I decided to head back out to Palmer Park again last night and see if I could make the entire loop around the north end of the park on the Templeton Trail.  Started at the same trailhead and went left at the merge for Templeton to head north along the ridge.  Once around the ridge [...]

Pulled up the Palmer Park trail maps online today to search out a new run.  Settled on the Templeton trail and headed over about 4pm with the dog in tow.  I left the North Canyon trailhead and started out on Edna Mae Bennett trail and quickly merged onto Templeton.  Some technical and rocky switchbacks lead [...]

Just the Winter Series 10k in 1:18 to report for this week.
Spent most of last week in England. Glad to be back home where I can focus on running again.
Total: 6.2 mi; 1:18

Last race to close out the PPRR Winter Series and I was not excited about it. I just got back from England late Thursday night and still felt a little jetlagged before the race. The course was icy thanks to a little snow that fell early Saturday morning and a few people managed [...]

Palmer Park run - 4 mi; 1 hour
Neighborhood loop - 2.5 mi; 35 min
Total 6.5 mi; 1:35
Meh.

Got out of class a little early this evening after taking a test.  I had a few minutes to get to the gym but I decided to take the dog out for a run instead.  Extremely comfortable outside for a run tonight.  Took a lap around the neighborhood.  I’ll call it 2.5 miles and I [...]

Gonna make an effort to track weekly training
Mon - lifting/cross training 30 min
Tues - 3.5 miles on the treadmill. 10 min at 8.5% incline. 45min total
Thur - 3.25 miles on the threadmill, 40 min total
Saturday - 5 mi race, 54:28
Totals 11.75 miles - 2:20

I had talked to CBB on Thursday about running with the Incline Club on Sunday for their long run.  They were heading up Barr Trail to Barr Camp and back.  I’m nowhere near ready for that, but I was planning to at least get to No Name and turn around.  As luck would have it, [...]

Got up Saturday morning and headed up to the Monument area for the 3rd race of the Pikes Peak Road Runners Winter Series.  The course went from Baptist Rd into Monument just past the Hwy 105 exit and back to Baptist Rd on the Santa Fe trail.  The course was on a packed dirt trail [...]

Took a break from the normal crosstraining routine at 123Fit and visited the gym at SAFB after work. 5 min warmup, 1mi at 10% incline, and then I flattened it out to finish up 3.25 miles. Definitely need to skip the cross training a couple days a week and run on the treadmill [...]