I've been delinquent on weekly posts to the blog for the past few weeks. My mind has been elsewhere, but that doesn't mean training has completely fallen off too. I feel like I'm a tad behind on my goals, but I'm not too bent out of shape about it. I'm free-styling my way through training this year much more than I did in 2011. Let's get down to it.
2/27-3/4 - I basically took this entire week off to recover from the infected blister I got while out in CA. I did manage to log 7 miles from South Mesa up Shadow Canyon. I hadn't run up the canyon until this point and it proved to be as gnarly as I've heard. Really steep, but really fun.
3/5 - 3/11:
3/5 Mon: 6 mi (49 mins) Twin Lakes
3/8 Thu: 5 mi (1:24, 2,400') Green Mtn - Hit the summit in 47 mins
3/9 Fri: 6 mi (47 mins) Twin Lakes
3/10 Sat: 5 mi (1:32, 2,800') Green Mtn - Started on 6th St, hit the summit in 49 mins
3/11 Sun: 10 mi (1:49, 1,900') S. Brook, Goshawk, Mesa to Bluestem - Loving the Goshawk loop.
Weekly Totals:
Miles: 39
Vert: 9,100'
Time: 7hr 53min
3/12 - 3/18:
3/13 Tue: 9.5 mi (1:21) Twin Lakes to top of White Rocks - The most road running I've done in the last year. I had to do a little poaching of the Boulder Country Club golf course to get home.
3/14 Wed: 6 mi (1:08, 1,300') Mesa to Bear Creek Canyon entrance
3/17 Sat: 5 mi (1:32, 2,700') Green Mtn from 7th St - Summit in 50 mins. Pretty slow go.
3/18 Sun: 13 mi (2:28, 3,250') Mesa Trail down McClintock- The first time I've done the full Mesa Trail since November. I tried something new this time by taking McClintock down to Chautauqua rather than the gravel service road, which is always so brutal midway through this run. McClintock is far superior as it offers technical singletrack and more steeps than the service road. Plus, there is far less people traffic.
Weekly Totals:
Miles: 33.5
Vert: 7,550'
Time: 6hr 29min
3/19 - 3/25:
3/22 Thu: 4.2 mi (:39, 700') McClintock, Mesa to NCAR - PM lazy run after work
3/23 Fri: 7.4 mi (1:15, 1,330') MClintock, Mesa to N. Shanahan - Really nice evening stroll through the cool shade of the forest.
3/25 Sun: 20 mi (4:05, 4,010') S.Brook, Goshawk, Mesa - My first 20er of the season! I ran the first 8-mile loop with Mehri and since she doesn't run trails too often, the pace was really mild. I felt strong late in the run with all the typically steep climbs on Mesa, which was very encouraging. Had I run this solo, I'd probably be 20 mins quicker, but since it's the first 20er of the year, I don't really care. It was a blast of a run. I can't wait for SoBo Creek to start raging for my routine post-run foot-soaking sessions.
Weekly Totals:
Miles: 31.6
Vert: 6,040'
Time: 6hrs flat
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