Back With a Capital Vengence!

Ave's Twins!

That's 45 miles for the week and 8500' of climbing. That's about the most I should ever do! Next week must get on bike!!!

Rest-ish day. 5 miles total walking plus SI beating and super intense glute workout at PT using EMG to get my glutes firing. Bum's going to be tired tomorrow...

Things are getting real! Six minute Wire PR from the zoo! Sub 40 minutes according to my watch OMG! Listened to Blue Turtle Seduction the whole way up to keep up my cadence. Felt the best ever on the downhill, the Bushidos are game changers.

AM: Terraces loop w/ Roo on mushy legs.

PM: More intense glute work at PT. Ran with electrodes on my butt and hamstring to learn how to run with more bum and less hamstring. This EMG thing is super neat! Then 3-mile dog walk to get ice cream.

AM: Red Butte/Zoo loop w/ Roo. He chased a biker and is now grounded to the leash forever. Biker was pissed to put it mildly. Pre-6 am is too early for that many F-bombs!

PM: 2 mile walk & 2 hours at the climbing gym & all my PT stretchies

3-mile walk and restore yoga.

Secret trail racing tomorrow.

Grandeur "Fun" Run!

2:20:58, 9.5 miles, 3,900 feet of gain.

Set a solid 13 minute Grandeur PR without hurling or feeling that horrible. Was pretty wobbly on the descent into Millcreek, but still faster than I've ever run it. The trails were perfectly wet - sticky but not slick. Best part was finishing with the smell of bacon in the air.

Made friends with a super nice gal on the way down that nicely waited for me atop the final climb to make sure I didn't get lost heading down to the finish (course is unmarked and confusing!). Nice gal also convinced me to head up for a short cool-down loop which ended up being another 1,800 feet of climbing - ha! Trail peeps are crazy.

13 miles total with 5,700 feet of climbing. Perfect Steeplechase training run.