45 mins or so ... trying to take it easy for a couple of days so I get back on track by this weekend. I might try some strides or a fartlek on Thursday if I feel up to it. It was 27F today, and believe it or not, there is snow in the mountains -- not my mountains, but the ones on the East side of town. I hope you are doing well bloggers!! Just in case you haven't heard, there were 25 women and 8 men who obtained Olympic Trials Qualifiers at California International on Sunday!!!! Amazing. On Sunday night, I was riveted to the computer watching the Las Vegas 1/2 marathon that also had a bunch of men trying for qualifiers based on the 1/2 marathon time (1:05) and women who were using the race as a tune-up (McGregor and Hastings were the favorites). This was a seriously fast race with the top guys going through the first 5K in 14:30!!! and the women in 16:45!! The first 10K for the men still had nearly 11 guys in the 29:40 or faster range ... wow. Very exciting -- I was seriously hoping to see some 1:01/1:09 times (the projections at 10K), but the uphill near the 15K mark put the kabosh on that. Regardless, it was an exciting race.
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