Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

Sat, Apr 07, 2018

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 06:00:00

Long run, 22 miles, Boyd Lake and back. Kept the pace honest, and averaged 6:50/mile overall. Good run.

Fri, Apr 06, 2018

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 06:00:00

Easy 8 from my house up to the Poudre Trail. Averaged just under 8-min/mile.

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:00:00

Arapahoe Bend with Jac. 7.25 miles, averaged about 8:20/mile.

Wed, Apr 04, 2018

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 06:00:00

Workout. Warmed up 4 miles, then did 6x1-mile, with 0.25-mile recovery jogs. Interval splits were 5:30, 5:32, 5:31, 5:22, 5:25, 5:20. Cooled down about 4 miles. 15 miles total, averaged 6:40/mile.

Tue, Apr 03, 2018

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 06:00:00

Easy 8.

Mon, Apr 02, 2018

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 06:00:00

Power Trail to Spring Creek to Poudre. 8 miles, averaged 7:55/mile.

Sun, Apr 01, 2018

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:00:00

Easy, slow recovery run. Just under 4 miles.

Sat, Mar 31, 2018

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Long run. Did the first 11.5 miles of the Horsetooth Half course, and then looped back to the start line for just under 20 miles total. I did the first 8 miles as MP tempo. Splits were 7:33, 6:58 (first 2 miles up stupidly big hills), 5:45, 5:52, 5:52, 5:12 (big downhill), 5:42, 6:33 (all uphill).

Averaged 6:40/mile for the full long run.

Fri, Mar 30, 2018

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 06:00:00

8 miles, power trail to spring creek trail. Averaged 7:05/mile.

Thu, Mar 29, 2018

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Workout. Did about 8 miles at MP. Had a tailwind going out, and then a nasty headwind coming back, followed by sleet. Yuck. Splits were 6:05, 5:53, 6:05, 5:40, 5:39, 6:27, 6:30, 6:08.

14 miles total, averaged 6:35/mile.

Wed, Mar 28, 2018

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Tue, Mar 27, 2018

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Mon, Mar 26, 2018

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Easy 8 miles, Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. Averaged 7:50/mile. Legs still pretty sore from Saturday.

Sun, Mar 25, 2018

Sun, 25 Mar 2018 06:00:00

4 miles to to Drake Rd, and back. Very easy, just over 8-min/mile. Legs sore from yesterday.

Sat, Mar 24, 2018

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Long run, then out-and-back from Davis Ranch Rd and then up Rist Canyon, almost all the way to Old Flowers Rd. Not a great run, due to steep grade. But did get all 20 miles. Averaged 7:55/mile overall. Hit some 6-flat miles on the downhill part.

Fri, Mar 23, 2018

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:00:00

8 miles, with some strides.

Thu, Mar 22, 2018

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Easy 8 miles, Power Trail to spring Creek Trail. 7:35/mile.

Wed, Mar 21, 2018

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Workout. Warmed up 3 miles on Power Trail to Spring Creek, then did 6x1000m on the Poudre Trail, with 90s recovery. Splits were 3:18, 3:18, 3:17, 3:20, 3:17, 3:18

Cooled down to get 13 miles total (6:46/mile)

Workout was solid, but I have a ways to go.

Tue, Mar 20, 2018

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Power Trail to Spring Creek Trail. 8 miles, averaged 7:25/mile. Feeling more peppy, but still dragging a little. I definitely don't recover like I did when I was 30...

Mon, Mar 19, 2018

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Power Trail, south, 8 miles. Averaged about 7:50/mile. Still tired from Saturday.

Sun, Mar 18, 2018

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Super-easy 5.5 miles to Arapahoe Bend. Really tired from Saturday. Averaged about 8:10/mile.

Sat, Mar 17, 2018

Sat, 17 Mar 2018 06:00:00

am - ran the Sharin O The Green 5K. The course is a City Park this year, same as the old FireKracker 5K course. Pretty fast route. Weather was perfect, about 40 degrees, sunny, and no wind.

I warmed up 3 miles from my house, and then Seth and I drove over for the race. We got there about 15 min before the start. We dropped our clothes at the Altitude Running tent, and then I dropped Seth in the appropriate spot for his pace (about 10-min miles), and I went up to the front.

Goal was to run low-16s and contend for the win. The former was doable, but not the latter today...for some reason Tyler McCandless showed up from Boulder/Denver for a $150 prize pot race. Oh well. The race was pretty uneventful. McCandless took off from the gun and ran 15:01. Another guy was also way out ahead of me and finished in 15:36. But I managed 3rd with 16:24...would have been under 16:20, but I stopped at the start-line timing mat, thinking it was the finish, but I still had to go another 10 meters. People yelled at me to keep running, and I eventually figured it out, but it cost me about 5s.

I felt pretty solid today, but have absolutely no speed. My splits were about 5:17, 5:15, 5:14, so at least I'm steady.

Cooled down by running back on the course immediately after finishing, and found Seth just past the 2-mile mark. We ran the rest of his race together, and he finished in just over 32 minutes.

PM - met Mike at Discount Tire (I had my snow tires taken off), and we did about 11.5 miles...Mason Trail to Coventry to Cathy Fromme. Averaged about 6:55/mile, which felt kind of hard after a 5K. Got 19.5 miles for the day.

Fri, Mar 16, 2018

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:00:00

4 miles on Power Trail, with strides.

Thu, Mar 15, 2018

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Not feeling well in morning, so missed run. Ran 1 mile with Seth after work.

Wed, Mar 14, 2018

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 06:00:00

10 miles, brisk. Averaged about 6:40/mile.

Mon, Mar 12, 2018

Mon, 12 Mar 2018 06:00:00

Altitude run club. Did 3 miles before the club run with Mike, and then 5 with the club run. Averaged about 7:00/mile.

Sun, Mar 11, 2018

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 07:00:00

3 miles with Seth, and then 1 mile on my own.

Sat, Mar 10, 2018

Sat, 10 Mar 2018 07:00:00

Long run. Ran to Mike's house (3 miles), and then Mike joined for the next 12 miles (went down to Boyd Lake and back). Then back to my house for the final 3 miles. The middle of the run, we were hitting mostly 6:30-6:40/mile pace, with a 6:10 thrown in there randomly.

18 miles total, averaged 6:59/mile.

Fri, Mar 09, 2018

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 07:00:00

am - Poudre Trail from house. 7 miles, 7:24/mile

pm - ran a mile with Seth

Thu, Mar 08, 2018

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:00:00

Arapahoe Bend and Rigden Reservoir. 7.5 miles, 7:28/mile.

Wed, Mar 07, 2018

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 07:00:00

Poudre Trail from house. 7:58/mile. 7 miles.

pm - did 1 miles with Seth.