09-20-2010
Mon-AM: 7.5 miles (1:07) Chautauqua loop with Jocelyn, 500'
Got up really early to run and felt exhausted so I just went back to bed and ran short with Jocelyn before driving down to Creede, CO.
09-21-2010
Tue-AM: 7 miles (1:04) East Willow Creek in Creede, 1000'
Gorgeous run between 9000' and 10,000'. The aspens were in full splendor, and the air was nippy enough to have me wearing a long-sleeve the whole way. Legs didn't feel great, though. Spent the rest of the day underground in a mine (six hours total) and driving the nearly 6hrs back to Boulder.
09-22-2010
Wed-AM: 4 miles (:32) Creek Path with Jocelyn
Bleary run before catching an early flight to Boston for the NB Elite Dealer's Meeting. Kind of a tough day of travel/socializing after getting home from Creede at midnight the night before.
09-23-2010
Thu-AM: 4.5 miles (:33) Charles River, Boston
Boston is a pretty neat city if you have to be in the East at sea level.
09-24-2010
Fri-AM: 4 miles (:35) Creek Path to EGF with Jocelyn
Just a nice easy run with Jocelyn before she races tomorrow. Seems like my cold is finally clearing out a bit.
09-25-2010
Sat-AM: 13 miles (1:56) Aspen Golden Leaf Half with Jocelyn, 2000'
I didn't realize there were multiple waves at the start, so after Jocelyn and I got separated waiting in different bathroom lines I missed the 1st wave start and ended up waiting the 4m30sec for the next wave. Spent the first 35min of the race running hard then to catch up with Jocelyn (I had planned to run with her the whole way). Ran a lot harder than I wanted to in order to do that, and then Jocelyn was running a pretty solid pace in the top-10 women at that point, so we weren't just jogging along really for the next bit. Pretty soon, though, she hit a bad patch involving a pit stop and a couple of ankle rolls and a ton of women passed us as Jocelyn regathered herself. After just cruising easy for about five miles, though, Jocelyn decided she wanted to race again and re-passed five or six ladies during the final three miles or so. Solid effort for her for not being in great shape. This race has an exceptional course: point-to-point, almost all singletrack, finish in a park in Aspen, gorgeous aspen groves. Afterwards I was surprised with how worked my legs were, though. Clearly feeling pretty burnt/out of shape right now.
09-26-2010
Sun-AM: 4 miles (:35) Kitt Field with Jocelyn
Ran down to the field, ran 2 miles barefoot, and ran back home.
Total
-Miles: 44
-Hours: 6h 22min
-Vertical: 3500'
I was really busy last week with a bunch of non-running activities, so I took it as an opportunity to take a real break from real running, especially since I was fighting a cold all week, too. I'll take a few more really easy days and then look to get into a nice gradual build-up to top fitness by the time December rolls around.
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