10-17-2011
Mon - Off
10-18-2011
Tues - 55 mins
Pineridge + Foothills trail. Super windy afternoon. Easy effort after the last 2 days off, but that head wind was brutal. 40-50mph gusts!
10-19-2011
Wed - 45 mins
Pineridge. Easy. Legs felt good.
10-20-2011
Thurs - 50 mins
Foothills trail. Ran the ups hard. easy on the downs and flats.
10-21-2011
Fri - 1:20
Horsetooth Mtn Park. easy. Felt great. took several photos along the way. felt strong on the climbs. Parked at the Horsetooth liquor store parking lot and ran the mile to the TH. (no parking pass)
Falls > Spring Creek > Soderberg > Horsetooth rock > South Ridge > Horsetooth Rock > falls > 1 mile back down to truck.
10-22-2011
Sat - Off
10-23-2011
Sun - 35 mins
Troutman Park. Easy. Ran a few miles, on the grass..in the dark..at 9pm, throughout troutman park + 10 striders X 100m each (roughly).
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Overall another fairly easy week of running. I am enjoying this easy downtime as I know heavier traininig is just around the corner.
Saturday was super busy and we spent most of the day down in Denver visiting family and didnt get home until about 9:30 pm. Too exhausted to get out for a run that night. And Sunday was also busy (Tebow time!), but managed to squeeze in a short scamper through the park by our house at about 9pm. Striders on grass felt good for a change.
Still havent ran at the track yet or run anything super long....but that will slowly come into the picture starting in November.
I plan to slowly pick up the mileage and include some speed stuff Starting the beginning of November, in preparation for a long base building winter season.
Not sure what was the cause of my stomach issues last week, but whatever it was..it is gone.
Still looking ahead at the racing calendar for 2012, and besides Leadville, Im not sure what other races to register for. Since it is my first true go at the ultra stuff, I dont have any prequalifying times to get into several races that require a standard for entry. Perhaps in 2013, I will have a few ultras under my belt and can use those times for entry qualification.
But for 2012, I do have some local (in colorado or wyoming) options to choose from. Plan to start seeing what race options are out there starting in November. Hopefully 1-2 100 milers and 2-3 50 milers for 2012 (with a handful of local 5k and 10k stuff here and there)
....we'll see.
A few pics from Horsetooth Mtn on Friday:
RECAP : (10/17 - 10/23) Total Time : 4hrs 5mins
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On a side note, Eliana turned 11 months old this past week!
Andrea has been working hard on her birthday invites. Its amazing how fast time goes by! Looking forward to watching Eliana dig into her slice of cake on Nov 22! ;-)
Monday, October 24, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
RECAP : Oct 10 - Oct 16
10-10-2011
Mon - 47 min
Pineridge. easy
10-11-2011
Tues - 33 min
Foothills. easy
10-12-2011
Wed - 36 min
Pineridge. easy
10-13-2011
Thurs - OFF
10-14-2011
Fri - 50 min
Pineridge + Foothills. easy. I was feeling some spring in the legs and decided to give the 1 mile section along the west most trail at pineridge a little push. Rattled out a 6:12 mile on the rolling up and down stuff running South to North on the trail. Not all out by any means, but it felt good to up the tempo a bit and let some fresh air fill up the lungs.
10-15-2011
Sat - 1:08
Horsetooth park. Ran with Steve. Originally was planning on running: Inlet Bay > Soderberg TH > Shoreline > South Valley > Mill Creek > Towers > back to truck...
However, The combination of taking a wrong turn and having digestive issues right from the go (had to drop trou' 3 times!)..ugh! we decided to cut it short and basically turned around at the Arthurs Rock parking lot and came back the same way.
10-16-2011
Sun - OFF
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Another easy maintenance week by my standards. My legs are feeling fresh and strong and have barely broken into a sweat during most of my runs during the week. I dont know what it was, but for about 3 days last week my digestive system was not feeling it. Which is why I decided to take off on Sunday. The run on Saturday morning was cut short because of this. I was really looking forward to the climb up Mill Creek, as I wanted to give this section a solid push. But that wasnt going to happen based on how I was feeling. Planning on running this route sometime in the near future though for sure.
Registration for the Leadville 100 opens up in a few short weeks and I am amped about getting my name on the entrant list. Once my name is officially on the list.....let the training begin!
It will be hard to slack off this winter knowing that I will be putting myself through 100 miles of quad busting and lung burning pain.. all above 10,000 ft come next August. And I cannot wait!
In the meantime, I havent done speed work in months (literally since June I believe). I think I will be throwing in random fartlek workouts this winter on the trails, as well hitting the track on occasion. It just feels good to run fast sometimes! Also getting in some quality long runs with a good amount of vertical is something I plan to do once a week as the winter season approaches.
Another easy week of running is planned for this next week. Hopefully without any stomach issues.
Cooler weather is finally here, and it feels great to be running in the cool refreshing air that is Colorado right now. The crackling of multi colored leaves under my feet as I run down the trail is pure bliss
:-)
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RECAP (10/10-10/16) - Total Time : 3 hrs 54 mins
Mon - 47 min
Pineridge. easy
10-11-2011
Tues - 33 min
Foothills. easy
10-12-2011
Wed - 36 min
Pineridge. easy
10-13-2011
Thurs - OFF
10-14-2011
Fri - 50 min
Pineridge + Foothills. easy. I was feeling some spring in the legs and decided to give the 1 mile section along the west most trail at pineridge a little push. Rattled out a 6:12 mile on the rolling up and down stuff running South to North on the trail. Not all out by any means, but it felt good to up the tempo a bit and let some fresh air fill up the lungs.
10-15-2011
Sat - 1:08
Horsetooth park. Ran with Steve. Originally was planning on running: Inlet Bay > Soderberg TH > Shoreline > South Valley > Mill Creek > Towers > back to truck...
However, The combination of taking a wrong turn and having digestive issues right from the go (had to drop trou' 3 times!)..ugh! we decided to cut it short and basically turned around at the Arthurs Rock parking lot and came back the same way.
10-16-2011
Sun - OFF
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Another easy maintenance week by my standards. My legs are feeling fresh and strong and have barely broken into a sweat during most of my runs during the week. I dont know what it was, but for about 3 days last week my digestive system was not feeling it. Which is why I decided to take off on Sunday. The run on Saturday morning was cut short because of this. I was really looking forward to the climb up Mill Creek, as I wanted to give this section a solid push. But that wasnt going to happen based on how I was feeling. Planning on running this route sometime in the near future though for sure.
Registration for the Leadville 100 opens up in a few short weeks and I am amped about getting my name on the entrant list. Once my name is officially on the list.....let the training begin!
It will be hard to slack off this winter knowing that I will be putting myself through 100 miles of quad busting and lung burning pain.. all above 10,000 ft come next August. And I cannot wait!
In the meantime, I havent done speed work in months (literally since June I believe). I think I will be throwing in random fartlek workouts this winter on the trails, as well hitting the track on occasion. It just feels good to run fast sometimes! Also getting in some quality long runs with a good amount of vertical is something I plan to do once a week as the winter season approaches.
Another easy week of running is planned for this next week. Hopefully without any stomach issues.
Cooler weather is finally here, and it feels great to be running in the cool refreshing air that is Colorado right now. The crackling of multi colored leaves under my feet as I run down the trail is pure bliss
:-)
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RECAP (10/10-10/16) - Total Time : 3 hrs 54 mins
Monday, October 10, 2011
RECAP : Oct 3 - Oct 09
10-03-2011
Mon - 43 mins
Pineridge. Easy running. Really enjoy the west trail along Pineridge. tacked on the little extra climb near the west parking lot. A small climb that ends at the bench overlooking a nice view of Pineridge.
10-04-2011
Tues - 1:02
Horsetooth. Inlet Bay > Towers > Stout > Spring Creek > Falls > back down to truck. Felt great to run on different trails for a change. Always a fun time on Horsetooth Mtn.
10-05-2011
Wed - 45 mins
Foothills Trail. Easy running along foothills trail starting from Maxwell trailhead.
10-06-2011
Thurs - OFF
10-07-2011
Fri - 1:05
Foothills Trail + Pineridge. Easy.
10-08-2011
Sat - OFF
10-09-2011
Sun - OFF
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Overall a very easy week of running. I decided on the nay for Silent Trails 10 miler. A part of me wanted to run it and a part of me wanted to have a relaxing morning with the family. I decided on the latter. Which was probably a good idea as the weather in Fort Collins Saturday morning was in the upper 30's and raining. Which meant the the weather in Laramie was probably colder and maybe even snowing, and perhaps windy!
Coffee, fireplace, Sweat pants and TV sounded much more appealing at the time.
I actually wasnt planning on taking the weekend off, but decided to anyway. This is an odd time of the year in regards to running and training for me. I am not really training for anything at the moment. I might run one or two races later this fall and winter, but nothing major. Nothing I would consider actually training for. More like "hop in" races just to keep the wheels moving.
Looking into the future I know that next spring and summer I hope to be training like an animal with the hopes of finishing my first 50 and 100 mile mountain ultras. And with that being the focus I need to make sure I maintain a certain level of fitness this winter, without burning out or feeling the need to take time off just as I am about to ramp up the training next spring. I hope to feel fresh and ready to bring it next summer. So with that being said I think a good plan of attack will be for me to maintain my fitness this winter without overdoing it. Which means lots of easy and off days mixed with some longer days and perhaps a handfull of times at the track for some shorter up tempo stuff. Nothing brutal, just enough to keep my endurance and speed in check during these winter months.
The weather forecast has this week in the 60's, and this morning my truck was covered in ice for the first time this year. Hopefully a sure sign that cooler weather is here to stay.
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RECAP (10/03-10/09) - Total Time : 3hrs 30 minutes
Mon - 43 mins
Pineridge. Easy running. Really enjoy the west trail along Pineridge. tacked on the little extra climb near the west parking lot. A small climb that ends at the bench overlooking a nice view of Pineridge.
10-04-2011
Tues - 1:02
Horsetooth. Inlet Bay > Towers > Stout > Spring Creek > Falls > back down to truck. Felt great to run on different trails for a change. Always a fun time on Horsetooth Mtn.
10-05-2011
Wed - 45 mins
Foothills Trail. Easy running along foothills trail starting from Maxwell trailhead.
10-06-2011
Thurs - OFF
10-07-2011
Fri - 1:05
Foothills Trail + Pineridge. Easy.
10-08-2011
Sat - OFF
10-09-2011
Sun - OFF
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Overall a very easy week of running. I decided on the nay for Silent Trails 10 miler. A part of me wanted to run it and a part of me wanted to have a relaxing morning with the family. I decided on the latter. Which was probably a good idea as the weather in Fort Collins Saturday morning was in the upper 30's and raining. Which meant the the weather in Laramie was probably colder and maybe even snowing, and perhaps windy!
Coffee, fireplace, Sweat pants and TV sounded much more appealing at the time.
I actually wasnt planning on taking the weekend off, but decided to anyway. This is an odd time of the year in regards to running and training for me. I am not really training for anything at the moment. I might run one or two races later this fall and winter, but nothing major. Nothing I would consider actually training for. More like "hop in" races just to keep the wheels moving.
Looking into the future I know that next spring and summer I hope to be training like an animal with the hopes of finishing my first 50 and 100 mile mountain ultras. And with that being the focus I need to make sure I maintain a certain level of fitness this winter, without burning out or feeling the need to take time off just as I am about to ramp up the training next spring. I hope to feel fresh and ready to bring it next summer. So with that being said I think a good plan of attack will be for me to maintain my fitness this winter without overdoing it. Which means lots of easy and off days mixed with some longer days and perhaps a handfull of times at the track for some shorter up tempo stuff. Nothing brutal, just enough to keep my endurance and speed in check during these winter months.
The weather forecast has this week in the 60's, and this morning my truck was covered in ice for the first time this year. Hopefully a sure sign that cooler weather is here to stay.
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RECAP (10/03-10/09) - Total Time : 3hrs 30 minutes
Monday, October 3, 2011
RECAP: Sept 26 - Oct 2
09-26-2011
Mon- 45mins
Pineridge. easy run thoughout pineridge trails.
09-27-2011
Tues - 1:10
Foothills + Pineridge loop. Moderate pace. felt good.
09-28-2011
Wed - 40mins
Pineridge. Easy running. Was planning on a speed session at the track but had no time throughout the day to make it happen.
09-29-2011
Thurs - 45mins
Foothills Trail. easy. Woke up late so no run in the morning.
09-30-2011
Fri - 45mins
Pineridge. easy. Same as yesterday.
10-01-2011
Sat - 1:30
Pineridge + Foothills Trail. Woke up late. Ran fairly hard overall. Was planning to run 3 hours this morning but cut it in half due to a late start getting out of bed in the morning. felt good. Had a fresh pair of knobs.
10-02-2011
Sun - 35mins
Ran throughout a few neighborhoods pushing Eliana in the baby jogger while Andrea rode along side on her bike. First official run with the jogger and felt good. A few slight adjustments to breathing, arm movements, and focusing on the cracks in the pavement and debris in front me than I normally do when running. But overall it was fun! We might make this a weekly family routine.
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Last week was a super busy week at work. On the running front I didnt get a chance to run at the track (despite my office being about 70 yards from the homestretch), and at least 3 times I attempted to get up early before work, but was simply too exhausted and chose the extra 90 minutes of rest instead.
Saturdays run was intended to go for about 3 hours, but instead of getting up at 5:30am, as planned, I woke at 8am instead. Having family plans later that morning I opted to cut it in half, but still managed to get in a quality run.
I guess my body was just telling me to rest, and when my body speaks to me, I generally listen. I felt really fresh and well rested, throughout the week and weekend. A nice perk to having an easy week of training.
I am not sure about running the silent trails 10 miler this upcoming weekend. I may, I may not.
The weather lately has been brutal. low 90's! Ugh! Where is the cool, 55 degree overcast Autumn weather? Looking forward to cooler temps for sure.
I am hoping I have more time this week for some longer runs. Work has been busy, and I didnt have the time to run anything else besides Pineridge or Foothills trail. But hopefully it will die down soon and free up some time so that I can get in a few runs out in Horsetooth Mtn Park, Blue Sky...etc
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RECAP (09/03-09/11) - Total Time : 5hrs 1 minute
RECAP (09/12-09/18) - Total Time : 7hrs 22 minutes
RECAP (09/19-09/25) - Total Time : 5hrs 44 minutes
RECAP (09/26-10/02) - Total Time : 6hrs 10 minutes
September Total Time - 24 hrs 18 minutes
Mon- 45mins
Pineridge. easy run thoughout pineridge trails.
09-27-2011
Tues - 1:10
Foothills + Pineridge loop. Moderate pace. felt good.
09-28-2011
Wed - 40mins
Pineridge. Easy running. Was planning on a speed session at the track but had no time throughout the day to make it happen.
09-29-2011
Thurs - 45mins
Foothills Trail. easy. Woke up late so no run in the morning.
09-30-2011
Fri - 45mins
Pineridge. easy. Same as yesterday.
10-01-2011
Sat - 1:30
Pineridge + Foothills Trail. Woke up late. Ran fairly hard overall. Was planning to run 3 hours this morning but cut it in half due to a late start getting out of bed in the morning. felt good. Had a fresh pair of knobs.
10-02-2011
Sun - 35mins
Ran throughout a few neighborhoods pushing Eliana in the baby jogger while Andrea rode along side on her bike. First official run with the jogger and felt good. A few slight adjustments to breathing, arm movements, and focusing on the cracks in the pavement and debris in front me than I normally do when running. But overall it was fun! We might make this a weekly family routine.
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Last week was a super busy week at work. On the running front I didnt get a chance to run at the track (despite my office being about 70 yards from the homestretch), and at least 3 times I attempted to get up early before work, but was simply too exhausted and chose the extra 90 minutes of rest instead.
Saturdays run was intended to go for about 3 hours, but instead of getting up at 5:30am, as planned, I woke at 8am instead. Having family plans later that morning I opted to cut it in half, but still managed to get in a quality run.
I guess my body was just telling me to rest, and when my body speaks to me, I generally listen. I felt really fresh and well rested, throughout the week and weekend. A nice perk to having an easy week of training.
I am not sure about running the silent trails 10 miler this upcoming weekend. I may, I may not.
The weather lately has been brutal. low 90's! Ugh! Where is the cool, 55 degree overcast Autumn weather? Looking forward to cooler temps for sure.
I am hoping I have more time this week for some longer runs. Work has been busy, and I didnt have the time to run anything else besides Pineridge or Foothills trail. But hopefully it will die down soon and free up some time so that I can get in a few runs out in Horsetooth Mtn Park, Blue Sky...etc
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RECAP (09/03-09/11) - Total Time : 5hrs 1 minute
RECAP (09/12-09/18) - Total Time : 7hrs 22 minutes
RECAP (09/19-09/25) - Total Time : 5hrs 44 minutes
RECAP (09/26-10/02) - Total Time : 6hrs 10 minutes
September Total Time - 24 hrs 18 minutes
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
RECAP : Sept 19 - Sept 25
Last week was mostly centered around the Sombrero trail race. Which didnt go exactly as I had hoped on the rough downhill sections. My ankle doesnt hurt, it just doesnt respond the way I would have liked on the tech downhills. I know that over time this will go away, and I need to focus on the bigger picture. The winter is approaching and I am not planning on running many races this winter, so I have all that time to simply enjoy the trails and let my ankle get back to normal over the course of the fall/winter months. And then I can look forward to the 2012 spring and summer, which for me, will hopefully include a few trail ultras.(something that I have been eagerly anticipating)
This next week I might head over to the track for a quality speed session, and get some zing back into the legs. Thinking about running the Silent trails 10 miler in a couple of weeks and I am hoping to get in some quality leg turnover sessions from now until the race. (if I decide to run it) I would also like to get in a handfull of long runs in the next week or two as well.
The remainder of 2011 fall/winter will be focused on slowly building up my endurance in preparation for a handful of ultras next year, including Leadville 100 next august, which will be my main focus race in 2012.
Weather has been warm of late (mid 80's to upper 80's) ugh! ...I am hoping the Autumn weather returns soon.
Total Time : 5hrs 44 minutes
This next week I might head over to the track for a quality speed session, and get some zing back into the legs. Thinking about running the Silent trails 10 miler in a couple of weeks and I am hoping to get in some quality leg turnover sessions from now until the race. (if I decide to run it) I would also like to get in a handfull of long runs in the next week or two as well.
The remainder of 2011 fall/winter will be focused on slowly building up my endurance in preparation for a handful of ultras next year, including Leadville 100 next august, which will be my main focus race in 2012.
Weather has been warm of late (mid 80's to upper 80's) ugh! ...I am hoping the Autumn weather returns soon.
Total Time : 5hrs 44 minutes
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sombrero Trail Race
Course Profile
Have you ever had a dream where you are running as fast as you can, and still you go nowhere?....well, more on this later.
Woke up early on Saturday and felt pretty good, somewhat nervous, but overall good. The weather was great, got some good rest...a perfect morning.
Myself, Andrea and Eliana headed out the door together for the 1 hour scenic drive up to Estes Park. I had only heard about this race a few weeks prior and it sounded interesting. I figure it wasn't too long of a race, but had some good climbs, was fairly local and great mountain views! It sounded like a good "feeler" race to really test out the progression of not only coming off an ankle injury, but also to test out my nearly 5 weeks of sedentary time as a couch potato...the entire month of August, and a tad in early September.
Arriving an hour early left me plenty of time to register, warmup and go over the race in my head a few more times. To my surprise, even getting there an hour early we had to park 1/2 mile from the start, as the road was crammed with parked cars all along the shoulder of the road and people walking and jogging back down to the registration table. A packed house!
After registering, clipping my timing chip to my shoe, and pinning on my race number I had a solid 30 minutes before the start. I took this time to jog the first part of the course up to the first climb of the day....ever so cleverly named, Piss Hill.
I sucked down a tangerine flavored GU and jogged back down to the start. With 10 minutes to go, I stripped down to my racing get-up, and hung out at the start line until it was time to race. The weather was great, low 60's, clear sky, and no breeze.
With a couple of minutes to go before the start, the race director had some last minute updates and noteworthy suggestions on the course. One being that he said that there were over 1,000 little flags all along the course to help prevent runners from going off course. This was a true testament to the hard work and preparation that the RD, volunteers and staff had made for us runners. I am thankful.
Toeing the line:
I toed the line and didn't really know what to expect, both from me and from the course itself. The race went off and a surge of runners took off, myself included. The first (and only) flat part of the course is the first 300m, before turning up Piss Hill. The first mile of the course is singletrack rolling stuff, nothing too technical (YET!), with loose sandy dirt as the main part of the trail. I actually ran most of the climb up Piss Hill just off the trail, bushwacking it, as the ground here was hard and packed. Got to the first mile in the top 10, about 20-30 seconds behind the leaders. At this point we were all running in a single file line up the mile long hill with about 2 or 3 strides separating each runner. Clear view of the leaders, not feeling over worked, legs and lungs feeling good....time to make my move and work up the line of runners ahead...(or so I thought!)
leading up to the first mile, a rare smooth section of trail
mile 1
Shortly after the first mile, the trail gets very technical in sections, which felt fine on the flats and the climbs, but it was pretty clear right off the bat that my ankle was no where near to being able to "drop the hammer" on these fast moving descents. By the time I got to mile 2 I was somewhere between 10-15 place. I lost track after awhile. Every technical downhill (launching 3 feet off a rock, landing on a large tree root, and instantly launching off that and landing on a awkward diagonal slab of rock and then launch back onto the loose gravely rock trail), left me losing valuable ground on the runners in front of me. There must have been over a dozen sections of the trail that I slowed up because the technicality of the descending trail. That, combined with a semi bum ankle, had me moving over off the trail to let runners pass on by (I was obviously holding up the stream of runners behind me, as I was getting passed in groups of 4-5 runners at a time). Generally speaking I can keep my position on the downs and actually enjoy the technical stuff, split second decisions...etc, but my ankle was not having it. I tried on a few occasions to surge and "let go" on these sections, but I just didn't feel like my ankle was responding like I would have needed it to in order to make up ground.
Then as soon as we reached the bottom of the descents the trail generally went back up (aside from a few "flat" sections here and there), and it was during these uphill climbs and on the rolling stuff that I was able to almost instantly motor on by the runners who just passed me on the downs.
Honestly, miles 2-4 were really a blur, I don't remember much aside from trying as hard as I could to make up time on the climbs because I was loosing so much ground on every downhill section.
I would then proceed to catch back up, pass some runners and then get smoked on the next down by the same runners I just passed on the climb. This yo-yo and back and forth running was pretty much how the rest of the race went.
I crossed the line in 41 flat. I was hoping for a sub 35 performance, but that wasn't going to happen while poking along down the descents. I am not sure what place I came in...top 25? top 20 maybe? During the last 1.5 miles, once I realized I was at least 6 minutes off of my predicted pace, I put it on cruise control and just tried not to crash and burn on the rocky steep downs, and took in whatever views I could manage during the micro-seconds I had to lift my eyes off the trail ahead.
The after race grub was great!
Hopefully I will be back next year...injury free.
I took some things away from this race. I got some things to work on, but overall felt like I gave it the best I could considering how my ankle was feeling. The course was more technical than anything I have ran on in the last few months since my injury. I felt great on the climbs and that was encouraging, on that front.
Total Time : 41 minutes + 20 minutes of Warm up
Thursday : 35 minutes easy on Pineridge
Friday : 30 minutes easy on Pineridge
Sunday PM: 35 minutes easy around town in the evening. asphalt action!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Foothills Trail (9/21)
Today's run started out at the Maxwell trailhead, just South of the CSU football stadium. With a race a few days out, I wanted to make this my last hard effort of the week.
I basically ran a controlled tempo, "30 minutes out, 30 minutes back". However the second half of my hard runs are usually slightly faster than the first half, as I try to push a negative split in my hard runs in hopes of training my body to push harder and run faster during the latter stages of a race when I am generally more fatigued.
I ran the climbs and the downs hard, and easy on the flats. More specifically, I wanted to run the ups as hard and efficient as I could without redlining, and run the downs focusing on my footwork and putting more "trust" in my ankle.
I felt great on the climbs and pretty good on the downs. I still have slight hesitation on some of the more technical fast descending sections of the trail. I think this is more a mental thing, that will eventually go away with time...and more downhill running.
Anyway, felt good overall.
Up next...2 days of easy running, followed by the Sombrero trail race!
Total Time : 58:25 (30 minutes out, 28:25 back)
I basically ran a controlled tempo, "30 minutes out, 30 minutes back". However the second half of my hard runs are usually slightly faster than the first half, as I try to push a negative split in my hard runs in hopes of training my body to push harder and run faster during the latter stages of a race when I am generally more fatigued.
I ran the climbs and the downs hard, and easy on the flats. More specifically, I wanted to run the ups as hard and efficient as I could without redlining, and run the downs focusing on my footwork and putting more "trust" in my ankle.
I felt great on the climbs and pretty good on the downs. I still have slight hesitation on some of the more technical fast descending sections of the trail. I think this is more a mental thing, that will eventually go away with time...and more downhill running.
Anyway, felt good overall.
Up next...2 days of easy running, followed by the Sombrero trail race!
Total Time : 58:25 (30 minutes out, 28:25 back)
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