Thursday 062311

Slept in.  Needed it.

Sub 70 minute masters at MW via DD.  Note – DD calls it sub  1:10.  There is large debate amongst folks if that is said “one ten” or “seventy.”  Typically runners, or folks with a track background go with “seventy.”  Other smirk at this and go with the “one ten.”  I almost got into a braut slapping fight regarding this contentious and important topic over the weekend, but given it was Father’s Day we decided to leave that for another day.

Good pre race prognostication re: WS.

Looking to get a touch more vertical in the next day or two because then I am off the Middle East for the week – and sea level.  Given it will be hot, I will be working a lot, and out of my familiar element, I fully expect the mileage, vertical and time spent running will be less.  In light of that, I am going to look to treat next week as a short, hard, flat week – making the most of quality in those miles as I can.

I am completely opposed to this parking fee program at these trailheads.  I fully expect this program not to be phased out as a pilot for these three trailheads as a possiblity described, but rather to be expanded more and more to the OSMP lots.

JZ and a buddy of his had a sleep over last night and decided they wanted to tent out in the backyard.  Sounds good.  Told them they had to have the tent set up though before the sprinklers went off in the back yard … which gave them about seven minutes.  They had it up, rain fly on, on a tarp and were in it before the sprinklers started pelting it.  Of course I forgot to turn them off and so they automatically cycled again through the middle of the night … but the boys were dry.

Apparently Texas owns Pikes.

I have a few non running friends who read this blog and wonder what the whole ultra thing is about.  This is a perfect summary.

PM  - waited until the heat was suppressed a bit by the afternoon clouds.  10 miles, last 2.5 steady, building