Saturday Ice Dodging

Got my long run in, zigzagging back and forth on the trail to avoid all the ice. Looking forward to warmer weather for some better conditions. 14 miles today, to cap off a 23 mile week.

Easy Treadmill Run at the YMCA

     As the weather is a bit dodgy today I ran my 50 minute Zone 1 run on the treadmill at the "Y" this morning instead of running with my group tonight. Wise decision on the old man's part as they just cancelled tonight's run.
    We are skiing tomorrow at Copper and Monday and Tuesday at Crested Butte with a long run on Saturday.
     BTW, has anyone seen Chris??

Long Run

This time I planned ahead, got my 12 miles in on Friday before our weekend snow storm.

Toughing out the storm

No reason to get out and run while it's 65 and sunny, when you can do 10 miles in the middle of a snow storm!

Sunday LSD

     I ran on my own this morning as I could not attend my running group's run yesterday. I did a trail run from Superior to Highway 93 and back. The weather deteriorated during the run with the Flatirons nearly obscured near the end. I ran for 1:55 and covered 9.22 miles. Now it is snowing so I'm happy that I started when I did. The first part of the run was somewhat uphill and made me doubt myself, but then I felt better and ran my fastest two miles at the downhill end of the run.
     Anyone out there? Or am I talking to myself?

Saturday LSD

     Well, I survived today's long run - barley! Our monthly Overlook flamingo party was last night at 12 Degree Brewing Co. They specialize in Belgium style beer. I only had 2 1/2 glasses, but I forgot about the high Alcohol content! Lesson learned! (I hope) The weather was beautiful with a temp of 70F at the end. Numerous walk breaks were required!  I ended up with a time on legs of 1:33 and a little short of 8 miles.

Tuesday Hill Workout

     Today I celebrated my Birthday by heading to the YMCA for a treadmill workout. We are having dinner tonight at Bistro Vendome so I will miss our F4 evening workout. I simulated the hill workout that my buddies will be running tonight.
     I ran the following at Zone 4:
4 X 30 sec @ 6% grade & 6.5 mph
4 X 45 sec @ 6% grade & 6.5-7.0 mph
Happy trails!

Saturday Run

10 miles to the south end of Chatfield Reservoir and back. Starting to gear up for a June marathon.