Sunday 062215

AM – did an early start with Jeff out of Chaut to beat the heat.  Five minutes (ish) in I took a digger coming down into the creek crossing at the Gregory lot.  The hands which usually take the brunt of the beat got missed entirely but I hit the right thigh pretty hard.  I guess that is a way to pound up the quads.

Great conversation (as always) on the mellow trip up Green with Jeff.  We went up the back route.  At the top, Jeff and I split paths.  I headed down Bear Canyon to the Mesa, then back up Shadow (I re-watered up at the creek there).  The upper parts of Shadow that were plagued by the wild fire a few years ago are now blessed with wild flowers.  It is gorgeous.
I then headed over to Bear, back down the Bear Green connector, back to Bear Canyon (rewatering up at the top), and back on the Mesa.  18.5 miles with about 6k of vertical.
 
I love this view on the Mesa.
I felt good on whole.  The banged up thigh barked a bit no biggie. 

Endurance Planet stuff:  I have listened to ATC from the first episode.  And I find the initial banter back and forth between Tawnee and Lucho to be the best part.  Almost all the questions seem to have been asked before (although this week there was some new wrinkles) and I find hearing what is going on in their life to be the best stuff.  I also listened to the recent cast that included Hal Walter, Phil Maffetone, and Chris McDougall.  I enjoy this stuff, particularly since it includes stuff on burro racing, but I will openly declare I have trouble with some of the messages delivered with it.  McDougall in particular seems to me to make absolute comments that have threads of truth – but are not absolutely true.  That sort of stuff rankles me but I have come realize that might simply be part of his marketing (a concept he also makes absolute comments on).

Last week was 48.1 miles, 6230 feet and about 7.5 hours.  This past week was 23.8, 5815 feet (yes all but 25 of it came from the run today, as I ran twice this past week and 5 hours. 

Thursday 062912

I missed the live watch of the Olympic Trials as I was at an OSTAC meeting.  I caught the highlights of the women’s and men’s 5k races however and holy crap – you should too if you missed them.  Amazing finishes in both races.

BTMR might be cancelled or postponed.  100% understandable.  The rumor that the events down there were arson have grown to an actual investigation.  If someone started that shit, as I have said, they better hope the law gets them first.

AJW’s struggle with not racing his favorite event this year hit a bit of a chord. 

This is obviously a new tactic in the mile throwdown that is brewing between me and him.

I got these next two images from over at Kraig’s blog, and will look to tighten the attribution a bit.  They give a pretty idea of what the fires were looking like a couple of nights ago.  The good news is that things there appear to have gotten better, but it seems a new fire is cropping up in the area almost every day.  Additionally, yet another hint that the mountains west of Boulder will be “off limits” for a long time came out this AM.

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This video is pretty good.

Boulder's Flagstaff Fire - Timelapse from Dustin Henderlong on Vimeo.

I am on the fence as to whether this is a good or stupid idea:  Broomfield is going to have their firework show (note, Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette have all cancelled their shows).

Eat a gel.  It works.

Evening – 7 easy miles.