My body told me today as I was ascending green mountain that it was time for a break. I put my body to the test over the last week...between last wednesday to this wednesday I ran about 55 miles, 11 hours of running, with about 14,700 feet of ascent and 14,700 feet of descent. That isn't much for some people, and would be a very light recovery week for others. But for me, it was definitely taking it up a notch from my normal 25-30 miles per week, and raising the bar a bit. And I could feel it on the climb today. I was hiking a bunch of it, that I could have run if I was fresh. I did the climb up green today in 50:08. Total today up and down was 1:31 - 7.42 miles - 2846 ft ascent - 12:23 avg pace. But despite feeling fatigued from a longer week of running, I was thoroughly enjoying myself. It was a stunning morning for a run up green mtn. I ran with my friend Zach, and we were both in awe at how we felt like we were running through a rain forest. The rain was drizzling slightly the whole time, there was fog around us everywhere so we could only see a couple hundred feet in any direction. It was absolutely gorgeous out there. Now to take a few days off of hard and steep mountain running and give my body a needed break.
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