rain did not discourage anyone! It was the usual 50+ folks who were standing around in the rain, yapping before getting started. Seems the weather was a welcome change.
After the 5 miler, I continued on for another easy 3 miler, rounding the day out at 8 miles.
Wednesday; May 25: A commute and then flying all day produced the day off.
Thursday; May 26: After yesterday's long venture of dodging thunderstorms, it was a sleeping in morning. Waking up in Vegas sent me to the gym for a weight lifting session of abs, legs, and biceps. Then, onto the elliptical for 8 miles of pure fun while listening to some AC/DC, Tone Loc, and Led Zepplin. Once that was mission was complete, off to the treadmill for 4 miles worth of hill repeats....6 total at 3-5% incline for 3/10 to 1/2 mile each. A total of 12 miles total to round out the day. A good effort despite being tired from work.
Friday; May 27: OUCHY!!!! A redeye from Vegas to Cincinnati! Sleep was easy for a few hours and then hit n miss for a couple more hours. Oddly enough and despite crawling down to the sauna/treadmill the run went rather well. The first 6 miles being on the elliptical and then 2 more miles on the treadmill. This two miler was a good exercise and purposeful exercise at practicing some of the uphill walking stuff. As I have posted before, I do not like to walk during a run and will avoid it unless absolutely necessary. BUT....knowing Leadville will most likely reduce me to a walk in some sections, I had better practice the routine and get good at it. (Also, TrailRunner Mag had a great article on the subject recently..thanks Lynne) So, with the incline set at 6%, it was power walking for 2/10 of mile at 4 MPH and then trotting at 4% for 2/10 of a mile at 6MPH, for a total of two miles. A good effort to get the head/body to go from running to walking to running. A total of 8 miles today.
Saturday; May 28: Waking up in Vegas after not enough sleep produced a very easy 6 mile effort. At least this was outside verses the sauna/treadmill. Running outside in Vegas is always an effort in dodging the riff raff from the night life on the streets. That place never sleeps and I never quite understand the lure of drinking, gambling and debauchery. Some folks enjoy the whole Vegas strip thing, but I just don't get it. On the other hand, many/most folks just don't get running in mountains for hours on end! Nevertheless, a run outside was a nice break from the previous two days of inside running.
Sunday; May 29: A just git 'er done kind of run...an easy 8 miler.
Summary: An easy week as planned. Just a couple of decent workouts with hill repeats and the rest "filler" runs. It is always amazing how work can affect the running. Some work weeks, the miles happen with ease and the logbook reflects 70 miles , but other weeks, it's all I can do get 40 miles in at a reduced effort. Sometimes I wonder how other folks train for these ultra races or just enjoy the pure fun of running many miles. As we all know, doing our hobbies/passions often requires us to "just do it" and to "just do whatever it takes" to get the activity in. Also, we are all fully aware that if we wait until we have time to exercise or time to pursue our passions, we will most likely never get to that exercise or passion. It has to be part of your day.
Total miles: 42.0
Total for the year: 1265.0
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