Applying my latest theme of running new places to keep things fresh, I stepped it up by adding Teller Farms to the roster of easy run destinations. Aside from simply beautiful scenery, Teller Farms offers undulating hills through the prairie along with some nice unexciting stretches for recovery. Hills are the biggest reason I began doing easy runs here because I think it’s important to give that set of muscles some attention before the weekly assaults on the Mesa Trail. Along with new easy run locales, and having had such fun on Bobolink last week, I thought it’d be cool to run my tempo there too. I was right. It was a blast. This week’s 37 miles has got me itching to get into the 40-50 ranges. I can almost taste it.
Tuesday – 6.5 mi (56:30) Easy run at Teller Farms – Being an evening run, my typical abdominal cramps flared up for the first few miles, but subsided allowing me to enjoy the rest of the run.
Thursday – 7 mi (52:36) Tempo run on Bobolink – The legs felt really fresh throughout the run allowing me to really put the hammer down for the five miles in the middle.
Friday – 6 mi (55:56) Easy run at Teller Farms – I took it easier than I had the previous easy run and I was totally fine with that as I enjoyed my stellar surroundings. The rain from the prior evening had left the whole area green and moist and the cool morning air only appended to the beauty.
Sunday – 18 mi (3:23) Long run on Doudy to Spring Brook North & the full Mesa Trail – I made sure to start much earlier than my last long run on the Doudy/Mesa trail system. So, I headed out from the trailhead at 6:30 a.m. and from then on, the run was quite fun. I made sure to keep it conservative on the ascents, but got up to 7 to 8-minute paces on the flats and descents. I was fortunate enough to run with an older man (maybe late 50’s) for a little bit and chat about the weather, before he cut me loose to wrap up his shorter run down Skunk Canyon so he could spend the rest of the day celebrating his Father’s Day. Not only do I hope I can run regularly when I’m his age, but to do so as fast as him – the guy was really cookin’.
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