Sunday 17AUG2025

Back to Green.  It was a train wreck.  I went up the middle out of Gregory and managed to average under twenty minutes a mile for each of the miles except the last.  I was falling a lot though and cracked my knee pretty good on the way in the boulder field on Greenman.  

I got a call about 2 minutes from the summit by TZ that she was heading down so I flipped.  I thought I'd get down in about 40 minutes.  I was wrong.  I was moving at 2mph (27 min/mile) on the down.   Even on the runable sections, I was flopping at 15 minutes a mile.  I was a hurting dog.  

5.5 miles, with about 2200 feet of climbing.  

I was cooked for a bit post.  Afternoon nap helped.

50.5 miles on the week, with close to 5k of vert.  It started as a solid week but sorta came off the rails by the weekend.  1160 something on the year.

Saturday 16AUG2025

Didn't get out until the evening.  Was dragging for sure.  

7.3 slooooow.

Friday 15AUG2025

 3 miles with GW and then another four easy on my own

Thursday 14AUG2025

With LF early, slow and easy. 10.5 miles before it got stupid hot.  

Wendnesday 13AUG2025

Up early with LF's crew at BHMS track.  4 x 800-400 and then an extra 400 for good measure. 

Fairly convinced the track work is abusing my left ankle some.

10 miles on the morning. 

Tuesday 12AUG2025

TZ and I got up early to hit Chaut, but then sat in traffic on 36 for 45 minutes.  The accident looked pretty bad as we rolled by it.  Given the shorter window we had, we opted for NCAR instead.  Got a little over an hour there for 4.4 and about 1000 feet of up.

Monday 11AUG2025

Mid day, listening to a work call.  6 miles.  Did the Ditch Lac Amora Lake Link Loop.

Sunday 10AUG2025

10 years ago this weekend, Jack and I won at BV, and with that became a Triple Crown winner in Pack Burro Racing.  Like many things in the past, it seems like yesterday and more than 10 years ago at the same time.

FWIW - the burro we raced against, Yukon, is still a force on the pack burro racing circuit

8 miles today.  Climbed out of Cragmoor and up to the climb wall and then wandered around a bit.  Got me to 56 and change on the week with over 5k on the week.  It felt like it has been 10 years since I did something like that.  

It was slow.

Saturday 09AUG2025

Again ... it has been a bit.  Based on labels on this blog, I have not been up Green since October of 2023.  That seems too long to be true, but I guess it could make sense.  That would mean I didn't get on it for all of 2024.  Sheesh.

I was mildly surprised at some trail reroutes and new connectors.  Again, I guess that is what happens when you don't go there for almost 2 years.  I meandered around, actually coming down after being halfway up, before heading back up to the summit.  

The lady bugs were back too.

I zapped myself pretty good over 9 miles, 3k+ of vert.  Legs were beat.  It has probably been that long since I have had that much of a vert day.  

Friday 08AUG2025

Seven in the AM.  Dragging again.  

Gigged at Rails in the evening with The Pinebox Sleepers for their 9th birthday party.   I'll say it was our best outing yet.  Probably not a pic or video to be found of course.

Inched through 1100 miles on the year today.  If I can maintain the knee and some fair habits, a 2K year could be doable.  

Thursday 07AUG2025

7 miles, out and back along the ditch out into Interlocken and back.  Fartlek'd the return.  It was hot as I didn't get out until the midday, but not oppressive.  

Wednesday 06AUG2025

Dragger day, but moved through 9 miles before it got too hot.  

Just heavy legged the entire time.  

61 miles over the last seven days so that might have something to do with it. 

Tuesday 05AUG2025

Got up early and ran with the group that hits the MS track.  I have no specific aspirations for time or pace when running with this group.  Instead I focus on "breathing hard."  Today they did 5 x 4 minutes on 1 minute off ... so a broken tempo.  I was covering a little over 900 meters in each of the reps.  8 miles on the day.  

Smoke is starting to blow in

Monday 04AUG2025

The adult off spring required a ride back from the airport at 2AM, so I ended up sleeping in a bit.  The AM run was only four miles and so I dragged back out at 8:30PM for another four.  

Sunday 03AUG2025

Yeesh.  It has been a month?

Caamp concert in there.  Rockygrass festival in there.  Bob winning Fairplay in there.  Bob getting second at Leadville in there.  I did an 800 meter race in there.  I have been at war with the Japanese B's.  A gig in there with TPBS at a library for the summer reading program.

So I have stuff to blog about if there is anything worth blogging about. 

A flipping 16 year old kid ran 1:42 for the 800 meters.  What the actual F?    

Managing 50 miles a week.  Last couple of weeks have been on six days v. seven because life has tended to deal with an off day.  Has often meant catch up on the weekends and even some double digit runs.  I also tend to get a day a week where I am doing something where I am having to breathe a little harder.  

I eyeballed where I am at with miles on the year.  1061.  If I can keep the bone and sinew together and maintain some level of regular habits, 2k on the year could be a possibility.