Friday AM – got the buzz from Greg and we got out early for some. 8 miles.
Slow in the afternoon – easy 4 around the track as the kids headed out.
Saturday – 6.5 with strides at the end. Cut miles in prep for the Sunday race.
Sunday – woke up and everything was locked in fog. Then it was snowing. And it was icy. Around 9:30 the town put out the word that they had cancelled the race due to hazardous conditions. Bob, Shad and I agreed to meet over at the park and get some work in anyway … it would not be great but given that I had scheduled a race for the day I needed to get some quality in.
It was slick (Shad took a good digger, and I almost slipped into an on coming car) but I got around the park in the cold in 20-21 for a 5k. Not ideal, but better than slogging through ten miles easy. We tacked on another half dozen at the end to get in a 10 plus.
On whole – not a great week of training with the travel and the weather botched race.
The weekend was fun though … Friday night we got over to CU to watch the miles, where Buff athlete Perrin took the mile in 4:03 just ahead of Saarel. Dani Jones put up a powerful 4:36.1 – the fastest time in Colorado by a woman ever. On Sunday I watched 50 year old Todd Straka almost get one of our assistant coaches – Ryan Parker in a heat of the 800. Todd ran 2:06. That is ridiculous for 50. It was also really cool to see former Broomfield Eagle Ethan Gonzales post a 8:16 3k. I love me a track meet.
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