Mon - 5 mi (:42) Twin Lakes
Tue - 3.5 mi (:36) Twin Lakes
Wed - 6 mi (1:31, 2,700') Green Mtn via Chat, Amphi, SR, Greenman
Thu - Nothing
Fri - 5 mi (1:13, 2,400') Green Mtn - Hit the summit with a PR 42:20!
Sat - 4 mi (:53, 1,500') Mt Sanitas, Red Rocks, Anemone - Sort of played around. Hit the summit of Sanitas in :23, cruised up to Red Rocks (climbed around) and Anemone.
Sun - 17 mi (4:13, 4,500') Golden Gate Canyon State Park - Did some recon of the Dirty Thirty race course. Focused on the first and last sections - Mountain Lion, Buffalo, Snowshoe Hare, backside of Mountain Lion, Burro, Windy Peak. What an amazingly underrated state park. No crowds, beautiful track/scenery, and great history.
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Weekly Totals:
Miles: 40
Vertical: 11,100'
Time: 9hrs, 10mins
Monday, May 21, 2012
Weekly Update: 5/7 - 5/13
Mon - Nothing
Tue - 5 mi (:45) Twin Lakes - Mellow shake out after the 24-miler on Sunday
Wed - 3.5 mi (:31) Twin Lakes - Another easy run
Thu - 2.4 mi (:45, 600') View Point Trail - Rode my bike to Flagstaff Mtn after work. Hadn't run this trail before. I was running out of time as I had to grab beers with some friends at Avery (rough life, I know), so I skipped the summit.
Fri - Nothing
Sat - 9 mi (2:03, 3,000') Green Mtn, down Bear Canyon, back on Mesa Trail - My kind of weather, super cloudy and cool. Made quick work up Green, :44 summit. Bear Canyon was completely socked in, awesome.
Sun - 8 mi (1:57, 2,800') Flagstaff Mtn & Green Mtn - Another nice day with mild temps.
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Weekly Totals:
Miles: 27
Vertical: 6,400'
Time: 6hrs flat
Backed off the mileage from the previous week by about 40%. I feel like the weekly schedule has been getting a little lopsided, with the majority of the miles coming from the Sunday long run. With the Dirty Thirty around the corner, I'm not going to push the distance much further until then.
Tue - 5 mi (:45) Twin Lakes - Mellow shake out after the 24-miler on Sunday
Wed - 3.5 mi (:31) Twin Lakes - Another easy run
Thu - 2.4 mi (:45, 600') View Point Trail - Rode my bike to Flagstaff Mtn after work. Hadn't run this trail before. I was running out of time as I had to grab beers with some friends at Avery (rough life, I know), so I skipped the summit.
Fri - Nothing
Sat - 9 mi (2:03, 3,000') Green Mtn, down Bear Canyon, back on Mesa Trail - My kind of weather, super cloudy and cool. Made quick work up Green, :44 summit. Bear Canyon was completely socked in, awesome.
Sun - 8 mi (1:57, 2,800') Flagstaff Mtn & Green Mtn - Another nice day with mild temps.
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Weekly Totals:
Miles: 27
Vertical: 6,400'
Time: 6hrs flat
Backed off the mileage from the previous week by about 40%. I feel like the weekly schedule has been getting a little lopsided, with the majority of the miles coming from the Sunday long run. With the Dirty Thirty around the corner, I'm not going to push the distance much further until then.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Weekly Update: 4/30 - 5/6
Tue: 2 mi (:18) Twin Lakes - A scant run, but my left knee exhibited some acute soreness occasionally in the upper-right patella region as a result of really tight quads after Sunday's long run.
Wed: 3.5 mi (:32) Twin Lakes - Little test run to make sure the knee was proper and it was.
Thu: 7 mi (1,600', 1:28) McClintock/Mesa/Bluestem - Didn't feel much soreness until after an hour, at which point the pain wouldn't let up, so I stopped running and walked the last two miles. Just before I stopped running (I was climbing the little switchback behind NCAR) I happened upon a bear casually crusing the trail going my direction. We had a little moment before he ambled down into the drainage.
Sat: 8 mi (3,600', 2:27) SoBo Peak & Bear Peak via Towhee/Shadow Canyon/down Fern Canyon/Bluestem - After tons of stretching on Friday, the knee was legit, so I headed to South Mesa to go up SoBo Peak and Bear Peak. My ascent of Shadow was at a super casual pace (stopping a couple times to let others go ahead - I hate leading people up climbs because I tend to run too hard), hitting the saddle in 1:02. I reached the summit of SoBo in 1:09 and Bear in 1:21. I descended Fern super slowly to make sure the knee didn't freak out.
Sun: 24 mi (5,010', 4:53) Goshawk loop/Mesa/McClintock/Mesa/Doudy to Springbrook - Really nice and slow long one. Perfect temps the whole morning, ~low 60's. Definitely a solid 5-hour outing. Legs were good the whole way and so was the knee!
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Weekly Totals:
Miles: 45
Vertical: 10,210
Time: 9:39:39
Wed: 3.5 mi (:32) Twin Lakes - Little test run to make sure the knee was proper and it was.
Thu: 7 mi (1,600', 1:28) McClintock/Mesa/Bluestem - Didn't feel much soreness until after an hour, at which point the pain wouldn't let up, so I stopped running and walked the last two miles. Just before I stopped running (I was climbing the little switchback behind NCAR) I happened upon a bear casually crusing the trail going my direction. We had a little moment before he ambled down into the drainage.
Sat: 8 mi (3,600', 2:27) SoBo Peak & Bear Peak via Towhee/Shadow Canyon/down Fern Canyon/Bluestem - After tons of stretching on Friday, the knee was legit, so I headed to South Mesa to go up SoBo Peak and Bear Peak. My ascent of Shadow was at a super casual pace (stopping a couple times to let others go ahead - I hate leading people up climbs because I tend to run too hard), hitting the saddle in 1:02. I reached the summit of SoBo in 1:09 and Bear in 1:21. I descended Fern super slowly to make sure the knee didn't freak out.
Sun: 24 mi (5,010', 4:53) Goshawk loop/Mesa/McClintock/Mesa/Doudy to Springbrook - Really nice and slow long one. Perfect temps the whole morning, ~low 60's. Definitely a solid 5-hour outing. Legs were good the whole way and so was the knee!
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Weekly Totals:
Miles: 45
Vertical: 10,210
Time: 9:39:39
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