Weekly summary

Had a really great week. Got started off with the Bangs Canyon 60K which was really 38 miles. I took one day off, then gradually started recovering during the week.

Mon: 5 miles: 56 min: Easy recovery from house to water tower hill. Straight through to the downwash, around behind the tower, down the nice hill. Felt tired, but worked out some soreness. Did not take long for Pickles to settle down too!

Tues: 7 miles: 1:04: Another recovery run in the lunch loops. Kids meal, Kurt's Lane, Alli-alley, Miramonte Rim, then back. Typical recovery lollipop but added kids meal. Felt better. Less soreness and not quite as tired in the legs. Opened up a bit on the downhill along Miramonte and stretched out the legs to "Two Princes". Really nice sunshine and mild temps in the low 30s. I'm feeling better every day and I'm convinced that just the right amount of running during recovery helps it go quicker.

Wed: 10 miles: 1:35: Felt practically recovered today. No soreness to speak of. I went bounding up the T-watch hill with medium effort keeping my pace in check. Turned off on Holy Cross and zipped down a majority of the downhill at a nice clip. Meandered around Holy Bucket, then decided to climb back up Coyote Ridge to High Noon and cut over to Eagles Wing/Tail for another descent. Felt good here too. Added another small loop up Belmonte Hill, Kurt's Lane, Kid's Meal to finish it off. Another chilly but not too cold day with some clouds giving the trails a nice greyish hue. Although I feel recovered, I'm careful not to overexert myself on the distance factor.

Thurs: 9 miles: 1:35: Nice morning run w/ Chris Wright. Eagle's Tail to Wing all the way up, running most of the way except the one really steep part. Down to the road, then Pru-nup, Holy Cross, Holy Bucket clockwise to ridge, back Kurt's Lane and Kid's Meal short section. Felt a little slow and tired up the first hill, but picked up steam later on. Kept the pace nice and even and nothing too fast on the down hills.

Fri: 9 miles: 1:30: Warm up to Connected Lakes. One fast loop, then some fartlek type loops, then home. Got tired fairly quickly, likely due to the high miles this week and yesterdays fast hill climb up Eagles Wing.

Overall a very successful week in that I was able to really get some miles in, although not daily, and recover fairly quickly from a longer run. This next week I'm planning on getting in consistent, daily runs of at least an hour, maybe more Sat/Sun. The following weekend I have off but will have the kids as Karie heads to NC to visit friends, thus likely no running to speak of. Maybe I can work something out for Sat though.......