On vacation, just Nan and I and a weekend in Crested Butte. Here's what I did today: Slept in until 8:45, Did an hour long core synergistics workout with Nan in our Hotel Suite which is a great workout because it works every core area on the body plus shoulders and upper legs and leaves you feeling great all over and ready to pounce on the day. Then went into town and had a delicious omelet and french toast breakfast at a little cafe. Then went trail running for and hour and a half with Nan on the 'lower loop' right outside the town of Crested Butte. Fun run. Muddy and snowy in a couple spots, but gorgeous single track rolling up a canyon and back. Then back to the Hotel so Nan could take a Nap. Then another 2 hours of trail running on the 'upper loop' from our hotel. An absolutely amazing single track through the forests with awesome views and lots of good climbing. I went out for 5 1/4 miles and came back. This was the highlight of the day, so much FUN! I took an s-cap every hour and a Vespa before running and felt great on my runs the whole day. About 3.5 hours total. I ran out of water the last 25 minutes and so the last mile up a super steep hill to our hotel was kind of tough, but was a nice way to finish off an epic day of running. The first part of my run was about 7 miles pretty slow and easy in about 1:20. The 2nd part was 10.5 miles in 1:51:30 - 10:37/mile pace - 3200 Feet of climbing. Then we both got an hour massage, ate at a delicious burrito joint which hit the spot, then saw a movie at the local theater and then hit the hot tub and headed to bed about 10 or so. It's nice to have no set schedule and no rush to be anywhere as a change of pace here and there. Here are some pictures I took on my phone of the trail running today:
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