Midweek short-long run

Took care of an 8 miler on Wednesday due to heading out of town this weekend.

Canyonlands Half Marathon in Moab, UT

     I just got back into town after running the Canyonlands Half Marathon in Moab, Utah on Saturday. The race begins 11 miles up the most stunning canyon with the Arches National Park and the mighty Colorado River on your right. The last two miles into town was tough as it was suddenly hot as we exited the canyon and there was a slight uphill grade which was accentuated because of the fairly consistent downhill for the first 11 miles. I hadn't really trained up properly with my longest run "only" ten miles so I feel that I ran pretty well considering. The weather was beautiful with no wind. I ran the entire race with Rob Dean from my running group and his presence was a big help especially during the last two miles.

     I would highly recommend this race as the scenery is spectacular! For those bloggers with a fondness for beer (that's you, Gary) Moab is definitely NOT dry!

Beautiful morning run

Did a lap around Chatfield Reservoir this morning for 16 miles. Left at sunrise and watched the hot air balloons take off. A beautiful morning for a run, but I can't lie....these long runs are starting to get brutal.

3/15 Summit

Can't believe that it took until March 15th until it was clear enough to run the summit of East Rock. It was not fast and not down was more fun than up, but we did it. Could it be a trend? Let's hope so!!!!

Back to more mileage

Knocked out 14 yesterday, it wasn't pretty at the end. :)

Easy 8

Everything is relative, nowadays an 8 mile run for my "light" week seems nice and short.