Motivators..

Motivators..
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

RdL Week 6

6/29/15
Monday - 1 streak mile
Tuesday - 8.4 miles. I set our early from the FogDodger parking spot to run towards the lighthouse and back before meeting the others to head down through the park (too early to run the canyon by myself). J showed up right after me so we ran together for 3 miles. Once with the group, we headed down our usual route through the campground and along the creek. On days I want to run with others I shouldn't be in front, somehow I lost the group. The mosquitoes thought I was delicious so I didn't wait at the turnaround. I managed to run all the way up the hill again, and stretched a little when I got back to the truck, but started getting chilled so ended up taking off before the others got back. Sorry I missed you guys!
Russian Gulch - North trail
 Wednesday - 8.2 miles with a couple tempo miles. Bleh. I burned up too much energy trying to run up the first steep hill (made it more than half way - huge improvement for me). The plan called for three tempo miles, but I only had about two miles of reasonable enough footing to feel confident speeding up. I need to work on pacing, since I couldn't find a happy medium on my tempo pace and went too hard. Immediately after this stretch is another climb, and I think it was too much too soon. While I made it up the hill (run/walk intervals) I started feeling really sluggish and heavy legged. The last mile and a half back to the truck was really challenging to keep moving, even at a walk. Pushing too hard and not taking fuel (16oz water only) was not my brightest move.
Waterfall at Russian Gulch - very small right now
Thursday - 5.5 miles at Van Damme. Feeling pretty tired, and heading out of town for the day, so just one lap. Should have been 8-10 but felt that might have been pushing it.

Friday - 7 miles, JugHandle. First run with my new Suunto Ambit2 R (not as great as the Ambit2, but better than the Garmin). Not sure I love running with a heart rate monitor - more on that elsewhere. Got a little full of myself in the last mile, and of course the trail rewarded my gall with an unseen tree root to send me sailing through the air with a distinct lack of grace.

Saturday - 8.1 miles in Jackson State Forest with S. This was a very successful run for me, in that I ran the whole way, even with over 1500' of climbing. It got pretty hard sometimes, but I tried to keep my happy face on. A conscious effort to slow down and keep chugging away on the hills got me all the way around. Wheeeee.
Among the Redwoods at Caspar

Sunday - 15 miles. The FogDodgers route was at Caspar logging roads this morning. I set off an hour early, sticking to the road so as to limit the chances of being snacked on. 5 miles by myself, then repeating the route with the others. By 9:00 I felt safe enough on the single track, but was starting to lag, I think due to a lack of fuel. I took Tailwind in my pack, but didn't drink enough on the first two lops, and combined with a lack of breakfast it caught up to me on loop 3. I took a walking break and drank extra to catch up, which finally kicked in for the last mile and a half.
So happy to be on the trail

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