Have a little faith

A little over 15. Ran the monster to MCC ~ 5.2, then to rattlesnake. Took 2 minutes to rest, then ran a 15 minute tempo, trying to reach 2 miles, which I did, from rattlesnake to in between the two entrances at box elder. A solid 2 miles. My legs were wasted then, as I jogged up the canyon looking for Ostler, but he must have run the snow, which was quite soft. I then tried another tempo down hill over the exact same 2 mile stretch, but my heel was hurting, and it took 14 minutes.

Quick up and back to Neff's canyon before conference, and to see the sun glistening through thick low clouds after 5 inches of snow. But it started snowing on me, and I was frozen when I got home.  38:30

Down to 20th east and back up evergreen to Virginia, around skyline and home. 40:40.

Monster E with a very sore right heel, which made me limp, causing pain in my hip and knee. I felt like an old man. Total time 1:17

The parleys gulch loop, with a run up the trails on grandeur, adding another 0.4 to the 7.2. Finished well, with 59:20. Plantar's hurt for about 1/2 mile, then started loosening.

Nice Sunday run up the canyon to the gate. Snowed all day Saturday, and even along my entire run, lasting 1:28.

Monster in 50:22. Right heel burned for first 1/2 mile only. Then felt better. Hoping it will not bother me too much Saturday.

A run up eastwood just to loosen up and stay focused.

Just a brief warm-up with the DS trainers.

Nice weather. SL is getting cheap with this race. There was no GU. None. Run this 6 times. There have always been GU at 13 and 16. Not this time. Also, the logo's on the shirts are insanely cheap. Simply an iron on patch. No silk screen. Weather was excellent, at 48 degrees to start. Tossed my gloves and short sleeve overshirt at mile 9. My 8 mile split was 55 min. Half split was 1:33. 16 mile split was 1:53. My radio lasted for 3 minutes between 15 and 16. Then it went dead. I was bummed.  Slowed down too much but finished good at 3:16:31. If I ran this right, and if my right leg was feeling better, could have got 3:14, maybe even better.

Having been sick all week, it was my first time out since the SL marathon. Ran parleys and the trail above Eastwood. 1:05 (slow but sure).

Monster in 49:36. Not bad at all. Hills really felt good.

Down to 20th east, up Evergreen for 5. Good time: 40:40.

The morning slipped away, so I kept it short. Went up to the tanks above Eastwood. Saw Rachael running. She wants to do a few trails together. Her email RK1@gmail. She's moved over to El Surrito near us.

Loop around highland high, to Parleys crossing and home 1:20:00. good time for having been sick.

It snowed all day Friday and through the night, with low clouds and icey puddles. Still, Craig and I went out at 6:00, to the loop through Tanners, up into Eastwood, then to the 4-way where I stashed drinks. Craig left his second long sleeve, and we continued down to the blvd, to Oakridge, then did the five fingers ending at top of Gilead. Over to Neffs, then down to the 4-way. Craig was wasted from the hills, but I wanted to stretch it out. He followed me up Millcreek, waiting at the bridge while I went up to rattlesnake. His Garmin calculated 2700 vertical. A good run.