Took 2 days off after feeling kind of crappy Saturday and got ART on Monday. Felt a lot better and ready to run today. Was the first time I've missed a day of running (other than Sundays which I always take off) since a sick day back in mid-november...felt kind of odd not to run since it is such a habit now. But it felt good also. Did green mtn. today with Schlarb, back to the regular Tuesday hard green effort. Except for me today, it was brutally slow and painful. My calves turned to rocks after the first 5 minutes up the steep front side and I suffered for another 20 until the tightness started to subside with the grade decrease. It slowed me down considerably and it took me over 45 min. to get up, compared to 39:30 something the last time I hit that route. Beautiful out there though, and the top half was really fun running with solid snow and Ice pack making for a really smooth and fun run with the microspikes. Jason is running Green mtn. now as fast as Tony K, which is incredibly impressive. In fact he beat Tony's best time up the back side on Saturday by 11 seconds. Today he did mid 32 min. Crazy fast. He is going to start giving the Ultra scene a run for its money this year. 10.5 miles - 2:10:00 - 3100' vert - Amazing how quick I can lose my steep climbing legs if I don't use them regularly. It was 3 weeks since I hit green, with focusing more on flat speed work, and I could feel it for sure, in the calves mostly. | 