1/9/12 - Rest.
1/10/12 - 6.08 miles. :57:22. Steamboat. Noon. Did the 3.5 mile loop from Dizzle's out to the middle school during lunch. PM. After work, I did another 2.5 miles out and back on Spring Creek.
1/11/12 - 5.27 miles. :49:19. Steamboat. PM. Left work an hour early so I could still run in a little sunlight. Not much, though. It was dark by the time I wrapped it up. Out and back on Spring Creek.
1/12/12 - 0 miles. Didn't get out due to work, cold weather and life.
1/13/12 - Rest.
1/14/12 - 14.28 miles. 2:39:12. >1000'v. Steamboat. AM. Headed into town early with Katy so that I could go to the shop and work on her car after my run. It was a brisk 5 degrees when I started out. From downtown, I hopped on the Core Trail across from the rodeo grounds and headed toward the mountain. I ran through my old neighborhood at Indian Meadows where some people had cleared the snow off the pond and set up a hockey rink. At the end of the trail, I decided to take a lap around Whistler Park. From there, I got back on the roads and did the 700' climb up to the top of Apres Ski Lane and then came downhill on Ski Trail Lane before stopping in at the Lodge to say hi to Katy, Greg and Patrick for a minute. Afterwards, I continued downhill on Mt. Werner Circle and started to feel a little sore in some of my core muscles. The feeling passed after a couple of miles and I was feeling good again by the time I got back to town. As I ran passed Howelsen Hill, I could see cross country skiers competing and heard an announcer saying they were collegiate athletes. There was a good sized crowd at Olympian Hall. I ran down to the library then crossed over the 13th Street bridge and ran the rail road tracks until I crossed back over to the BMX track. I ran on the side of the cross country ski track that had been groomed next to the softball fields and could hear skiers coming up behind me. I almost felt like I was in the race for a minute there. I would've stuck around to watch the race if I didn't have a Subaru engine to take apart to install new head gaskets. I finished up my run at the high school and did a quarter mile of walking/shuffling to cool down. Overall, it was kind of a tough run with the rough patch in the middle but it was nice to get past the half-marathon distance again.
1/15/12 - 5.59 miles. :49:45. >500'v. Stagecoach. Thought I might be more tired for today's run but actually felt fairly recovered from my long run with the exception of a little soreness in my inner left quadracep. Since I'm resting tomorrow, I pushed the effort a little bit harder but not overly so.
Weekly Totals: 31.22 miles.
A decent week of running despite getting shut down on Thursday. No matter, that's life. Sure, the overall mileage was down a little but I doubt I'll miss that 6 mile run come next summer. (Hell, I didn't miss it that much on Thursday.) I feel like my body is responding to my training schedule and is getting stronger however, I still have much work to do in the endurance department. Saturday's 14 miler definitely had some rough spots (even though I finished strong) and I'm hoping for good weather next weekend when I need to go 16. After that long run, I'm getting my ribs tattooed (yeah! Graffitti Pete is town for a visit.) so it could end up being a fairly painful day. In a good way, of course. Also, I registered for the Desert R.A.T.S. 25 miler in Fruita on April 14th to use as a long training run. I'm actually going to run 6 miles BEFORE the race starts so that I can get in a 50 kilometer effort. Last year, I was registered to run a half marathon during this yearly trail running festival but didn't go, so I'm stoked for the chance to go run in the high desert this time around.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Weekly Summary: Jan. 2 - Jan. 8
1/2/12 - Rest. My new training schedule calls for an off day on Mondays so I'll try not to run. Instead, I'll try and take the dogs for longer hikes up and down the hills or hit the pool or the weight room. Today, I just hit the hot springs and took it easy.
1/3/12 - 6.07 miles. :57:10. ~350'v. Stagecoach. PM. Clover-leaf run on the roads after work. Cold, dark and enough traffic to make me nervous everytime an oncoming car came bombing down the road with its headlights blinding me. Not a big fan of running roads at night.
1/4/12 - 5.01 miles. :43:10. ~300'v. Steamboat. Noon. Ran a road loop from 4th Street to the middle school and back into town. Then, up and down the trail by the high school for an extra mile. There were a couple good short uphills and I took it easy on the climbs but the downhills were nice and long so I pressed the pace a bit when I had the chance.
1/5/12 - ~6 miles. 54:52. ~300'v. Steamboat. Noon. Great road run (In shorts, no less. Is it really January?) from JDs, past the high school, over to the middle school, then out to Buff Pass road and back into town. Possibly just a touch short of 6 miles but I didn't have my GPS with me for this one. I really like this route: good up and down hills and a couple of flat road miles. What a warm and sunny day, though. I can't believe we're having weather like this! Definitely the most mild January day I've experienced since I moved here.
1/6/12 - Rest.
1/7/12 - 12.15 miles. 2:12:52. 1120'v. Stagecoach. AM. It was supposed to snow this afternoon so I decided to run early and beat the storm (It never materialized. Same thing all winter.) Plus, I just love to run early in the day. It was a crisp morning, mid-20s and lightly snowing. I ran dirt roads covered in just a skiff of snow, hiding the icy spots underneath, for the first 3.5 miles. I probably should've worn my Microspikes but I managed alright. I jumped on the trail that parallels the lakeshore and ran a few trail miles out to the dam. I took in the view of the water spewing out the other side of the dam where the Yampa river was being recreated and relieved myself while basking in the natural beauty. Ahh. Then, after nearly slipping to my ass on the ice, I started my run back home. I retraced my steps in the snow on the trail back to dirt road and then ran a few more miles next to the asphalt road. I kept the effort extremely relaxed, breathing out of my nose almost the entire time. It was a nice, cool morning and I hadn't run in a snowfall for a little while so I took my time and really enjoyed the run. I took two gels during the run. One, just before the 1-hour mark and another at about an hour forty-five. I stayed on top of my hydration and felt really good when the run was over. Not tired a bit. Walked up the hill and back down as a cool down. Already looking forward to going long next weekend. Fourteen miles. Yes.
1/8/12 - 6.28 miles. 1:09:25. 670'v. Spring Creek Trail. AM. Snowfall from the previous 24 hours accumlated a bit more in Steamboat than it did out here in Stagecoach. I bit the bullet and made the drive into town to run Spring Creek for some snowy trail run action in the Microspikes. I did the familiar out and back from JDs downtown abode up to the ridge above Spring Creek. There were a few inches of new snow but the trail had been packed out a little bit by hikers and one skier. The footing was a little dicey, yet fun and challenging. By the time I made it up to the turn around point, I was running in sunlight under a bluebird sky and stoked I had made the drive to town just to run 6 miles. I pushed the pace on the way out and didn't carry water or gels. Excellent run and half mile cool down walk/run around Old Town.
Weekly Mileage: 35.51 miles ~2740'v.
1/3/12 - 6.07 miles. :57:10. ~350'v. Stagecoach. PM. Clover-leaf run on the roads after work. Cold, dark and enough traffic to make me nervous everytime an oncoming car came bombing down the road with its headlights blinding me. Not a big fan of running roads at night.
1/4/12 - 5.01 miles. :43:10. ~300'v. Steamboat. Noon. Ran a road loop from 4th Street to the middle school and back into town. Then, up and down the trail by the high school for an extra mile. There were a couple good short uphills and I took it easy on the climbs but the downhills were nice and long so I pressed the pace a bit when I had the chance.
1/5/12 - ~6 miles. 54:52. ~300'v. Steamboat. Noon. Great road run (In shorts, no less. Is it really January?) from JDs, past the high school, over to the middle school, then out to Buff Pass road and back into town. Possibly just a touch short of 6 miles but I didn't have my GPS with me for this one. I really like this route: good up and down hills and a couple of flat road miles. What a warm and sunny day, though. I can't believe we're having weather like this! Definitely the most mild January day I've experienced since I moved here.
1/6/12 - Rest.
1/7/12 - 12.15 miles. 2:12:52. 1120'v. Stagecoach. AM. It was supposed to snow this afternoon so I decided to run early and beat the storm (It never materialized. Same thing all winter.) Plus, I just love to run early in the day. It was a crisp morning, mid-20s and lightly snowing. I ran dirt roads covered in just a skiff of snow, hiding the icy spots underneath, for the first 3.5 miles. I probably should've worn my Microspikes but I managed alright. I jumped on the trail that parallels the lakeshore and ran a few trail miles out to the dam. I took in the view of the water spewing out the other side of the dam where the Yampa river was being recreated and relieved myself while basking in the natural beauty. Ahh. Then, after nearly slipping to my ass on the ice, I started my run back home. I retraced my steps in the snow on the trail back to dirt road and then ran a few more miles next to the asphalt road. I kept the effort extremely relaxed, breathing out of my nose almost the entire time. It was a nice, cool morning and I hadn't run in a snowfall for a little while so I took my time and really enjoyed the run. I took two gels during the run. One, just before the 1-hour mark and another at about an hour forty-five. I stayed on top of my hydration and felt really good when the run was over. Not tired a bit. Walked up the hill and back down as a cool down. Already looking forward to going long next weekend. Fourteen miles. Yes.
1/8/12 - 6.28 miles. 1:09:25. 670'v. Spring Creek Trail. AM. Snowfall from the previous 24 hours accumlated a bit more in Steamboat than it did out here in Stagecoach. I bit the bullet and made the drive into town to run Spring Creek for some snowy trail run action in the Microspikes. I did the familiar out and back from JDs downtown abode up to the ridge above Spring Creek. There were a few inches of new snow but the trail had been packed out a little bit by hikers and one skier. The footing was a little dicey, yet fun and challenging. By the time I made it up to the turn around point, I was running in sunlight under a bluebird sky and stoked I had made the drive to town just to run 6 miles. I pushed the pace on the way out and didn't carry water or gels. Excellent run and half mile cool down walk/run around Old Town.
Weekly Mileage: 35.51 miles ~2740'v.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Weekly Summary: Dec. 24 - Jan. 1
It's time to get a little more regular on the blog again. It helps me to record my training and analyze what I need to work on while I'm on schedule for my goal race. I've spent the last couple weeks sort of ramping up to the start of my "official" training for my focus race this year, the 2012, and innaugural, Run Rabbit Run 100-mile ultramarathon, slated for September 14-15. The course sounds ridiculously tough with 22,000' of elevation change, including two climbs to Buffalo Pass, a 25-mile loop on Emerald Mountain and two trips to the top of Mt. Werner (at the beginning and the END of the race). More details on the race can be found here: http://www.runrabbitrunsteamboat.com/.
As of this week, I'm trying to establish my workout routine, which will more or less resemble an intermediate runner's marathon training schedule for the first few months, before I really start to pile on the miles. For the first couple months, I'll have two off days and three on days during the work week and I'll be working up to doing back to back long runs on the weekends. Starting at 10 miles, this weekend and increasing by 10% every week. Every 4th week will be an easy week with reduced mileage for recovery purposes. By March, I should have built my long runs up to 3-4 hour range and may run a 50K trail race as a 6-7 hour training run. In April, I'll continue long-running in the 4 to 5 hour per day range on the weekends, with base miles during the week. Possibly return to Buena Vista to do Collegiate Peaks Trail Run as a training run (25 miles) the beginning of May. I'll also have a few days off in April as Katy and I are planning to go to Boston for the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park and watch the Red Sox beat the Yankees! We are also hoping to volunteer at an aid station at the Boston Marathon a couple days later. In mid-May, I might try to run the innaugural Quad Rock 50-miler in Fort Collins. It looks like a good, challenging race and I'm a huge fan of Nick Clark, who is putting on the race with Ft. Collins' Gnar Runners. That will be my first opportunity for a 12-hour run this year. In June, I'm going to run the Steamboat Marathon for the first time. Possibly for a road PR (under 3:38) if (and only if), I've just been running really strong leading up to it. Otherwise, I just want to get in the miles and slow down and enjoy the marathon. It's a beautiful course. At the end of the month, Katy and I fly to San Francisco to get married! Amazing! In July, I've got my eye on running the Leadville Silver Rush 50-miler as another 12-hour training run. July and August will also bring some of the best races in the Steamboat Running Series including a new mountain marathon (Steamboat Stinger) and the addition of a 50K distance for the Mount Werner Classic. Great training opportunities. In the beginning of September, I will begin a two week taper until race day. Hopefully that plan, good nutrition, solid training, a little money and a whole lot of luck will put a 100-miler finisher's buckle around my waist.
Here's how it all started:
12/24/11: 12.0+ miles. ~7 hrs. 2,260'v. Sand Mountain. Splitboard mission. Chris and I skinned up to the north face of Sand Mountian into an area known as Jackson's Bowl, named after local Clark resident Jack White. The approach was a nice, long gradual 6 miles in snowmobile tracks. We got a few inches of snow a couple days prior and Chris and I planned out a nice day trip. No real hiccups on the tour into the area, although it ended up being way longer than we first thought. The final approach was steep and fun and the ride was worth it all. A short, untouched and steep session in new snow. Awesome. Unfortunately, just as we began our tour out, I pulled out the mounting plates on my front foot binding after doing an endo. Wham! Right out of the snowboard and right to the ground! I was livid. I had to "skate" the entire way out switch stance (backwards) while using poles to keep my speed up. It was incredibly awkward trying to push with my left foot but I managed and we did the down hill tour (with about a 1/2 mile of up hill hiking) back to the truck in a little more than an hour.
12/25/11 - Rest.
12/26/11 - 6.28 miles. 1:04:34. 1,000'v. Spring Creek Trail. I've been running Spring Creek on my lunch breaks the few days before Christmas. Seemed proper to "officially" begin my training on this trail that I love running so much. It's even part of the race! I think one of the reasons I want to do Run Rabbit Run so much is because I know many of the trails on the race course very well. Then, I think, running the race will be like spending a day (and night) with an old friend.
12/27/11 - ~8.0 miles. 1:10:51. Yampa River Core Trail. Cruiser run from JDs house down to the skate park on the Core Trail. Then, turned around and ran to the botanical gardens and then back to JDs.
12/28/11 - 6.2 miles. 1:02:40. 1,000'v. Spring Creek Trail.
12/29/11 - Rest.
12/30/11 - 10.7 miles. 1:48:07. 1,000'v. Spring Creek Trail and Core Trail. First long run of my schedule. Good, mellow effort to the top of the Spring Creek Ridge and then looped back to town and ran along the Core Trail to Stockbridge before returning to Howlesen Hill and then the high school. It actually started to get warm and sunny towards the end there. I don't think I've ever run on (much less seen) dirt in December (30th!) since I've lived in Steamboat. Well, I did today! Crazy. Where is the snow?! I guess I'm okay with it since I want to log the miles but I sure would like to know there was some snow out there to ride. I may still get some powder this weekend up on Stagecoach Mtn.'s north facing slopes but it won't be deep. This was the longest I've run for about two months and it felt good to go a little farther. I should be fine on next weekend's 12-miler.
12/31/11 - 4.61 miles. :55:59. 520'/-480'v. Stagecoach. Down, down, down the hill. Up, up, up the hill. Windiest. Day. Ever.
1/1/12 - Rest. ~1:30:xx 1,270'v./-1,300'v. Stagecoach. Hike Stagecoach Mtn. with Benihana looking for powder stashes. Not that great.
Total miles (9 days): 47.7 miles. +4,790'/-4,800'
As of this week, I'm trying to establish my workout routine, which will more or less resemble an intermediate runner's marathon training schedule for the first few months, before I really start to pile on the miles. For the first couple months, I'll have two off days and three on days during the work week and I'll be working up to doing back to back long runs on the weekends. Starting at 10 miles, this weekend and increasing by 10% every week. Every 4th week will be an easy week with reduced mileage for recovery purposes. By March, I should have built my long runs up to 3-4 hour range and may run a 50K trail race as a 6-7 hour training run. In April, I'll continue long-running in the 4 to 5 hour per day range on the weekends, with base miles during the week. Possibly return to Buena Vista to do Collegiate Peaks Trail Run as a training run (25 miles) the beginning of May. I'll also have a few days off in April as Katy and I are planning to go to Boston for the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park and watch the Red Sox beat the Yankees! We are also hoping to volunteer at an aid station at the Boston Marathon a couple days later. In mid-May, I might try to run the innaugural Quad Rock 50-miler in Fort Collins. It looks like a good, challenging race and I'm a huge fan of Nick Clark, who is putting on the race with Ft. Collins' Gnar Runners. That will be my first opportunity for a 12-hour run this year. In June, I'm going to run the Steamboat Marathon for the first time. Possibly for a road PR (under 3:38) if (and only if), I've just been running really strong leading up to it. Otherwise, I just want to get in the miles and slow down and enjoy the marathon. It's a beautiful course. At the end of the month, Katy and I fly to San Francisco to get married! Amazing! In July, I've got my eye on running the Leadville Silver Rush 50-miler as another 12-hour training run. July and August will also bring some of the best races in the Steamboat Running Series including a new mountain marathon (Steamboat Stinger) and the addition of a 50K distance for the Mount Werner Classic. Great training opportunities. In the beginning of September, I will begin a two week taper until race day. Hopefully that plan, good nutrition, solid training, a little money and a whole lot of luck will put a 100-miler finisher's buckle around my waist.
Here's how it all started:
12/24/11: 12.0+ miles. ~7 hrs. 2,260'v. Sand Mountain. Splitboard mission. Chris and I skinned up to the north face of Sand Mountian into an area known as Jackson's Bowl, named after local Clark resident Jack White. The approach was a nice, long gradual 6 miles in snowmobile tracks. We got a few inches of snow a couple days prior and Chris and I planned out a nice day trip. No real hiccups on the tour into the area, although it ended up being way longer than we first thought. The final approach was steep and fun and the ride was worth it all. A short, untouched and steep session in new snow. Awesome. Unfortunately, just as we began our tour out, I pulled out the mounting plates on my front foot binding after doing an endo. Wham! Right out of the snowboard and right to the ground! I was livid. I had to "skate" the entire way out switch stance (backwards) while using poles to keep my speed up. It was incredibly awkward trying to push with my left foot but I managed and we did the down hill tour (with about a 1/2 mile of up hill hiking) back to the truck in a little more than an hour.
12/25/11 - Rest.
12/26/11 - 6.28 miles. 1:04:34. 1,000'v. Spring Creek Trail. I've been running Spring Creek on my lunch breaks the few days before Christmas. Seemed proper to "officially" begin my training on this trail that I love running so much. It's even part of the race! I think one of the reasons I want to do Run Rabbit Run so much is because I know many of the trails on the race course very well. Then, I think, running the race will be like spending a day (and night) with an old friend.
12/27/11 - ~8.0 miles. 1:10:51. Yampa River Core Trail. Cruiser run from JDs house down to the skate park on the Core Trail. Then, turned around and ran to the botanical gardens and then back to JDs.
12/28/11 - 6.2 miles. 1:02:40. 1,000'v. Spring Creek Trail.
12/29/11 - Rest.
12/30/11 - 10.7 miles. 1:48:07. 1,000'v. Spring Creek Trail and Core Trail. First long run of my schedule. Good, mellow effort to the top of the Spring Creek Ridge and then looped back to town and ran along the Core Trail to Stockbridge before returning to Howlesen Hill and then the high school. It actually started to get warm and sunny towards the end there. I don't think I've ever run on (much less seen) dirt in December (30th!) since I've lived in Steamboat. Well, I did today! Crazy. Where is the snow?! I guess I'm okay with it since I want to log the miles but I sure would like to know there was some snow out there to ride. I may still get some powder this weekend up on Stagecoach Mtn.'s north facing slopes but it won't be deep. This was the longest I've run for about two months and it felt good to go a little farther. I should be fine on next weekend's 12-miler.
12/31/11 - 4.61 miles. :55:59. 520'/-480'v. Stagecoach. Down, down, down the hill. Up, up, up the hill. Windiest. Day. Ever.
1/1/12 - Rest. ~1:30:xx 1,270'v./-1,300'v. Stagecoach. Hike Stagecoach Mtn. with Benihana looking for powder stashes. Not that great.
Total miles (9 days): 47.7 miles. +4,790'/-4,800'
Sunday, December 4, 2011
12/4/11
12/4 - A couple days after my last post, I decided to put my training and racing plans for 2012 on hold and only run for enjoyment. For the last 8 weeks or so, I have been taking it easy and running primarily on the weekends, usually nothing more than an hour with alot of hiking thrown in to focus on strength building and, hopefully, giving my body a chance to recover from a few physical issues I have been dealing with. Winter has begun and I've been switching it up with alot of hiking in the snow, a couple of short spiltboard missions and couple of days of snowboarding at the Steamboat Ski Area. Without a season pass, I'll be hiking and splitboarding alot more this year and I had a great session here in Stagecoach today, hiking the mountain with Benihana. Even though the coverage isn't deep yet, I got a few good powder turns. If nothing else, it just got me more motivated to get out there even more once I realilzed how convenient it is to just walk up the mountain from the house.
Now, 2012 is starting to look very interesting from a trail running perspective and it's time to start ramping up again. Yesterday, I found out that the Steamboat Springs Running Series is going to add some longer distance trail races to its schedule next summer including a trail marathon and half-marathon and possibly a 50K. I read on Nick Clark's blog about a month ago that there was rumor of a 100-miler being planned for the Steamboat area and it looks like Run Rabbit Run is going to go for it. Presumably the same day as the 50-miler and I'm guessing the course will be running the out and back to Rabbit Ears twice. Well, it looks like I'll be staying in the valley next summer for my racing and I am going to try to win the masters division in the running series as well as attempting my first 100 mile foot race. In the meantime, I've got to keep the nutrition dialed, get stronger and climb (and descend) as many mountains as I can this winter because, come next summer, I'll need to be in the best shape of my life.
Now, 2012 is starting to look very interesting from a trail running perspective and it's time to start ramping up again. Yesterday, I found out that the Steamboat Springs Running Series is going to add some longer distance trail races to its schedule next summer including a trail marathon and half-marathon and possibly a 50K. I read on Nick Clark's blog about a month ago that there was rumor of a 100-miler being planned for the Steamboat area and it looks like Run Rabbit Run is going to go for it. Presumably the same day as the 50-miler and I'm guessing the course will be running the out and back to Rabbit Ears twice. Well, it looks like I'll be staying in the valley next summer for my racing and I am going to try to win the masters division in the running series as well as attempting my first 100 mile foot race. In the meantime, I've got to keep the nutrition dialed, get stronger and climb (and descend) as many mountains as I can this winter because, come next summer, I'll need to be in the best shape of my life.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Weekly Summary: Oct. 12 - Oct. 18
10/12 - Off.
10/13 - Off.
10/14 - 1:44:40. 10.05 miles. +1180'/-1220'v. Stagecoach. Nice and easy long(er) run. From the house, I ran over to the field and down the single track to the gravel path. There down to the fire station and turn right, then up the road and left on the dirt road to the Elk Run Trail that travels the south shore of the lake. I ran the trail to the dam and then turned onto the dirt road that goes out to Sarvis Creek. I ran the dirt road to a small section of single track, where I did a short climb before turning around and running back home via the same route. I got to run in the sunshine after leaving the shop early and running some errands. The weather was a perfect 60ish with a light breeze.
10/15 - 1:21:16. 4.18 miles. +1040'/-1030'v. Stagecoach. Run-hike-run-hike-run starting at the "locals parking" and up to the top of the band of cliffs on Blacktail Mountain on the north side of the lake. I used trekking poles for the approach climb/bushwack through tall grass, sage brush, short bushes and scrub oak up to a class 5 scramble to the top of the cliff. In hindsight, I would've been fine without the poles and, instead, should have worn knee high socks to protect my lower legs from all the brush. The off-trail climb and downhill were only slightlly gnarly and I found a cattle track at the top of the ridge to run on. I was surprised to find a couple of cows at the top and stopped once I hit a fence line. It appears that the top of the mountain is private property. I ended up coming down in a different section from the ascent and had to navigate some thick scrub oak for a couple hundred feet before I found some openings. Overall, a fun run and good alternative to my usual routes. My ulterior motive here was to scout out the terrain for some splitboard lines I plan on poaching sometime this winter.
10/16 - :56:43. 6.2 miles. +490'/-470'v. Stagecoach. Down to the lake and back easy.
10/17 - 1:00:38. 6.01 miles. +690/-690'v. Stagecoach. What a beautiful evening for a run. Partial sunlight through layers of grey clouds and cool temperatures in the high 30s. New snow covering the tops of mountains above about 8500' but plenty of fall color below that. Legs started feeling heavy about half way through the run.
10/18 - :38:51. 4.45 miles. +450'/-440'v. Stagecoach. Good up-tempo short run to bring my weekly total to 30 again. Hills and thrills around good old Stagecoach. Ran a couple of trails but mostly next to CR 16.
Weekly Totals: 5:42:08. 30.89 miles. +/-3850'v.
Another solid week as far as total time/mileage/vertical goes. Feet feel slightly tender in the mornings but much better than they have over the past year. Endurance and leg strength feel very good and I should increase my weekly mileage to thirty-five next week.
10/13 - Off.
10/14 - 1:44:40. 10.05 miles. +1180'/-1220'v. Stagecoach. Nice and easy long(er) run. From the house, I ran over to the field and down the single track to the gravel path. There down to the fire station and turn right, then up the road and left on the dirt road to the Elk Run Trail that travels the south shore of the lake. I ran the trail to the dam and then turned onto the dirt road that goes out to Sarvis Creek. I ran the dirt road to a small section of single track, where I did a short climb before turning around and running back home via the same route. I got to run in the sunshine after leaving the shop early and running some errands. The weather was a perfect 60ish with a light breeze.
10/15 - 1:21:16. 4.18 miles. +1040'/-1030'v. Stagecoach. Run-hike-run-hike-run starting at the "locals parking" and up to the top of the band of cliffs on Blacktail Mountain on the north side of the lake. I used trekking poles for the approach climb/bushwack through tall grass, sage brush, short bushes and scrub oak up to a class 5 scramble to the top of the cliff. In hindsight, I would've been fine without the poles and, instead, should have worn knee high socks to protect my lower legs from all the brush. The off-trail climb and downhill were only slightlly gnarly and I found a cattle track at the top of the ridge to run on. I was surprised to find a couple of cows at the top and stopped once I hit a fence line. It appears that the top of the mountain is private property. I ended up coming down in a different section from the ascent and had to navigate some thick scrub oak for a couple hundred feet before I found some openings. Overall, a fun run and good alternative to my usual routes. My ulterior motive here was to scout out the terrain for some splitboard lines I plan on poaching sometime this winter.
10/16 - :56:43. 6.2 miles. +490'/-470'v. Stagecoach. Down to the lake and back easy.
10/17 - 1:00:38. 6.01 miles. +690/-690'v. Stagecoach. What a beautiful evening for a run. Partial sunlight through layers of grey clouds and cool temperatures in the high 30s. New snow covering the tops of mountains above about 8500' but plenty of fall color below that. Legs started feeling heavy about half way through the run.
10/18 - :38:51. 4.45 miles. +450'/-440'v. Stagecoach. Good up-tempo short run to bring my weekly total to 30 again. Hills and thrills around good old Stagecoach. Ran a couple of trails but mostly next to CR 16.
Weekly Totals: 5:42:08. 30.89 miles. +/-3850'v.
Another solid week as far as total time/mileage/vertical goes. Feet feel slightly tender in the mornings but much better than they have over the past year. Endurance and leg strength feel very good and I should increase my weekly mileage to thirty-five next week.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Weekly Summary: Oct. 5 - Oct. 12
10/5 - 1:08:29. 6.83 miles. +370'/-380'v. Stagecoach. Easy out and back run next to the road down to the trail by the lake.
10/6 - Off.
10/7 - 1:07:25. 7.18 miles. +620'/-610'v. Stagecoach to Sarvis Creek Trail. Awesome late afternoon run from the "locals parking" on South Shore to Sarvis Creek trailhead and then the first climb on the trail and back to the truck. Yesterday was the first day it snowed in the valley and today was bluebird but cool. Running the dirt road from the dam to the trailhead provided a great view of the Yampa River headwaters and there were a ton of cows out munching on the grass. I only ran a little bit on Sarvis (or Service, or Sarvice) Creek but the first section of the single track was really nice, smooth and easy to run. The entire run was either dirt road or single track except for the concrete on the dam and judging by my time/mileage/vertical, I ran faster than I thought I did. I must've been jazzed about "something special." Nice.
10/8 - Off. Went to Leadville to ride the train.
10/9 - :46:xx. ~6 miles. +510'/-480'v. Stagecoach. Easy run down to fire station on trail, followed by a little road and then a little dirt road and back to the house with a little extra uphill. GPS battery died on the way down so I didn't get the exact mileage but it felt like an easy six.
10/10 - :27:26. 3.53 miles. +380'/-370'v. Stagecoach. Hard run down to fire station and up the next hill, turn around and back up with a little on a side single track.
10/11 - 1:03:56. 7.01 miles. +490'/-490'v. Stagecoach. Loop down the trail to the fire station, then right on the road and up and steep little hill. Left on the dirt road with a few hills and then duck under the wire fence and down to the lake shore. Couple of lake miles and then uphill next to the road all the way back to the house. Got rained on after about twenty minutes but I could see some holes in the cloud cover that said it wouldn't last long. Nice and cool, in the 40s and had a great run. Thanks, BA.
Totals thru 10/10: 4:33:16+. ~30.55 miles. +2370'/-2340' vertical
Bumped up my mileage and managed 30 miles for the week. Now, I need to slowly start building and stay consistent with my running. I'm very seriously considering running the 24 Hours of Utah race in Moab next March and I should start working on my endurance to facilitate that goal. I think it's soon going to be time to start running in the mornings. I'm going to miss sleeping in. Well, you got to pay to play!
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10/6 - Off.
10/7 - 1:07:25. 7.18 miles. +620'/-610'v. Stagecoach to Sarvis Creek Trail. Awesome late afternoon run from the "locals parking" on South Shore to Sarvis Creek trailhead and then the first climb on the trail and back to the truck. Yesterday was the first day it snowed in the valley and today was bluebird but cool. Running the dirt road from the dam to the trailhead provided a great view of the Yampa River headwaters and there were a ton of cows out munching on the grass. I only ran a little bit on Sarvis (or Service, or Sarvice) Creek but the first section of the single track was really nice, smooth and easy to run. The entire run was either dirt road or single track except for the concrete on the dam and judging by my time/mileage/vertical, I ran faster than I thought I did. I must've been jazzed about "something special." Nice.
10/8 - Off. Went to Leadville to ride the train.
10/9 - :46:xx. ~6 miles. +510'/-480'v. Stagecoach. Easy run down to fire station on trail, followed by a little road and then a little dirt road and back to the house with a little extra uphill. GPS battery died on the way down so I didn't get the exact mileage but it felt like an easy six.
10/10 - :27:26. 3.53 miles. +380'/-370'v. Stagecoach. Hard run down to fire station and up the next hill, turn around and back up with a little on a side single track.
10/11 - 1:03:56. 7.01 miles. +490'/-490'v. Stagecoach. Loop down the trail to the fire station, then right on the road and up and steep little hill. Left on the dirt road with a few hills and then duck under the wire fence and down to the lake shore. Couple of lake miles and then uphill next to the road all the way back to the house. Got rained on after about twenty minutes but I could see some holes in the cloud cover that said it wouldn't last long. Nice and cool, in the 40s and had a great run. Thanks, BA.
Totals thru 10/10: 4:33:16+. ~30.55 miles. +2370'/-2340' vertical
Bumped up my mileage and managed 30 miles for the week. Now, I need to slowly start building and stay consistent with my running. I'm very seriously considering running the 24 Hours of Utah race in Moab next March and I should start working on my endurance to facilitate that goal. I think it's soon going to be time to start running in the mornings. I'm going to miss sleeping in. Well, you got to pay to play!
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Weekly Summary: Sep. 27 - Oct. 3
9/27 - :45:38. 5.3 miles. +/-1000'v. Stagecoach. Hill repeats on .26 mile trail, +/-100'. 1st 2.12 miles in :18:47, 2nd 2.12 miles in :18:22, last mile in :08:29. Progressively faster and effort was hard. .62 mile, +/-120' v. cool down.
9/28 - :27:02. 2.58 miles. +/-400'v. Stagecoach. Short night time run down to the fire station and back home. Easy.
9/29 - Off.
9/30 - :28:10. 2.75 miles. +/-330'v. Stagecoach. Quick run down to the fire station and back (:22:40) with a little cool down. Wonder if I can do it under :22?
10/1 - 1:47:15. 12.19 miles. +1540'/-1500'v. Spring Creek Trail. Steamboat. Gorgeous late morning run up to Dry Lake from JDs house. The leaves in the aspens were fully gold in some spots and still brilliant green in others. The combination lent a stunning relief to the mountain sides, particularly up on Buffalo Pass. The trail was busy with hikers and bikers. Great run at a moderate pace with a couple of harder downhill sections. 1:02:31 uphill to Dry Lake and :39:02:25 downhill to trailhead. :05:38:99/.65 mile cool down. Super nice re-visit to a favorite near-town trail.
10/2 - Off.
10/3 - 1:11:xx. 6.89 miles. +1600'/-1640'v. Stagecoach Mountain. After work hike-run up to within 200'v. of the summit. The trail was littered with yellow aspen leaves in many spots. Good easy effort for the whole run.
Totals: 4:39:05. 29.71 miles. +4870'/-4470 vertical feet
9/28 - :27:02. 2.58 miles. +/-400'v. Stagecoach. Short night time run down to the fire station and back home. Easy.
9/29 - Off.
9/30 - :28:10. 2.75 miles. +/-330'v. Stagecoach. Quick run down to the fire station and back (:22:40) with a little cool down. Wonder if I can do it under :22?
10/1 - 1:47:15. 12.19 miles. +1540'/-1500'v. Spring Creek Trail. Steamboat. Gorgeous late morning run up to Dry Lake from JDs house. The leaves in the aspens were fully gold in some spots and still brilliant green in others. The combination lent a stunning relief to the mountain sides, particularly up on Buffalo Pass. The trail was busy with hikers and bikers. Great run at a moderate pace with a couple of harder downhill sections. 1:02:31 uphill to Dry Lake and :39:02:25 downhill to trailhead. :05:38:99/.65 mile cool down. Super nice re-visit to a favorite near-town trail.
10/2 - Off.
10/3 - 1:11:xx. 6.89 miles. +1600'/-1640'v. Stagecoach Mountain. After work hike-run up to within 200'v. of the summit. The trail was littered with yellow aspen leaves in many spots. Good easy effort for the whole run.
Totals: 4:39:05. 29.71 miles. +4870'/-4470 vertical feet
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