I had a bit of a day yesterday. Nothing major, but curve ball after curve ball … at one point TZ and I looked at each other and said, “what the heck is going on here today?” I got a bit unmindful with my eating and I felt it as I lumbered around this AM.
I got out with Shad and Neeraj this AM … Shad had 5 x 3 minutes on tap for a workout as he is 12 weeks out of Boston. Oh yeah, hills. We debate-discussed what hill to do and I talked them into starting at the bottom of the draw on the new connector trail and heading up to my place. Trails were muddy messy.
Conversation included how clocks work on GPS units, sweat rate, how Phil is nuts on certain topics, corporate downsizing, parents dying, the Pikes course, the Boston course, running form and economy, what podcasts to listen to (we all listen to ATC religiously but probably not much else on EP) and if Paula Radcliffe took PEDs. I love this stuff.
I felt like crap because of my gluttony, but I waddled through the first three minutes and found my mark on the trail. I was able to get a little more past this on each rep. This reminded me of the old Linden workout I used to with JV and Scott E and Galen B. That hill is a killer workout … but more than anything it would teach me pacing. I could easily cruise the first one but then I would find to reach that time on subsequent reps was much harder. I learned over time that I needed to be exact my effort a bit more carefully over such hills.
The structure of that workout was simple: three minutes or half a mile up a hill, each one the same in time or a little faster (or farther). 5 or 6 does the trick. About the same in terms of rest. The rest can be a bit long, but that forces you to up the ante a bit on the rep. JV and I also used to do this on Green on the back side, on the top of the trail from what used to be the four way junction (it is now three) to the Summit in what I called the Elliott Stairs. I called them that because Scott used to do those to prep for the Golden Stairs on Pikes. That guy knows a thing or two about that race. While that workout was geared towards working up big steps, it was the same sort of structure – about 3 minutes up and an equal down.
11.1 miles.
I was (am) considering the Winter 4 miler race this weekend over in Harlow Potts park near Fairview. It would be nice to see how I have progressed on that since my run there last month. I’d expect that I have improved. But, I might skip it as life priorities might take the front seat.
On a lighter note, KZ as a total goof decided to apply to be a mermaid at the aquarium in Denver – thinking they would not take it seriously. Well, they called her back for an interview so now she is fretting as to how to get out of that.
Yapped a bit with Hal W yesterday. He is pretty sure that only five guy have ever won the Pack Burro Racing Triple Crown. He won it once in 2013, and I won it in 2015. He thinks that Bobby Lewis won it in 2008 or 9. The only other guys to have won it are Ardel (Oscar) Boes and Tom Sobal – but the years are not clear. I got some contact info though on some folks that can hit up to see if they can give the info. Tom and Ardel are around but it is not exactly clear from them as to when they won it. I want to get a plaque on the side of the TC trophy that indicates who (man and burro) won the TC in what years. 
