Disappointed with last Sunday’s workout, I decided to launch a midweek assault on the trail. Maybe if I surprised it, it would be much easier for me. It didn’t really work out that way, but I did get in a much better workout than Sunday. I hit the trail a few minutes after 6am on [...]
Pretty crappy run from Memorial Park up to No Name Creek and back. One of these days I’ll learn to stop drinking beer on Saturday night before planning to go run with the IC. Seriously considering getting in a trip to Barr Camp one morning this week if I can swing a late arrival at [...]
Just took a look at my MB log and my last 10 runs/hikes were on the list dating back to May 19. Since that time I’ve run/hike over 71 miles. That is a huge number for me. I’m usually not as concerned with volume as I need to be since it seems I’m always nursing [...]
Headed down to Albuquerque on Sunday after running the GoG10M and had planned on tackling a La Luz roundtrip while I was down there. After running the 10 miler on Sunday and then sitting in a car for near 6 hours almost immediately after that, I was a little sore for the remainder of Sunday [...]
Nothing spectacular this week but I did manage to get a nice 5+ miler in on the trails in GoG on Thursday morning. I grabbed the dog and headed over to Memorial Park for the IC run at 8am this morning. I still can’t figure out how to get there on time and as such [...]
First IC run of the season. Better late than never I guess. Signed in a few minutes late and headed over to Barr Trail with the dog. It was a lackluster effort with lots of stopping and resting on the way up. After an hour up the trail, I turned around and headed back. I [...]
I headed over to Garden of the Gods on Thursday morning for an early run. The slow(er) trail group headed out towards the west side of the park before making a sharp turn and going up. And up and up. We finally climbed to the ridge and ended up on Rampart Range Rd. The climb [...]
Ran the whole GOG10M course today. Got to Memorial Park in Manitou a few minutes before 7:00am and had to play catchup as the group split before I was ready to go. Felt pretty good for the first 5 miles. I started feeling some weirdness in my big toe on my right foot as I [...]
Took a couple weeks off to rest the shins and they seem to be better. Getting in some walk/run intervals on the treadmill with some moderate incline dialed in as well. Colorado Marathon seems to be out for now. I’ll just concentrate on slowly building mileage and then hope I’m ready for the big summer [...]
Shins and calves flared up bad last night. Even about a mile into the Tuesday night run at Quinn’s they still never loosened up. Turned back early and got 2.5 miles in mostly walking. Another case of “too much too soon” I’m sure. Going to take a couple weeks off running and then try to [...]