Wednesday 101409

In Boulder for all day meetings.  Got out for a short jaunt on the creek path in the AM – 5 miles.    One of those runs that started easy (8 min pace) but just rolled up nicely (6:30s towards the end) and felt good.   Did  not get out again until the evening, after folks were off to bed.  Amazing – less than a week ago we were shivering in the snow in the middle of the day.  Tonight I ran in shorts and a t-shirt and was warm in the dark of night.  6 miles.  Musical choice in the evening was Smashing Pumpkins, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Review of the current shoes I am running in

Lucho asks a fundamental, but good question in yesterday’s comments … what are the purposes of a pacer?  One of the attributes I love about Lucho is his willingness to challenge assumptions.  I just assumed that if you did Leadville, or any 100 for that matter, you’d have a pacer involved.  The comments also remind me of something I love about this sport:  the access to the top athletes folks have and their willingness to share.   

A couple of neighbors here have talked me into participating on their team for the Denver Marathon Relay.  Should be a low key fun way for me to get a a workout in and to get down to cheer some folks on

I was wracking my brain a bit last night.  I run along the banks of several streams in Broomfield – the town in which I live.  I realize that most of these are man-made irrigation canals … but I could not find names of them on any map.  Are they named?  Every freaking creek, even if it was a spitter, back east had some name … apparently, nothing other than the Big Dry Creek is named in Broomfield.