Trails!

I made the mistake of not taking the big dark clouds seriously this morning and boy did I pay for it.  The heavens opened up at mile 4 of a 10 mile run and didn't let up.  I was frozen and miserable.  In shorts and a short sleeve shirt.  Not that would have made any difference as I was soaked through in minutes.  The icing on the cake was the short section of barbed wire I somehow got wrapped around my leg taking a good chunk out of the skin behind my knee.  Man that sure stung from all that dirty road water "washing" it out as I ran home.   What a morning...  time to start checking the weather a bit closer and probably time to take my headlamp so I can see the trail (and barbed wire) more clearly.

T-1:16:00 (7:36) *750' vert

Providence Canyon just past the parking lot 1 mile up the canyon.

1:26:06 (7:50) 1000' vert

14.5 hours at work. Lame

Exhausted from the excess hours and stress from work.  So no morning run.  The workday was cut short to only 10 hours today so I had time to take the kids in the stroller to Ryan's Place Park and spend a half hour playing before dark.

T- 50:00 (8:20)

Providence Star

T- 1:17:00 (7:42) 750'

Easy 8 on Young Ward short loop before driving to Denver for the weekend.  Exhausted from the 14 hour day at work again yesterday.

17 FLAT miles on the South Platte River Trail.  I haven't run a run this flat on a Saturday for at least 6 months.  So, instead of hills I focused on speed and maintaining a good tempo.  An hour for the 8.5 miles out and 57:25 for the return trip.  It might have been a bit faster but I didn't carry water and man was I thirsty.  I started to worry for the last 5 miles.  Not good.

T-1:57:25 (6:54) 250' vert